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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26

to visualize the fallacy of attempt ing to funnel 20 lanes into three ROAD HARDLY BUILT
 BEFORE OUTMODED
 You should be familiar with the fact that no sooner is new road. built than it is outmoded That is because the life of a road is so much longer than the life of a car. The car has been inn proved much more rapidly and fundamentally than the road.
 MotorWays should be designed in terms of the automobile. Ex- press motorways exclusively for travel of 50 or more miles at a stretch. They should be laid down first in densely populated sections to relieve present local roads. They should join heavily
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26

Eugene T. Oviatt chairman mails in tickets for show which the Concordia Singing Society will sponsor tomorrow evening at their Bank Street quarters O. K Gene save me two book wurst couple of frankfOrts and very little potato salad Attention, Mary Cap uano of East street. Sorry your letter cannot be used It's delicate matter far advertising is con- Cerned. Bob German has replaced Emmet Shuts as a member of the sales floor group of the c. L. x F. Bob incidentally, is YaIe-ing in accounting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26

collisions.
 At intervals along the motor way there will be traffic control towers. These towers will con- trol traffic in accordance with a block system. The radio :n your car will keep you informed of the weather or any road condition not visible.
 There will be no blow-outs or flats. Perfected tires will ensure against this.
 There will be no headlight glare Your car will not have to use headlights, except on the country roads. The motorway will be self Illuminating. As a car moves along, the pavement of the partic- ular lane directly ahead will be automatically illuminated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26

first road plan nerS. B uffaloes also did their bit as e arly American road engineers. The post, the stage and later the wagons of com- merce and agri- culture followed their paths.
 So for years we kept on re- surfacing and widening the old COW and horse paths. We have spent more than 30 billion dollars doing it. But every year the death toll goes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26

Mother Bell says From the current issue of the Telephone Bulletin we gleam the following service ann
 versaries Margaret M Maoney 20 years; John LaesOn 10 years Eligible for membership in the Morris F. Tyler Chapter Telephone Pioneers of America Mae A. MarOney of Waterbury Traffic and Irene Fitzpatrick of WatertOWn traffic. Francia White and James Mel ton are to star in the Bell radio program which doubts next Monday night on coasttO-cOast hOOk-up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26
DIVISION 57

A meeting Of Division, 57, A. O. H Auxiliary will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in Engineers hall. All members are urged to attend to dis cuss several important business fea- lures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26
Q ANSWERS TO
 CRANIUM CRACKERS
Questions on Comic Page

Questions on Comic Page 1. About 100000 persons live in Iceland.
 2. The capital is Reykjavik. 3. The national church is Evan gelical Luthern.
 4. The king of Iceland is the king of Denmark.
 5. Its area is approximately equal to that of Kentucky.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26
GAUL LINE UNDER MAGINOT

London CUP)-When excavations were being made for the building of l the Maginot Line, an exactly sim i liar fertilization, 2000 years old, was f found. It has been built by the Gauls to keep out the Huns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26
Banish Death Toll With FooIproof Roads To Match Car Of Future, Pleads Geddes
Famous Designer
 DeplOres TOday'S OutmOded Roads
The following article was written especially for NEA Serv- ice and the Waterbury Democrat by the famed designer of the Fu- turama at the New York Fair.
BY NORMAN BEL GEDDES NEA Service Special
 Correspondent

It is fact, not legend, that COW paths become the streets of New Yor!'s famed Wall Street district. Truly, cows were our
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26
A FOOTNoTE
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER
Good evening.

Here's a cute number, Isn't she sweet? At least until You look at her feet. Her hat has something Though it's small, But oh, her feet! At least she won't fall. She's all decked out In the latest tricks; Have you seen her hair, A brand new fix? Or her nail enamel Of a very different shade? Guaranteed not to Crack or fade. Here's a cute number, But she'll never leap hedges, When booted and spurred In her assorted wedges.
 Elm, E
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26
LATE SPRING!

While spring continues to dilly-dally, Icw can say-how green was my ValleyI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-26

Good night
Evening star., 1940-05-20

in favor of the price, which is sur
prisingly low. We have found
cologne the perfect antidote for the
horrors of hot weather. and this
one is particularly appealing :. =.
This summer fashion DEGREES al
most any color, as long as it is color
There are flashing reds and green's
less brilliant beige, gray and navy
tones as we'll as wide variety of
pastels. To blend properly with
these, two distinct tones of makeup
are necessary, SO one of the well
known cosmetic firms Is offering
them to us in the most attractive
manner possible. Both are clear
vivid reds, but the one designed for
pastels is utterly lovely, with a
subtle. blush undertone completely
devoid of any orange cast, while the
other is a brilliant crimson shade
that boldly accents the daring COL
ors in your costumes.
Both are available in rouge and
hpstick with harmonizing powder
and both are packaged in suitable
containers. For instance, the paler
one has the three items cIeverly
concealed in large round pepper
mint-stick package from which it
takes its name. A huge firecracker
holds the rouge, Ipstick and pow
der in the more vivid shade-and
both are very much on the mex
pensive side. In fact, we have found
them so smart and so reasonable
that they form a wonderful solution
to summer makeup problems.
Evening star., 1940-05-20
Keep Bathroom Clean

No room in the house demands
absolute cleanliness more urgently
than the bathroom. The presence
of dirt in this room is painfully
apparent and indicates Indifferent
housekeeping as well as ignorance
OF health principles.
Fifteen minutes of systematic
care every day should insure sani-
tation provided every one who uses
the bathroom helps to keep it tidy
and clean.
Thorough airing is the first step.
Next all fixtures should be washed
with soap and water, the floor
mopped or scrubbed, the woodwork
busted or wiped with a soap cloth
and fresh towels and wash cloths
substituted for the soiled ones on
the rods.
Curtains should be changed as
often as they need changing, GER
tainly after the windows have had
their weekly washing along with the
mirrors, lighting fixtures and medi-
cine chest. The washing of walls
and window shades belongs on the
list of things that need to be done
periodically.
Handy equipment for washing
the bathtub and basin help to en-
courage cleanliness. When visible
dirt is removed there is less chance
of invisible bacteria remaining and
the housewife may rest assured that
her bathroom Is not only attrac-
tive, but sanitary and safe.
Evening star., 1940-05-20
Manners
Of the
Nj O m e n t

There are people II would say
about two or three too many in every
family who cannot leave a good
radio program alone. I'm not going
into all those difference of opinion
about which program is good. I'll go
into all that some other time. But
let's just suppose that two people,
sitting in a room together with a
radio, have agreed that the program
which is on is good one and they
would both like to listen to it.
With all that preliminary har-
mony you'd think that they both
would sit quietly for the rest Of the
hour enjoying themselves.
But, oh, no. Not so fast. One
of them invariably decides that he
can get better reception by hddling
with the dial bit. Thereupon he
loses the program entirely. while
the crucial sentence in the dialogue
is uttered. This annoys the other
listener to the point of bringing out
the fishwife in her. The dial turner
then quickly hunts around for the
program again and gets far worse
reception than he had before, but
dares not try to improve it.
A few minutes later the entire act
is repeated with reverse roles. I
don't know. Maybe we'd better give
up group radio listening entirely.
JEAN.
Evening star., 1940-05-20
Complaining
Wives Lose
Husbands
BY DOROTHY DIX.

If you want to lose your husband: ::
Drop all of the little alluring tricks
with which you first attracted his
attention and shared his fancy. Don't
wear yourself out yes-yesing him and
making yourself attractive, as you
did in the days of courtship. Go
slouchy around the house. Save
your pretty hair-does and your good
clothes for company Wear sloppy,
down-at-the-heel slippers and mussy
house coats at home. Plaster your
face literally with skin softeners and
wrinkle eradicators. and stringent
before you go to bed
Make the breakfast table a dark
and bloody battle-ground over which
you fight over the bills and tell your
husband all the bad news you can
think of.
Be the only woman in the world
to tell him of his faults. Keep him
reminded of all of his shortcomings
and impress upon him what a poor
ouo you thlnk ne Is.
Belittle him before other people,
Proclaim his mistakes from the
housetops. Correct his grammar and
pronunciation. Decry his opinions.
Be always calling attention to the
fact that you can't have new car,
or mink coat because John doesn't
know how to get along like other
men. The trade secret of the Other
Woman Is that she puts soft soap on
the wounds wives make in their hus-
bands vanity.
Nag. Treat your husband as if he
were a moronic infant. Never tell
him a thing once and let it 60 at
that. Harp on the same string until
you wear him down and make him
incapable of resistance.
Make him eat what you think is
good for his stomach, instead OF
what he likes. Stop him from
smoking if you don't like tobacco
Make him furnish an alibi for every
minute of the day he is away from
you. Deprive him of all personal
liberty.
Keep your house filled with your
people. Have Mother come for long
visits. Have some of the girls parked
in the guest room all the time. AL
ways quote what Mother says and
Father thinks to your husband. 1t is
the surest known way of starting q
family fight.
Be all mother. Let the first baby
knock your husbands nose COM
pletely out of joint. After that give
all of your time, attention and af-
fection to your children and look
upon your husband as merely a slave
to provide the children with what
they want.
OF course, there are many other
ways of losing q husband. but in
Vulnerable wives have tried the suR-
gestions hereinbefore enumerated
and they all worked.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1940-05-20
Maternal Feline Demands
Own Way About Nursery

That evening some one went to
throw some soiled clothing into the
laundry hamper, and there were the
kittens! Yes. sir, curled up on top
of soiled shirt.
"Hmmph," said Pa, his master
full nature rising, III train her.
So he took Putzel and her two
babies downstairs and again de-
posted them in the ideal feline
nursery.
That afternoon. Junior yelled in
his gentlemanly squall: Ma. where
are the kittens?" and so forth.
The bathroom door had been shut
so the soiled clothes hamper refuge
was out of the question. Neverthe-
less they looked there, Putzel being
Putzel.
"Putzel," questioned the mistress
where are your kittens?'
"Kittens?" answered Putzel
What kittens?"
You know what kittens I mean, u
announced the mistress firmly
Putzel's yellow eyes denied all, and
she washed herself in a determined
ly engrossed fashion.
And there the matter stood
Three days later Ma" took a book
out of bookcase for touch
OF literature. Squeak, squeak
Evening star., 1940-05-20
French Grav
Is Suitable
For Maid
General HOusework
Girl Finds White
Too Difficult
By EMILY POST.

Many letters are asking me how
a general housemaid can be dressed
for housework and at the same time
look suitable to take the baby out
walking sometimes. One letter asks
If this could be done with any de-
gree of smartness.
In answer to this, although
smart child's nurse wears white and
an expert cook does, too, a waitress
seldom, If ever, does. Moreover,
white is very exacting, since it must
be stif1y starched, and therefore
muses. very easily. And nothing is
worse than white if it is not smoothly
as well as spotlessly fresh. 1t seems
to me, therefore, that French gray,
not toe stiff1y starched, would best
serve for both sets of duties. When
she takes the baby out she would
simply put her street coat and hat
on tboth as plainly tailored as
possible) over the gray dress. She
can, OF course, do the same if she
wears white, and she can, moreover,
go out with child and quite prop
erly keep on her white shoes and
stockings. When she comes home
she takes off her coat and hat and
puts on an apron.
X
Dear Mrs. Post: Will you please
tell me when a girl is old enough to
be referred to as young lady"
Answer: 1t used to be when she
put her hair up-at about Is. Per-
haps today it is when she cuts 1t offl
Evening star., 1940-05-20


Il am going with a girl who is Is
years old We don't see each other
oftener than once every two weeks
but she is always on my mind. !
think l am In love with her, but just
because of that I'm not asking her
to 60 steady with me and to wait
until we are old enough to be mar
ried.
But the truth Is that think she
is the finest, loveliest girl I ever
knew. and I have a great deal OF
respect for her. I think of her all
the time land that's no exaggera-
tion), of us being married eventually
etc. I guess it must be real love
when you think of girl like that.
THE girl I speak of and I don't
want to 60 steady but would like to
see each other as much as possible.
Can you suggest good lapse of
time between dates? M j."
In answering M. Us question, we
suggested that if he and the girl
were both seeing other fellows and
girls. it wasn't necessary for them
to deliberately forego dating each
other for long periods. We think
that once every two weeks would be
conservative, and we wouldn't frown
too much on a weekly date.
The next writer, another boy, has
a good deal in common with M. j.
Dear Kay and Alden:
Lets have more of your letter.
answering columns. I've got a good
deal of advice from them, much of
which is being stored up for the
future. Also, columns on the pet
ting problem are useful to many of
my friends. to whom always show
them when you print them.
THE girl / go with and I have
Evening star., 1940-05-20
BY BARBARA BELL,

We defy anybody who takes misses
sizes not to look especially pretty
and appealing and feminine in this
decidedly new version of the peren-
nially popular princess. Design No.
1974-B takes unto itself the piquant
charm of pleatings, that ripple
around the neckline, over the bosom,
round the sleeves and also encircle
the slashed pockets. This use of
pleatings is such simple device for
creating expensive looking origin
atty. It's so effective, and even in
experienced home sewers can do it
with no difficulty
Make this charming dress of silk
print, taffeta or fiat crepe, draw in
the waistline to charming slimness
with the back-tied side-belts, add the
saucy bow under your chin and see if
it doesn't win, you many compli-
ments.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1974-B
is designed for sizes IL, IA. is, 18 and
20. Corresponding. bust measure
Evening star., 1940-05-20

may be done to baby animals if
they are handled too much. Where
as the man of the house believes
firmly in the supremacy of the hu-
man over the creature, even when
1t comes to cats and goldfish. He's
convinced that. given time, the hu-
man intellect can outwit the feline
intellect. And he has been given
time, plenty of it.
Anyway, Putzel up and introduced
some new kittens. Nothing un-
usual about that; it is an old habit
she has. These were discovered in
the shed, two of them.
The master of the mansion, who
really loves cats and takes them
personally as long as he thinks he's
controlling them, decided that the
damp was too much for Putzel and
her babies. So he brought them
into the house and rugged up a very
lovely box under the piano in the
downstairs dining room. 1t had all
the appointments of an ideal feline
nursery and then some. There
wasn't point about which kitty
could raise hair. Junior wouldn t
practice his music anyway.
Came morning. Junior poked in
his fist to see the kittens.
Ma" he screamed in his gentle
falsetto, there aren't any kittens. "
PA" rustled downstairs and
peeked into the box, No. there
weren't any kittens. For the rest
of the day the family tiptoed and
sat down gently for there's some-
thing awful about living in a house
wherein you realize couple of
two-day -old kittens are hidden,
goodness and their mother only
knowing where.
Evening star., 1940-05-20
My Neiehbor Soys:
Wash strawberries

Wash strawberries before you
hull them-to prevent the loss
of flavor and juice. Do not
wash them, however, until it is
time to prepare them for use,
since they are apt to mold. As
soon as possible after you buy
them, spread them on a shallow
pan and store them in the re-
frigerator.
Want to know whether your
jelly Is done? Put a teaspoon
of jelly on a cold plate and set
it in the refrigerator for a min
ute or so. If the mixture jells
when stirred with a spoon it is
done. 1t is best to remove the
jelly from the fire while you
make the test. t... ...-
Sprinkle q little lemon Juice
over the knives of your food
chopper to improve the flavor
of raisins, dates and other dried
fruits you grind. It also will
help prevent them from sticking
to the chopper.
Evening star., 1940-05-20

| dCI &c 1dl Ill AL OOIlllcCIlCut.
Mr.. Warren Baldwin, owner of this
farm, started raising the goats after
he saw how beneficial their milk
was to the peasants of Switzerland
He imported herd from abroad
brought along trained herders for
them and set to work, with the aid
of maternity wards, personal Turk
ish towels and all the other comforts
of home, to create an extensive busi-
ness in goat milk.
The gamboling goats of Hillshire
Down were given every advantage,
and soon the whole thing was going
along like a beautiful dream, with
goat milk selling like mad and all
the donors giving contented little
sighs mixed with yodels left over
from their residence in the Alps.
Twas then that Mrs. Baldwin, actu-
ally DR.. Baldwin, decided that goat
milk could be just as beneficial to
the exterior as it is to the interior.
She set about to create creams and
tonics, using as the principal in
gradients, the curds and whey of the
milk. So successful were her ex-
periments that she began to sell
these products which have proved to
be excellent beauty aids.
Those we have seen include mas
sage and cleansing cream and night
and foundation cream made out of
the pure curds mixed with other
helpful ingredients. The lotion is
made from the whey, combined with
thyme, witch hazel and few other
products. The cosmetics are delight
fully. though family, scented with
apple blossoms, and, they tell us,
have proved invaluable as an aid to
the complexion Being introduced
now is set containing three of the
products, two creams and a lotion.
packaged most attractively, and
priced so that you won't find it bit
extravagant.
Using milk as skin aid is not a
new idea, but it is one that modern
women have almost forgotten. And
who knows? Maybe the bewhiskered
little animal will be the charging
Stecu upon WHICH MISS 1S4U WILL rue
in her quest for beauty and all that
goes with it.
No beauty aid is more desired than
cologne, and summer is certainly the
time for the presentation of new
and delightfully."- refreshing versions
of this feminine luxury. One of the
latest is outstanding. not only be-
cause it is dainty floral aroma
that goes SO well with warm weather
fashions, but because it is unusually
concentrated sand long-lasting and
also packaged in a bottle that will
make your dressing table more at
tractive and luxurious in appear
ance.
The delicate aroma of this flower
like cologne suggests an old-fash-
ioned garden and the era when fiow-
ers were the language of love. Soft
and subtle. yet with a definite and
pleasing fragrance, it promises to
be one of those colognes that every
woman will find suitable. You'll
adore the bottle which is an au-
thentic reproduction of an early
American type and you'll be highly
Evening star., 1940-05-20

ments 80. 80, "a, So and 38. Size IA
1922 requires As yards of 39-inch
material without nap, yards pleat-
ing, "a yard ribbon.
Send Is cents for our new spring
pattern book and choose from more
than 100 smart and original de-
signs! For afternoon and for day.
time! For yourself and the chill
dren! You can make lovely things,
SO easily and inexpensively, with
these patterns, each including a
step y-step sew chart to guide you.
Evening star., 1940-05-20
Boy and Girl May Date
Once a Week If They
Are Seeing Others
Common Sense Will Provide
Rules for Handling Many
Situations That Arise

About blue there delightful variation
tire
answering these appeals
reader doesn't
aid from getting along fine already That kind letter
kick genuine Of satisfaction makes
that there and thousands Of other fellows and girls
working difficulties they have adjusting themselves
unfamiliar circumstances their brains their
instincts situations
Recently received letters this
today in them for
Dear Kay and Alden:
appreciation the help
through column have followed faithfully and find that have
than before.
graduate school plan
college September possible social
Evening star., 1940-05-20
Floppy Beach Hats

PARIS R).-Floppy hats are com
ing out again with beach clothes. A
big one in 1owered cretonne appears
with a wide -skirted beach frock OF
the same material, in Alix's manner
A cartwheel in red and white cotton
stripe, makes the hat for a navy
play dress with striped cotton
| blouse.
Evening star., 1940-05-20

squeak" said the back Of the books
There were the kittens.
Ma" took a hand. 1t was a
wonder Putzel hadn't killed them
dumping them over the backs OF
the books. So the mistress carried
them back to the laundry hamper
and desposited them in the dirty
clothes. Then she hung an "out
OF order" sign on the hamper.
There" she said to Putzel, "have
your own way before you murder
them"
PA" still thinks that, given time
he could,
Evening star., 1940-05-20

cold soups for
summer d y S.
Even the vol
umes that had
an u n u S u ally
large group of
6 e n e al soup
recipes rarel y
went beyond the
usual jellied va
r i e t les. And,
here in Wash
ngton, a cold
soup is prac-
tlcally manda-
tory when sum-
mertime strikes!
Evening star., 1940-05-20
BY MARY ALLEN HOOD.

Did you ever try to move kittens?
Move them. that is, after the ma
ternal feline has settled them in
their happy home? Sometimes a
change of scene meets with sue
cess, and then again there are COM
plications.
Putzel is a blue Persian. And she
belongs to couple of variant tenn
peraments. The lady OF the man.
sion is something of a fatalist and
also mindful of the damage which