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Evening star., 1939-03-05

The ultimate benefit to mankind, in
evitably, will be enormous. When it
arrives, the five tireless years that
Katharine Blodgett has already spent
upon these studies will reap their
reward
She has already received one reward
that, to any scientist, would be price
less - the tribute of one who under
stands the heights. Five or six years
ago she wrote of DR.. Langmuir, from
the viewpoint of one who had worked
with him:
His praise is discerning, wholly
without personal bias, always simply
spoken, and is apt to be contained in
one sentence. The laboratory worker
who wins from him just the two words.
Very fine,' has won a compliment
greatly to be priced"
Every fine" What greater reward
can the scientist have?
Like all great scientists, Katharine
Blodgett is thoroughly human. She is
no recluse. She likes conversation, has
many friends, and these friends have
told me that it is a joy to listen to her
talk. Like the glass she herself has dis
covered, she illumines any subject
without making parade of reflection.
''She has unusual ability in presenting
facts clearly" was Dr. Cooljdge's trib-
ute. Il do not know anyone who
presents ideas in more orderly and
logical fashion" When she talks,
whether to scientists or to groups of
small children - and she often has
spoken to children - they are fas-
cinated.
If she has any hobby, outside of the
laboratory, it is gardening. On the
shores of Lake George. eighty miles
from Schenectady, she has a tiny cot
tage of her own, where she spends her
summer week ends, driving back and
forth in her own small car She loves
to drive, and drives we'll. But her gar
den fascinates her. From the moment
of her arrival she is digging in it,
planting in it. making it more and
more beautiful. The life of flower is
light - and the life of Katharine
Blodgett is to study the miracles of
light.
Evening star., 1939-03-05

She placed the f1eck on the water, to
the right of the thread floating across
the middle of the tray The fleck dis
appeared. 1T has dissolved in the
water" said.
Katharine Blodgett smiled. NO"
she said. 1T hasn't dissolved. 1t has
spread out in film"
"Where?" l asked. II can't see it.
There's nothing there to see"
That's just the point. That film is
so thin that it cannot be seen, even
with the most powerful microscope.
But you know it's there, nevertheless.
Just watch the thread"
watched the thread. And. sure
enough, saw it moving, mysteriously,
back to the left. 1t was slightly spooky
to watch.
1.-The film of barium. stearate is
pushing as it spreads out. It's pushing
the film of oil, on the left-hand side Of
the thread, back to the left. You can't
see the film - no human eye can see it.
But you can see its shape. Here. per-
haps this will make it clearer: suppose
field of growing wheat were invisible.
But suppose there we're an elastic fence
around that field, and the fence were
visible. If you saw that fence being
pushed backward. you would know
that the wheat was there"
1t was an elementary lesson in how
to see what cannot be seen. Was
Katharine Blodgett, like every true
scientist. a poet? couldn' thelpremem-
bering what Shakespeare once said:
Aud as Imagination bodies forth
The forms Of things unknoscn. the
poets pen
Tnrns then. to shapes, and eipes TO
airy nothing
A local habit0t,on and name.
THE forms of things unknown"
This was exactly what was happening.
under my very eyes! Airy nothing
was being given limits by which. IN
tangible though it was, it could be
measured.
The fascinating lesson went on. You
can tell scientist by his Tor herr un-
quenchable hunger for final truth.
And there is no such thing as final
truth. You discover one truth only to
Evening star., 1939-03-05
HowIsr by Cecil Hunt

forty-four layers deep, she handed it
to me and told me to look through it.
1t was ''clear" far beyond similar
clean" piece of glass. looked at a
framed picture on the wall There
should have been a glare of sunlight
on the picture. But, locking at the
picture through the flm-coated glass
there was no glare.
1t was just as DR.. Whitney had said
- the annoying glare had been tricked
into those magical angled corridors
built up by DR.. Blodgett with the in
visible film, and had been hopelessly
Evening star., 1939-03-05
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
MAKE WAY FOR a LADY!
Continued from poos
Continued from poee six

find another unsolved question just
beyond it, still out of human reach.
That is what makes the pursuit of
science so fascinating. You never stay
in one room. You are always venturing
farther and farther, into larger and
larger rooms.
While watched, DIR. Blodgett re-
peatedly dipped glass slide into the
film of barium stearate floating on the
water. When it had taken on coating
Evening star., 1939-03-05

lost in their intricate invisible mazes!
''They have called such glass
invisible glass;" said DR.. Blodgett,
smiling. But that not the right word
for it. Better call it 'non-refecting'
glass. What it does is to prevent the
reflection of light.
The only thing it now lacks" she
added, her smile dancing in her eyes,
lis permanence. Unfortunately. the
films are soft. Seer
Evening star., 1939-03-05

balanced nourishment- all these
eight vital food essentials:
p1oy1lles help develop the muscles
and other tissues.
4 cADOoslvDaAJE8 contribute to the
physical energy.
3 IRON is an essential element of the
blood stream.
Z CALCIUM help build strong
5 psso3essoRV1 ) teeth and bones.
8 vtJAaasa a promotes growth and
general resistance.
, v1TAAssso ., stimulates appetite,
digestion and assimilation, and
promotes healthy nerves.
3 viyAloon . (e1) contributes to gen.
eral health.
Evening star., 1939-03-05

And she touched a bit of cloth to the
coated slide. The film was gone.
Then it hasn't any commercial
value as yet?" exclaimed, dismayed.
mot Bit" answered Dr. Blodgett.
smiling cheerfully.
But she relented. then, and pointed
out practical possibilities. 1t will, even
tually, guide the manufacture of glass
that will protect the motorists eyes
from the glare on his windshield. 1t
will. even in its present form, increase
the amount of light receivable through
multiple-lensed cameras or telescopes.
Evening star., 1939-03-05
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13
Police Captain To Testify Tomorrow In Salinardi Case


WuIb CHNIm UBUB
Citizens and Manufacturer Ma
tional Bank to the United States
Of America, property on Savings
street.
Joseph ZeIIer to Elma L. ZeIIeF,
property on Twining avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13
SAMUEL KELMAN|
FREE Man AGAIN
Lincoln Street Man Agrees
to Acknowledge $l,4OO
in Back Taxes

Samuel Kelman, Of Lincoln street,
who was imprisoned In New Haven
jail q week ago for failure TO pay
back taxes on personal property,
was free today. The city last night
notified High Sheriff J. Edward
Slavin that It was dropping Its plans
for review Of the granting Of q
petition by Kelman 10 take the poor
debtors oath.
Tax Collector william A. Ennis
said that Kelman, before being re-
leased, had agreed to acknowledge
the 81, 400 In back taxes and inter-
est charged against him by the
city.
The decision to let Kelman 90 free
was reached at conference Of city
officiais yesterday afternoon. It was
pointed out that Kelinan had no
FUNDS, and that he might have to
remain in jail indefinitely without
being able to pay the tax. Kelman
was then freed last night.
Kelman was Jailed on tax warA
rant served by deputy sheriff af-
ter he had ignored demand notice
from the tax collector.
The drive for collection Of back
taxes will be continued by the city.
Mr.. Ennis said today. Substantial
amounts have been received since
the start Of the campaign.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13
Counsel Claims He
Was Refused Right
Of Seeing. Accused
Fred Hickey Notified to Attend Court Hearing Thurs
day-PrOsecutOr Believes Lawyer Has Right to
Confer With Client Even at Police Headquarters

Following charges that he would
not allow Attorney Frank Summa
TO confer with his client Frank Sail
nardi, IS, of $50 East Main street or.
the night Of his arrest Nov. 20, Cap
tain Fred Hickey was notified to
appear In city court tomorrow by
Judge John L. Gaffney.
Attorney Summa, during Salinar-
dis trial today, said he attempted to
see him at headquarters shortly af-
ter his arrest, but Captain Hickey
told him Salinardi was too drunk
to see anybody"
Fortunately" Attorney Summa
said, Deputy Chief Carson hap
pened to come into the station ct
that moment, and after explained
my position, he Immediately allowed
me to see Salinardi."
Upholds Client
"Salinardi was as sober as anyone
could possibly be-" Attorney summa
said.
Prosecuting attorney Michael J..
Galullo, after hearing Summa's COM
plant, said that any accused SHOULD
be allowed to have counsel imme-
iiately.
mo cases within the province Of
This court" the prosecutor said, "are
Of such a nature that an accused
can be refused the right to see his
attorney"
Deputy Carson" Attorney Sum-
ma told the court. Immediately rec
ognized that right"
Hickey OFF Duty
After Summa and Galullo had
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13
$6,646 LEGACY
STILL UNCLAIMED

Providence, r. l.. Dec. l3.-(UP)
When Frank p. Harrington died
In 1924, no heirs appeared to claim
the $6,646 which he had banked
while working as q Westerly baker
from 1909 to 1914.
Last year the state Of Rhode
Island claimed the deposit, and legal
notice 70 the claim was seen by two
Massachusetts, sisters, Miss Mary A.
Harrington Of Waltham and Mrs.
w. ]. Kelley OF Maiden. They claim
ed Harrington was their father and
demanded the money.
Yesterday, In superior court, two
bakery officials identified o photo
graph Of the depositor as that Of
man employed OF their bakery
prior TO 1914.
Then the photograph was shown
to the sisters.
They agreed that the man In the
picture was not their father, and
Judge Philip Joslin dismissed the
petition.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13
OUT OF PRISON,
BUT MAY RETURN

Boston, Dec. IS (UP)-served
with O fugitive warrant as he An
ished q state prison term today,
Arthur A. Dermer, IS, Of Chelsea,
said he will waive extradition to
Bristol county, Pa, where he faces
trial for O $1,000 payroll holdup.
Dermer allegedly was leader Of the
seven-man gang which seized the
payroll Of the Lucius Beebe Tanning
company Of Bristol, Pa, In March,
1887. Four men now are serving
terms In Pennsylvania state prison
for the crime, the other two are con-
fined for other crimes In Connecti-
cut and Massachusetts,.
Dermer had completed today q
three-to-flve year term for conspir-
acy to holdup and kidnap at O Hull
restaurant.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13
RODRIGUEZ HAS
ACTION SETTLED
$4,000 Suit Against City
Withdrawn From Supe-
rior Court

The 10000 civil action Of sebas-
tian Rodriguez against the City OF
Waterbury started yesterday before
Judge John A. Cornell in Super
Tor Court was settled out OF court
this noon.
Rodriguez claims he fell in the
roadway at the corner Of Mill and
Baldwin streets November II and
sustained permanent injury to his
left arm and shoulder. The fall
was the result, he alleged, Of two
large holes In the middle OF the
street, negligently left to exist by
the city.
After considerable evidence as TO
Rodriguez's injuries was taken At
torney Yale Matzkin, representing
the plaintiff, and Corporation Coun-
sci Timothy 8. Sullivan, repre-
senting the city, a recess was asked.
After q conference between the at
torneys they announced they had
reached an agreement.
The terms Of the settlemen were
not made known.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13
TROLLEY STRIKE
HAS BEEN ENDED

Flint, Mich, Dec. 13-(Up)-
Trackless trolleys resume service to-
day ending 1l-day strike by the
transport workers Of America (CIO)
which had seriously interfered with
Christmas shopping.
Negotiators for the union and the
Flint Trolley Coach Company, the
only transportation system In the
city, reached an agreement late
yesterday in Detroit under which
the il2 striking drivers and MAIN
tenance men will receive a five
cent hourly wage increase. They
had demanded l0-cent raise and
vacations with pay, which they did
not get.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13
ROOSEVELTS HIT
CHAIRMAN DIES

Washington, Dec. i3.-(UP).-
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Joined
her husband today In criticizing the
recent charge Of the Dies committee
that consumers organizations were
Communist transmission belts"
Mrs. Roosevelt, without mention.
Ing the Dies committee report, said
In her column, MY Day" To-day:
If you are not accused Of being
q Communist these days, you may
be Communist front and now you
may be q Communist transmission
belt, and these names apply to both
individuals and organizations"
President Roosevelt censured the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13

Mortgage Release
Waterbury Savings Bank 70
Anna Hartley.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13
FINLAND DAY" IN
CONN. ON SUNDAY

Hartford. Conn, Dec. 13-(UP)--
Gov. Baldwin today proclaimed
Sunday as Finland Day" to en-
courage contributions for the relief
Of the war-stricken populace OF the
Scandinavian country.
In a telegram 10 former president
Herbert Hoover, chairman Of the
Finland Relief Fund, the governor
said:
II am glad to comply with your
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spoken, Judge Gaffney asked
whether Captain Hickey was on
duty at the present time. Lieut.
Cornelius A. Shanahan informed the
court that the captain had reported
himself "sick" last night.
"If 1t Is possible for him to be
here tomorrow" the Judge said,
notify him to appear"
salinardi was arrested on charg-
es Of intoxication, breach Of the
peace, and resistance on Union
street by Patrolmen Joseph Sullivan
and Patrick Joyce, after an alleged
scuffle with two Negroes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13

report made by the committees re-
search director, J. B. Matthews, o
former official Of a consumer organ
ization.
The procedure speaks for itself,
the president said.
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committee at his press conference
yesterday calling attention to the
fact that Chairman Martin Dies, D.,
Texas, apparently appointed himself
as q subcommittee Of one to re-
ceive the consumers organization
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13
PLAN ELECTIONS

Officers Of the Daughters Of Co
lumbus will be elected Jan. o, II was
voted last night at the business
meeting which preceded the annual
Christmas party In Liberty hall.
A varied program Of entertain.
ment was enjoyed BY the club.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-13

request to proclaim Sunday, Dec. II,
as Finland Day and TO help In ef-
forts TO alleviate the suffering nom
combattant men, and women and
children Of Finland"
Evening star., 1939-02-05

BEAUTY TRICKS THAT MEN DON'T LIKE Sylvia

predatory talons sheathed in flaming
lacquers make men see red. They
prefer ovals of practical length. deli
cately tinted with pearly rose or
mauve polishes. You can make blunt
fingers look more tapering, however,
if you will lengthen your nails moder-
ately, file them to graceful points,
stop your polish just short of the sides
to decrease width, and leave the half
moons and tips exposed.
What about your eyebrows? Pluck
ing them to threadbare line tends
to make the face look vacant Heavier
brows, cleanly etched, add expressive
ness. Even sparse growths can be
coaxed into well-defned arcs with
brushing, oillng and expert hair-like
strokes Of your pencil, If they tend
toward waywardness, discipline them
with bandolne or mustache wax, put
on at night and removed the next
morning. Extending their natural
lines with discreet markings is not dis
cernible. if you will press powder over
the tracings to subdue the color, and
then remove all traces of powder with
a brush.
1t your hair is clean and sparkling,
and is simply and becomingly ar
ranged, your head will receive the
masculine vote. When the three Stone
daughters dance, their father likes to
watch their hair bounce" and prefers
natural, ripping bobbed hair to styl-
ized-coiffures A waterless shampoo
on the market, which you can apply
without damaging your wave-set,
simplifes grooming and helps to
preserve that bright, clean CLEAN.
If you want to win masculine ap-
proval, withdraw from the public eye
when you tidy your hair. tighten
straps. straighten hose seams. ad-
just garters. and repair your makeup.
Forego corsages which come between
you and your dancing partner, angora
jackets whose fluff gravitates to
dinner coat, and outre hats and de-
tails of dress which make man feel
self-conscious.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

on a chaps nerves. l find myself
taking insane precautions.
Kate was good woman. She could
not bring herself to hope there would
be another corpse as soon as possible
So she hastily thought of something
else. Surely he would realize presently
that he was over fifty. That the time
had come to draw his chair to the fire
and turn his back on the sea. Perhaps
the expression in Give Willows eyes
would tell him something,
1t was no good. He stirred uneasily
(Confinved on next pooe)
Evening star., 1939-02-05
SILVER LINING
Continued from puae seven

why are you crying. dear kate?"
He caught her at it, He was trium-
phant. You see You miss me" ;"
Nothing of the sort have
cold in my nose, that's all. she lied
He laughed, They finished the hen
house. Devoutly glad of his help was
Kate, being secretly frightened of hens
1T will be all right now," she told
herself. 'He knows love Blair, and
no one else We shall have no more
nonsense
why doesn't Uncle Give come and
live here? We have spare bedroom"
said Dickie, brightly.
Don't be so silly. dear" she said,
all flustered. 1T wouldn't do at ALL
II don't see why not. Teacher was
saying, only yesterday -"
She turned on him, quite angry
will you be quiet. you silly child"
He stared at her. surprised, for she
seldom spoke sharply After he had
gone, she stood pressing her hands to
her hot cheeks. So people we're talk
ing! Well. it might not be bad thing
if they talked little. and Blair per-
haps heard Of it. 1t might make him
stay at home at last His letters still
made no mention of retiring But his
run of bad luck was continuing in an
amazing manner
ITO lose one engineer overheard is
bad enough But when it comes to an
engineer on two consecutive voyages,
it almost looks as if there we're some
thing queer about it, If this goes on.
chaps will funk sailing with me-"
He got home when the garden was
full of daffodils. The almond blossom
was dropping its petals on the lawn.
The buds were growing stout on pear
and apple tree.
I'm certainly lucky man." he
said, his arm about her shoulders. II
can tell you. need bit of luck in
my life. These last few years I've had
run of shocking bad luck at sea-"
Round the big wood fire at night.
he told her the story. The wind
caught us broadside on could do
nothing. We hit the breakwater with
resounding bangs"
Open -mouthed. his children lis
tened They saw in it only adventure
and glory. Oh, to be grown up. and 60
around the world hitting breakwaters
with resounding bangs!
so that. coupled with my other
misfortunes. is giving me quite nasty
reputation. One more little mishap
and I'll be passed over"
He could not make it out. "One
more corpse. and I'm through. 1t gets
Evening star., 1939-02-05

pr MASCULINE wishfulness had its
way, the tribute someone lovely
has just passed by" would follow
'. all of our retreating footsteps But to
Wrest this praise from men means
eliminating discordant notes in our
appearance
Caprices we yield to at the expense
of masculine admiration are pointed
cut to us by one of our most indulgent
critics. Fred Stone, veteran actor, and
father of three famous daughters.
Paula, Carol and Dorothy.
Are you guilty of that powdered"
look? This cardinal masculine don't"
Evening star., 1939-02-05

likely to play her that sort of practical
joke. The telegram SAID an uncle she
never knew had died in America. and
left her five thousand pounds:
why are you crying, Mother??"
said Daphne
Because we're rich quite sud
denly she SAID. drying her eyes.
They had grand celebration. They
went into Liverpool and dlned in a
restaurant and went to the pictures
Afterwards. late at night. Blair and
Kate lay plotting together IN whispers.
"A little house in the country
garden a tennis court. III
keep hens"
1T will be grand. I'll have some
thing to keep me busy when retire"
Her heart gave a great bound. 1t
was what she had been wanting to
broach. but she hadn't dared to.
When shall you retire? There's no
reason. now
He stirred uneasily. Though it was
dark. she knew we'll enough the look
there would be in his eyes, "Oh, not
yet" he said. Not yet The time
hasn't come" She knew, then, that
the time never would come
She found the little house with a
tennis court, and garden. She thought,
"I'll make it so nice he won't ever
want to leave it," She baited her trap.
Alas, she caught the wrong bird
Give Willows walked round the
place, his hands in his pockets. his
handsome head thrown back. his wide
shoulders dwarfing the little rooms.
He came over every day She could
think of no way to stop him. Besides.
she often needed help. A move is a
terrible thing. Only super woman
can tackle it all alone.
Lord, Connel is a lucky man." said
Give, and he looked at Kate with an
expression there was no doubt about
Without any warning he bent and
kissed her
"Oh, Kate. you are so sweet .
You should not be alone like this
My darling. he has no business to
kieave you like ne does. If he cared
at all
How dare you"
She tore herself away from him,
furiously angry. Smartly she slapped
his face After that he stayed away
for a week, and it was very awkward.
They had been putting up the hen
house together. and she could not
possibly do it alone. The hens arrived
and it wasn't ready. She had to put
them in the toolshed where they COM
planned without ceasing.
Evening star., 1939-02-05

can be avoided if you use water
proof foundation cream. spread in a
light film over your face with moist
fingers. This enables you to 60 over
your final makeup with cotton pad
squeezed out in water to remove pow
der dust. To simulate more natural
bloom on your cheeks, cleanse your
face. and apply your cream rouge
before your warm tub. Heat diffuses
its oils. opens skin pores to absorb
them. and loosens tight patches of
color.
Most lips need rouge, but men dis
like smeary lip lines. pale unmatched
Evening star., 1939-02-05
Making q Beautiful Entrance

Even a modest person likes TO feel
odmIed; ond the impression you
moks when you Join q group is i'm
portont. Our IeofIst gives some
pointers thot you will bs slod TO toke
odvunfose Of. To get IL, send o three
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