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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
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PATTERN 200 SHIRTWAISTER IN NEW SILHOUETTE

Outlined" for Fall and Winter success-this shirtwaiSter in the new-season silhouette. For an im- portant fashion decree is: Straight CT, simmer skirt lines with fullness concealed in front or back pleatS, and a bloused bodice." And Pattern 200, by Claire Tilden, fits this de- scription perfectly. The soft blolls- ing of the bodice is casual and be- coming, with darts at the front and 8 straight-across yoke in back to give smooth, tailored fit to the shoulders. The skirt is made on the new narrower lines, but plenty of walking and sitting ease is allowed by the inverted center-front skirt pleat. Have simple short sleeves or make them in long, full style with neat wristbands. AS for the neckline, you might like it high. round and untrimmed, or with 8 small pointed collar that may be in matching fabric or in fresh contrast. The button duets down the front would be smart in a color to match the belt buckle. But hurry-start this debonair style now and step out smartly into Fall.
 Pattern 200 is cut in misses and women's sizes IA, 16, IS, 20, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and A. Size 16 requires 3 3-4 yards 39 ill fabric.
 Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in coins for this pattern. WRITE CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS AND STYLE NUMBER.
 Send orders to the Waterbury Democrat Pattern Department.
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Modern Menus
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX NEA Service Staff Writer


 Our wealth of grapes should be hoarded for the long winter nights. Here are two brand new recipes for spiced grapes. They go well with meat, fowl and game and have a wonderful tang. Remember, the fresh grape flavor is better pre- served if the batch is small. How ever the entire amount of grape juice can be handled at one time.
 MISSOURI SPICED GRAPE
 JELLY
 Four quarts (6h pounds) pre- pared Concord grapes, 1h cups ci- der vinegar, 4 sticks (4-inch) cin- namon, AZ teaspoons whole cloves, sugar, # teaspoon salt.
 Wash and stem about 8 pounds under-ripe' grapes. Weigh or meas ure into kettle and crush; add vim egar and spices. Bring to a boil and simmer, covered, about 10 miI1- utes, or until grapes are soft.
 Drain through jelly bag. Measure Add 2-3 cup sugar for each cup juice. Add salt and mix thorough ly.
 Divide into two approximately equal portions, placing in separate preserving kettles. Bring to full boil, stirring only until sugar is dis solved. Boil rapidly about 10 min utes, or until jelly sheets from edge of spoon. Remove from fire and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
Gl0rJying Yourself
 m A0a>a~ NRava
NEA Service staff Writer
By Ahcia Rars

NEA Service Staf Writer
 q dieted and exercised and lost the eight pounds wanted to lose" writes a reader in Massachusetts. My waistline is new slender, and there are no bulges on my thighs.
 However" she continues, my muscles aren't firm. I'd like direc- tions for simple exercises to make muscles hard and to keep them that way"
 Here they are:
 Lie flat on the floor with arms above head. Keeping shoulders flat, lift right leg, cross 1t over left leg above the knee and stretch it out ward to the left until it is perpen- dicular with your body. Reverse keeping shoulders flat, lifting left leg and crossing it over right. This exercise should be done ever so slowly. And repeated forty times a day.
 Now stand barefooted with hands lightly on the back of a chair. Main taining excellent posture, life right leg backward as far as possible. swing it slowly out to the right, then back to position. Reverse, stretching left leg backward, swinging it around and out to the left, then back. Re- peat twenty times g day.
 Walk across the room five times on hands and feet. Try to keep knees as straight as possible. neck in a straight line with your body.
 Lie flat on the floor with arms folded across chest. Keeping ankles together and shoulders flat. slowly raise legs until they are perpendi- cular with your body. Lower them even more slowly. Repeat twenty times. This is excellent for keeping stomach muscles youthfully firm and legs quite supple.
 P. s. Or, if you prefer and lind it convenient, swim 8 reasonable distance three times week instead of doing exercises.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
WE, THE WOMEN Now They Ban Petting In Italy---Land Of Romance

would take advantage of such a situation at such time in their country's history comes as a com plete shock to the Italian officials. IT'S ALL A BIT
 PUZZLING
 The puzzling thing is how. is Italy going to enforce its ban against the frivolous activity called "petting"?
 If they throw offenders into con- centration camps-a great number of Italy's young folks will soon be enjoying camp life.
 And if there is no punishment for the crime-the ban won't do a bit of good.
 The young folks in Italy must be 8 little bit puzzled themselves.
 On the one hand, they are told it is their duty to marry early and have lots of children for Italy's future army.
 On the other hand, they are told that "romancilg" is a frivolous activity.
 How in heck, they must be won- dering, are they expected to get themselves engaged, if they aren't allowed to get acquainted in the ageS-old y-meetS-girl manner?
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HOME SERVICE

dear,
 Seems like I can smell the new
 mown hay"
 In the mood for a rip-roarin' dit- ty? TWO Gun Bonnie" for you! "She wore a gun and smoked cigars
 and swore like man, And her bible was a deck of cards,
 her church was Faro Dams"
 Have fun these Summer evenings, the year round with the 19 cowboy airs in our songbook. Gives words music, piano accompaniments; sev- eral songs have guitar arrangements besides. Includes such favorites as 'Red River Valley" Home on the Range" "Git Along Little Dogies."
 Send 10c in coin for your copy of POPULAR COWBOY SONGS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
Household Hints
By NEA Service


 New York-Nine out of ten pian- ists-from the banging menace to the finger-rippling charmer-have wished at some point during their key-thumping careers that they had an orchestra to accompany them. We'll, now they can have. And right at home, too.
 A recently invented musical ad- junct for the piano which goes un- der the name solovox can do almost everything in the way of reproduc- ing harmonious and varied sounds except sing to you. Tell it (by fln- gering its piano-like keyboard) to "take the melody" and it becomes your instrumental soloist. You ac- company its theme on the piano. TAKE THE MELODY"
 SOLO VOICE
 The solovox is miniature 36- key board which attaches to the right hand side and below the regu- lar keyboard of any piano-upright or grand. The position of the solovox keyboard allows the pianist to use his right thumb to pick out" the desired solovox-i. e., solo voice = while leaving his left hand and right fingers free for the piano accom- paniment.
 In 8 manner somewhat similar
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so that all the juice comes in con- tact with the alcohol. If the pee tin forms solid mass, enough is present to make a good jelly. If the pectin collects in small woolly particles, not enough is present. In that case, either boil the juice down to concentrate the pectin or add more pectin to the juice. Another method is the epson salts test; stir together one tablespoon of cooked fruit juice, one teaspoon of sugar, and one-half tablespoon of epson salts until the salts have been dis solved; allow the mixture to stand for twenty minutes. If it has then formed a solid mass, or large wool ly articles, the juice contains enough pectin to make a satisfac- tory jelly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
DOES THE SCAR CAUSE THE TNJURY?

DOES THE SCAR CAUSE THE
 INJURY?
 Contrary to a notion of many laymen and some old time psysi- clans calcium Clime), whether taken into the system in hard wa ter, in the form of medicine or in foods that contain considerable cla- cium, does not tend to cause hard ening of the arteries nor to cause stone in kidney or bladder, nor to cause gallstones, nor to cause high blood pressure, nor to- cause cat- aract.
 Actually there is considerable evidence that some of the diseases mentioned, particularly premature hardening oi the arteries, may be one result of prolonged calcium shortage in the system either from insufficient intake of call cium (whether in food, drinking water or medicine) or from tn- ability to absorb, assimilate or metabolize or utilize enough of the calcium to satisfy the body's daily requirements.
 People who labor under the quaint misapprehension that food or water containing "too much calcium may bring on any such disease or that one may avoid the risk of such dis ease by avoiding hard drinking wa ter or by drinking only soft water or distilled water by avoiding foods they imagine contain too much lime" ought to change their reading, their habits or maybe their doctors.
 For one thing it is questionable water Is absorbed or used by the body water is absorbe or used by the body at all. Anyway it is negligible so far as health is concerned-if the wa- ter is satisfactory in taste 1t makes no difference whether 1t is hard or soft.
 Deposits of calcareous material in the tissues have no such signi- ficance to the pathologist. The presence in the arterial wall o1 more calcium than normal arteries should have spells just one thing to the pathologist = degeneration Qualification occurs only as lats consequence of the death of func- tioning tissue cells when replace. ment (regeneration) of the cells t no longer possible.
 The chief items in the Regenera- ton Diet, the Corrective Protective Diet, are foods particularly rich ir calcium = milk, egg yolk, lettuce nuts, carrots, celery, turnips, cheese raw cabbage (coleSlaw) leafy vege' tables, greens. Here 1t is well to re. call that preservation of the char. acteristics of youth" and "materia improvement of the life expectation of adults" are among the benefit! gained by following a diet based or some such pattern.
 The old timers drew wrong in ferences from the calcerous de posits they found in ceratin tissues because they knew little or nothing of the physiology of nutrition There is no excuse for intelligen laymen, to say nothing of physi'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
By RUTH MILLETT

Every day German and IIanali officials think up something new to ban.
 One of the most amusing is Italy'S recent ban on betting.
 Petting is listed by the prefecture of police in Milan as frivolous activity which contrasts with the
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Of Interest
 To Women

Have you a household problem to solve? Write your question clearly, sign your name and ad- dress, enclose a three-cent postage stamp and mail to The Woman's Editor, Washington Service Bu- reau, The Democrat, 1913 18th Street, Washington. D. C., for a personal reply.
 @. Is there any way to test fruit juices for pectin when making jelly?
 A. Cook a small quantity of tht juice with sugar to see whether i will jell. An alcohol test consist! of pouring one tablespoon of cooked juice into three tablespoons of al cohol. Turn the container gently
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skim. Pour immediately into hot, clean, sterilized glasses and paraf- fin at once.
 To prevent formation of cream of tartar crystals in the finished jelly, let the extracted juice stand overnight in cold place. Next morning carefully dip out the juice and restrain it through jelly bag. The crystals remain with the sedi- ment on bottom and sides of the container.
 SPICED GRAPE JAM
 Four and one-half cups prepared fruit, ' cups sugar, 1-2 bottle fruit pectin, cinnamon, allspice, ginger.
 To prepare fruit: Slip skins from about 3 pounds fully ripe grapes. Bring pulp to boil and simmer, cov- cred 5 minutes. Remove seeds by sieving. Chop or grind skins and add to pulp. Add IA to 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon, allspice and ginger.
 Measure sugar and prepared fruit into large kettle and mix well. Bring to full rolling boil over hot test fire. Stir constantly before and while boiling. Boil hard min- ute. Remove from fire and stir in bottled fruit pectin, skim; pour quickly. Paraffin hot jam at once
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13

'The Dying Cowboy" and every body forgets his shyness. "Oh bury me not on the lone
 prairie
 Where the wild coyotes will howl
 OCT me; In a narrow grave just six by
 three"
 Or croon a sentimental cowboy love song. You may be sure your songbook will have lots like "Hop Pickin' Time In Happy Valley" Economically you sing: Harvest time is not so far away.
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present l n terna- tional situation.
 The thing that is really getting police of dcials down is the way
 couples take car-
 riage rides dur ing black-outs.
 Now If the of hcials k n e W as much about young p e eople as any dean of women or housemoth CT on 8 college campus knows, they would h a V e anticipated *La nJyova&orn af
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
TOMORROW's MENU

BREAKFAST: Grape bowl, bacon and eggs, toast, coffee milk.
 LUNCHEON: Corn and squash fritters, maple cyrup, orange and banana cup, cook les, tea, milk.
 DINNER: Praised beef balls, hashed brown potatoes, peas, lettuce and tomato salad, peach pie, coffee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
DOUBLE CAREER

Frederic March, today playing the leading male role in Paramount's Limitation of Joseph Conrad's "Vic- tory" came to Hollywood from the stage, but actually appeared on the screen before he was in theater. He was an extra in several New York productions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
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Caroline Chatfield
Aged Parent Should be Joint Responsibility ot Al
 Her Children.
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Aged Parent Should be Joint Responsibility of All
 Her Children
 Nearly every family its apegat one member wno carries te
 money or mas her step up to assume the p- scapegoat the unselsh menoer o1 te e the others burdens him or her. ana raer Oa make scenes and start continues to carry them
 DEAR MISS CHATFHLD: They perfectly W1ng TOT their 79 live with while their wves go re I'm a while all or them rioe aoun big tme Ihey can roe e'oiS"NeA0 ""' W '~ ~ ~ mother. She's with
 n wife can never get away visit the neghbors go movie or even shopping the mother rich her sons
 would want to share the spo 6uI because she's poor they lay Now what can do to make these cons and the responsibility Wlt my W ana the Surely she Is entitled 10 of pleasure to nothing being entitled to some time Wln my wife, "prrpnE9S RE.ARERn
 what the guilty of ana
 wouldn't get with if had to nau them lnto there's more eheclve way as "e What about
 state the facts voice dissat- iSacton and won't corporate with you the ten of coming while wife takes an airing
 If each of them came wouldn't work hardship of them and wife great extent Later perhaps visiting plan go in reverse ana eacn o them invite spend the day weekend Wh tnen
 that the obligation is the sons not the lves rep head particularly female sove You will husbands And luck " ' ' CAROLINE CHATFELD. in publication will be an.wsrsd 1 chatneld of this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
REVERSIBLE GLOVES

Midwestern cornhuskers use re- versible gloves, with two thumbs. When one side of the glove is worn out, the extra thumb and reverse side are brought into use.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
AIR SLOWS THEM DOWN

The earth would be pelted to pieces by meteors if it were not for the layer of atmosphere around it. Friction caused by air resistance, burns up most of the shooting stars" before they reach us.
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clans. persisting in that error, now that we know better. CalcareOuA material merely takes the place o6 the cellular elements of organ or tissue after these frInctiontng eles ments have been worn out or del struyed and can no longer be re- paired or regenerabed.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Call it Cri
 I wish that two-bits pamphlet "Can it Cri" of yours were in the hands of every head of a family in this country. I believe 1t would be the means of preventing an untold amount of unnecessary illness. It is the finest and most effective eluci- dation of the subject I have ever read. 0. P.)
 Answer-It will be placed in the hands of any one who asks for 1t. inclosing 25c coin and 1-ct-stamped envelope bearing his address-an en- velope not below standard size.
 Plain Wheat
 No doubt you have read about the whole wheat flour. Seems to me you could have great influence in persuading millers to adopt this new method of making flour.
 q. N. K.) Answer-If you only knew how little influence I have in that way. Best can do is to offer to any one who asks for it and incloses stamped envelope bearing his address, Q monograph Wheat to Eat" which tells how to use plain wheat h the every day dietary.
 Iodine
 Does iodine loose its strength after standing in water ten or twenty minutes (Mrs. M. R.) Answer-A fraction of the iodine would volatilize from the water, but not enough to matter, ordinarily. Protected by John F. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
Start A Cowboy Ballad
 To Liven Up The Party
Here Are 1s Hits To Pick From

Real old cowboy ballads-what fun they are to sing on twosome dates or when the crowd drops in. Start heart-stirring oldtimer like
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blackouts to the youth of the land.
 But evidently the fact that youth
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 unsuitable for w pc nH.f"nes confidence Write Miss Chntneld In care or tn naWs
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Creamed Scall0ps l pont scallops. fresh or

l pint thin white sauce
 Wash and drain the scallops, add them to the sauce and cook about IS minutes in double boiler. to the Waterbury Democrat Home Service, 635 Sixth Ave, New York, N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS, and the NAME of booklet.
Evening star., 1940-09-08
Student Age Group Shows
Best Safety Record

When it comes to the matter OF
safety and preventing accidents. It's
high time the children were seen
and heard
Accident Facts, the National
Safety Councils statistical year.
book, reports that elementary and
high school students established an
other safety record in 1899.
The estimated accidental death
total for ages to IA was 6,250-a
decrease of 5 per cent from the 1888
figure and the lowest total in the
records, which extend back to 1913.
In 1899 the accident death rate
for the STA age group was 25.S
per 100000. or only Sc per cent Of
what it was 20 years ago.
For children under 5 years of age
the 1899 accident death rate was 66.8
or II percent less than in 1922. the
year in which a definite national
program for safety education was
originated.
Among persons Is to "a years of
age the 1899 rate was 498 deaths
per 100000 persons, a reduction OF
only | per cent since 1922.
The 25-44 year group had a rate
last year of 49.2, a decrease of IA
per cent.
In the 1854 age group the acci-
dent death rate for 1899 was up G
per cent, to $50 per 100, 1000 persons
Evening star., 1940-09-08

Sunny" McKnew, won the Junior
Fleet Comet series and the SYM
ington Memorial Comet race. With
their small son, ''Donny," Mr.. and
Mrs. McKnew watch the races from
their boat, the Young Miss.
Mr.. and Mrs. McKnew have had
visiting them Mr.. and Mrs. Slocum
Kingsbury, brother and sister in
law of Mrs. McKnew Mr.. Kings
bury is an outstanding tennis player
and has won number of tourna-
ments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melville Grosvenor
both are experts at sailing and have
won many Star races. Their daugh-
ter Helen won series of Comet races
earlier this summer and their two
sons, Gilbert and Alex, follow the
family tradition. Alex won the Sym-
ington Memorial IL. j." Junior Fleet
races.
Creating much attention this
summer was Helen Grosvenor'
+ Comet Gall of Is feet long, which
has the American flag painted on
its sides, just like the ocean liners
and big yachts.
Turtle. Derby
Popular Event.
There is much doing on Gibson
Island besides sailing. A popular
event of the last week end was the
Turtle Derby, sponsored by Mr.. and
Mrs. Basil Gordon, who have a
house on the island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Morley will
leave the island soon so Mr.. Morley
can take up his duties as president
of Haverford College. Their two
daughters, Christina and Lorna, and
two sons, Tony and Woody, all sail
in the Junior Fleet and are fine
swimmers.
Other Washington summer re-
sidents on the island who took part
in the tennis tournaments included
Mr.. Donald Jones and his step
daughter, Miss Nancy Mayo, who
entered the father-d daughter con-
test. Mr.. and Mrs. Jones have
rented a house on the island for
the summer as have Mr.. and Mrs.
John P. Wetherill and Mr.. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1940-09-08

brother law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. David Baer, in their apartment
in Alban Towers Her niece, Miss
Carol Baer, accompanied her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward c. Fur
man, with their young son, Ronald
Sidney Furman. are motoring to
Atlantic City to spend two weeks
at the President, where they have
taken an apartment.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Sig
mund notored to Roanoke, Va, Fri
day and are the week end guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Levin.
the latter formerly Miss Marjorie
Sigmund of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Gusdorf
Again at Home.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Gusdorf
are back in their apartment on
Macomb street from visit to their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Revness of New York,
at their summer home at Westport,
Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Ney, with
their daughter, Miss Audrey Ney.
who were at Dixville Notch, N. H.
for two weeks and visited the New
York Worlds Fair, again are in
their Woodley Park Tower Apart
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Sommers,
who spent their vacation in Allan
tic City, have returned to the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Ascher, the
latter formerly Miss Doris Neu-
man, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Neuman, are making their
home in Baltimore. Their wedding
took place in June.
The Misses Dora and Rae Pal
kin have taken an apartment in the
Roosevelt for the winter.
Mrs. Robert Greenfield, with her
three daughters, has returned from
a two-week stay in Atlantic City
and visit with Mrs Felix Sreckle
in Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1940-09-08
Knights of Pythios

Three candidates from Webster
Lodge will receive the knight rank
at a meeting of Calanthe Lodge to-
morrow night.
Pathbone Temple, Pythian Sisters,
will meet Friday, September 13.
To-day has been designated by Su-
preme Lodge statutes as Pythian day
of Divine worship.
The first fall Grand Lodge vista
ton will be held at Mount Vernon
Lodge Wednesday, October 2.
Lodges will meet this week as fol-
lows: Franklin, Columbia, Wednes-
day; syracusians, Hermione, Thurs
day.