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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10

want. You needn't be afraid of hiding
the wood, if you use high gloss paint.
An important rule to remember is that
high gloss brings out every detail
beneath. Flat paint, on the other hand,
disguises beauty and blemishes alike.
AS for color, my own solution would
be to add chintz - one with a sand
colored ground. of course, and prefer
ably with a Chinese tree branch design.
Ideal coloring would be light red
flowers or berries, brown branches,
pale green leaves, and white accents
somewhere. would also add a few
items of light red - in the vases or
bowls. and on some of the book backs.
Moreover, if there is an accent of
brown or cedar green in the chintz, a
few brown tables or side chairs ora
piece of red lacquer - would help.
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of one short wall and two windows on
one long wall. Our beds are in the
center of the other long wall with
doors on each side and three feet of
wall space beyond the doors. So what
do you think of building shallow cup
boards across the whole fourteen-foot
wall? And since the room is papered,
could we paper parts of the cup
boards? If so, how?'
In answer to these questions, it
seems to me that the unappealinR
effect of the living-room is due, not
only to lack of color, but to the texture
OF the unfinished wood. l think you
will have to finish this with a very
Gght-colored filler under a coat of
clear shellac - and then keep on wax
ing and polishing it! Or you could
paint it exactly the tint of beige you
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The only real objection to cream
colored living room is that it is insult
able to constant use. or to all the
family. A living-room can be of COM
plete beauty and filled with things of
priceless value, but it must not be
perishable.
In the houses of all of us there is
beauty in the things that look as
though they were habitually used and
enjoyed - chairs that look as though
they had long been sat in. and things
within reach of them that are plainly
in daily use. In this evidence of useful
ness lies charm that newness lacks.
No decoration can quite equal the
identifying quality of books lat
home on shelves that belong to
them! Yet in thousands upon thou
sands of houses. book-shelves are of
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the depth of the biggest books. The
distance between The shelves is of
course adjustable, but that is as fad
as fitting goes. The little books, on
shelves three times too wide for them
are exactly like little Willie" of tho
Victorian comics who always wore
papa's cut-down pants! And yet al
most no one bothers to give them the
security of something to rest against
by fitting a moulding, or even by|
thumb-tacking a strip of cardboard att
the distance of their width from the|
face of the shelf!
And now to answer about the bed
room closets. If you don't mind lack
OF balance (very few bedroom doors
and windows are balancedD would
suggest that you build pair of closets
two feet two inches deep by five feet
wide Outside measurements) against
the fourteen-foot plain wall, leaving
four-foot space in the center. This is
an arrangement constantly seen in
French houses. The alcove makes a
setting for bed or other furniture.
Blind doors here would be excellent.
They are finished with perfectly fiat
frame on the room side. The door face
is also made fiat. and the wall decora-
ton Gin your room, the paper is car
ried across the door as though it were
an unbroken part of the wall. In houses
whose decoration is very formal, in
visible hinges and spring latches are
used. But in simple houses, doorknobs
and hinges are chosen for inconspicu-
business the hinges painted to match
the wall - the knobs sometimes deco
rated. In other houses they are allowed
to show - and are, in fact, even
featured.
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LETTER, whose pleasing begin.
ming made me feel eager to
make it the subject of today s
article, says: Dear Mrs. Post: As a
faithful reader of your column, who
has particularly enjoyed your articles
about houses q wish I had clipped
and kept those on the three C's-
Color, Closets, and Comfort, l am
now coming to you for help.
We have bought a brand-new
house IN neighborhood where all the
houses are white Colonial with green
shutters. and the wooded grounds are
beautiful. Our house is exactly what
we want in design and in plan, but we
have gone completely wrong on color
or lack of it.
The point is that all our friends
in the last few years have done such
violent things with colors, - living
rooms in emerald green, blueing blue,
or watermelon pink - not forgetting
scarlet and royal purple - that in sud-
den revolt, announced we were not
going to have any color at all! l
decided to keep the whole house white,
inside as we'll as out. The hall is all
white and so is the dining-room. We
like this room very much
But the living-room is problem.
I'VE decided to leave the wood panelinR
untouched and as light as possible, and
to have all of the furnishings to
match. But the sand-colored material
OF the curtains and upholstery does
not look well with the raw wood of the
walls and the unfinished pine of the
furniture. The rugs are cream-colored
and the lamp shades are plain parch-
ment, with the lamps themselves of
biscuit-colored pottery. We have still
to get big overstuffed sofa and lounge
chair, upholstered in beige leather, or
corduroy. And we need few tables
and side chairs but - of what sort?
Il must say the room does look Just
like coffee blancmange. and what to
do, we don't know!
And now just one more question?
We find sharing one big closet in our
bedroom very announcement. The room
is twenty feet long and fourteen feet
wide, with one window in the center
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
Trailing the Trailers

Ever since the invention of the auto- trailer, local laws and regulations have been trying to catch up with it. Four new court decisions, according to the American Society of Planning Officials, have helped to clarify the problems which have grown up around the trailer.
 The Indiana Supreme Court, for in- stance, has held that cities have legal right to limit the stay of trailers within their limits, even though parked on pri- vate land. This, the court held, was a reasonable exercise of the police power to protect the lives, health, and property of citizens. A Michigan justice court de- cision made trailers subject to local hous- ing acts.
 New York states Supreme Court ruled that portable 'trailer'' lunch-wagon set up on foundation and connected with electricity is taxable as real property. A U. s. district court in Texas ruled in an insurance case that a trailer detached from it's auto is building for legal pur- poses. Thus the laws, freedom from which was one of the attractions of "trailering," are beginning to catch up with the trailers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
A Growing West Point

Gradual acquisition of land sufficient to increase the size of the West Point Mill itary Reservation to five times it's present one is going on over along the Hudson River near Highland Falls. In what is probably the largest condemnation pro- ceedings brought by the federal govern ment action has been started in U. s. District Court at New York City to pick up some 15,000 acres of land surrounding the present Reservation. This land repre- sents the holding of individuals and con cerns with which the government cannot come to an agreement on price.
 Actually the expansion of West Point began in 1881 when Congress authorized it. But the process of making available more space for development of the mili- tary academy has been slow one. Much land has been bought, but much remains to be secured. The condemnation pro- ceedings will probably extend over the next two years. However development of the land will not wait on final settlement of terms with property owners. There is much work being done now that will simply be extended into the additional acres that Uncle Sam gets as the courts determine what is an equitable price to be paid for the involved acreage.
 Not only will there be additional room for various maneuvers and for target and g,lnfire, but West Point will get water system that will be really adequate to it's present needs. AS far ds can be learned there will not be an advance made in the enrolment, inasmuch as it raised the cadet total from 1,240 to 1860 four years ago. Two state highways will pierce the Reservation The familiar 9W which be- comes the Storm King Highway north of the academy will remain as is. Route 6 passes through the western half of the expanded Reservation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
Up From the Ranks

The United States has reason to be proud of Stanley w. Dziuban. He has led the 456 members of his graduating class at the Military Academy at West Point through the four years of their hard grind. Of course, in every class somebody does that. But Dziuban's performance means more than that of some class leaders at the academy. He was appointed from the 'ranks of the regular army.
 A Yonkers, N F., boy, he went through high school there, studied year at New York University. But he was member of New York's Fist National Guard Infantry. And In this field, open to all young Amer leans, fc saw his opportunity. He enlisted in the 62nd Coast Artillery and promptly attended the Second Corps area prepara- tory school which the army maintains for lhe benefit of ambitious regular army
 Eul monL important ls the fact that pull, f<z|t'1n. nn9 patronage had nothing t0 |z H|'H n's zuceesa' 3ne army hes been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17

While the rains of this past week have been of immense aid in saving many of Connecticut's crop, it is doubtful if they were of any real benefit to many truck gardeners. Peas had already suffered 50 per cent loss due to slow growth in the extreme dryness that has prevailed since the end of April. Peas demand plenty of moisture and cool weather to get good start and to be protected against bug and worm enemies. Moisture now won't will be small and not very luxuriant. Strawberries were also among the native fruits to suffer severely from lack of rain. And don't be surprised if sweet corr comes in both late, scarce, and ex- pensive. Late crops will be in order, providing, of course, weather conditions are very excellent in July and August.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
WHEN WATER IS DEADLY
 (Hartford Times)

The death of by drowning of five boys ct the weekend in Connecticut Is c stark reminder that inability to swim and deep water are Q fatal combination in case of accident.
 Warm summer weather is here and the cooling water has its lure. Children and young persons love to cavort in 1t. Boys may merely be sitting, as in the case of the four who were drowned near Taftville. Sunday. near deep water while iish- ing. They may be safe enough until something happens. One slips into the water. Unable to swim he is doomed unless some one saves him. Other boys plunge after him but, also not having learned to swim. the pleasant. cooling water becomes the untinaely, tragic grave for four young boys, three Q. them brothers. What Q fearful sheck that must mean to the parents it C hardly possible to imagine.
 These boys will not have died in gain if okhers ulil heed the lessen
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
A Thought for Today
Centering Attention

Governor Raymond E. Baldwin is mak- ing three-man commission to 1nveStl- gate conditions at the State Hospital at Norwich. Shameful conditions were de scribed there in a bitter attack leveled at the institution in the closing days of the legislative session by Senator Joseph B. Downes, Democratic leader in the Senate and a resident of Norwich. Our first thought on the subject and we haven't yet discarded, it wa that the legislator hoped to center sufficient attention on the hospital as to make the state solons blush for shame at their neglect in past years.
 For certainly the state has some rea- son to blush over it's attitude towards many of our state institutions, notably the hospitals at Norwich and Middletown. If conditions are all that Senator Downes described them, the blame can't be placed entirely on the board of directors and the superintendent While we have not read the report of the Norwich institution of recent years we have followed with inter- est reports emanating from the state hos pital at Middletown.
 The place has been continually over- crowded accommodating far more patients than it had room for or had medical and trained assistance to handle. Despite this the inflow of patients into both Norwich and Middletown, under court orders and otherwise, has re- naained high. At both places buildings have long since been outmoded. Only through superhuman efforts have mod ern methods and means of treatment been provided. Such things as these are to be read in any of the reports, available to the general public.
 If the Downes-inspired probe of the Norwich Hospital corroborate such facts, let's not fume and fuss about Superin- tendents, directors, etc., let's look to Hart ford, too Where money isn't provided to institutions, beyond bare running ex- penses, not much can be done to improve conditions cramped by old-fashioned sur- roundings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
The System Has Failed

Wrangling over the judgeships in the Waterbury city court, for surely appoint mentS, would have been made by this time if there weren't wrangling, reveals quite clearly how far our method of nam- ing the minor court judges has deter iorated With no thought of disparaging the court personnel which is of the best and always has been here in Waterbury, we do say that the worth of our judiciary is seriously affected by the necessity for playing politics.
 If this new Republicanism which came to Connecticut in January failed in one thing it was in bringing about the major reforms in the minor courts. It failed just as did the Democrats during the re- gime of Wilbur L. Cross. The Democrats had one golden opportunity to force through the minor court reform bill when they 50 overwhelmingly controlled the State Senate, but if they were willing then to bring about change, they failed to indicate it.
 Unfortunately the general public is as apathetic towards minor court reform as it is towards many other abuses in our government, local, state, and national. Only pressure from various groups and individuals who are concerned over the tendency to make political footballs of the courts has kept the issue to the front so many years. It was public pressure which brought about the minor court reform this year, aimed at ending the so-called con- stable racket. Perhaps few more spec tacles like the current one of jockeying for court jobs will cause public opinion to force through the necessary laws to relieve our many fine court officials of the need of resorting to all the tricks of the trade once every two years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17

And speaking of July and August, do you recall the pranks the weather played on us year ago. Remember that eight day spell of rain shortly after St. Swith- in's Day. We had so much rain there for time that all records were eclipsed, total of 13 inches falling in one period. And then the deluge followed in Septem- Der. 1888 produced extreme moisture, probably 1889 will be dry to make the average right. May and June are norm ally productive of good rainfalls. Nature is usually open-handed in this cline and is upset, so must be vegetation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
NUTMEGGIA'S BALANCING ACT
 (New Britain Herald)

The Legislature, wiseacres are say- ing, was notable by balancing the budget. It was 8 difficult job be- cause $2,500,000 additional had to be found to pay on the $25,000,0 bonds that rolled up during the years of financial drouth.
 Governor Baldwin's admirers point with pride to the budget balancing act. Being inclined to balance budgets ourselves, we are inclined to vouchsafe three cheers and a tiger.
 But the pointing -with-pride, when it includes boasts that Connecticut has shown the way to other states, leaves us cold. Some other states have done the same thing. The trouble in these parts is that we cannot see the others because New York obstructs the view. The fi- nancial mismanagement in New York is horrible. Many another state in the hinterland, with not a tenth of the Empire states reputa- tion, does much better.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
. HIGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Plants in Meteors, Other Wonders

Whether or not you're botanically
 minded, there is wealth Of
 fascinating reading in book
 very much off the beaten path,
 "Wonder Plants and Plant
 Wonders" by E. Hyatt Verriu
 D. Appleton Centuryq: $s).
 One of the wonders MT. Verrill
 describes below in an excerpt
 typical of the whole book.
 Nose remarkable of all is the fact that members of the bacteria plants have actually been found in meteor ties. That does sound absolutely im- possible, for it would mean that they had withstood soaring ter rible heat of molten metal. How Is it possible off any organic substance to resist combustion under such temperatures?
 But reputable scientists have claime8 more than once that they had discovered traces of bacteria in these fragments of celestial bodies. In that case these plants have thet right to be considered the most wonderful plants in the entire universe for they are the only onse ever to have travelled from other worlds to ours. But even if the scientists have made mistake and bacteria have never occurred in meteorites, they cer- tainly are the most wonderful plants on earth, for without them no other plants would be possible.
 Perhaps you wonder what these /. plant pygmies are like. Some have seeds, or properly speaking, spores. which under favorable con- ditions sprout or germinate very rapidly. The majority increased by dividing or splitting, each half be- coming an Independent plant. In this way they increase with incred- ible speed
 one of these tiny plants will reach maturity and split in 90 minutes and within a hours this single bacteria will have produced billions of new plants Moreover. they move with incredible speed in proportion to their size. The little traveller is scarcely one fifteen- -thousandths of an inch In length and it covers six. ty-thouaand times its own length in moving four inches
 if human hoines could run al that speed they would travel about three hundred miles an hour, Imagine being able Co hotfook \ from Stew York to nan rfanclDcl between bffH4lnnI and eien1aI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
WORLDS FAIR PLATES (New London Day)

Work is alreday under way in
 manufacturing the l940 automobile plates for the state of New York, it Is disclosed at the Auburn state prison, where the plates are made, and they will bear the legend "New York Worlds Fair, 1940," which is taken to mean that the New York fair will operate . second year. A bill was recently passed by the state legislature permitting the use of this line on the plates again next year, providing the officials of the fair corporation filed written statement with the state executives that the fair would surely operate second year. Thus, for the second consecu- tive year, the license plates of the state will advertise the fair.
 This is noteworthy because there was considerable complaint about the use of this advertising line on number plates this year. One motor ist, declaring that he saw no reason for advertising the fair on his pri- vate automobile, placed piece of black tape over the advertising tine on the plates and was promptly sr- rested. He lost his case in court, the judge holding that his action amounted to defacing and obsc'uing the official lettering on the number plates.
 There is, nevertheless, an excellent point involved in this complaint. Number plates are placed on auto mobiles, primarily to identify them ito make it possible for anyone to tell at a glance what the number of . particular car is, and thereby learn who owns it, in case of acci- dent or reckless driving. Any Iet- tering or other device on number place, that it not necessary and tends to confuse the eye. ought to be au- tomatically ruled out. Yet the prac- tice seems to be spreading to various states. most of them either advertis- ing their state slogans or, in certain instances, other attractions.
 If the use of advertising lines of any description is to be permitted. or even encouraged, on number plates for automobiles there is no way of telling where it all may stop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
TIMES CHANGE (Boston Post)

How times have changed. Some 70.0O0 Boy Scouts will gather at the Worlds Fair on June 29th. If such e meeting happened 10 years ago 1t would probably be addressed by some war hero. old Indian scout or wood- lore expert. The meeting the end of this month will be talked to by J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Q-men. The selection Of such c speaker is a good one. To the youth Of America. with all the glamour that 6 o-man connotes, Hoover symboli1cs the conquering hero of America's battle with crime. lIis presence and words should De an inspiration to the army Of nne, clean. active boys who are leaders in the youth inovements Of sheir districts throughout the na- iion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
FLY IT CBoston Post)

If the United States was at war every other house in New England would be wearing an American lag. From windows, fiagpoles, rooftops and along the sidewalks. Old Glory would be flying. indicating the oc- cupants of the particular home were patriots striving for victory. But, strangely, in times of peace. flags are few and far between. We take peace for granted because we wish peace so, ardently. Although born of battle, the Star Spangled Banner is today the very symbol of peace. In a jittery world, it is the greatest influence for concord and amity. It does not matter if your flag is a big one or a small one. Let us show our colors gaily. rejoicing we live under such Q flag. one that waves unthreatened and threatens none else.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
Washington Merry-Go-Ro
Department Of Justice Has Evidence Of WPA Corruption In Louisiana Witnesses Sign Affdavits To Prove It

projects receiving federal funds. Virtually all Louisiana projects receive part state, part federal funds.
 One affidavit signed by A. L. Kaemer on June states that he was 8 foreman and time-keeper and twas forced, under threat of dismissal, to comply with the re- quirement that he contribute five per cent of his salary back to officials higher in authority; and that Edward F. Woods, of New Orleans, is the party to whom he was forced to turn over his five per cent salary contribution"
 An affidavit by Chester E. Mar tin states that "he was formerly employed by the Louisiana High way Commission; that he was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
Views of The Press

by exercising great care while in or near deep water and especially by learning to swim. Parents as well as the youngsters do well to re- member that man is land crea- ture. He needs to be especially trained or equipped with floating devices to be safe on or in deep water.