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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
|BAB|N ADVISES
 | EXTRA POSTAGE
Points Out Advantages In
 Mailing Greeting Cards, Gifts

Postmaster Charles A. Babin urges all patrons using the mails to at tach two cent stamps on local mail and three on out-of-town delivery. He said that this facilitates hand ling and is given directory service, which is not done on letters having less than two-cent stamp. Many people buy a score of cards, ranging from five to 20 cents each, and then making this invest ment they will go ahead and attach a one cLnt or a cent and half stamp Their letter may become misplaced or delayed due to faulty address and never delivered"
 ''The additional fractional cost will eliminate this chance and will well repay them, and the assurance that letter will reach its destination is worth the extra investment"
 Particularly stressing the need of protection on small items, ne said that jewelry and other expensive gifts should be registered and not sent parcel post. A receipt can be obtained on delivery and if the sender wants return receipt he may have it.
 MT. Babin said it would save en- barassment in inquiring if the gift was received. Insure parcel post packages also for in the mail they may be delayed or misplaced in the rush during the holidays.
 Up to yesterday, MT. Babin has not hired new applicants, and hand ling of the mail is being done with the present personnel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
Supreme Court Reinstates $28, ,924 Verdicl
6. Y. 0. TEAMS IN SECOND DEBATE
Four Chapters To Be Rep resented Tomorrow Eve
 ming Subjects Chosen

The second in the series of de- bates in the tournament sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Youth Organization will be staged tomorrow evening in Columbus hall. The teams assigned to compete in this round for the James F. Arnold Memorial trophy are St. Thomas and the Church of the Immaculate Conception; Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Two very timely subjects have been selected by the young speakers and an interesting evening is anticipated by the followers of the contending teams.
 Last week nearly 200 persons heard teams representing the Church of the Blessed Sacrament and SS. Peter and Paul debate the question:: Resolved, That the United States Should Extend All Aid Short of Manpower to Great Bri- tain.' The judges returned ver- dict for the Church of the Blessed Sacrament speakers who upheld the negative side of the subject. Inci- dentally tI1e winners of 1939-1940 trophy were hard pressed by the young orators from SS Peter and Paul. Sine very interesting argu- ments were given by both sides.
 With two debates scheduled for tomorrow night capacity audience is expected. After tomorrow evening the schedule will be interrupted by the holidays, but the tourney will be resumed Thursday evening, Jan uary 6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
NEW YORK HEARTBEAT

Faces About Tow1: p--'-ari Hoover, who used to be President himself. lost in the dayn3ns . of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel-wai- = ing for a cab Frances Farmer, the pretty person., dining solo in Sardi's Fanny Ward, the age- less ingenue. in Bertolotti's un- folding romantic tragedies caused by the war -- American women who married Italian noblemen, etc. Chamberlain Brown, the booking agent, carrying huge, Persian cat Elaine Basset, the Powers WOW, carrying a handbag made of zip- pered overshoe ... Veraaah For inaaaalf at Aaaahmaaaahndo's giv- ing them all an aaaahlul with her new turbaaaahn . Lois De Fee. the sallest and heftiest, but one of the shapeliest show girls, at the Hurricane, with hecilers cloWning :: "Hey, skyscraperl S.ddownl" George Jean Nathan, the blitzkritic Irving Berlin. who isn't a part of Tin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley is part of him Herbert Bay ard Swope wishing people would remember that he quit the Morning World in 1923-'ong before it died .-. George White, Ben Blue and Mitzi Green.
 SaIlies in Our Alley: Jack Taylor, the newspaperman, swears it hap pened. Two drunks were discussing a third, who was in the hospital for the d. t.'s That never happened to me-" said the first, "and I've been a heavy drinker all m'life. I never came within a mile of having the d. t.'s In fact, I had only one bad night. That was the time the horse came through the keyhole" .. The=e is lot of guessing on what keeps a certain flop show from closing. The mo- tices were bad and the business ditto from the premiere. Perhaps" said critic. its disguised as Willkie Club"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
WILBUR SQUIRE
 RETIRING SOON
U. s. Rubber Company Em- plOye Rendered Party At
 HarmOn's Last Night

Naugatuck, Dec. 18-The Sales Accounting department of the U. s. Rubber company held an enjoyable Christmas party last night at Har- mons Grill, Waterbury. The party was in honor of Wilbur Squire, an employe of the U. s Rubber com pany for many years, who is re- tiring soon.
 Those attending included: John F. Driscoll, Clara Pudem, Raymond McKeon, Elizabeth Grant, Elizabeth Evans, Ida Schwartz, Lillian Carl- son, Vivian Smith, Katherine Lucas, Helen L.yudd Andrew Evans. W. H, IO'Donnell, Carl B. Treat, John Strayer. Dorothy Hogan, Mary Cob bol, Victor N. Peterson, Christopher F. Moroney, Harris McSherry, Mar shall Grifhth, Doris Olson, Louis Du Bois, Peg Tracey and Aibipa IKogut.
 MT. GrifIith and vivien Smith the committee in charge
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
CORN PICKER HOMEMADE

Oklahoma City. Okla. = (UP) ' A homemade tractor with a me- chanical corn picker attached has saved Paul Hutton time and money He built the tractor from old auto parts. All told, including red paint job, the cost was $85.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
Walter WincheII. Om ByO0dw0y !.
lIsaas Marh ResIsrsd. coDyrVh bod Dally llirEoEl


 MemOs of a Midnighter: The Phil Plants, celebrating their 2nd Ailny, ~tifling ihe <r,i'~,n+s Tir- -fS Man of the Year" probably will be Churchill Lily Pons, who just bzc2me an. American, WAL s.ng the National Anthem at the Star Spangled Banner Ball Cat the Astor) con the goth The MGM infor- nation booth at Times Square will become a recruiting station . i. The songwriters will picket radio stations with pianos cn trucks = Count Adelburg, of the White Russian eol- ony. here, and Rosemary Warburton, of the Social Register, are Like that :. Trent Patterson, the thrush (recently in court over a friends husband). is being ccnsoled by a hooch exec Sally Rand incor- porated herself last week to dodge claims from her recent bankruptcy. There is stllI $T,OJO agatn :, chorus gir. wages. etc. i. Dorothy Bigbee, the sllowgirl, shows every body her red flannelS!
 A BrOadwayite Writes Santa Claus Give me sfrom out of the long ago the quiet voice of a friend I knew
 : Give me a Broadway. white with snow, and tfronged again with a golden crew Give me the key to an ancient inn, where wine ran red from an olden cask. Give me the laughter, the light, the din. Is that too much-too much to ask? Give me another chance to hear-the endless thrill of wist- ful song Give me the glimpse of yesteryear-where only the frail were never wrong . Give me the words of broken vow-the scent of kiss that could never be Give me this Christmas gift, somehow-the miracle of a memory. Don Wahn.
 Street Scenery: The sleeping pill ads in a drug store window: Take desc and doze"! i. The safety slo- gan on A car: "You keep your dis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
Full Weather Report

Boston. Dec. 1s-(UP)-Weath- CT forecast;
 CONNECTICUT- Fair little change in temperature tonight. Thursday fair and slightly war mer. MASSACHUSETTS, and R H ID E ISLAND - Fair; little change in temperature tonight. Thursday fair, slightly warmer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
ODDS LONG IN DRAFT

Bridgeport, Conn. - (UP) Floyd Harper was assigned number 1870 in the draft registration. During the national lottery, when his mum Der was drawn, he was assigned or der number 1870. A high school mathematician figured the odds were 4487 to the coincident could happen again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
Hospital
 Bulletins

Edward McGuigan, 80, of Vol colt was reported by the Bristol hospital attaches as in good" condition this morning. MT. Me Gu'gan was found in a pool off the roadway in Wolcott Monday where he had fallen, by Mrs. Rose Klitka, WolcOtt school nurse. The man sustained fractured hip in the fall. He was admitted to the hospital suffering from exposure as well as the fracture, and hos pitaI attendants said that cast was put on the fracture.
 Not much change was noted in the condition of James Little, off cers in the accident prevention bureau of the police department, as reported by the St. Mary's hos pital this morning. MT. Little was admitted Friday and is attended by his physician, Dr. Joseph A. Reynolds.
 Garrett Stack, 3-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. Timothy J. Stack of 49 Laval street, was reported as doing quite comfortably" by St. Mary's hospital authorities this morning. The youngster was ad- mitted to the hospital last Satur- day after he suffered first and second degree burns of the back and legs while playing near the kitchen stove. He accidentally spilled Scalding water on himself.
 John Rogers, "A, of LitchfieId, still remains on the danger list at the Waterbury hospital as re- ported today, although his condi- tSon is showing an improvement, authorities said. He was involved in an accident with three other youths when three cars collided Thursday night in Bethlehem.
 The other youths, George Ding well, g, of Litchfield; Henry Shaughnessey, 26, of TorringtOn, and Louis Salcito, 20, of Litch- field, are coming along "fine," hos pital attendants reported. They were not seriously injured.
 Joseph De Lauretis, 13, of 44O Pine street, was reported by the St. Mary's hospital as coming along fairly well," today by hos pital authorities. He was serious ly injured in a cOasting accident on Pearl and Bronson streets al- most two weeks ago. His name had been on the danger list for some time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
Sergeant

The first meeting of former United States Marines in this area to make application for a charter and form a Waterbury detachment of the Marine Corps League will be held at the United States Marine Corps Recruiting Office, Room No. 209, new post Of- flee building, Waterbury at zoo ?. m., Wednesday December IS, ac- cording to First Sergeant George A. Beck, officer in charge.
 Membership in the Marine Corps League is open to honOras bly discharged marines who serv- ed at any time in the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps League is the only all-Marine veteran or ganization in the United States. It is charted by act of Congress and all Marines in this vicinity are urged to attend this organization meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18

Street Scenery: The sleeping pill ads in a drug store window: Take desc and doze"! The safety slo- gan on a car: You keep your dis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
HOLSTEINS SET HIGH AVERAGE

Amherst, Mass.-(UP) -- Fifteen registered Massachusetts State Col lege Holstein COWS produced enough milk during the past test-year to provide 65 families of four with four quarts of milk daily for the year. The average per COW was 13,69O hounds of milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
GENTLEMEN PREFER COOKS

Durham, N. H. - (UP) = The University of New Hampshire ap- pointment bureau says gentlemen prefer cooks to blondes. The bureau offers as proof a survey showing the average home economies teacher marries within three years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18

wooden backs and seats have been constructed and placed in one of the city's parks. The wooden seats and backs are easily removed and replaced in the concrete ends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
CITY BEAMS ON wH1TTLERs

San Antonio, Tex. (UP)-As a special attraction to whittlers, benches with concrete ends and
Evening star., 1940-12-19
British mechanized
Units Attacked Near
Bardia, Italy Says
Worships and Planes Are
Active Against Greeks,
Hiqh Command Asserts
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, Dec. 19.-Fighting on the
Libyan battlefront was reported by
the italian high command today to
be centered around the port Of
Bardia, where Fascist forces were
said to have attacked q large con-
centration of British mechanized
units yesterday.
On the Albanian front, the high
command said, Italian warships
shelled Greek emplacements In the
Lukova zone north of Porto Edda
while Fascist planes bombed Greek
troop concentrations In the vicinity
OF Argirocastro, Morgoni and Ko-
lonia. Artillery activity also was
reported on the Northern Albanian
battlefront.
The Italians acknowledged that
British planes had again bombed
cities in Northern Italy, causing
damage at Milan. Genoa and near
Vercelli. One person was reported
killed and several injured in Milan.
(Vercelli is about 40 miles southwest
of Milan0
Admit Fighting Near Bardia.
Mention that fighting was going
on in the vicinity Of Bardia consti-
tuted the first official acknowledge
ment here that the British westward
drive had carried to that port.
The communique said Italian
planes had effectively bombed
British mechanical units in the
battle there, but gave no other in
dication of how the fight was going.
In East Africa, the Italians said,
their planes bombed numerous OBJ
jectives, including the, station and
airfield at Ghedaref, where large
fires were said to have been started:
the flying field at Roseires; and
Port Sudan.
During an air battle which de-
veloped over Port Sudan one Brit
ish plane was said to have been shot
down. The Italians said they suf-
fered no plane losses.
British planes were reported to
Evening star., 1940-12-19

have bombed Metemma and Ar.
gheisa on the East African front
without results"
SCOTS ut British Claims.
Stefani, ofiicial italian news
agency, scoffed meanwhile at Brit
ish claims that Rhodes and other
italian islands In the Eastern Medi-
terranean were in dimculties.
,Ine britlsh have claimed an ef-
fective blockade of the Italian is
lands through bases on Greek is
lands)
The agency said that with the
help of food rationing the islands
would be able to carry on for long
time independently.
AS an indication that there was
no serious food shortage, Stefani
Evening star., 1940-12-19

declared that the Italians had been
feeding about SIC shipwrecked Jew
ish refugees on one Of the Dodeca-
nese islands for the past three
months. Several hundred Greeks
interned in the Dodecanese also
were said to be receiving regular.
normal meals.
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Pre-Bod Name Days
Of james Recalled

By the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-John Payton
Carrico, 90, likes to tell Of riding to
dances with Jesse James in Nelson
County, KY, before Jesse got such
q bad name."
James was wild, but q good.
Evening star., 1940-12-19

hearted boy and more was laid to
him than he ever did," Carrico says.
Mrs. Carrico Is "a. They have
been married "a years.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16

A forward march" On fashion
has this pert and engaging frock
with its military basque lines. For
it's lust enough ahead Of fashion to
keep in style for long time to
come. Claire Tildens Pattern 953 Is
perfect for wear about campus, in
the office or for downtown" days.
First, see how the bodice Is anus
ingly patterned after a cadets uni
form, with a very feminine appeal
ing result. The curved panels, 'front.'
and back, widen your shoulders.
They're made even smarter with
rows Of buttons In front and four
buttons, placed military fashion, at
the lower back. The skirt curves up
at the sides for a fitted. young look
and forms striking points at the
center front and back. You'll like
the blithe fullness of the skirt with
its double back panel for extra
swish. II you want to soften the
style q bit, use ribbon sash in gay
contrast and tie 1t, e-effect, IN
back. The sleeves may be long or
short, and there's o trim, rounded
little collar that matches or con-
trastS.
Pattern 953 Is cut In junior miss
sizes II, Is, is, II and 10. Size -
requires 3 Ia yards 80 inch fabric
and Ia yard contrast.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS (16c) In
coins for this pattern. WRITE
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Send orders to the Waterbury
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16
Mode rn
Menus
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA Service Staff Writer

A roast loin of pork makes a
"dress-up" Sunday dinner, especial
" with few ruffles Of stewed fruit.
So does q roast chicken, with giblet
gravy, scalloped potatoes, cauliflow-
er au grafton, beet salad and prune
whip with cream. If the Sunday
family is large, roast a turkey with
dry stuffing and have mashed
sweet potatoes, creamed spinach,
grapefruit and lettuce salad and APP
pie pie with melted cheese on top.
A leg of 'amb roasted in an open
pan at stead..' moderate heat (about
$50 degrees F. right from the first
moment it goes into the oven Is an
other "dress-up" suggestion New
potatoes taste good with smooth
lamb gravy. AS do glazed carrots.
and celery and chicory salad. Serve
strawberry Bavarian cream for des-
sert. Or serve that king Of roasts-
prime ribs of beef, with touch Of
horseradish in the gravy, spoon
bread to make the gravy happy,
green peas, romaine salad and a
steamed fig pudding for dessert.
Burnt Sugar Cake
(For that Sunczy night supper)
Two thirds sup butter, cup sugar,
i teaspoon vanilla, 2 egg yolks, 1-2
cup burnt sugar syrup, 1.2 tea
sroons said, 8 cups cake -four, 3 tea
spoons baking powder, cup milk, 2
egg whites.
Burnt Sugar Syrup: Heat IL cup
sugar slowly, stirring constantly.
When sugar Is melted and begins
to smoke, add Ia cup boiling wa
ter. Evaporate the water until the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16
TAKE 1T SERIOUSLY


In a circumstantial history of her
recurring skin trouble young wo-
man describes the numerous adj
ventures in diet she has had In a
period Of three years and remarks
that Of course her mother knows
all about diets and pust what she
should and should not eat From
the protocol of the experiment to
date 1t would seem that most OF
the things mother knows are not
so. Mothers extensive knowledge
Of the subject, like that Of million
Yankee wiseacres, evidently has
been obtained from the impudeut
conjectures of self-authorized flood
specialists" and "dietotherapists"
who know how to take full advant-
age Of the childish ignorance Of
educated" Americans in elemen-
tary chemistry, physiology and n.y.
giene. I am trying to be as sarcas-
tic as possible about this, for 1t Is
vast Of effort to refer to 1t at
all in q gentle way; If you do. the
wiseacres just ignore 1t as perhaps
applying to others but Of course
not to them, for they know. I re-
peat, what they know is not so.
Listen, child. 1t is fine, IN these
parlous times, to hear a girl OF
ninteen speak as you do OF her
mother. Too often 1t seems that
mother is terribly out Of tune or
rhythm and doesn't understand,
when a girl is in her teens. But
even If mother is the best informed
layman in your community still
there must be a good deal she does
not know about diet, and for ex-
ample there is the trifiing matter
Of prescribing for disease.
Besides that, there are a great
many things about diet and nutri-
ton that mother probably does not
understand, but we can forgive her,
because neither chemists nor ply
sicians understand them yet.
Speaking Of prescribing for d.
sease, every day correspondents
ask me to do SO. sight unseen, via
long distance, on the basis OF the
correspondent own notion Of what
his trouble is-and then, when I re-
ply to the request with formal
note explaining, as politely as !
can, that it is not practicable to
prescribe treatment without having
examined the patient, these chill
dren feel resentful and sometimes
lodge indignant complaints about
my service, insisting they have not
asked me to diagnose or prescribe.
Obviously the impression in the
popular mind is deep and difficult
to dislodge. Nevtherless 1t is i'm
material whether the remedy be
oxygen, water, rest, massage, chem
ical, climate, food, exercise, when
you prescribe you prescribe. It is
simply an evasion to pretend that
one may be competent to prescribe
the right food or diet even If not
competent to prescribe other REM
edies. This should be clear to any
one who is not hopeless wiseacre;
especially to any one who thinks
the character Of food or diet Is Inn
portant as a cause Of disease.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16
WOMAN,S REALM
Clarifying
Yourself
By Alicia Hart


NEA Service Stan Writer
Prominent beauty salons are Civ
ing more and more attention to ex-
ercise for the feet. Between routines
to reduce hips or waistline, the
average exercise instructor teaches
the customer how to do a few to
relax ankles, strengthen arches and,
in general, make feet more COM
Portable as well as more beautiful.
They agree with Bess johnson,
the radio star that picking up
marbles with the toes or standing
on a thick book and curling toes
over and under the edges Of 1t are
fine foot exercises.
After applying foot, cream, Miss
johnson grasps the toes OF one
foot, then rotates the foot around
and around, exercising ankle joint
and arch as well. Then she does
the same with the other foot.
Nowadays, smart women VINO
know that beautiful feet usually
are comfortable feet, have pedi-
cures regularly. While they are
getting q facial or sitting under
the hair drier, they have an ex-
pert operator manicure their toe
nails, massage foot cream from
toes to ankles, use pumice where
needed.
DON'T RUB
TOES OFF
If you don't have professional
pedicures, by all means invest in
pedicure clippers which make 1t
simple matter to cut toenails straight
across. And get q piece of pumice
stone. Use the coarse side OF an
emery board for smoothing down
nails after clipping. Use an orange
stick, dipped in cuticle remover, for
getting rid Of dead skin around
them.
Don't use pumice too vigorous
". Simply put a bit Of oil on the
callouses or rough spots to be elimi-
mated, then dip the pumice stone
in soapy water and go over each
callous lightly. Repeat once or twice
week.
Remember, of course, to buff
the toenails before applying liquid
polish. They, like your fingernails,
need the stimulation caused by
buffing.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16
WE, THE WOMEN
Key to Door of Success
Is Not Made of Sheepskin

tion," parents OF sons will get al
most as much as parents of daugh-
tiers from Miss Warren's straight
forward, common sense, readable
discussion of modern education.
The whole book is as mooern in
its viewpoint on education as is
Sarah Lawrence College. A visitor
there, who is used to old-fashioned
lecture courses, where students FIJI
thick notebooks with notes for fut-
ure examining, gets rude shock.
For students at Sarah Lawrence
sit informally about small tables,
and challenge each others ideas and
information as freely as though
they were in a bull session instead
Of class room.
Sarah Lawrence has done away
with most of the old-time /educa-
tional props"
MODERN METHOD JUDGES
STUDENTS INDIVIDUALLY
The lecture course is out. The text
book-where a student was supposed
to find all the information for one
course-has been ditched in favor
of letting the student dig out in
formation from many sources.
Students don't compete against
each other for grades, but are judg-
ed individually. And the school
doesn't have a certain amount of
material which each student must
master.
All the way through, the student
is an individual, with his own needs,
talents, and abilities taken into
consideration.
Read the book if you are the
parent of a high-school-aged boy
or girl. Don't trust your memories
of teachers and classrooms. College
"aint,S what it used to be"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16
NaggingWon Help Lazy
Childbirth Doctor Might
A FAMILY

Tom had gone, I'm really worried
about him. He is right about feel
ing better at bed time than in the
morning. I am that way, too.
"When I go to sleep I sink so low
feel that I can never get up. May
be it's tonsils, with both Of us.
I'm taking Tom to the doctor to-
morrow to set what's wrong. He
needs about ten hours sleep, but
he doesn't seem to get it. He is not
naturally lazy. He needs help In some
way.
whatever that way is, I'm going
to find 1t out"