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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
ATTACK OCCURS
IN SAME PLACE

Newington, Conn.,, Jan. Cup
State police believed today that or
attempt TO murder Mrs. Nellie Ben
nett, 30. In O woods here Sunday
has produced clue which might
solve the mysterious Staying OF Alice
Louise Riley near the same place
and under the same circumstances
two years ago.
Mrs. Bennett, hysterical, hei
clothing torn and her feet frozen
was found lying In the underbrust
when O farmer reported 10 police
ne heard screams coming from the
woods. Taken 10 O Hartford hospital
she said she went riding with on
unidentified man Saturday night
They drove here, she said, and park
3D. Then the man grabbed her BY
the throat and threatened TO kill
her.
Her description Of the aSsailant
conceded with the murderer OF Miss
Riley, whose battered body was
found near the same spot after she
mad gone for an automobile ride
with q stranger Dec. 81, 1887.
State police said there was evi.
dence Mrs. Bennett put up q strug-
gle TO fight of the advances OF her
attacker.
They took a mound OF automobile
tracks leading into the woods IN
the hope OF tracing the car.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
MRS. PERNATOZZI
sues FOR $4,000
Daughter Asks $4,000 for
Injuries in Milldale Auto
Crash

Two suits calling for damages OF
$4,000 each were filed In the Court
OF Common Pleas this morning as
result OF al automobile accident on
last November 10 ct -Four Corners"
In Milldale.
Angelina PernatozZi seeks $4,000
as tho result OF injuries abe Sus-
tained when an automobile driven
by her husband Joseph was run into
by one owned by Louis Giordani.
The woman claims she received O
compound fracture OF tho right leg,
In the second suit. Rita Perna-
tozzi brings suit against Fellce al.
ordani. She Is o minor and the ac-
ton Is brought by her father, Jo-
seph,
Conclusion OF the brain and q
liberation Of the head which caused
~ stitches TO be taken ore set forth
as the injuries.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
MANY PROPOSALS
FOR al PROGRAM
Rep. Guastaferri Would
Keep States Attorney
From Private Practice

Hartford, Conn, Jan. g. (UP) -
The legislative council organized 10
prepare comprehensive program
for general assembly consideration
received numerous suggestions today
for Its le4i program. Among the
proposals;
Rep. Hugh daustaferri. d., Wa.
terbury: that states attorneys, pro-
secutors and coroners be prohibited
from engaging In private practice
during their terms OF Office.
Sen. James TAFT. r., Bridgeport,
advocating study OF county gov
ernment with a view OF reform or
abolition.
Rep. r. o. Smith, r., Mansfield:
prohibiting state executives from
holding more than one position In
any OF the states three branches
Of government.
Other suggestions called for the
placing or probate judges on salary
and requiring they be lawyers; max
Ing the motor vehicles department
rather than local tax collectors, re-
sponsible for collection of motor
vehicle taxes; exemptine profession
al employees OF state institutions
from the merit system, and pro-
viding that the courts be authorized
to abate the So old age assistance
tax for due cause"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08

Waterbury Firemen are going 10
discard their official "red flannels''
On the night Of Feb. 2 next, 80 that
they might dance, make merry and
usher IN the dawn Of the morning
after IN q manner similar 10 what
the volunteer Firemen did here years
ego following the annual ball.
The affair will celebrate the 30tn
anniversary Of Waterbury's big fire,
So that there win be plenty Of en-
tertainment for the large crowd pre-.
sent IN advance Of the dancing, the
committee, through the president,
Henry v. Fitzgerald has arranged
for q floor show, similar 10 two years
ago, This Of itself originated with
the Firemen, and Is 10 DO carried out
by them In all Of It's affairs Of the
future, II Is expected.
II you 20 TO the State ar7nory on
Friday evening Feb. 2, you'll see the
entire personnel Of the so-called
Deputy Chief Camplon shift out In
full bloom for q night Of old FASH
Toned and innocent entertainment
The Waterbury Fireman Is q pretty
good fellow when he "let's OUT: and
ile'll "let out" that night, II he never
did before.
The head Of the ball proper Is the
head OF the Department, Chief Thos,
Cavanaugh. You'll see him at the
'front.' with Mayor Scully, followed
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
No Cash Customers

John 0Keefe, 80, Of 10 Bronx
avenue, was granted O nolle BY
Judge John l.. QNffney IN city
court today on charges OF theft
Of two bags Of coke for the Tar
yei Foundry 90.
Henry J. Lubesky, ~, OF 204
Orange street, arrested yesterday
on O charge Of interfering with
On ofileer, was given O suspended
sentence. Martin Dunn, 81, Of q
Luke street, charged with breach
OF the peace, was granted O nolle;
while Vincent Moriarty, OF West
Haven, also charged with inter.
fering with on ofiieer, was gwen
O suspended sentence.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
Late Realty
Neus
y y y
4 y y
Warranty Deed

warranty Deed
Henry Zelssett TO Camille Nor.
eau, property on Starvlew avenue
Quit Claim Deed
IIome Owners Loan Corp. Ia
Daniel MacConnell, property on
Pearl Lake road.
Loren II. Carter 10 D0menie
Castelano, property on Ellsworth
road.
Mortgage Release
Susie p. Wheeler 10 Abraham J,
Swirsky.
Samuel Goldman TO Peter and
Louisa LaskaS.
Waterbury Building e. Loan
Association to Walter J. MasSc.
Henry Keller TO 81. StanislauS
KOstka church.
Mortgage Deed
David and Sarah MacConnell TO
the Home Owners Loan Corp.
Camille Moreau TO Henry Xeis-
set.
Carl Peterson 10 the Waterbury
Savings bank.
Mary and Margaret Mccarthy
10 the First Federal Savings aud
Loan association.
Mary and Margaret Mccarthy
10 Domenic CastelanO.
Walter MasSe 10 the Waterbury
Building q Loan association.
Minnie Holllngsw0rth TO Water
bury Building & Loan association
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
Firemen's Ball Looms
AS Seasons Classic
Elaborate Social Function to Be Held on 18th Ami.
yersary Of City's Biggest Fire-PIans Progressing

| by the Board Of Fire Commissioners
Then win come the president Of
the association and the committee,
followed by the deputy, the marshal
and the other officers Of the de.
parLrnent.
Not one Of the uniformed body
viii wear the regulation 'red flan.
nels," worn by Firemen In the past
on the Indian theory that only such
garments can keep away rheumat-
Ism, 80 years or so ago, II o Fireman
didn't wear red flannels, or II he
were observed protecting his head
with an umbrella, on o rainy day
he was liable 10 be brought before
the commissioners for violating a
custom Of history, But times have
changed since then, and now the
umbrella Is considered fashionable.
not only among some OF the Fire.
men, but also among some Of the
police.
The dance program Is now under
scrutiny by the committee uf Presi-
dent Fitzgerald, While CLASSIFY, Of
singing fame, Francey Downs Of Y
D. nlaneuvers, the quiet and pen.
sive Johnny Kemmey, the chatter.
Ing and wide awake Johnny Law
lor, the first, and young Joe Nal.
oney, only out Of short pants" o few
years.
They are the ones who are doing
everything just now, locking after
tho decorations, the music, and tho
numerous other details that 20 with
such an assignment. II is they who
Will have 70 answer 10 the rank and
file II things do not 60 Just as plan.
ned.
But the committee assures US oil
there won't be O detail lacking; that
the hall will look like O Venetian
garden; that birds will twitter and
sing aS though spring time were
here: that flowers viii bloom ana
grow, tra.la % X the proper time
for their budding had arrived: that
the music OF the hushy haired mast.
or and his aids will DO 80 delicate
and quiet IN tone and effect as To
almost lull one with such O mind
10 sleep, except for the young and
Shappy dancer who will find NUM-
bers that will be TO his liking In nis
every fascinating glide around the big
dance floor,
oh, yes, the Fireman Of Water.
bury, Ia going 10 have fun that
night; he's entitled 10 II; each shift
only gets such o chance once In four
years; at other times, the Fireman
Ia subject 10 the demands OF the Of
fieiai bell OF the various fire stations,
And after the ball, many Of the
members, their wives and lady
friends viii cat OF the usual place
Of assembly Patsy Browns The bill
Of fare will comprise % the main
dish, turkey, freshly killed from the
farm OF the well known Tuppy
Wright, who expects TO DO on hand,
hip boots and oil, Some Of the
companies will hold private affairs,
fer their own members only.
The public 10 invited to the ball
Years ago the whole town used 10
turn out OF such affairs.
We expect thousands, and look
for ono night In which tho Fireman
and his friends will enjoy 0 whale
OF o time"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
EARTHQUAKE TOLL
NEARLY $4,000

Istanbul. Turkey, Jan. Sup
The death toll from earthquakes,
rain and floods still spreading
havoc throughout Turkey may reach
$4,000 1t was estimated today.
Authorities said official figures on
casualties and damage probably
would not be available for several
weeks because rescuers have been
unable TO reach some districts.
known figures. however, show 49,
972 dead, II 1888 homes destroyed and
90 villages wiped out.
New tremors were felt during the
last "a hours at Bergama. Yozgat,
Tokat, and Niksar, but the damage
was unknown.
In the Silvas region. 6,il4 were
known dead. There were 6.332 dead
at Tokat and 1900 at 1rbaa.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
ALDER STREET
WOMAN INJURED
Mrs. Antonio Unikas Frac.
lures Leg Today in
Street Fall

Icy streets caused injuries to two
women who slipped and fell while
walking today.
Mrs. Antonio Unikas, AZ, of 2l5
Alder street, suffered O fracture OF
the right leg when she slipped on an
Icy spot on an Alder street side
walk shortly afr Z o'clock this
morning. She was taken to the Wat
erbury hospital in the ambulance
and admitted.
A fracture of the left hip was suf-
fered by Mrs. Clara Anderson, 81, Of
579 WATERFOWL avenue, who slipped
while crossing Harrison avenue AZ
Bank street shortly before II o'clock
this morning.
She was taken to her home b.
Patrolman John vJingles" DOnahue
and later removed to the Waterbury
hospital In the ambulance.
Her condition was reported as fair
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
FINALLY PROVED
i; HE WAS INSANE
Aunt Refused to Believe II,
So Nephew Beat Her
Brains Out

san Francisco, Jan. s,-(UP).-
Raymond NJ. Mugford knew he was
insane, Psyohiatrists were certain OF
II. But no one could convince Mrs.
Lulu Mugford Brewer, his aunt, UNI
less Mugfogd himself succeeded at
last In convincing her. No one will
ever know, He beat her brains out
with q baseball bat.
Since io2S, Mugtofd had been
committed eight times 10 state In.
situations for the insane, Usually he
applied for admission, complaining
OF sudden impulses" which he
found uncomfortable, Several times
no was released, more often he o..
eap0d.
LsGt September he escaped from
the Mendoeino state hospital and
went TO Mrs. Brewers house. Hos
pital attendants came 10 take him
back, but she wouldn't lot them,
She convinced officials that no wRa
better and that no would DO oil right
II they would permit her 10 take
cara OF him, She promised 10 notify
them II there was any change IN his
condition and they paroled him TO
her care,
william Bourne, parole officer,
called last week and Mfs, Brewer
said her nephew was getting along
fiae."
But Saturday evening, while list.
ening 10 the radio, Mugford felt an
"impulse." He took O baseball bat
and went into the kitchen where HID
aunt was cooking, He beat her
brains out first, then cut her throat
with q iB.ineh carving knife.
Authorities were locking for him
today, with o view OF conAning him
again. Because OF hls doeumented
insanity, O prosecution for murder
was deemed improbable II not In.
noaAible,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
Christmas Spirit

Michael Jerry, 80, Of "a Bishop
street, was granted O nolle when
he was arraigned before Judge
John l.. Qaffney today on charges
OF breach Of the peace growing
out OF his celebration yesterday OF
Russian Christmas.
His wife was his best witness.
Said she: Let him 90 Judge
Just Russian Christmas. He didn I
do nothing, Just got drunk
chased me out, that's all"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08

ored by spectators.
Investment demand was partlcu-
larry noted in the utility section.
American Telephone equaled It's
high since 1897. New highs we're
made by American Power Preferieds,
Engineers Uublic Service 5 per cent
Preferred and Brooklyn Manhattan
Transit Common. American Radi-
ator Preferred shot up 4 ga points.
Johns-M anville and Hercules Pow
der gained a point. Westinghouse
Electric rose more than q point.
Loft. most active issue last week,
again featured IN volume and made
a new high. Stakeholder was second
and 1t also made q new io3o-i940
high.
Steels. motors, rails and utilities
were slightly higher. Mercantile is
sues and oils were about steady.
Coppers we're firm, farm shares
eased.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
Sues for Permit

John Palmieri and Henry q.
CaFbone today filed suit In the
local Superior Court against the
state Liquor Control Commits.
sion seeking restoration Of o per.
mlt 70 them which was cancelled
by the commission.
PalmeFi was hacker Of o restau-
rant located at $50 North Main
street and CaFbone the permittee.
The liquor commission found
that records Of the restaurant were
falsified and that the establish.
ment was not O restaurant"
under the Connecticut liquor laws.
The complaints In the Case sets
forth that the liquor commission
In unreasonable and In error In
rev0klng the permit.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
Car Robbed

Louis r, DeFabrltls, Of 10 Wa
teFvillo street, reported 70 police
that his automobile was broken
into last night and o Aashlight,
tools, and his registration re-
moved.
The break, he said, took place
while his car was parked on
West Main street, near Central
avenue,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
SANFORD, MAINE,
SCHOOL DESTROYED

Sanford, Me-, Jan. 8-tUP)-About
7O0 pupils were left without class
rooms when q 100000 fire destroyed
the Sanford High School carly to.
day.
Aid was called from five towns
during O two-hour battle 10 control
the flames. A dozen firemen were
endangered by falling bricks as the
roof OF the two-story brick building
collapsed.
Wind.berne einbers twice !gnited
nearby pine trees and for O time
firemen feared the flames would
spread TO the American Legion home
and residences In the area.
Aid came from North Berwick and
epringvaie, and from Rochester,
Mast Rochester and somersworth. N
II.
Police officials believed either do.
fectiVe wiring or On oveFheated fur
mace caused the blaze.
Aircraft manufacturers Of the
Netherlands plan 10 build planes for
foreign countries.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
Straight Traffic

Supt. OF Police william j.
Roach said today no will recon.
mend straight traffic through ex-
change place 10 tho new board Of
police commissioners. The plan
Is now In effect under q 6o.day
trial arrangement, but, according
TO the chief, II has been 80 salts.
factory O measure, that he will
recommend II Oh O permanent
basis.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
Nine Minutes!

Motor PatrolneIl John WalSh
and Alfred Overton carly Sunday
morning recovered o stolen Car
nine minutes after the theft was
recorded.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Carmody,
OF WATERFOWL, heard O radio
alarm describing their car which
they had reported stolen. That
was at lac o'clock. Nine minutes
later they heard q return broad
cast.
"Carmody auto found aban-
doned at Grove and Adams
street."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
HOLY CROSS OPENS
BUILDING DRIVE

Worcester, Mass, Jan, 0 - (U.P9
"A 100000 drive for funds 10
construct 0 gymnasium and science
and faculty buildings was underway
Oh Holy Cross College to-day,
Announcement OF the drive waa
made last night by Judge Edward
y. Aan!fy OF Providence, n. J., head
OF tho Alumni Association, at Q 70.
eeptlon rendered the Very Rev, 10.
seph u n, Maxwell, 81. president
Of the college.
II % hoped 10 have the buildings
completed by io4S when tho college
will observe lie Tooth anniversary.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
IRISH SWEEPSTAKES
ARE CALLED OFF

Dublin. Jan. 8 - (U.P) - The
Irish Hospital Sweepstake will te
closed for the duration OF the war,
II was learned today.
The Red Cross sweep will be held
January l6 and 1t will be the last
Three thousand sweepstake workers
have been advised to get other jobs.
The war resulted in slzeable
decline In receipts for the Cesare-
witch sweepstakes, which were
drawn october 20.
The hospitals have raised through
the sweepstakes go, 304,9:0 pounds
$24l ,219,720 at present exchange
rtaes) of which hospitals have re-
cetived $57,203,3l2.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
Delegates

The National Conference on
Palestine at Washington, D. O.,
over the weekend was attended
by six delegates from Waterbury,
The delegates were Joseph Oaber,
Charles Rosengarten, Louis Dorf-
man, Meyer B. Erlanger, Aaron D.
Solomon, and Frank Slomovitz.
The delegates will report on the
proceedings Of the conference at
o meeting Of the Waterbury Zion
list district tonight at the Water
bury Hebrew Institute. Rabbi
Maurice L. zigmond will preside
at the session.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
and the Engineer; Miss Nc
CURE, "A Message for winners"
and Mr.. Morrison, "News In
Chalk."
Gold Stolen

Old Jewelry valued at $50 was
stolen In O burglary at the home
Of Luciano Sanford, well-known
Bank street grocer, yesterday aft
ernoon.
Sanford reported to Detective
Lieut.. william r. Pollard that he
and his family left the house from
about 4:30 o'clock to $50 and 70.
turned TO find II ransaeked.
Police believed the burglars en-.
tered through the back door.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
SPOTLIGH7YNG --
Brass City News
18th Night Party

Under the supervision Of Fire
Marshal d. J. Lahey and his aides
the Bunker Hill Improvement So
ciety will hold Its 18th Night
Celebration this evening by burn
Ing the various Christmas trees
collected In that community. Jerry
Murphy, West and Al Loeffier
have made the necessary arrange
ments for the event. Scores OF
trees have been collected for the
necessary fuel TO make the fire
O spectacular one.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
HAS 1O5th BIRTHDAY

Pittsfield, Mass, Jan. 8-(UP)Mrs.
Alzada Hollenbeck, believed To be
Massachusetts, Oldest woman. obser-
we'd her 1O5th birthday at the home
of a daughter today. She was borr
IN New Baltimore, N. Y, and livet
more than half a century II
CoXsackie, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
RESIGNATION OF
PRESIDENT in

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 8 - (UP9
The Connecticut Milk Producers
Association met in annual conven-
ton today and accepted the regig-
nation of Robert G. Mitchell, South
bury, its president TO, the past 20
years.
His successor was 10 be chosen by
directors after adjournment Of the
general session.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
IndustriaIs Are Firm
In Morning Session
Real Features Are Investment Stocks, LOw-Priced
Shares-American TEL Equals High

New York, January SUPP -
Leading industrial Issues developed
a slightly firmer tone on the stock
market today although tale real
features again were investment
stocks and low-priced shares iav-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
Speakers Speakers

The Public Speaking Club at
its meeting tomorrow evening
ut the Central Y. NJ. G. A. win
have four guest speakers, John
J. Brady, civil engineer, c. Louis
Morrison, cartoonist, and Marie
Mcclure, school teacher and
Newell Mitchell, metaIIurgist.
They viii speak - their re.
spective professions. Mr.. Brady's
subject win be upset Forging
In the Ball-Bearing Industry;
MIR. Mitchell, Modern Industry
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08
Will Admitted

The will Of the late Xix r. Col
lier. admitted to probs.te today by
Judge Patrick Healey, provides
that his entire estate shall 60 to
his wife, Myrtle Catron Collier.
She Is also named executor.
Mr.. Collier died Dec. II. 1889.
The will was drawn Nov. IS, 1898.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08

Partial mobilization Of Turkish
forces has caused q serious labor
shortage IN the tobacco fields, which
produce t he country's principal
money crop.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08

Rumanias new port Of Tasaul will
be 80 times as large as its port Of
Constantza on the Black Sea.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-08

NEW YORK CURB
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-06
Todays Sports Parade

cross country traveller has to bear.
When you have lost precious time
by pulling up, and letting those
fellows pass you, and then are in
formed that the napery is not clean
enough, or that there is nothing on
the menu fit to eat, you go grimly
on until, strictly from hunger, you
settle on a roadside place where
the napery is not clean and there
isn't anything on the menu fit to
eat.
Tomorrow we have some 600 miles
to drive to get to Dallas. and can
already hear the trucks and buses
roaring by our portable bargain
basement, as my wife quizzes the
natives as to whether it is real wool,
whether the bedspread is all hand
work, and if they grind their own
meat for the hamburgers.
P S. written by Jean McLe-
more): A one track mind is right.
If he had his way it would be q
nonstop, non-eat, non-sleep mara
thon between California and Flo
rida. And then I'd have to spend
the rest of my life hearing him tell
what good time he made on the
trip.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-06
BY HENRY McLEMORE

Ell PASO, Tex, March 6. CUP)-
1 am known for having one of the
finest one track minds in this coun-
try.
When I go to a baseball game,
1 write about baseball talk about
baseball and think about baseball.
When l 90 to d cat show l write
about cats, think about cats and
even purr when l pass d warm fire.
So l can't help writing about
touring across country in an auto
mobile today That is just what I
am doing, accompanied by one of
the worlds foremost backseat driV-
ers, who has to sit in the front
seat because Of her hat boxes, her
coat bags, her shoe boxes. her traV-
cling case, her presents for friends.
And, last but not least, her pur-
chaSeS along the road
A fortune awaits the man who
can invent attractive blinkerS for
women who tour in cars. AS it is
now. women are capable of Spotting
bargains in every conceivable line
OF merchandise as far as mile
off the highway
Give a woman her head on a cross
country tour and a man couldn' t
drive from California to Florida
within a year, And when he finally
completed the journey it would be
in a freight car, surrounded by
wonderful bargains.
Why is it that women touring
in automobiles always get hungry
and thirsty and demand to stop
Immediately after a man has used
every bit of his skill in passing
enormous trucks, buses, and NAM
moth roadScraping devices? Hell
hath no fury like a woman who
wants to stop and is argued out
of stopping,
The selection of an eating place
is another cross that the male