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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06

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 Blu
reau, The Democrat, 1913 18th
Street, Washington, d. c., for a
personal reply.
Please give recipes for sandwich
filings.
A. Chopped, hard-cooked egg
with celery or cabbage and salad
dressing; chopped, hard-cooked egg
with chopped pickle; sliced, hard
cooked egg with lettuce and salad
dressing; scrambled eggs and crisp
bacon. Flaked salmon, or tuna fish
with cabbage; onion and salad dress
ing; sardines, chopped and mixed
with water cress and salad dress
ing. Ground American cheese with
cream to moisten, pickles, nuts or
pimento: cottage cheese on one but
tered slice and jam or honey or mar
malade on the other buttered slice;
cottage cheese with carrots, diced
onion, chopped nuts, crisp diced ba-
con and salad dressing; cream
cheese and shredded pineapple, or
dates or nuts. Lettuce or shredded
cabbage. or raw spinch. or water
cress, or diced celery mixed with
salad dressing; lettuce, tomato and
cucumber; shredded cabbage and
carrots; grated carrot and chopped
raiSin. Peanut butter mixed with
jam, jelly, marmalade, or honey;
peanut butter mixed with ground
dried fgruits; peanut butter mixed
with mashed banana; peanut butter
mixed with shredded carrots. Raisins
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
GlOrIing
Yourself.

NEA Service stair Wrlter

my two college roommates spent
last week with me-" young woman
said yesterday. You'd just never
believe that two girls who seemed
pretty much alike ten years ago
could be Sc different now"
She explained that in their COL
lege years both friends we're slim,
blonde, vivacious, popular, inter-
ested in everything and everybody.
Both made better-than-average
grades. Both married Immediately
latter graduation. Both started
housekeeping on better-than-aver-
age scale.
TURNED OUT
FAT AND FADED
"But hardly recognized Mary
B. when she got off the train.
She must be forty pounds over
weight. Her hair Is mousey blond
instead of bright and shining as
1t was ten years ago. She's still
a nice, friendly sort of person,
but she's pretty much on the dull
side.
obviously, Mary B. hasn't read
anything at all since the college
library vas at her disposal. She
hasn't any real enthusiasm for
anything except possibly her chill
dren. We couldn't talk about any,
thing except the old days and
people who were in school at the
same time.
"Oh, yes, she did say several times
that she intended to diet real soon
and lose some weight. But I knew
when she said 1t that she had no
intention of eating a great deal less
that she'd 60 right on reaching
into the ice box for bite OF some
thing every time she passes through
the kitchen.
USES HER
INTELLIGENCE
Betty ", on the other hand, is
only about five pounds heavier
than she used to be. Her hair Is
bright and shining. 1t shows that 1t
has had some care. She's as attrac-
tive looking as she was ten years
ago, and has ten times as attrac-
tive a personality.
Betty V. didn't crawl into a
shell and stop developing mental
ly the day she got out of school,
She had taken an active part In
the life of her community. She
finds time to read. And she has
been studying piano for five years
She has gone on to find out about
some of the subjects she didn't
much more than hear about in
school.
"Yet Betty v. hasn't neglected
her children or become unfen1i-
nine. She's simply proof that any
woman can discipline her appe-
tite, develop her taste for good
reading matter and keep up with
what's going on in the world-if
she really wants TO-"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
. MeKENNEY's BRIDGE QUIZ

! Duke of Cumberland in the days of
whist. After examining the South
hand, 1t does not seem possible that
the hand could not take trick, so
for the benefit of those who would
like to show it to their friends,
give you today the Duke of Cum
berland hand Don't confuse this
with the Mississippi heart hand0
I will leave the bidding mostly
to your imagination, but oddly
enough, East is the declarer. South
opens with a two-bid, West doubles,
East responds with spades and
West continues bidding spades.
Assuming that South opens with
the king of hearts, which is
trumped in dummy, small dia-
mond is led, declarer rufus and
returns a spade, finessing the ten,
He ruffs another diamond and
illnesses the queen OF spades.
A third diamond Is ruffed, and a
club ruff puts dummy in to cash
the trump ace. dropping the king.
Then all the diamonds in dummy
are good.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
Use ColorfuI Yarn and Thimbles


A dashing, finishing touch for
your Summer sports dresseS-this
necklace of tiny poisoning flower
pots, really white thimbles in dis
guise. And to think you can make
such stunning costume jewelry right
at home!
You use about seven yards of red
wool yarn, two yards each Of yell
low, turquoise, purple and emerald
green.
The red yarn you cut into six l.
yard lengths and twist into a rope
which you fasten with a white ball
button. The other colors are for the
small pompomS; use one color to
a pompom and make each one this
way.
Wrap yarn SO times around a
cardboard strip 1-2 inch wide, as
Figure ! shows. Slip a 5-inch
length of the yarn under loops at
top and tie with double knot, as
In Figure 2. Now cut loops at bot
tom opposite knot and tie pompom
to necklace.
To attach thimbles. first give the
inside edge of each thimble coat
Of shellac; when dry add glue and
insert pompoms.
You can make other stunning
pieces OF costume jewelry as SIM
ply. Our 32-page booklet shows
how TO make lovely belts, clips.
bracelets. boutonnieres and necklace
es-all from Inexpensive. everyday
materials.
Send l0c In coin foF your copy
COSTUME JEWELBY YOU CAN
EASILY MAKE te the Waterbury
Democrat Heme Service, e3s Sixth
Ave. New York, N. Y. BE sure to
write plainly your NAME, ADJ
DRESS, and tho NAME Of beckett.
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Nat 4
PATTERN 178
SOFTLY FEMININE
GOOD-TIME DRESS

Everything that spells summer
enchantment has been put into Pat
tern 178 by Claire Tilden. It's a
young girl frock with princess lines
that curve. front and back, for grace
and for smooth. easy fitting. The
low-cut front neckline is both cool
and becoming, and though the
sleeves may be above-the-elbow
length, the brief, flaring ruffled
style is more youthful and sum-
merry. Why not make the ruffles in
dainty eyelet embroidery. There's
a gay surprise in back where the
princess lines are smartly inter-
rupted by low-pointed waist-seam,
with double panel In the skirt be-
low. You might play up these I'M
usual features with two rows OF
buttons and a pert bow. Self-fabric
bows give O very decorative and
feminine touch down the center
front seam: yet are so simple 70
make. Ruffling may be used for
crisp edging around the neck and
pulled sleeves. wouldn't the whole
frock be enchanting In eyelet en-
broidered batiste or In an airy cot
ton laee7
Pattern iTs Is cut IN misses sizes
10. u. II. 10 and 10; bust sizes 28.
30. 81, ~ and %. Size 10 requires
. s-e yards 30 inch fabric.
Send FIPTEEN CENTS fiSel IN
coins for this pattern. WRITE
CLEARLY SIZE. NAME, ADDRESS
AND STYLE NUMBER.
Send orders 10 the Waterbury
Democrat Pattern Department.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06

on bringing milk to boil for safety.
(Mrs. G. W.
Answer-Whether 1t is necessary
to scald the milk you use, is a ques-
ton to submit to a local physician or
to your local health officer.
Full Feeling in Head
Please advice treatment for one
who has a tight or full feeling in
head from the front teeth up to the
back Of head. (Mrs. A. M
Answer-I'm sorry I am unable to
surmise what the trouble may be-
The individual should consult a
physician.
Blood Test for Carbon Monoxide
How can air be tested for traces
Of carbon monoxide? IL. 81
Answer-Make a solution of a few
drops Of blood In water in test tube
Divide it into two parts. Shake up
one part thoroughly with pure air
This makes yellow solution. Shake
up the other part thoroughly with
the suspected air. If this makes q
pink solution the air contains car
bon monoxide.
protected by John F. Ollie Coz
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
A CHILD WHO NEVER GROWS UP

Recently we described here case,
typical of thousands, of a child aged
Al years who has brought much I'M
happiness on his family, having
twice lost good jobs through his
drinking. The child had finally
taken a pledge and kept it for a
yeard; at the end of the year he
renewed his pledge and kept 1t
faithfully for the second year. Now
the year is expiring, his wife wants
him to take the pledge for another
year; at the end of the year he
CUES that he doesn't need to take a
pledge now, and he thinks taking
the pledge would be confession of
weakness. Many Of his friends take
that attitude and openly decry the
idea of renewing the pledge. And
unhappily his wife hesitates to in
sist lest the child get the idea that
she doesn't trust him without 1t and
so lose confidence in himself and
perhaps begin drinking again.
The pledge apparently had no such
effect the first two years. Surely
there can be no friend" whose
opinions or wishes matter as much
as the opinions and wishes Of the
child's wife and family. But the
case illustrates the difficult psychol-
ogy or inebriety. The raising of the
peculiar objection to renewing the
pledge now makes one wonder
whether the child has really kept
1t as his wife believes.
Another child puts in a word at
this juncture:
1.-THE other night after a alco-
holic session, my wife called my
attention to your column in which
your current theme on the alco-
holic problem is weakness, nothing
more, nothing less, in the indi-
vidual.
Bologna? Get out where men
are men and you'll find very good
men. who are so strong minded,
that anything that comes between
them and a drink. they push over,
in fact they are very strong
minded in this way.
How many times have you been
drunk If at all. you would know
drinking Is a relief from bore
dom, a relaxation"
| (Signed .......
This child reveals the simple truth
when he says that anything that
comes between them and a drink
they push over" It matters not to
the inebriate or the dipsomaniac how
innocent or how sacred the thing
may be. 1t is a childish attitude.
Speaking of childishness, it may be
well to note the difference between
the mentality of a normal child and
that of moron, or an imbecile, or
an idiot. An idiot is person whose
| mental development never advances
beyond that of normal three-year-
old child. An imbecile is one whose
mental development is arrested at
the level of that Of a normal seven
year old child. A moron is one whose
mental ability is limited to that of
the normal IL year old child. Un-
like the normal child Of IL, the
moron is incapable of further men,
tai development, education or learn
ingq. Physically, adult morons are
the equals of adults Of normal intelli-
gence. Millions of morons are good
laborers, factory or machine hands,
watchmen, policemen, soldiers. car
riers. citizens. Morons may be faith
full, loyal, gentle, kind and brave.
In ordinary appearance or manner
morons may seem normal enough;
1t is only when they have to exercise
discretion. wisdom, judgment or rea-
soning that their deficiency is re-
vealed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06

Modern
Menus
By MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA Service STAFF Writer.

/
NEA Service STAFF Writer.
OF course you like to bake your
own fruit breads. But in hot wealth.
er it's easier to open can and turn
out orange or prune bread when you
want 1t. Yes, these breads now
come in cans. The types are: Or
ange, date and nut, prune, and Bos-
ton brown.
These fruit breads served with
fruit make perfect summer desserts.
They are excellent for salad lunch
cons, too. Spread with creamy cot
tage cheese they make nouristing
treats for children.
There are also many canned in
gradients which make substantial
hot meat dishes easier to, prepare.
From "The Canned Foods Cook
Book" by Porter and Latzke, comes
these excellent easy main dishes for
warm weather.
KRAUT PORK CHOPS
One No. 2 1-2 can sauerkraut,
thick loin pork chops. Pour kraut
in saucepan and add little water
If necessary. Cover and heat thor
| oughly. Pan-broil the chops; when
tender add tablespoons of melted
pork fat to the kraut; arrange kraut
on platter and place chops on top.
INDIVIDUAL ASPARAGUS AND
CHICKEN PIES
(Serves 81
ttVNc
3-4 cups medium white sauce. one
No. Ia can homeless chicken, pastry
or biscuit dough.
Drain asparagus tips and use
liquid in diluting evaporated milk
for white sauce. Cut homeless chick
en- into cubes and add with aspara-
gus to white sauce. Pour into in
dividual baking dishes and top with
crust of pastry or biscuit duogh.
Bake in oven at $50 degrees F. rln-
til crust Is Drowned. Serve hot.
LIMA BEANS, PENOBSCOT
(Serves 81
One box quick-frozen baby lima
beans, cups boiling water, sailed,
package quick-frozen fillet Of
salmon or l quick-frozen salmon
steak, cooked, tablespoons butter,
3 tablespoons flour, 2 cups milk, l
teaspoon salt, dash of pepper, dash
Of paprika. tablespoon chopped
green pepper.
Drop frozen lima beans into
briskly boiling sailed water, bring
again to boil, and boil is to 10
minutes, or until just tender; drain.
To cook salmon. place salmon
| (frozen or thawed) in saucepan;
add l cup water and 1-2 teaspoon
salt. Cover and cook gently about
Is minutes or until tender; drain.
Cool and separate into large fakes.
Melt butter in top Of double
boiler: add -four and stir until
smooth. Add milk gradually and
cook over boiling water until
thickened stirring constantly. Add
seasonings and green pepper, mix
ing well; then add lima beans and
salmon and cook about 10 minutes
longer. Serve on toast.
MONDAYS MENU
BREAKFAST: Stewed black
berries, oatmeal, canned orange
bread, coffee, milk.
LUNCHEON: Individual as
paragus and chicken pies, hard
rolls, canned apricots, chocolate
waters, tea, milk.
DINNER: Kraut pork chops,
parsley potatoes, canned snap
beans, watercress and tomato
salad, coconut-orange layer
cake, coffee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06

of babies that mother
ordinary The infants born under scientific cOnd
Onded clothed.
advice the babys health his
training discipline education tells
Of time physical effort. Even he
problem child there psychiarits who usually
problem Then schools designed
develop Neither kissing whipping
things knew to do for her problem child
being treatment children
abnormal Modern times have taken the hazard Of
motherhood a large extent.
CAROLINE CHATFIELD
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
-WE, THE WOMEN-
If You REALLY Want To,
You Can Easily Do Your Bit

one for clubs and committees.
just don't like working with a lot OF
women"
well, let's see"
"You see, there just isn't any
thing I can do. But I do wish I
could help. If only someone would
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
ALASKAN NUGGETS

Because Of her role IN sdold Rush
Malsle," An Gothern Is richer ~
three gold nuggets. The NOM
star received tho nuggets from an
admlrer IN Alaska who wrote; Peg
hnps this Win be bait for you and the
studio 70 make q gold rush picture ~
the land where Gold 1ouEkhes."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
ADRIAN WARDROBE

Billie Burke, in her last two pic
lures, THE Ghost Comes Home"
and THE Captain Is a Lady," wore
ill-fitting bingham dresses. Now she
has more than six costumes made
especially for her by Adrian, for her
wearing in "Dulcy."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06

decision made she lot uCkier than
husband cant build
reasonable proportions she out and
the sheke Even when economic necessity doesn't
into her calculations she often has much leisure time
twentieth
interests take slack
wife nothing but house and tend
babies exception The wife of today pity herself
complain household drudge Modern times have
taken the nNrtyrdOm of matrimOny.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
Caroline
Chatfield
Aren't Women Getting the Breaks Nowadays?
Says Today


This still be mans world people claim but
getting fine breaks While marriage remains the
choice with her She doesn't
appease the family to her
pride remain single long she likes and needn't
that he will be the
sleep plenty and and she
the decision. Social conventions Wild
the
educational her expert
with business much better position
suitable
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06

thing ! could
do! 80 says
woman after wo-
man.
But when you
ask the follow
ing questions,
mo" is too often
the answer.
Have you been
down to Red
Cross headquar-
tiers? I hear
they need knit
tiers desperately,
if they are to
have enough
warm clothes
for the homeless
this winter"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06

husbands have changed too with the changing times If
middle
mother he would have died apopex Today the husbands
go expecting dishes to them
surprised to in the
there something to talk
bills Modern
boredom of marimony.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
BY VIM. f. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

On rather extensive trip recent
ly, several people inquired about
the old Duke of Cumberland hand,
which was supposedly a stacked
hand dealt by card sharp to the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
CAROLINE CHATFIELD.

OF
I'm
write Chnthed this
NOVA
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Hoo To Keeb Well


dense diagnosis will
stamped envelope enclosed Letters :hculd he bei
only few be this column reply
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Asthma

Asthma
Kindly send copy Of your PAM
phlet on asthma 70 this address.
(MEs. y. J. o.
Answer-ynclose q stamped &c en-
velope bearing your address, and ask
for monograph on Asthma. OF
Meanie Doc Brady, he does NOT pay
the postage.
MIA
We use daily 9 quart Of raw milk.
Read OF some one suing . dairy on
claim he contracted undulaft feEey
from drinking raw milk sold by the
dairy. Since that, husband insists
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
Keeping Foods Better
In Your Refrigerator
Rv katharine E;ehar
By Katherine FisheI


Thanks to the modern household refrigerator problem storing
1ooos say particularly weather to
simple matter Of learning make good
taces your refrigerator offers The
pendent on two thingcold humidity For
regeraos provide variety of
that foods may be kept best suited
The Freezing Unit
Besides its job of freezing freezing unit
provides place TOT keeping foods before
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
BY RUTH MILLETT

1T makes me sick to think about
the suffering in Europe. If there
were only some
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
WOMAN,S REALM
Starring Stripes

GRAPES are
starred in
the accessoriei
worn with
this black
linen
skirt and
white linen
jacket. The
smart
shoulder
strap bag,
lipstick, COM
pact and tiny
hair-ribbon
bow are all
decorated
with match
ing red and
s white
peppermint
stick" e
stripes.
----'--
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06

Pictured above Is q versatile vege-
table cutter which shapes French
fries and shoe string potatoes at one
and the same time. At the center OF
ne cutter ID Q plunger propelled as
illustrated. A potato Is placed az
each end Of the cutter and as DE
piunger IL alternately showed
against them. The perforated cutting
sets do the work. INTERCHANGEABLE
cutting sets Of various sizes permit
vegetables 70 be shaped as desired.
The small sketch at the left lilus.
ifates . single cutter which oper.
sies en he same principle.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
The Freezing Unit

KeDJ
in the freezing unit.
Meat Storage
The meat storage compartment has very low
temperature-just above freezing-and also high
humidity. Sometimes this compartment is called a
meat keeper" 1t makes it possible to purchase meat
for several days supply This section has other uses
too. such as for storing large supply of ice cubes,
the quick chilling of desserts in sherbet or parfa
glasses, or the rapid cooling of bottled beverages
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
Fruit and Vegetable Storage

IL The drawers where fresh vegetable. stored 10 the
Fefgera0r high humidity and satisfactorily
peep the serIeas fresh and crisp and rhs vegetables witch
handling
vegetables should washed
eTalns from them before putting them into the vegetable
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-06
Covering Foods

For convenience covering foods bowl
melons There are bags for storing bread and you've
tried storing bread IN your refrigerator and how
dishes
keep food visible reminder et-ove which stacL
the other The
preventing odos from
transferred from food another
ITSELF "
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General Food Space

s
iusrs storage for miscellaneous foods-bue milk
cooked meats, left-overs, chilled dessert
stewed fruits cheese casserole dishes Most
this should
they are to be kept the refrigerator for of Delicate
butter
them from taking foreign flavor Strong smelling foods such
them
other foods refrigerator a
kept except Of course
n the of foods having a strong odor. - =
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DINNER: Kraut pork chops,
parsley potatoes, canned snap
beans, watercress and tomato
salad, coconut-orange layer
cake, coffee, milk.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
w. H. Kervin Follows
Brother in Death

William H. Kervin, SO, of 329
Tenth street NE, for AZ years an
employe of the Government Printing
Office, died Wednesday at Lizonia,
N. Y, it was learned here today.
He was visiting at the home of his
brother Michael, 73, who died IL
hours before him. Both brothers
died on the same identical spot
the sofa in the living room-and of
the same identical disease-heart
failure. William died at 6 pm.
Mr.. Kervin is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Nora Kervin of WASH
ington, and several nephews. He
was employed at the G. P. o. from
1894 until 1886. He was superintend-
ent in charge of expenditures there
for many years. He was a member
of the Holy Name Society at St.
JoSeph's Catholic Church.
Mr.. Kervin had made his home
here for the past As years.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at st. Joseph's at $50 am.
tomorrow. Burial will be at Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Gen. KiIner's Funeral
Will Be Held tuesday

Funeral services for Brig. Gen.
Walter Glenn Kilner, former as
sistant chief of the Army Air Corps,
who ended his life here Friday, will
be held at 2 pm. Tuesday in Fort
Myer Chapel, with Chaplain Herman
]. Kregel officiating Burial will be
in Arlington National Cemetery with
full military honors.
Honorary pallbearers will be Maj.
Gen. H. H. Arnold. chief of the Air
Corps; Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet,
U. S. A, retired; Col. Davenport
johnson, Air Corps: 1t. Col. I. c.
Eaker. Air Corps; F. Trubee Dawson,
former Assistant Secretary Of War;
1t. Col. G. De Freest Larner. Air
Reserve; Maj. Burdette S. Wright,
Air Reserve. and E. S. Gorrell.
The World War aviator had sue
ceeded Col Charles A. Lindbergh on
the National Advisory Board for
Aeronautics last December. He was
vice president of the National Aero
nautic Association. At the time of
his death he was associated with the
Curtiss-Wright Corp. in Buffalo
N. Y, and was director of Pan
American Airways.