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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01

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low-calory reducing menus, calory chart and 3-day liquid diet to start your reducing program. Exercises. Regime for gaining too.
 Send 10c in coin for your copy of THE NEW WAY TO A YOUTH FUL FIGURE to the Waterbury Democrat Home Service, 635 Sixth Ave-, New York, N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, AD- DRESS, and the NAME of booklet.
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floor, meanwhile keeping knees stiff. Afterwards lie on the floor, kick legs upward toward ceiling, support hips with hands. then ride an imaginary bicycle. Repeat twenty times 8 day.
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Donald Duck has even more trou- ble than usual when his country cousin. . gluttonous goose visits him in the latest Walt Disney film, 'ponald's Cousin Gus" an RKO Ra- dio release.
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DY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

There is a different between talk ing to child in language he un- derstands, and talking down" to him. A little child is very serious
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strength. The fact that he held two kings and two queens, including the queen of hearts, decided his next bid, try for slam in hearts. South, with all four aces quite naturally then bid seven.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Galvanic Mouth

Several times have seen allusions to sores in the mouth due to differ ent metals in filings. My dentist says it can't be so in my case be- cause the amalgam filings do not touch the gold in my mouth, so no current could be produced. (M. E. L.)
 Answer-The presence of dissim- liar metals in the mouth sometimes sets up miniature galvanic bat tery action, whether the metals are in contact or not, and this may pro- duce obstinate sores on tongue, gum or cheek, which clear up only when the inferior metal is replaced by gold or porcelain.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-01

By BILL PORTER AND
 GEORGE SCARED
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 One of our correspondents s-the lady who moved the lawn swing into her living room where she could en- joy a swing while watching the neighbors go by in the winter time Ito her prim daughters dismay- or maybe it was another contributor proposed that we bar stairways from Odd House and build in ramps instead. Tentatively we tried out the ramps on our readers, and most of the reactions were not favorable.
 But now the determined lady comes back with a clipping from a magazine, describing an ultra mod ern house where there are no stair ways, only a ramp ascending in @ gentle spiral from cellar to top floor.
 It would be great sport visiting that house with the lady of ad- vanced ideas, and starting at the cellar racing her up the ramp, last one to the top a something or other.
 Postcard in the mail today (un- signed) asks several questions cal- culated to put me into dreadful state, especially this one: Do you still go unbathed? It reminds me that there are a number of bath tubs distributed about this, domicile and am quite certain at least one of them has never had an occupant. Whatever made us let lem build the things in the house don't know.
 Human nature resists change. I held out for years and years against safety razors and automatic wind shield wipers and foot throttles. The plumbing industry is emulating or Doc Brady right now, holding out wholeheartedly against show baths and pedals instead of handles for manipulation of all fixtures.
 It is regrettable, yet sign of the timidity and stagnation of ideas in the country as a whole that there is no Odd House exhibit in either of the big fairs purporting to be world expositions. But fortunately there are here and there people like Mrs. c. B. w., our independent New Eng land Odd House designer, and MT. E. B., owner of the Iowa house with the spiral ramp, so that progress will not be greatly retarded by the staid attitude of the managers of the two great inhibitions.
 'T can't make my friends believe tiny kitchen is the most conserva- tive," complains Mrs. c. B. w. Eat ing in the living room and living in the eating room among the dough and apple skins are two different things. A large kitchen drives many 8 person to the restaurants where he sees his food served only. I want to stand in my tiny kitchen on a turn table floor and reach every- thing need, including the stove and ice box, and pass the food out cafeteria. If want to hike all day I prefer to do 1t where there is variety of scenery"
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Contract Bridge
 By VIM. E. MCKINNEY Secretary of the American Bridge League

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Evening star., 1939-12-12
BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY

OUR SCOUTS SUGGEST:
If you have any shopping to do in
the toy departments of the various
stores, do it as soon as possible to
avoid the last-minute rush. Also
you have the best selection of gifts
now, as they are all in but have not
been picked over as yet. There are
the shooting galleries, the ski-jump
with an Olympic jumper, stream
lined speedWays, so your child can
race toy automobiles, as we'll as fire
trucks to ride. For the youngster
who likes to make his own toys,
don't overlook the wooden blocks
and tools for making airplanes,
battleships and trains. There is
nothing finer for boy than for him
to learn to use his hands. -.
Interesting pieces for real collec-
tors are jade sacrilcial cups and
bronzes over 1000 years old; far
too expensive for the average per-
son to buy However, if you can
afford it and are looking for some
thing rare, see if the Tang Dynasty
horse of the Mongolian type isn't
just your answer.
Geometrically shaped glass
plaques, monogrammed make IDEAL
gifts, being extremely useful under
vases to keep them from marring
the furniture. They come in all
sizes. individually or in sets. =.
Reverse mirror paintings Of old
fashioned girls and gentlemen in
mirror frames are done in lovely
soft shades and are ideal for the
feminine bedroom or a living room
that is done in chintz.
Evening star., 1939-12-12

buttons down the front. The "
neckline is a perfect background for
your pet jewelry. These sash ends
in the back may be tied in nat
bow, or to simulate a hustle. Velvet,
wool broadcloth and fiat crepe are
materials in which this design makes
up particularly well. You'll wear 1t
with pride on important afternoon
occasions. A step-by-step sew chart
accompanies your pattern.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1888
is designed for sizes "a. SO, 80, 40, AZ,
A, 46 and 48. Size SO requires AZ
yards of 39-inch material for three
quarter sleeves; 45s yards for long
sleeves; 41s yards for short.
It's smart to sew your own! It's
easy to do! Send Is cents for our
fascinating pattern book. Choose
from more than 100 new designs for
all occasions and all sizes. Make your
own becoming clothes with these
simple patterns. Step-by-step sew
chart with each one.
Evening star., 1939-12-12
GOOd'General
Toning>up
Routine
Diet and Exercise
Will Proportion
Figure Nicely
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY.

Diet alone Is not the answer to
your figure problem If you are over
weight. You can quite easily starve
yourself and lose 10 pounds, but
still your figure will not be as at
tractive as you desire, for simply
dropping pounds does not always
take care of the contours! Contours
are beautified only through correc-
tive exercising.
1t is far better to have a nicely
proportioned figure which may be
slightly over normal weight than
it is to be very slim with hips out
OF proportion to your waistline, or
shoulders rounded from undernour-
ishment! Frankly, to refashion your
figure properly you should concen-
trate on measurements rather than
on pounds, on a beautifying yet
slimming diet, and on good posture.
1t takes character to be beautiful,
my pets, but you reap immense re-
wards in good health and personal
magnetism.
I have prepared two leaflets to
help you with your figure prob
lem. One is Proper Measure
ments," which directs your propor-
tions, and the other is "A Scientific
Diet" which teaches you how to eat
properly If you wish your weight to
remain normal, your skin and hair
to take on new beauty.
After you have these leaflets in
your hand you may then determine
just which parts of your body should
get special attention. Your hips
may need slimming or your upper
arms. Perhaps your hips are slim
enough but your abdomen pro-
trudes.
Many figure faults are corrected
through the acquisition of good
posture. Stand before a full-length
mirror and grow tall from the
waistline. Tuck in your buttocks,
draw in your tummy. Throw your
head back and look yourself straight
in the eyes. my" you murmur, IF
I could always look 50 RECALL" You
may, 80 don't waste good time just
wishing, get busy and grow regal.
You probably have just been
dreaming about exercising instead
Of doing it, so here is q general ton
ing routine to get you limbered up.
Neils Bukh, famous Danish gym
mast, gives 1t to us, SO you may rely
upon it. Go through it for one week
before doing other exercises:
l. Start from a squat position,
keeping hands on the floor; extend
first the right leg, then the left leg
forward as far as possible In rhyth-
mic movement, without losing your
balance. Relax. Repeat.
2. Stand up straight. Now bend
deeply, making your buttocks touch
your heels, which are raised slightly
from the floor. Rise. Bend. Re-
peat flve times.
3. Now be a jumping jack. As
you Jump up and down throw your
arms upward, forward, sideward and
downward. Do 1t on q one-two
count. When out Of breath, stop.
4. Now take four. hops on one foot,
while you swing the other leg for
ward and backward. Hop on the
other foot, and swing opposite leg.
Then try doing it with arms swing
ing In rhythm with leg.
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Teach Child
heSpirit
OfGiving
Do Not Dictate His
Christmas List,
Just Help Him
BY ANGELO PATRI,

Spending money for Christmas
Is In itself joy. 1t brings one such
a carefree feeling. Being a cousin,
once removed, Of Aladdin is the
most delightful feeling imaginable.
Rub a coin and out jumps a gift.
Great feeling, that. Don't stop to
worry about the hole in the savings.
You will soon fill it up in the 1854
days to come. Just go ahead and
spend that Christmas money in
true magician's style. You'll feel
younger by years, and lighter by
pounds-all of them off your heart.
Encourage the children to open
their banks at Christmas time.
Saving money just to have it in
the bank is not good saving for
children. They need to save for
definite purpose, and saving to
spend at Christmas is one of the
best OF ideas. Go over their lists.
but don't dictate them. A little
foolish spending will do them no
harm. They will get fun out Of
1t, and some experience, and they
will spread some happiness even
by their mistakes.
Don't try to hold them to buy
ing useful things The older chill
dren can stand some of that, Just
a little, but not the little ones.
They need to spend their savings
blithely, in true fairy-godmother
style. A Christmas gift ought to
have something of the unexpected
about it, some careless, Joyous
gesture, something of the poetry
OF the day, and children. left to
themselves, usually buy one in Just
that spirit.
1t isn't q bad idea to give the
children bit of extra money at
this time. That too, reflects the
giving of Christmas. And, when
you find the right moment, slip in
a word about giving to some one
from whom no return can be ex-
pected. Every child, young and
old, needs to feel the true spirit
OF giving swell his heart and he
gets 1t when he offers his gift
without the taint of selfish hope.
Giving freely is the essence Of
Christmas. Help the children to
discover that
Evening star., 1939-12-12

offset enough to prevent full view
of the room.
The walls are a warm yellow
with tiny white leaf for pattern,
and the floor is near a beige shade,
but with yellowish cast. The rug
is hand woven in white, medium
and deep blue with a little black,
which gives a soft blue effect:
Around the edge of the rug there
is stenciled design right on the
floor, copied from the old blue china
and also carried out in white, me-
dium blue and dark blue.
The glass curtains are snow white
point d'esprit with deep ruf{les.
The draperies are Of rich Blue
glazed chintz, with a pattern Of
white snoWfakes, each about the
size OF 50-cent piece. These are
tied back with white milk glass
knobs that almost match the snow
flakes In design.
The dining table Is mahogany,
Duncan Phyfe style on two pedes-
tails, and the china closet and side.
board are OF the same wood in
Sheraton design with fluted legs.
Chairs have white leather seats. All
the furniture is small In scale as
the room is very tiny. One wall
is taken up with a china closet
filled with old white china and
glass. The east wall has white
painted hanging shelves on either
side of the windows with old blue
and white china and ruby bohemian
glass. A folding screen stands In
one corner for use when it is neces-
sary to shut of either the living
room or the kitchen. and to act as
a decorative item for the west wall
in the meantime.
The table laid for dinner has q
soft yellow damask cloth and nap
kins, white milk glass candlesticks,
centerpiece and small accessories
with blue and white china. The
deep ruby red Of the bohemian glass
is repeated in flowers on the table
and in small items around the room.
In this room again we combined
the standard furniture with a few
makeshifts and few new items,
The white ruffled curtains we had,
the glazed chintz cost 80 cents
yard and the milk glass tie backs
were a happy find at 40 cents a pair.
These make the chintz more effec-
tive and carry out the white glass
theme of the room. The rug is of
cotton, washable and long lasting.
1t is made by q well known rug
maker and was, In this case, made
to order in personally selected colors
with a hand-flnished edge. 1t is
practical for q family, nice looking
and equally useful summer and
winter.
Evening star., 1939-12-12

Dear Miss Dix: You say that 1t is
a good thing for a husband and
wife to take an occasional vacation
from each other. I disagree with
you. For a wife to leave her hus-
band even for a week only serves
one purpose. He either starts a
new affair or renews an old one
with vim and vigor. I tried it and
I know. Men are strange crea-
lures. They will be SO tired at
night that nothing can get them
away from home, but let wife go
away and they can stay out every
night until the wee hours. Even
a week or two of tasting freedom
gets into their blood so that they
are dissatisfied and utterly misera-
BILE when they have to settle down
again when wife comes home 1t
is pitiful to watch them. Miss Dix,
married life is just one thing-tor-
ture. have never known happily
married couple, and it is a 365-day
Job, with no time off. A FAN.
Answer-There are exceptions to
all rules, you know, and in spite of
your experience I still believe that
for husbands and wives to take
short vacations now and then away
from each other is a marriage saver
It Is human nature for us to get fed
up with anybody that we see day
after day.
We long for change of scene and
companionship, for new sights, new
talk, new food, but 1t does not take
much of these to satisfy us and
make us glad to get home and
eager to welcome those we were so
anxious to get away from when we
left. Perhaps what you say about
husbands going haywire when their
wives leave them for a week or so
is a proof, instead of a refutation,
Evening star., 1939-12-12
By BARBARA BELL.

It's safe to predict that you've
never worn a more truly becoming
dress than this lovely basic fashion
(1878-B). 1t is beautifully designed
to make your figure look slender and
softly rounded. The front panels of
the bodice are cut in one with the
skirt. accenting height. Gathers at
the side of the bodice take care of
becoming bust fullness.
The only trimming is a row of
Evening star., 1939-12-12

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the accent color is deep blue, and
here are the reasons:
The only part of the dining room
visible from the living room is one
of the yellow walls. The yellow
floor and wall warns up the light
in the room as it is on the north
side of the house. The whole din
ing room is built around a collec-
ton of old blue and white china and
white milk glass, so that it was
possible to do this room as a sepa-
rate entity. The wall color is its
only bond with the living room be-
yond 1t has worked out WELL main
ly because the entrance door is
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Dorothy Dix Says
Husband and Wife Should Take
A Vacation From Each Other

about the advisability Of married
people getting away from each
other occasionally. For if hus-
bands are that mad for a little
freedom, that eager to slip the
domestic yoke for bit, doesn't it
show how much they needed it?
Many men cannot leave their
business for real vacations and so
the only vacations they get is when
their wives 60 away and they can
have a little change in the routine
of their lives. When they Can stay
downtown for dinner without hav-
ing to listen to a lecture about it
afterWard; when they can have a
few games of poker with the boys
and renew friendships with the old
cronies whom their wives have cold
shouldered out of their houses.
when they can eat what they like
and stay up as late as they please
Nothing wrong, just the things that
are forbidden at home.
But they rest and refresh one and
let the sore places get well. BY the
time man has had couple of
weeks of it he has found out that
he hasn't clean shirt left, has got
tired of listening to the boys stories,
has lost more money than he could
afford at poker, his stomach is upset
and he is pining for the comforts of
home, and so he welcomes wife
when she returns, for she looks like
a ministering angel instead of the
taskmistress she did when she left.
So, instead of depriving a husband
of his wifes vacation, I should say
to her: Give it to him freely, and
don't ask him what he has done
while you were away. If he is loath
to go back into the domestic harness
I would try to find out what it was
that CALLED him.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1939-12-12
SPECIAL NOTICES.
ICONlInued J

WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
DEBTS contracted by anv one other than
myself personally. LOUIS A SPADARO,
3495 Holmead pl NV.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT TIE
annual meeting of the stockholders Of tbs
washington American League Baseball Club
VIII be held a the Offices of the club, Base
ball Park Washington. D c. on
Tuesday. January .. 1870, al Twelve
O'Clock Noon. for the purpose of eler- N Z
Board of Directors for the ensuing year
and for such other business as may be
properly brought before said meeting
EDWARD B. EYNON. Jr.
del21f.2o2S Secretary
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Frills for Christmas

Christmas dinner is a joyous FAM
lily affair with the hostess planning
for days ahead so everything will be
"just right" The main dishes of
the menu are usually traditional in
each home but the modern hostess
likes to add tasty and colorful frills
to the dinner. For instance, If a
seafood cocktail is to be served, little
toast rounds or strips; hot from the
broiler and sprinkled with grated
cheese and paprika, make delicious
accompaniment.