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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
BIG INCREASE

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 25-tUP)- The Fuller Brush Co.,, today an- nounced earning during 1888 in- creased % per cent over the previous year. Profits amounted to $364 ,4s9 during the year.
 Household retail sales during i93S were $l2,625, ,863, or s2,600, 900 more than the previous year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
DIES OF BURNS

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Jan. 25.-tUP) Funeral services will be held Thursday for Frank o. Brady, Jr., 70, who died late yesterday of burns suffered Monday in c fire ct the Remington Rand O., plant where he was employed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
20 TO LOSE JOBS

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 25-- (UP)-- State Public Works Commissioner Robert A. Hurley announced today 20 employees of his division would be let go Feb. 1. Further reductions were expected to be announced soon.
Evening star., 1939-05-07
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

our shoes and 60 through a round of
deep-breathing exercises. We would
line up and inhale and exhale to the
instructors count lit was called insti-
ration and exbiration) while our feet
turned blue with that cold found only
in Paris studios and Little America.
What this had to do with acting we
never found out. But it was fun. I
worked hard - as one does at that
age - starry-eyed with noble ambi-
ton; imbued myself with French
drama and hung about the stage doors
of the Comedie Francaise and the
Odeon to catch fitting glimpses of the
divinities who emerged and got into
waiting limousines.
After year of>study Father gave
me part in Blood and Sand" which
ran for a season in New York and on
the road. waved fan in the second
act and said. "A bull can't help being
bull, can he?" After that my parent.
trying hard to be stern, told me to
find my own job, whereupon for
months l wore out shoe leather on
Broadway until Winthrop Ames took
pity on me and gave me part, as we'll
as letting me understudy Katharine
Cornell, in "Will Shakespeare Dur
ing the ensuing three years dis
appeared in a number of undistin-
guished failures.
Charles Hanson Towne started me
doing monologues professionally. I'd
been writing them on the side con-
stantly. He made me give some
chaI acter sketches at party of his
and, when one of the guests called the
next day to ask what l charged, he
told me what to ask. He got in touch
with James B. Pond, the lecture man.
ager. who signed me up for the next
four seasons. The first year OF one
night stands - playing for women's
clubs. culture groups. church friend
lies" and drama societies was a
nightmare The actual work was all
right, but the horror of having to
attend teas. luncheons and those most
excruciatingly repulsive functions
known as receptions nearly landed me
in a mental retreat. After years of ex-
perience l have learned the art of
Evening star., 1939-05-07

Hall that had belonged to the Tudors
and where still stood the andirons
bearing the interviewer initials of
Henry and Anne Boleyn. 1t was an
inspiring experience, and the only
thing that kept me from dissolving
into tears was the restraining and
British thought that lit wasn't done"
The show was then produced in Lon
don and later in New York, and I've
been doing it from time to time ever
since. The next sOlo-drama Il wish
someone would give me better name
for them was The Empress Eugene
This too opened in London, at the
Haymarket. a theater so traditional
and impressive one had the disturbing
feeling that all the stagehands were
baronets in reduced circumstances.
After that came The Loves of
Charles II" (only six of them. MAN
sion on the Hudson" and dramatiza-
ton of Margaret Aver Barnes's book
Edna His Wife"
And now for the first time | have
my own company: have temporarily
let up on solo work to tour IN George
Bernard Shaw's CANDIDA" In be-
tween times I've managed to do radio
work, bit of writing and tend to a
family. 1t takes planning. 1t means
there is no time for hen parties or
bridge (thank heavenly but it can be
done.
These shows have taken me the
length and breadth OF the country and
I've managed to play IN every state
but three. It's stimulating and
gratifying job. To know the sticks"
is to know the best part of this coun-
try. happen to be pushover for my
native land anyway, and can be
counted upon at moments notice to
sob happily over the wheat fields of
Iowa. the tall timber of Oregon. the
mockingbirds of Tennessee. Even the
oil wells of Oklahoma give me
definite wallop. In the course of years
one learns to know and consequently
to love and admire the people who
live in these places. They are not only
grand people. but they are the best
audiences in the world God pity the
actor who never goes on tour.
Evening star., 1939-05-07
WELL, HERE I AM!
Continued from preceding poss

Continued from preceding page
tactfully dodging these atrocities
and I'm not going to tell how do it,
For three years averaged two hun
dred and fifty performances. seventy
five towns and sixty sleeper jumps
season. appeared in every sort of
auditorium - opera houses, churches,
high schools. bathrooms, even a skating
rink or two. was doing only mono
logues and | longed for something
more Colorful, more in costume - in
short, more theoter My mother sug-
gested my doing the Wives of Henry
VIII in costume with light effects.
props and musical background
The idea took hold of me at once but
the prospect of writing it filled me
with alarm. History was another SUBJ
ject had always flunked at school,
That summer | was expecting baby
q ought perhaps to mention the fact
that had got married) and there was
little to do but sit around and read.
collected number of books on Tudor
history and wrote the first of five
solo dramas. opened it in England
at knole Castle in the same Great
Evening star., 1939-05-07
SOMETHING TO
CHEW ON

n ROMAN emperor won his freedom
from the Goths with ransom of 600
pounds of pepper. worth more than
gold in ancient times 1t was expen-
sive because it had to be brought
overland from the Malabar coast of
India, and a retailer with a stock
of it was fixed for life
In CHINA sardines are sold one at a
time from an open can. because few
of the population can afford to buy
whole can at once.
1HE original tea company that had
its merchandise tossed into the sea
at the Boston Tea Party in 1878 is
still doing business at its old stand at
Creechurch Street in London.
-EMILlE FOLnkG
Evening star., 1939-05-07

oiRls! Here's a simple cure for that eternal
headache over stockings! :. These college
girls proved-to the happiness of their
pocketbooks, and yours-that sheer, beau
tiful, quality stockings can wear longer if
you wash them nightly with pure Ivory
Flakes
STOCKING PROBLEM solvE0l Virginia Lam
bert writes: II was almost resigned to being
real hosiery problem, until along with
eleven other goods took this amazing test
and discovered the Ivory Flakes-Holeproof
combination.
For twenty-three consecutive days TO-
falling 315 hours of wear) wore one pair of
3-thread Holeproof stockings, washing them
religiously every night with Ivory Flakes.
They saw me through an arduous week of
Winter Carnival, gala and festive week of
Evening star., 1939-05-07

800 HOURS for Martha Murphy. . Only
me of the amazing records reported by
college girls. Each girl wore one pair
of lovely sheer 3-thread crepe Hole
proof Hose-washed them every night
with Ivory Flakes-and wrote her
daily hours of wear on witnessed
service record"
Evening star., 1939-05-07

Prom, and five miles of walking every day
up and down the steep Hill to and
from classes
TWO MoNEv-sAv'No RULES FOR you. Apply
these endurance-tested rules to your own
stocking budget you'll come out ahead.
]. Buy good stockings, like Holeproof
z. Wash them epery night with pure
Ipory Flakes
Don't make the mistake of piling up your
soiled stockings. Get box Of Ivory Flakes
today-and start tonight giving your stock
ings helpful Ivory Flakes care every night
after every wearing!
Evening star., 1939-01-01
|. Vital 1899 Role Seen
For Advertising Firms

Special Dispatch to the Star.
NEW YORK. Dec 31.-Advertising
will continue to play an essential
part in the promotion and develop
ment of business plans during 1889,
and if business is given proper en-
couragement by those in position to
encourage it, the advertiser will
spend more money in furtherance of
profit objectives than in 1898. ac-
cording to Rudolph Guenther, chair
man of the board Of Albert Frank
Guenther Advertising Agency, New
York.
Business men as a group are in
terested in the welfare of their en-
ployes as we'll as in the success of
their enterprises" said Mr.. Guen-
ther.
But they know only too we'll that
in order to employ more people and
pay them decent wages they must
first restore their companies to a
position of economic solvency. De-
mand must be created for consumer
goods and capital securities which
are the means of financing plants
and production. Advertising, a 81
600 100000 industry, is of the great
est Importance in creating this de-
mand
But advertising cannot do the job
alone. 1t needs the cooperation of
legislator and business man. Legis-
lators should realize the extreme i'm
portance of encouraging industry
and trade by consistent and con-
structive acts, for on those will de-
pend to large extent the course
of business in 1889"
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Pe||ey Urges Legislation
For Carriers in 1889
By the Associated Press.


Americas railroads today well
coined the approaching end OF 1888,
one of their most Disappointing years
financially. and looked forward hope
fully to 1899.
The carriers, said J. j. Pelley,
president of the Association OF
American Railroads, entertain re
newed hope for a solution OF the
critical financial situation which
has faced them in the last II
months
cat no time has there been a
greater public appreciation of their
problems than now, or more earn
est desire to formulate some plan
that will solve the desperate situa-
ton in which the rail carriers find
themselves" Pelley commented.
With the coming Of the new
year, railroad managements hope
that early action will be taken by
Congress and the State Legislatures
looking toward development Of a
national transportation policy which
will place all agencies of transporta-
ton upon an equality in matters OF
regulation, taxation and subsidies;
recognize railroads as business en-
titled to the same chance to earn a
living as any other business and en-
able the railroads to re-establish
their credit"
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Exchange Head Hopeful
Despite Low Volume
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-A more
hopeful view of the future was ex-
pressed today by William McC. Mar
tin, jr., president of the New York
Stock Exchange, in his first year.
end survey of market conditions.
although the volume of trans
actions on the New York Stock Ex-
change in the latter half of the year
showed substantial improvement
over the first half, our business is
still severely depressed" said the
32-year -old president, who took Of
flee last spring. Its recovery has
not kept pace with that which has
been witnessed elsewhere.
THE stock exchange has been
suffering, of course, from the same
retardation which has been felt in
other sections of the capital market.
For us, however, the situation is
not as discouraging as many OBJ
servers consider it to be. While
many problems remain to be solved
and many uncertainties removed, at
home and abroad, before we may
expect to see the resumption of
healthy investment and capital flows,
there are, with respect to this vital
aspect of the recovery, favorable
portents which everybody recognizes
and which are already reflected in
the general attitudes and hopes of
business and finance"
Evening star., 1939-01-01
|A;rIines Set Another Record
In PASSENGER Miles Flown

hour at sea level which would mean
much greater speed at higher altl-
tude.
At the outset. however, flying
boats carrying about 20 passengers
and two tons of mail in addition to
crew and a huge fuel load will prob
ably be used. Estimating on the
basis of costs of New York
service, the rate is expected to be
in the neignborhood of IL cents per
mile per passenger, or a full one
way fare of about $500 for the 5000
mile trip. The trip will require "a
to q hours.
To the airlines generally. the most
important development of the year
was the creation of the Civil Aero
naut.cs Authority, new Govern
ment agency which is expected to
assure greater permanence of route
franchises, eliminate unsound COM
petitive practices and to aid in get
ting airmail contracts put on a more
equitable and profitable basis than
they have been since contract
cancelling fiasco in 1884.
Evening star., 1939-01-01
BY Cambridge Associates.

BY Cambridge Associates.
During 193S-a depression year
American airlines established an
all-time record for passenger miles
flown. This index of avlatlonS
mounting Importance to the Nations
TRANSPORTATION system shows an av-
erage of over As million passenger
miles monthly. against 1887
monthly average of 1877 million, a
record which in itself topped that
of any previous year.
The airlines did not carry as much
express in 1888 as in 1887 or 1896,
however, because of the much lower
business activity of the last year.
But it is significant that the average
monthly express poundage during
1888 was only about 13 per cent less
than the 1887 average. while gen.
eral business activity for the year
was off approximately twice as
much.
In 1924, when the first regular air
mail route was inaugurated between
New York and San Francisco, the
daily schedule called for 5000 miles
of flying, or one trip each way. At
present regular routes cover 32,376
miles. touch Al States. and call for
nearly 100000 miles of flying every
day.
L. S. Takes Lead.
American requirements, the en-
terprise of American air transport
operators and the ingenuity of
American airplane manufacturers
have all contributed to the devel-
opment of American supremacy in
the construction and use Of the
larger types of aircraft.
The long overland distances with
in our own boundaries created the
first demand for big, powerfully
motored planes capable of carrying
worthwhile freight and passenger
loads on sustained flights at high
cruising speed. Success OF the trans
continental routes lead quite natu-
rally to the development of the big
flying boats for South American,
Hawaiian and Far Eastern routes.
The same combination of forces
Will, III al llhCiiilOOu,. SlFC H1ilCll-
can companies the lead in the de-
Velopment of regular transatlantic
service. Although much of the pio-
neer work has already been done, it
is unlikely that 1889 will see more
than few more experimental trips.
The next year. 1910, however, will
very probably bring regular sched-
uled flights with full-fare-paying
passengers, mail and express serv-
ice.
Larger Craft Needed.
For regular commercial flights,
the eventual need is for flying boats
much larger than those used in
trial crossings. Plans call for craft
with a 5.00O-mile cruising range,
25,000pound payload capacity, and
cruising speed of 200 miles an
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Dec. 81 tP Omitted States
Department Of Agriculture) Hogs 5000.
including $500 direct: generally steady on
a cleanup trade; fresh supplies limited:
TOP, 7.75. with nothing strictly choice Of
fered in the lightweight division; scattered
arousd 27o pounds; butchers 100: ship;
week ago 200 pounds. down. 10 lower;
weights over 200 pounds. 30 of; packing
Sows. 1920 lower.
Cattle, 100: calves. 100: compared Fri
day. last week: good. choice and prime
steers and yearlngs strong. to :!5 higher;
very active, and, at new high on crop;
common and medium grades steady. closed
very small: bulls far below trade REQUIRE
ments.:, 50 ,higher;, vealers generally LOO
up, with selected shippers as much as 200
higher: largely shortfed steer run; supply
longfed yearlings and light steers much
larger than, comparable heavies; both
yearlings and light steers reached 13 65. a
new high; best heavies. 1880: bulk fat
1873 strong weight cutter cows 10 $50:
SAUSAGE. bulls to 7.:9,5; vealers closed at
l. 90 down after shipper selects reached
L. 90.
Sheep 1000. including 300 direct; for
week ended Friday 4 900 directs; compared
Friday last week. fat lambs mostly 1925
lower; yearlings sharing lamb downturns:
weeks lamb top. $50 paid at midweek for
choice fed Western offerings to packers,
closing top 915 to shippers late bulk fed
lambs to packers $500 90: weeks bulk
S.75-9.25; top slaughter Jaarlings, 500
early: closing bulk around &. .5G-7 80: top
SLAUGHTER ewes. 4.5n, bulk. 3e5-42 25: lin
lifted numbers feeding lambs S.10-S.60.
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Corporation
Reports

NEW YORK, Dec. 31-The follow
ing is today's summary of corpora
ton news prepared by Standard
Statistics Co., Inc, New York:
Hayes Body Corp.-Company filed
registration statement with S. E. c.
for 129,767 shares common stock. 50
par. OF these shares 100000 would
be offered through underwriters at
market and 29,767 shares would be
optioned to underwater at $3.50 each
for resale at market. Company
would use proceeds from sale of
stock for payment of debt and for
working capital.
Du Point. E. L, de Nemours &
Co.-Stockholders of company ap-
proved proposal to consolidate Cen
eral Motors Management Corp. and
General Motors Securities Co.,
among other things, the plan pro-
vides for E. I. du Pont de Nemours
& Co. to take direct ownership of
9843,750 shares of General Motors
Corp. stock, which it has held here
tofore through General Motors
Securities Co., which will be
liquidated.
Glen Alden Coal Co.-Directors Of
company omitted dividend on COM
mon stock, last payment on which
was 1872 cents a share on October
20, 1888.
Armour & Co., Illinois-Deficitb be-
fore surtaX and after subsidiary pre-
ferred dividends. year ended October
%, was $4,288 907, against net income
of $6,010,935 in year ended October
80, 1887.
Eagle-Pitcher Lead Co.-Ofhcials
of Commerce Mining & Royalty Co.
announced sale of that company:s
zinc and lead mining properties in
the Tri-State district to Eagle
Picher Mining & Smelling Co., a
subsidiary of this company, for a
sum stated to be above $4,000 900.
1t was stated that Eagle-Pitcher
would expand by constructing a
smelter at cost of 100000. C. A.
Geist, vice president, stated that
there would be no new financing by
company to pay for the properties
purchased by subsidiary. He was re-
ported to have said that necessary
cash will be taken out of current
credit"
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago g.
st. Louis Railway.-Company asked
I. c. C. for authority to issue $29,-
040,000 principal amount of refund
ing and improvement mortgage AZ
per cent bonds, series F, due jan
uary l, 1864.
New York Central Railroad-Com-
pany announced that it would make
final payment of $5,O0O,0O0 on
Cairo, Vincennes &, Chicago Railway
Co. first per cent bonds, due jan
uary l, 1899. These bonds are obli-
cations of Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago g. st. Louis Railway Co.,
lessor company of New York Central.
Apollo Steel Co.-Deficit, nine
months ended September 30, was
$48,891, against net income of
$184, ,585.
Paramount Pictures, Inc.-Chair-
man of Executive Committee stated
company would spend $4,000, 900 in
1899 and produce pictures in Eng
land for the 1lrst time, Is well as
HOLLYWOOD
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Continued Expansion
Is Recorded by Gas
Industry in Year
Customs Total Sours \
To 17,135,000, New
AII-Time Peak
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-The year
1888 was one of continued progress
and expansion for the gas companies
in the United States, according to
Conrad N. Lauer, president of the
American Gas Association.
Manufactured and natural gas
companies, supplying towns and
cities with population of 81 100000
served total of 17,135 900 customers.
representing the largest number of
consumers ever connected to the
mains of the industry, and an in
crease of 10000 over the year 1887.
OF these, 9,958,0 we're served by the
manufactured gas industry and the
remaining 7,1470OO were served by
the natural gas industry.
Preliminary estimates indicate
that revenues of the entire industry,
both manufactured and natural, ag-
gregated S786 ,576, 900 in 1888. a de-
crease of 18 per cent from the pre-
ceding year. The manufactured gas
companies crossed S367 900, a
gain of % per cent for the year,
while revenue of the natural gas
companies were Sab 1862 900 as COM
pared with SAL ,232 900 in 1887, a
decrease of 81 per cent.
Sales of manufactured gas for do
meStic uses. other than house heat
ing, such as cooking, refrigeration,
water heating. etc. amounted to
1913 .331 100000 cubic feet, an increase
of Is per cent for the year. The
gain in house heating sales amounted
to 10 per cent. This would doubtless
have been larger except for the mild
temperatures that prevailed through
out the year in most sections of the
country.
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Continuation of Curb
On Oil Is Advocated
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31:-"Prospects
for earnings in the petroleum in
dustry in 1899 will depend upon
the maintenance of restrained op-
erations until the excesses of 1887,
only partly liquidated in 1888. are
fully compensated for says Joseph
E. Pogue, vice president of the Chase
National Bank, in a forecast of the
coming year prepared for World
Petroleum.
Much better results will be at
tained." he continues, eff this is
accomplished during the first half
of the year than if deferred until
later on"