The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-28

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 and taaeFeeors @ one of the least l. RAaam likely to be af-
 fected The very refnoteness of sporting goods from, defense materials, however, makes them among the first khings where Bubgtltutions. must be made, Ebert. Ing goods arc classified as luxurlea Tn war time and fl any savings can Do made In consumption Of alum- mum, steel, leather, rubber and brass, the sporting element will be the first to feel the pinch.
 If the rings on your skl poles are made Of aluminium, hang onto them for they are definitely pre- war. Tn the future these rings will be made out of rattan,
 If you're horsey and your favor- lte polo pony won't take anything but an aluminium bit or won't re. Bpond to any digs in the ribs from anything but aluminium spurs, you1l probably have to send the critter back to be rebroken, for spurs and bits will hereafter be made of steel, which was, after all, good enough for the old gray mare.
 NATIONS FOR
 FOOTBALLERS
 Football coaching will require an entirely new school of Pop War; nefs, for leather helmets and shoul- der pads are out. They'll be made of fiber and that will naturally alter the tactics of the double wing back and razzledaZzles. Even the insoles of athletic shoes will be fiber instead of leather. Pigskins will still be pig. skins for awhile but they will be in. Hated by pumps of steel, instead of brass.
 If gasoline becomes SO scarce you decide It's better to ride to work on q bicycle, reconcile yourself to get. ting . model which will have lights and horns made of enameled steel, not nickel.
 Even your yacht will have to be . little less fancy. Boat whistles are to Do made of plastic instead of brass. The fiagpole sockets, bow and stern handles will be malleable iron instead Of brass. Tho place won't seem as much like home with these substitutionS, and if the chrome trim is taken away too, you might just as well invite your friends to spend Q weekend on 8 barge. But, like the courageous Britains, you must learn to do without, and bear up bravely under such hardships.
 Production for defense is even stepping in to disrupt your vacation plans, if you are getting new equip. ment, you may find the top on the picnic thernos Jug made of plastic instead of aluminium, while the new model camera cases will have plastic instead of aluminium boxes. SAD NEWS FOR
 THE WALTONS
 Fishing rod handles and reels will be plastic covered steel. Gun clean. ing rods will be steel instead of brass.
 Your very home is to be violated by the long claws of the defense planners. Remember the good old washing machines with the alumi. nun agitators7 Cad, what machines they werel Plastic agitators now. And that old kerosene stove that mother loved 50 well-the one with the copper tubing, brass conectors, as- bestog kindlers, steel tank and nickel triml Another year or 50 and you won't be able to get Q model like that at all. The tubing will be steel, the tank and kindlers glass, the trim plastic.
 Vacuum cleaner and refrigerator salesmen will have to learn entirely new languages because of the sub- stiution Of plastics for metal.
 The ersatz stops at nothing. If you had visions of having Junior learn to take first steps in an alumi- mum baby walker, you had best get your aluminium baby walker quick, even if Junior hasn't arrived yet, or else let your dream vanish and your ambition go unrealized. Babies of tuc COHuklB BGtiGEWtAON Ws01b AS&Eu to walk to the next war in baby walkers of enameled steel. The old folks are to have their dotage and senility ruined, too. Pic ture If you can, with ali the touches of nostalgia, father and mother, re- tired and living on their social SC. curity. Mother will be sitting on the porch in her favogite arte nioderne chair, sewing, Sewing because her no-account children have forgotten how. But will that thimble be 6 per- fectly good dime-store zinc like her grandmothers? Not on your life. The thimble will be cadmium finish. whatever that Is.
 And Father Sitting in his socks and undershirt on the steps below her, sprinkling the lawn in the cool of the evening. The picture is per- feet except for one detail. The label on the hose will be vulcanised gub- her ingkead of aluminium