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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

a month now, except when the re-
hearsals have been called off on
account of cold weather.
Every precaution to prevent the
participants in the water show
from freezing solid during the
course of the performance has been
taken, and they are well supplied
with robes. to wear when they are
not in the water. Last year, too
the weather was relatively arctic
on the night of the spectacle.
A La Billy Rose!
The program will last about one
hour, and is to include rhythmic
swimming and diving, and a water
ballet, accompanied by the music
Of the WPA band. william J. Der
win and his cohorts spent most Of
the day today making final ar
rangements for the proper illu-
mination Of the pool, the enlarging
of the diving platform to accom-
MEDIATE half dozen divers at once
and similar last minute problems.
The Watercade will be presented
both tonight and tomorrow for the
edification of the Waterbury popu-
lace. and admission will be free
This evenings performance Is for
children only, and tomorrow night
adults are invited to attend. Start
ing time tonight is at 8:15, and
tomorrow the program will get
under way promptly at 8 o'clock
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
Climax To Seasons
Playground Program
Set For / his Evening
WPA Band to Provide Musical Features De-
partment Staff to Supervise Interesting Event;
ChiIden to Be Spectators at Performance

Arthur Med will be the am
nouncer for the program, using
either a rnegaphone or loudspeak-
er system, depending on what ar
rangements have been made before
this evening. Among the children
whose natatorial efforts viii make
up the program are Irene and Bob
NORM, Alice and Teeny Hinkley,
Lillian and Francis Jaxter, George
and AL Audet, Bob Jamele, Bob
Reynolds, Joe Frisbie, Bob Good
enough, Tommy Stokus, eBrnie
Sherwell, Adele Maculis, Shirley
Butler, Beverley Gensler, Bud
Gughn, and G. Venzette.
Comedy Feature
There will also be group of
four comedians, George McGrath
David Switz, Gene Barrett, and
James Shields, whose antics in
and around the water are guaran-
teed to regale the patrons.
Following the performance, those
in the audience will be invited to
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
Sc Dresses Taken
From Parked Car
On South Main St.

Sixty-six dresses, valued at $3.50
were stolen from an automoDiit
parked on South Main street yes
terday afternoon. The thieves
forced the ventilating window with
a screwdriver, and removed the
dresses, which were encased IN
two six-foot long canvas bags.
:. Detective Lieut.. Cornelius
Shanahan, who investigated with
Detective Lieut.. william Foley. re-
ported that the bags were owned
by George Levine, of Ill Cool
idge street, Brookine, Mass, and
Jack Finkelstein, Of Is Neeland
street, Boston. The car parked In
front of 70 South Main street,
was owned by Levine.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
The Third Term
Connecticut College
Professor Quotes
From Writings
of First Presi-
d e n t..

To the Editor:
In 1893, when Washington was
thinking about retiring from pub
lie life at the end of his first
presidential term, he wrote to
James Madison that "The spirit
of the government may render a
rotation in the elective officers of
it more congenial with the ideas
of liberty and safety Evidently
he did not mean by this that a
single term, or even a double term,
was the limit of liberty and safe
ty" under circumstances. He took
a second term Notwithstanding his
desire to escape its burdens. giving
as his reason the "perplexed and
critical posture of our affairs with
foreign nations. Apparently he
would have accepted third term,
tired as he was, but for the fact
that the position of the country
was no longer so perilous as to
render "the pursuit of inclination
incompatible with the sentiment
of duty or propriety".
A rarely quoted bit of evidence
on this point is contained in a
long letter written by Washington
to Lafayette on April %, 1888, in
which he says ION the eligibility
of the same person for president,
after he should have served
certain course OF years 80. l con-
fess I differ widely myself from
Mr.. jefferson and you. as to the
expediency or necessity Of rota-
iton In that appointment 80,
There cannot in my judgment
be the least danger. that the pres
ident will by any practicable in
trigue ever be able TO continue
himself one moment In office.
much less to perpetuate himself
In II -. Under an extended view
OF this part Of the subject. can
see no propriety In precluding
ourselves from the services OF any
man. who on some great emerg-
ency shall be deemed universally
most capable OF serving the pub
iic". tThe Writings Of George
Washington. edited by Jared
Sparks: Boston, 1888; Volume TX
page 5BeJ
HENRY W. LAWRENCE.
Connecticut College. New Lon
don. Conn.,. August 20. 1890.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

Tonight at s:15 at the Chase
Park pool win be presented the
climax Of the swimming season,
the park departments watercade,
under the direction of Joseph
Brennan and Emil Marks. If all
goes well, there should be an inn
pressive spectacle, as the twenty
odd children participating have
been rehearsing twice week for
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
Socialists To Poll
Heavy Vote In State
Dssension in Ranks of Major Parties More Pro-
nounced Than Ever-Delegates Elected Here
(NEA Telephoto)

F. D. Barringer, IS South street;
F. c. Smedley. $50 Country Club
road; John w. Ring, 1853 Beech
street; Barnet Stein, Is Webb street,
Sophie Stein, Is Webb street; Will
liam Clark, 81 Citizens avenue;
John Yost, 1877 Chase avenue; Harry
B. Stark, 981 North Main street;
Nellie Mellick, So Middlefield ave-
nue.; Leo Drescher, 80 Edgewood
avenue; George German, 80 Giles
street; David Stein, Stephana lane,
and Isidore Dibner, Kaytonne
avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
PARENT, PETERSON
PATENT RECIPIENTS

Albert j. Parent of this city has
been granted patent on kitchen
tool, according to a list of patents
issued today from the U. s. Patent
ONCE for the state of Connecticut.
Gunnard P. Peterson, assignor to
the Risdon Manufacturing Company
in Naugatuck, was granted a patent
on q ip-Stick holder.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

bestir themselves, and overcome
the chill of tie evening by dancing
to the music Of the WPA band.
The dances tonight and tomorrow
will be the last to be sponsored
by the park department this sea-
son.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
orders. Woo top futures recovered
after early easiness.

In those states having no ban on
fireworks, one-f1fth Of the serious
eye injuries in children are caused
by fireworks. accordign to the Bet
ter Vision Institute.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
Spectacular Watercade to be Staged at Chase Park
LIGHTNING DOES
srRIK TwICA

Conshohocken, Pa. CUP) Wha
said lightning doesn't strike tWicg
in the same place? The home q
Paul Lackman was damaged BY
lightning twice in four days.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

6lrated against The French aFniis-
tlcc with Germany and italy even
while the government stan was Ct
Bordeaux.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-22

7 CENTS ON THE STREETS
- Scents on Trains and in Hotels
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-22

Aeee5 A DlZZY, MOVIE STRUCK GIRL NAMED HONEY
= pA4lNo, WHO HAS ENGAGED WASH AND EASY 70 HELP
HER ATTRACT THE ATTENTION or a MOVIE pleecToR ON
LOCATION. WHILE PREPARING TO MAKE A PARACHUTE
LEAP ALAS SHE Pulls TIE RtpcoRp 700 SOON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-22
Couple to Give
Tea at Herndon
For Bride.Elect

HERNDON, Va, Dec. 21.-Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Jackson Fisher will
entertain at a tea tomorrow after
noon in honor of Miss Jean Middle
ton Broadly, whose marriage to Mr..
Aubrey Carroll Price will take place
January ID. Mrs. r. S. Crippen,
Mrs. Mack Crippen and Mrs. Bent
ley Harrison entertained last eve
ming at a shower for Miss Bready
in the home of Mrs. R. S. Crippen.
DR.. and Mrs. Ernest Clay Shull
entertained Is guests at bridge and
a buffet supper Wednesday evening.
Miss Estelle Holden is visiting her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. A. Wood, at Rectortown, Va.
Mrs. John Mcdaniel entertained
at bridge Monday evening.
Mrs. Harry A. Sager has left for
Miami, Fla. where she will join Mr..
Sager for the winter months.
Miss Julia Coleman left yeSter-
day to spend the holidays with her
mother, Mrs. F. w. Coleman OF
Richmond, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-22
I25I-B
By BARBARA BELL.

This design is a special invitation
to beginners. If you've been long
ing to try your hand at little
home dressmaking, this is the pat
tern to start with. Glance at the
little diagram drawing-just five
pieces to put together, you see. And
to put them together all you need do
Is make three long seams, a few
easy darts, put pleats in the sleeves,
sew on the facing and the braid, and
there you are! Mail your order to-
day, and discover without further
delay Just how we'll you can sew!
Beltless and slenderizing. this
dress fits womens sizes beautifully,
being perfectly designed to give a
slim wasted, high-busted effect.
You'll enjoy having it not only in
bingham, percale, calico and other
household cottons for home wear,
but also in spun rayon, jersey or fiat
crepe for shopping and runabout.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1251-B is
designed for sizes "a, 36, 80, 40, AZ,
a, as and 48. Size SO requires Az
yards of 39-inch material; A-yard
contrast; yards ric-rac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-22

Send Is cents for the Barbara
Bell Pattern Book Make yourself
attractive, practical and becoming
clothes, selecting designs from the
we'll planned, easy-to-make pat
terms. Interesting and exclusive
fashions for little children and the
difficult junior age, slenderizing,
well-cut patterns for the mature fig
ure, afternoon dresses for the most
particular young women and ma
irons, and other patterns for special
occasions are all to be found in the
Barbara Bell Fashion Pattern Book.
Send IS cents today for your copy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-22

Daniel Greene, Joyce of Cali
fornia and m any, m any
others from $1.95 to $3.50.
Four and Fifth floors.
Evening star., 1940-02-16

around, with perky frills, to wear
as much for looks as for protection
when you want to serve tea charm
ingly.
OF course you can finish all three
In no time! They're simply nothing
to make. and require so little ma
terial that you probably will find
rolled-up remnants Of gingham, per-
Gale, chambray or dimity in your
scrapbag, which will be just light.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1898
is designed for sizes 81. SO, 80, 40,
AZ, A, 46 and 48. Size SO requires,
for No. l, liz yards of 35-inch ma
terial and 10 yards of trimming.
For No. 2, IN yards and 2h yards
rufiiing; for No. 3, ~ yards.
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 .
step-by-step sew chart, to guide
you.
Evening star., 1940-02-16

makes these and II we can get
them here.
MRS. w. A. S.
Answer-From your description
would say they must be tiebacks
made from the bride and harness
decorations of the last century. I
have seen several pairs, but there
are not so many that you can just
order them. I would suggest that
you write to one of the shops in
the vicinity of your summer visit
and see If they can find you a pair.
Lobbyists started the fad for these
and they were so amusing that vari-
ous uses were thought up for them.
! saw a pair with three kittens
heads in Baltimore shop, and there
is no reason why they should not
be here also. I Just have not been
looking for them.
Questions on household fur.
nishings, interior decorations,
ETC., should be addressed to
Margaret NOVEL; at The Evening
Star. The answer will appear
In this column as quickly as
space permits.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Dorothy Dix Says go
Unwillingness to Make Sacrifice
Is Principal Cause of Divorces

A correspondent asks: What is
the real cause of most Of the di-
vorces? That question can be an
swered in one word-selfishness.
The theme has a thousand varia-
tions that runs the whole gamut
Of human sin and weakness, but at
the bottom Of virtually every
wrecked marriage is just plain, un-
adulterated selfishness, the unwill-
ingness Of q man and woman to
make the sacrifices Of their own
personal tastes, habits and desires
that marriage demands.
Most married people are pretty
decent folks. They have their faults
and foibles, but they also possess
their virtues. It Is a rare thing
for a man to be such a brute that
bis wife cannot endure his cruelty.
or for a woman to be such a virago
that her husband cannot stand her
tempers. This fact is so generally
recognized that for q man and
woman to be divorced does not i'm
pair their matrimonial standing,
They are not regarded as pariahs
With whom nobody would be fool
hardy enough to venture into mar.
riage, but merely as victims Of bad
luck In picking out their mates.
OF the suffering that is the in
evttable accompaniment of divorce;
OF the scandal that shines It: Of the
heartburning and bitterness it
causes: Of the wrecks Of lives of
the little children who are Its VIC
tins, whose sense of security Is
swept away, who are banded about
from parent to parent and whose
characters are warped and distorted
by their fathers and mothers sep
aration, even the dullest and most
unthinking know. You would think
that nothing but the direst neces-
sity would drive them to the divorce
courts, but, on the contrary, they
break up their homes and orphan
their children for no better reason
than that they are not willing to
make the sacrifice that is necessary
to keep their homes intact and their
marriages going concerns.
Nobody will deny that it is a
dimcult thing for man and woman
to adjust themselves so as to live
together In peace and harmony
The mere fact that they are of
different sexes, that they have been
brought up in a different environ
ment and have a different heredity
makes 1t inevitable that they should
have different tastes and habits and
points of view. To reconcile these
takes a bit Of doing, as our English
friends say.
Evening star., 1940-02-16

a clear beet soup. topped with whip
ped cream, in white or blue cups.
Sandwiches could be the same as
for tea you could substitute
watercress for the chives, II you
prefer. A casserole dish Of chicken,
cooked with rice, tomatoes and okra,
would need only simple lettuce
salad to accompany it. Or you
might like snowy mounds Of potato
salad and thin slices Of rare roast
beef and ham. Raspberry ice and
coconut cake on blue plates for des-
sert-coffee. Of course!
A seated dinner could start with
the same beet soup, accompanied by
melba toast or toasted triscuits, crisp
celery and rosy radishes. A rare
fillet of beef-or even q rib roast,
cooked to perfection, and served
with boiled potato balls, and baked
tomatoes filled with peas-we Just
can't help it if the peas are green!
A salad Of the mammoth white
asparagus, bundled into bands of
pimiento. on lettuce leaves. And
for dessert the flag-topped rennet
dessert seen in the picture, the recipe
for which you will find below. The
cookies may be made from your pet
recipe, cut with star cutters, and
iced in red, white or blue to carry
out the color schemes. Tip the
star points with little red candies.
And, speaking of cutters, don't for
get there are dessert molds In star
shapes, that come in a number of
sizes, or sets Of one large star and
eight smaller ones-fine for 1ellies.
etc., for starred occasions!
PUMPKIN RENNET CUsTARD.
l package lemon or vanilla rennet
powder.
l pint milk.
y cup canned pumpkin.
Il teaspoon ginger.
l tablespoon brown sugar.
u teaspoon cinnamon.
Cream cheese, or whipped cream
and red jelly for topping.
Set out 6 individual dessert glasses
Add the pumpkin, sugar and spices
to the milk. Warm slowly, stirring
constantly. Test heat by drop on
inside of wrist. When comfortably
warm. but not hot, remove imme-
diately from the stove. Stir rennet
powder into the milk. stirring until
dissolved-one minute. Pour i'm
mediately into the dessert glasses, do
not move for about 10 minutes, or
until firm. Chill. Just before serv-
ing, decorate with cream cheese,
chilled. and cut into strips, or '~hip-
ped cream piped through 4 tube,
forming a flag, and using red jelly to
fill in alternating stripes.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
A. Georgs Miller Photo.

Nevertheless, 1t can be done. There
is never a family quarrel that can't
be stopped in its very beginning by
a little diplomacy, a little forbear-
ance, a little self-control on the
part of either the husband or the
wife. 1t is the selfish determination
OF the husband to be the dictator
to his family, to be the one whose
word is law and whom all must obey
without question; or of the wife to
dominate her husband and chill
dren, that makes the unhappy
homes from which they all fee as
from place of torment. -.
1t is self1shness that makes a man
philander, even when he knows that
1t breaks his wife's heart and is
bound to end in the wreck of his
home. It Is selflshness that makes
the drunkard indulge his appetite
for drink, even when he realizes that
he is dragging his family into the
gutter with him. It Is selfishness
that makes q woman too lazy to
make her family a comfortable home
and give them proper food to eat.
1t is selfshness that makes q woman
run her husband into debt with
her extravaganza. It Is selfishness
that makes q woman peevish and
complaining because she can't have
what richer women have. It is
selflshness that undermines every
marriage before the final crash
comes.
People often ask why divorce has
become so common among young
people that we don't even expect
modern marriage to last. It is be-
cause the boys and girls of today
have been brought up to be so selfish
that they are incapable of consid-
ering any one but themselves. When
they are called upon to sacrifice
their own pleasures for the sake of
mere wife or husband, they can
not stand the gaff.
The husband gets surly and says
bitter things about marriage being
ball and chain when he has to
give up his clubs and his golf to
pay the rent, and when all the
amusement he can afford is sitting
at home instead of going to night
spots. The wife finds that love fits
out Of the window when she has to
wash, iron. scrub and push her own
baby carriage and do without facials
and good clothes. The end is one
Of the friendly divorces that are so
fashionable now, but that mean, all
the same, that another marriage has
gone on the rocks just through self
ishness.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Fine Steel Wool Pad Dipped
In Turpentine Can Remove
Mark From Enamel Tub
Plain or Colorful Wallpaper
May Be Used Effectively
In Room With Alcoves
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.


We live in region where the water full Of minerals Of sort
These make It. hard the
always slightly brown Consequently bstub unsigty
and the ubhng clean it.
Of anything that Will take these rusty
tub? .
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Faultfinding
An UnWise
Method
Continual Nagging
Wearies Minds
OF Children
BY ANGELO PATRI.

Certain phases Of children's lives
are better taken for granted instead
of being marked out for attention.
A good way Of fastening an idea in
. child's mind is to concentrate
upon 1t, call attention to it on every
possible opportunity and keep ever
lastingly at it. This accounts for
many vexing habits children and
young people set.
We do not talk much about the
good qualities, the graces and the
gifts children display. We take
them for granted. "Of course, he
Is polite. OF course, he does well
IN science. Why shouldn't hep But
isn't he awful in posture? And
doesn't he drive you wild with that
slovenly habit Of speech?"
= Talking about poor posture or
poor speech or poor anything else
will not cure matters. Take for
granted that the child wants to
stand and walk we'll Just as you take
for granted that he wants to do
well in other ways. Search for the
cause Of his difnculty and work to
remove It, and keep encouraging the
child while you help him. Poor pos
ture is usually caused by some
physical weakness Slovenly speech
is usually the result Of a lack of
power in the language centers, neg
lect and bad examples. Speech is
complex and the causes of def
cheney there are more than COM
plex. Finding fault is too simple
a remedy.
Continual talking wearies a child s
mind. His mind dwells in nerve
cells which are sensitive and easily
fatigued. When they are wearied
they close down and take time out
until they are restored to full power
When this closing down occurs we
complain bitterly about the child's
inattention, stubbornness, dumbness
and general unworthiness. The
truth is that we have exhausted his
listening, hearing and working
power. Often we are guilty of waste
ing 1t. We are in the wrong, not
the weary child.
1t is best to take for granted q
child's willingness, his normal de-
sires for goodness, for praise. 'for
health in his ways. When he fails
as he often will If he is an active
intelligent young person, keep still
Take for granted that he would dc
better If he could and ponder his
situation in your mind. Study tc
see how he can be helped. When
you are certain in your mind that
you can accept his state Of growth
take for granted his good will and
his strong tendency to goodness
and YOU are ready to talk things
over with him.
Often when q child is allowed tt
think In peace. nobody pressing
him, nobody demanding, "Why dc
you do such stupid things?" hi
finds his own way out. When that
happens he has taken q great stride
forward and has become . person
In his own right.
In our anxiety to save children
from their mistakes, something We
can never do and which we ought
not want to do, we add to Their
confusion by scoldins, prodding and
naeging until their minds are numb
Give them q chance to rest thei,
minds, to clear their thinking. Take
for granted that they want to grow
up, that they want to do well. The
children will grow faster and cor
rect their defects sooner, and w
will be saved much grief.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
BY BARONESS PIANToN1.

BY BARONESS PIANTONL
What difference makes nnens only
give them individuality distinction
plain linens As added touch embder the simple wreath
around Of itaon towel
oil they simple enough ebroider
The pattern contains
bets and wreats close letters complete
directions also what material and illustrations stitches
To obtain this pattern send for No. 1214 nclose
stamps coin to service Address
Needlewok Editor Of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Alcove a Problem Spot

The small alcove in older houses
often s a decorative problem spot.
One ingenious decorator solved the
problem by giving it q different
wallpaper treatment and furnishing
1t with an 18th century ma
hogany desk, chair and bookcase.
The arch made the alcove pleas
ing picture from the living room
and 1t gave comparative peace, If
not isolation, to the family book
lover.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Ny Neiqhbor Soys:

Order q package or two Of
the new cornflower or bachelors
button seed called the Jubilee
Gem. It has double, dark, vivid
blue flowers and grows about
l foot In height.
When washing white silk
slips for the first time put q
dessertspoonful Of powdered
borax into water enough to COW
er slip: leave soaking for half
an hour, then wash in the usual
way. Slips will not then grow
yellow with washing.
Prunes should always be
soaked overnight. In the
morning bring them to . boil
and let them slowly simmer tin
plump and soft.