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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
Caroline
Chatfield
Says Today


Gal Reluctant to Part with Eye Tooth and Boy
Friend.
DEAR MISS CHATFTELD:
can't had girl friend who booted
nobodys tired and asked her to intro
did made other and
the other girl and making good time The first girl friend got
for while and then began show
O interest in which puzzing
BY gone the end for number two and
So 1
q dance before offers absO
lutey for the change Can figure this one?
PUZZLED.
ANSWER:
giving little primer feminine psychology
and vndcve greedy and pugnacou far
their boy friends concerned once gal gets her branding iron
will fight like nobodys business
to keep him in her fold fair means or foul
for in
other him and II there's to
admirable attitude must
evidently number putting
spng number and warned her not to enoach
further Number two being tmd sympathetic has acuy with
drawn.
the right and turn the left and turn to the
best with There's love puzzle that
can't be solved with little fortnight between the two
third that
waters troubled nobody anything
clearly even down to the grave
Perhaps verify puzzle mystery continual
feminine
masculine enaly refuses understand
rerang you can't EN- You can't riddle You can't
about 'em or with en-"
And gals reply: we'll,
CAROLINE CHATF1ELD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
Latest Styles
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
"Stretch.the-Frulit''
Dessert

by Frances Lee Barton
r THINK most Of you will agree
that it's almost impossible to
improve on the flavor Of rasp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
Holding Sample Jobs While In School
Gives Students a Preview of Business World
WE, THE WOMEN

tunity to learn what his faults are without being
fired for them.
Next In Importance is what 1t means to the, school
The school follows Its students into jobs, looks on
while they try to make adjustments and do the work
expected Of them and then has the advantage of being
given iow-down on them by the various employers.
Thus the school Is in position to revise Its curriculum
to better meet the needs OF students.
ALL CONCERNED
BENEFIT FROM PLAN
And as for the employers. they like the idea. It
gives them q feeling Of having say-so In the way
their future employees are being trained for Jobs In
stead OF muttering. "Why don't schools teach young
people so-andsoP" they can talk the matter with
public school authorities.
u n all very well for oid-fashioned educators "a
lean back IN their chairs ana say. I'VE believe In
education for educations sake" But boys and girls
with their way 70 make In the woFid expect their
edueatons 10 help IN a practical way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
Expert Tips on Choosing q Coat

Goodman designer coats and suits
says:
you fancy plain hat viii be dowdy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08

headache follows the digestive up-
set, you may be fairly certain It is
not due to stomach, liver o. bowel
trouble. what, costiveness not o
cause Of headache7 Come, now,
take It easy. Keep the lid on the
salts can and let Us talk this thing
over q little more before you do
anything rash.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08


publication will
All held confidence Write Miss Ch"thed this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08

And the gals reply: she who has known WE'LL knows
men,"
CAROLINE CHATFIELD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
DEAR MISS CHATFIELp:

Brother giving little primer feminine psychology
vndcive and pugacous far
her branding iron
him will fight like nobodys business
her fold fair foul
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08

"Then turn to the right and turn to the left and
you love best" and have out with her. There's
can't be solved with little fortnight conversation
parties It's only when third party enters that the
died and tie waters troubled and nobody can Sc
clearly; even down to the grave.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08

Even though for him in the casual sort
doesn't want any other gal to have him and there's
scotch him, she'll It, Not very admirable attitude
admit recognized by every gal child natural and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08

1t hasn't occurred to you, evidently that number is
fight for In all probability she has shaken her fist
speakng) in the face Of number two and warned her not
further Number being mid sympathetic has tact
drawn.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Wants Congress to Give
FULLEST Cooperation" TO England.

To the Editor of The Star:
Since Congress has decided to remain
In session, it should do something con-
structive to justify its continued exist
ence.
Perhaps no more critical period in
world history ever has been known than
the present. The next year, even the
next three months, may determine the
course of humanity for centuries to come.
Whether light or darkness, freedom or
despotism, democracy or autocracy shall
prevail may be determined within this
brief period.
America next to Great Britain has
the greatest stake in maintaining the
status quo of Christian civilization,
human liberty and government. To
sit idle at this time or to fail to put
forth the utmost effort to support Great
Britain in her epic fight would be q
criminal neglect of the welfare of future
generations of Americans.
Congress should realize that at least
95 per cent of all real Americans demand
the fullest cooperation with England
in fighting the cruel monsters seeking
to destroy everything good and noble
that mankind has achieved.
Chicago. J. II. LACKEY.
Evening star., 1940-12-02

the larger cities which have recorded
reductions. Efforts which have been
made here are commendable but
there Is much that remains to be
done.
In spite of substantial reductions
which have been made in many Of
the larger cities, the national total
of 1880 deaths for the first ten
months of the year Is 1910 greater
than for the same period of 1889.
The remaining month must show a
drop of at least twenty-five per cent
to keep the year within a normal
figure.
Only recognition of the dangers
which are present can prevent
further traffic deaths in the Capital
this year. This recognition, coupled
with acceptance of mutual response
bility on the part of pedestrians and
motorists to guard against the dan
gers, is the only way in which greater
safety can be achieved.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Answers observers" Plea
For Irish Help for Britain's King.
To the Editor Of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
In commenting on the epistle by "Ob-
server" regarding Irish aid for Britains
King in your issue of November 81, it is
not necessary to speak of the withdrawal
by Pope Clement VII Of Henry Wits
title Defender of the Faith; of the re-
comforting by the English Parliament
of that title on the King as head Of the
Church of England; of the prosecutions
of the Irish people by successive bearers
of that title; of the confiscations of 80
per cent of the arabic land owned by the
Irish people, or of the blood price of
f5 paid even into the 18th century
by these defenders" for the head of
each Irish Catholic clergyman they could
lay hands on. All of this can be ignored.
Let the present only be considered.
In the six counties of the North OF
Ireland of which the present Defender
of the Faith" nominally is monarch, the
northern government has power only
over such domestic matters as internal
trade and transport, local government
and such social services as education
and health. This northern government
has only very limited powers of taxa
ton. All other powers of legislature as
to defense, treaties customs and excise,
post offices, external trade, copyrights,
citizenship and electoral laws are rele-
gated to Westminster.
BY a system of gerrymandering op-
Grating from Westminster the Orange
element, which constitutes only one
third of the one and a half million
population of the six counties, maintains
its ascendancy. Under this system Joseph
Devlin, M. p, as Nationalist, represents
$4,000 constituents, whereas a neighbor-
ing Unionist member represents only
$4,000 constituents.
To uphold this system the six counties
are policed by special constables and
"B" specials, one policeman for every 80
civilians. AS a further aid to keeping
the people under control the habeas
corpus act long has been supended.
How does "the Defender of the Faith"
Justify his title? He learns nothing
from the good example of religious toll
Grafton set for him in the 26 counties
of the south. Under him no Catholic in
the six counties gets any position in civil
service or derives advantage from the
educational system. The only "advan-
tages' the 100000 Catholics living there
receive is their share of the taxation and
little "Gestapo" treatment.
suggest to observer" that he advise
the British government to go slow in
this matter of bringing pressure to bear
on the south to hand over its naval
bases to "the Defender of the Faith
SHAWN SHEAHAN.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Double BUDGET

If Congress, as now seems in
dicated, should work out double
budget" setup for the Governments
fiscal operations during the emer-
gency period that lies ahead, GER
tain limited psychological advantages
may be realized. But neither a new
system of keeping books nor any
other superficial treatment can fur
nish a satisfactory final answer to
this countrys thorny fiscal problems.
The plan now under consideration
contemplates the complete separation
in the budget of the Governments
ordinary expenses, including normal
outlays for the military services, from
the so-called emergency expenditures
needed to finance the vast rearma-
ment effort. With this accomplished,
it is believed that the regular or
ordinary budget could be balanced in
the next fiscal year through a COM
bination of increased taxes and
economies, while the supplemental
defense budget would be amortized
over fixed period of years by the
imposition of special taxes.
This plan is not new. From time
to time in the past there were pro-
posals that similar budgeting
system be adopted to handle the New
Deals recovery program, but those
proposals received little if any sup
port from a public which looked
askance at the lavish Federal spend
ing program. At this time, however,
two new factors enter the picture.
One is the determination of the
American people to be adequately
armed, whatever the cost, and the
other is the inability of any man to
look into the future and determine
the period of time during which we
will have to maintain tremendous
military establishment.
That being the case, 1t is clearly
desirable to get the ordinary running
expenses of the Government on a
pay-as-you-go basis. The total
obligation, of course, will remain the
same, but there would seem to be
less risk of impairment Of the
national credit with regular budget
balanced annually and special de-
fenSe budget for which suitable
amortization provision had been
made.
The obvious danger lies in the pos
sibility that an emergency-inspired
double budget will come to be ac-
cepted as permanent arrangement,
with the result that this normally
undesirable method of conducting
the Governments fiscal affairs will be
continued in the name of emergency
after the real emergency has passed.
With our national finances in their
present condition, it Is highly i'm
portant to guard against any "easy
money" arrangement which tends to
encourage unnecessary spending.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
New Park Superintendent

Irving c. Root. selected by Secre-
tary IckeS as the superintendent OF
National Capital Parks, is man Of
experience and demonstrated ability
in his field, and he enters upon his
new duties with genuinely broad
view of park administration, devel-
opment and maintenance.
Mr.. Root, who has been chief engi-
neer and administrative officer Of
the Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission for thir-
teen years, wisely intends to proceed
slowly in his new post, which has
been described as the most difficult Of
its kind in the country.
He has refused to commit himself
on such controversial issues as the
proper financial arrangements which
should exist between the District and
Federal Governments for park sup
port, but he is known to be an advo-
cate of park development program
which holds bright promise for the
future. In particular, he emissions
the National Capital Parks of tomor-
row not as a system confined within
the District of Columbia, but as a
broad co-ordinated park area serving
the entire Metropolitan territory.
The deSirability Of park develop
ment along these lines has been
amply demonstrated by the expert
ence of other cities, notably Cleve-
land, Ohio. If Mr.. Root can work
out this program along lines fair to
both the District and the Federal
Government, he will have rendered a
most significant contribution to this
community.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
December Traffic

Each year amid the excitement
and gaiety of the holiday season
Sudden Death" reaps its highest
toll among motorists and pedeS-
trians. Last December seven Wash
ington residents were killed in traffic.
Various factors contribute to this
seasonal increase, the principal one
being the abnormal volume of foot
and vehicular traffic during the
shopping season, usually under ad-
verse weather conditions.
To combat this menace the Ma
tional Safety Council and thirty-two
other national organizations have
united in campaign designed to
minimize the unusual holiday hazards
and to reduce the national traffic toll
for the year.
Thus far in 1910, Washington has
shown a reduction of twenty-three
per cent in automobile fatalities, Civ
ing the District seventh place among
Evening star., 1940-12-02

leges they founded before the Revolution
that have survived to this day-Harvard,
William and Mary, Yale, Princeton,
Washington and Lee, Columbia, Brown,
Rutgers and Dartmouth-began with
faculties of theologians whose main pur-
pose was to give adequate training to
ministers of the Gospel. One of the first
acts of the new Congress was to provide
funds for the publishing of Bibles in the
new country. One of the most successful
movements of the Nations early days
was the Bible society movement which
resulted in the establishing of more than
l80 societies before the organization of
the American Bible Society in 1916.
Behind this emphasis in the new Ma
ton lay century of the all but universal
employment of the New England
Primer" in the elementary schools from
Maine to Georgia. Almost wholly para
phrase of the Bible, it served as the basis
for the study of spelling, reading, writing,
as well as religion.
Somebody has said that morally we are
Slll1 lIlc VI lIlOSc
old Bible-conscious days, but the move
ment is rapidly running down.
Sponsored by the American Bible So
ciety, which is about to celebrate its
125th anniversary, the churches of the
Nation will celebrate Universal Bible
Sunday again on December 8. The oc-
casion offers the best chance in many
years to step up the momentum of in
terest in the Bible. Not only will the
pastors of the country-tens of thou
sands of them-speak of the Bibles
power to meet our present needs, but
the newspapers, radio. book stores, IL
braries and schools will join in the Ma
tion-wide observance. We heartily join
in, for we believe that more of the Ten
Commandments and the Sermon on the
Mount, as well as some of the solemn
warnings of the prophets, without which
our Nation would have crumbled long
ago. are badly needed now. A. B. S.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
'PuqIiucci'

If the average opera enthusiast
could have but one composition to
crafty his soul, it might be the mas
terpiece of Ruggiero Leoncavallo. The
story of "Pagliacci" has such appeal,
the music is so melodious, the signifl-
canoe of the entire composition is SO
universal in it's application that even
those persons who customarily are
impatient with the nobler aspects Of
art are attracted to the work first
presented at Milan on May II, 1892.
The composer was his own libret-
tist. Generously gifted by nature
and notably successful in his studies
at Naples and Bologna, he produced
his manuscript in five months OF
gruelling labor, toiling all the while
under the compulsion OF the furor
Evening star., 1940-12-02
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trdce15eIl.

teresting birds which come through.
Some of them winter here, but our gar
den has had only migrators.
Mockingbirds which stay here all year
often sing in the morning, provided the
weather is warm, as it was at the time
of our correspondents writing.
1t has been noticeable how unusually
brilliant the male cardinals coats are
this fall.
1t is impossible to say what makes
them vary in this way. Probably the
summer food supply was high, and thus
they go into the winter with their sturdy
bodies packed with plenty of vitamins.
Birds, like old-timers, have been eat
ing vitamins all their lives without
knowing it!
Persons who feed the song birds regu-
larly all spring and summer really ought
to have more brilliant birds than persons
who do not go to this trouble and ex-
pense. Probably the word trouble" is a
bit excessive; surely it is no real trouble
to feed the birds, although it may run
into some money.
The expense in bird feeding comes in
the food supplies, not in the outfits, for,
as pointed out here many times, no out
fit is necessary, provided one is willing
to suit the supplies to the weather.
That is, the enthusiast will not put out
seed in the evening when he sees that
1t will be raining before morning. This,
nf Iad hot ha eiy
the ground as his feeding station. He
will wait until next morning, when the
birds will begin eating and so prevent
any Of the food from getting water
logged, even If it gets wet. Some birds,
notably the starlings, like to dunk"
their food, anyway.
A situation beneath shrub is good
But If one wants a feeding station. as
such, with roof, and box to hold the
food, there is no trouble at all in making
one from any sort of old wooden box,
| placed on the side.
The wooden soap box. famous the world
around as rostrum for oratorical effort,
serves handsomely as a bird feeding
| station.
The important thing is to put the back
of the box to the north or northwest, SC
( that the winds are cut off
This keeps the food from blowing out
and gives some shelter to the consumers
/ Our prevailing winds in this vicinity
| in the winter are from the west or north
or just in between.
I A box of this kind may be painted, but
is best if just permitted to weather. Ir
several months the wood takes on a
really good-looking hue and the outfit
blends nicely with the shrubs of winter:
landscape.
Wood is, after all, very natural thing
and is beautiful at all stages.
A cigar box. as suggested, makes ar
excellent feeder, especially for placing
close to a window, where something
small is desired.
A round cheese box. with the lid ele.
waited on four posts, would make
really handsome feeding station, which
would last in the weather for severa
seasons.
Evening star., 1940-12-02

promoted by his rival, Pietro Mas
cagni, with "Cavalleria Rusticana." F"
OF course, he could not guess that
the two operas later would be per-
formed together-"the Castor and
Pollux Of the operate theaters Of
Europe and America" But he was
determined to write something to
guarantee his fame. His achieve
ment, as 1t happened, was so prodi-
gious that it dwarfed every other
effort of his career. With few excep-
tions, it surpassed everything else Of
its kind in its day; and its day, in
credibly, still continues.
Canio, leader Of a group Of strolling
actors, is the hero of the opera. His
role is that of clown who must
make people laugh though his heart
be breaking In the end, distracted
and taunted for his misery, he kills
his players, destroys what is
dearer to him than life itself and ia
commedia finita"-"the comedy is
ended" How poignantly pitiful the
jest Of fate has been for the poor
victims Is told in the music. The
denouement is forecast in the aria
of Tonic at the start and limited
again and again with growing in
tensity until it breaks in the final
moment in great crescendo Of
integrated harmony.
1t is a miracle of modern science
that the grandeur of Leoncavallo's
achievement has been caught in a
series of wax discs, yet such is the
fact. The recordings offered by The
Star in its second music appreciation
campaign may be mechanically
manufactured and subject only to
mechanical reproduction, but they
are an artistic triumph of the highest
quality just. the same.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Believes White Committee
Uses Poor Argument.

To the Editor of The Star:
The William Allen White Committee
to Defend America by Aiding the Allies
backs its position by one argument open
to question.
&c This world cannot live four
fifths slave and one-fifth free" This is
a prediction not based on facts.
The British Empire is roughly cal
culated as consisting of 5O0,OOO,00o souls.
OF these 35O,OOO,00O, conservatively
estimated, inhabit India. In short, about
rs per cent or three-quarters, roughly,
OF the British Empire have for genera
tions lived and still live under what
many people would call slavery.
Twenty-Five per cent of the empire
lived in freedom. What is there to pre-
vent the whole world from getting on
when only 20 per cent so live, If the
predictions of the committee are to be
believed?
1t seems strange that the White COM
mittee injuries its case by resorting to
such flimsy argument. J. B.
Baltimore, Md.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
FALLS CHURCH, Va.

Dear Sir:
THE sport of feeding the wild birds in
winter presents slightly different
problem than it did during the spring
and summer, not only because differ
ent class of guests are to be catered to-,
but the type and location of the feeders
should be arranged for protection
against the force of the elements.
The strictly open tray type Of feeder
will not suffice to protect the grains
against several inches of snow, winds and
drenching rain, which tend to swell the
grains, even if they are not blown away.
Many of us cannot afford the all
weather feeders shown at the bird stores,
but if we are inclined to be little crafty,
1t should be easy to obtain cigar box
with lid attached, and arrange it in a
stationary position at an elevation above
the reach of dogs, cats and seed eating
rodents, with the lid suspended to a
position to serve as a roof.
This can be done by mailing a stick
or prop to each side, and would afford
the seeds protection, yet be accessible
to the birds which really eat seeds
"An ambitious amateur carpenter will
also nail ramp to the lower box feeder,
and it is interesting to know how many
of the birds take to this sort of partially
inclosed feeder.
II have an epidemic of nuthatches, so
neatly dressed in their gray and blue
striped feathers. each alighting but a
second to grasp a seed and fly to the
nearest pine tree, go down the trunk,
after few gyrations, and hammer the
seed into the bark.
'The young woodpeckers spend many
minutes eating on one piece of suet, but
apparently do not try to conserve any
for the rainy day, as do the jays, the
nuthatches and the chipmunk (the latter
having gone into hibernation).
without attempting to elicit SYM
pathy for my partial deafness, I wonder
if it is just imagination which leads me
to believe I hear a mockingbird in the
very early morning hours, in addition to
the dependable screech owl
there are so few at this season An
other stranger is a brown gray streaked
bird about the size of a thrush, who
bathes as well as feeds regularly on the
ground, with that back-and-forth
scratching motion.
Does the thrush go south or could
this be a warbler?
MY cardinals, more brilliant than
ever, feed regularly, and I am looking
forward to a more interesting season OF
winter guests than previously.
Sincerely, o. E. c."
Our correspondents bird is probably a
fox sparrow.
This one might be mistaken at a little
distance for belated wood thrush, but
there is no mistaking that scratching
motion. No thrush scratches so, and nc
thrush is around here at this time ot
year.
The fox sparrow is one of the most in