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Evening star., 1941-04-25
Revives Old Suggestion
For Scattering Government Activities.

To the Editor of The Star:
Were an invasion Of our country con-
templated by some foreign power within
the next 10 years, it would be ex-
tremely simple for an invading army to
paralyze the whole Nation by one ma
neuver.
If few heavy tanks should be landed
on the Maryland and Virginia shores
of the Potomac River and these could
be supported by fleet of dive bombers,
by tanning out on surrounding hilltops,
there would be little to prevent COM
plete encirclement of Washington within
a few hours. This would isolate the
Capital from the rest of the United
States, with fatal results for the rest of
the Union
There are two ways to prepare against
such a contingency. The first, fore
sighted and logical, and the second a
drastic operation for extreme emergency.
The first plan would be to begin i'm
mediately tc decentralize and regionalize
Federal Government activities. Opera
tions of all departments, one hy one,
could be distributed among twelve re-
gional capitals in regional Federal office
buildings Reconciliation for each
department and agency could be ac-
complisheo in much the same manner
as the operations of The Supreme Court,
the Federal Reserve banks, collectors
of Internal Revenue Treasury disburS-
ing Offices and other Federal functions
which are now decentralized.
The second and more drastic means of
meeting the possibility of an invasion
suddenly iSolating the National Capital
from the rest of the United States would
be to select some centrally located city
such as Chicago or st. Louis where the
National Capital could be moved quickly
in an emergency, then begin at once
to make plans as to how the essential
elements of Government operation could
be transferred on short notice to that
central point with minimum disruption
of general Federal Government func-
tions anc procedures.
WALTER A. BOWERS.
Evening star., 1941-04-25

1t is an amazing thing, how a bird.
wild by nature, can exemplify perfect
good breeding, human wise, as shown in
department.
No stately gentleman of the old school
can do it better. There is something so
keenly alive yet so exquisitely gracious,
in every movement of the wood thrush,
that it is impossible to look upon it
exactly as We do most birds.
The mockingbird is a wonderful singer,
the cardinal is beauty. The chickadee
is cute" in the best sense. All the birds
are liked by their human friends, but
none of them has exactly what the wood
thrush has. Whether the hermit thrush
has it, We do not know, for we have
never seen a hermit, and never expect to.
The wood thrush is enough. No one
could ask a better bird. The other
members of the family may be fine, in
their ways, but certainly they cannot
excel the wood thrush.
We were looking forward to his arrival
in our own yard. After all what matters
how many thrushes there are elsewhere?
The real point is when he comes to ones
own garden, or at least to the immediate
neighborhood.
The sight and song of this bird are
enough The sights may be just now
and then, but if he is in the neighbor-
hood, he will be heard at all times, for
he is a very loud singer, as well as an
excellent one
His song is divided into four parts
each of three notes. This is not all
there is to it, though; he includes
various harsh and grating noises, which
cannot be heard at a great distance
These notes play the same part in his
song that dissonances do in orchestral
work They make the sweet parts sound
sWeeter.
Some persons believe that this bird
never sings upon the ground While it
does not do it often, We have seen and
heard this several times.
Mostly the thrush sings while perched
in tree. Its specially is a late concert
lasting from about 7 O'Clock in the
evening until darkness settles down.
This is handsome bird, the famous
brown thrush of song and story, the
subject of that fine song Il Hear a
Thrush at Eve
If you ever fall in love with the thrush,
no other bird quite takes its place or
fills the same position in your bird life.
1t is almost sad to think that many
persons have missed and will always
miss the happiness of listening for the
thrush music, and Of seeing that splen-
did fellow, as he hops around the lawn,
and beneath shrubbery.
In this power of awakening admira-
tiOn the wood thrush is supreme.
1t is something greater than mere
glamour" 1t is a mixture of beauty,
intelligence and department. In recent
years the idea Of "deportment" seems to
have gone overheard, along with the
many other ideas and ideals. Call it
courtesy, if you will, or etiquette-Well,
the wood thrush, though a bird has it.
We prefer TO call it the perfect deport-
ment which distinguishes the real gentle
man and gentlewoman.
Evening star., 1941-04-25
Sends Appreciation
For Reports of ID. A. r. Congress.

To the Editor OF the Star:
1t is my pleasure TO advise you that
the 5Oth Continental Congress of the
the American Revolution. adopted a reso-
luton thanking the press for giving so
much valuable space to the proceedings
of our congress and to the reporters
who gave so generously OF their services
in being present at all meetings and in
reporting the work of our society with
sympathetic understanding.
DIXIE COTTON HERRIN,
Corresponding Secretary General,
N. S. D. A. R.
Evening star., 1941-04-25

@. For what purpose does the human
body need iodIne?-Y. D.
A. The body needs minute quantities
of iodine for the proper functloning Of
the thyroid gland. and for normal growth
and good nutrition. II may be obtained
in the diet from sea foods and fish oils.
@, How early were city directories
published?-S. H. J.
A. The first London directory was
printed about 1917; the first in this
country at New York in 1886.
O. When was the comic strip Little
Memo in Sunderland" publshed?-
F. z. o.
A. The Little Memo cartoons by the
late Winsor McCay were first published
from 1904 to 1914, and later from 1924
to 1927.
@. What is the origin of the word
clue?-H. G. S.
A 1t is from the Old English, cluWe,
a ball of thread. It's meaning as a piece
of evidence leading to discovery is de-
rived from the story of Theseus, who
was guided through the labyrinth by the
ball of thread held by Ariadne.
@. How is the watermark produced
in paper?-D. R. T.
A. 1t is formed during the process
of manufacture by pressing wires on the
wet pulp.
Q. What is meant by county-fair
ball player?-T. NJ.
A. 1t means a shoW-of or one who
resorts to many motions though doing
nothing.
@. Please give some information
about Miles Darden, the giants. D.
A Miles Darden was born in North
Carolina in 1898. He was feet inches
in height and at his death weighed
more than 1000 pounds. Until 1853 he
was active, but after that time was
obliged to remain at home or be moved
about in a wagon. 1t required 1872
yards of cloth, one yard wide, to make
him coat. He died in Henderson
County, Tenn, on January %, 1857. His
coffin was feet long and 35 inches deep.
O. What is the name of the musician
who married Mark Twain's daughter7--
S. T. L.
A Clara Clemens married Ossip
Gabrilowitsch, noted pianist and con-
ductor, in 1909.
Evening star., 1941-04-25

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Evening star., 1941-04-25

@. What is the name of the musician
who married Mark Twain's daughter?-
S. T. L.
A. Clara Clemens married Ossip
Gabrilowitsch, noted pianist and con-
ductor, in 1909.
Evening star., 1941-04-25

@. How early were city directories
published?-S. H. J.
A. The first London directory was
printed about 1877; the first in this
country at New York in 1886
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04

What fun to go to dances with a man who knows the new steps! How glum to be the stiff couple on the sidelires!
 And how unnecessary. It's easy these days, to learn steps like the Conga right at home, private as you please. With footprint diagrams like those in the sketch, you become an expert.
 Is the Corga complicated to do? Not bit; when you get on to its catchy jungle rhythm you easily fit the hip action and the kicks to it. Counting one-two, one-TWO, a heavy accent on every fourth count: 1-Step to side on left foot hips sway left. 2-Cross right foot over left, hips sway right. 3-Ster to side on left foot, hips sway left 4 (here's your heavy accenD-A sideward thrust of hips, accom- panied by slight kicking move- ment of right foot, turning body slightly to right.
 And other popular steps? With our 32-page booklet of diagrams and cryEtal-clear instructions you'll soon become expert in the Conga, tango rumba, waltz. fox-trot, slow fox-trot shag. Explains how to lead, follow
 Send 10c in coin for your copy of HOME COURSE IN NEW BALL ROOM DANCES to the Waterbury Demovrat. Home Service, 635 Sixth Ave, New York, N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME. AD- DRESS, and the NAME of book let.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04

familiar ring, Most men and women who are conscious of encroaching obesity take a similar attitude. Certainly they intend to reduce, and they arc going on a diet presently, and that is as far as the good in- tention goes.
 It is far more satisfactory from every point of view to remain con- stantly on Q reasonable and not diff. ficult than It is to go on rigid one even for limited time.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Liver Extract and Vitamin B
 Complex .... Please explain why you believe liver extract should be combined with viatmin B complex, when liver extract is deficient In vitamin B.l.
 GA. D. B.
 Answer-Liver Is good source of vitamin B complex. Psysciologically an intrinsic factor supplied by the liver and an extrinslc factor which is present in the B complex (just which is entity is not yet known definitely probably are essential for formatin of hemoglobin. So it is rational to combine liver extract, vitamin B complex and perhaps iron gluconate In the treatment of anemia. Send ten cents and l-cent stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress for booklet Blood and Health"
 Mischif for Idle
 Clatnw f,a iaVxt Gn 4RA0IsaS ka11 weighs 98 pounds. She weighed 1l8 a year ago, but decided she was too stout and began taking enormous doses of salts-she takes four table spoonfuls a day right along. Now she can't keep any food on her stom- ach, has constant dull loggy feeling around her heart, tires out as soon as she attempts to move about.
 (Mrs. J. R. S.)
 Answer-Woman aged 29 years, five feet tall, should weigh approxi- mately 118 pounds If your sister in-law's purpose is slow suicide she is making good job of 1t. Of course any reduction of weight from taking large amounts of saline cathartics is merely loss of water-that is, uns til persistent abuse produces patho- logical changes and nutritional dis eases. Ordinarily the loss Gin water) from today's purgation or sweating is made up by the water the indi- vidual drinks in the next "A hours or so.
 Fear of Insanity
 How can one overcome fear of insanity. Mental excitement and worry over fears picked up in psy- chology class caused this idea to come into my head and I can't seem to shake it. (MisS A. w. J)
 Answer-One who Is really devel- oping insanity is usually the last to recognize or SdInit that there is any mental defect or unbalance. Your question is too general-if you care to write me confidentially I'll be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY AmAEiCa'a CaRM Authority

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 Third place in the Masters Indiv- idual this year was wo by Harry Fishbein, one of the country's out- standing stars Fishbein was sec- ond in 1888, and this year he is one of the holders of the Worlds Cham pionship Pair title, which he will de- fend at Asbury Park this coming August.
 Fishbein isn't the easiest partner in the world to follow, but he does play those tickets well when he is handling the dummy. Here is an example of his play in the recent Individual.
 On winning the first lead, Fish bein led low diamond and played the queen from dummy. East let 1t hold, in the hope that declarer would make the mistake of leading . second diamond.
 But with the game safe, declarer cashed the jack of clubs and led low to the ace. The fall of the ten, indicating that East probably was now void of clubs, gave Fishbein a chance to try a throw-in for an ex- tra trick.
 South led . low heart and the ten w9s won by the queen. Now East was indeed stuck for exit. He tried caslaing the ace of diamonds and then forcing out the king, So aS to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
THE SCIENCE OF REDUCING

THE SCIENCE OF REDUCING
 Probably the all time record is still held by the man who reduced 20 pounds in seven hours in a sweat bath. He took the bath walking, in the desert sun, when the tempera- ture in the shade was l04 degrees r. Tn the course of the seven hours he drank l3 pounds, a little more than 1h gallons, of water, so his net loss amounted to seven pounds.
 haven't the actual data to prove 1t, but I'd be willing to wager ten to one that the man regained the weight so lost within the succeed ing 30 hours That Is what prac- tically always happens when any appreciable loss of weight is achieved by sweaitng-the weight of water and salt excreted in the sweat is replaced within the next day or so by increased intake in water and salt. And practically, while we're on the subject, that Is all there is in sweat in any circumstance or state of health-water and salt. Nothing toxic" or poisonous to speak of or worry about. The skin Is not an excretory organ and only an insignificant amount of waste matter, other than water and salt, is ever "thrown off" by the body through the skin, no mater what the state of health or what illness the individual has. Nor does the skin ever breathe" or require air or oxygen or absorb oxygen or give of carbon dioxide. Romantic legends to the contrary notwithstanding And finally, at least to the best of my knowledge and belief, the un- broken skin never absorhS anything and please don't send me clip- pings of items telling of the miracu- lous new food or medicine which is administered by merely applying on the skin. Plenty of things, both old time medical connections and re- cent nostrums, are SO administered, but that is not proof that the sub- stance is absorbed through the skin. If the substance has an odor anyone knows how he is absorbing it. If 1t llaO 4lO OQOAp tilC uiioOpAAAotACatCSl customer may believe 1t is going in through his skin.
 A man of sixty, with a bad heart, high blood pressure and divers other pathological conditions, doesn't be- lieve in the value of a reasonable amount of exercise daily, thinks it is nonsense, drinks, as he insists, only moderately-as I think, even minimum amount is injurious to person in his condition-and eats like an honest working man. He keeps piling on stacker flesh. When cautined about it says that doesn't worry him, for when he gets time he'll go and have 1t sweated and niasaged of. We'll, maybe at sixty the poor fellow Is reconciled to his fate. But in his attitude towards the need of reducing there is Q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04

only out or i1e- Nuth MilIete cessity and since they 90 ct 1t from that point of view, they don't have very stimulating or enjoyable times together.
 For instance, when . woman dc. cides to entertain 6 group of wo. men she doesn't pick out four or five whom she really enjoys being with. Instead she calls up those she "owes', those she wants to inl- press, and those she hopes will in- vlted her back, When Q man de- cides to spend an evening with "tlie boys" he rounds up only those ho has fun with.
 ENTERTAINING VS. ENJOYING
 Then, too, a woman wears iier- self out and gets bad case of jlt- ters before her guests ever arrive, because she Is bound and deter mined to impress them. She wants her party to be just c little bit nicer than any of their parties, and she wants her house to shine just Q lit- tic bit brighter than any of her guests houses.
 And 1t never occurs to Q woman to take her friends out-of- doors where together they can enjoy tho sunshine, the trees, the air - and consequently enjoy each other more. No, If she plans 8 picnic, fishing trip or steak fry, she plans 1t only for one of those times when the men are to be invited.
 Women don't have much fun to- gether because they concentrate, on entertaining and impressing ae- quaintances, rather than enjoying friends
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
Latest Styles
GIOWing Yourself
By Alicia HaEs
iNEA serrlce stalf Wrilerl

tNEA Service Stan Writer)
 Being extremely thin, like being greatly overweight usually makes Q woman look older than she really is,
 A painfully thin neck isn't Ns youthful as Q softly rounded 9ne. Scrawniness of arms, soulders and legs Is ageing. If the face Is tull- not too full, of courSe-tino lines around eyes and expression lines from sides of the nose to corners of the mouth are not likely to Do obvious.
 It Is important for every woman to decide for herself just how much she should weigh. She ought to Dc able to judge-without asking any advice from anyone-whether her curves are bulging or nicely rounded or whether she looks just plain thin instead of slender and trim,
 There is the right weight for every figure. It's up to the individual to make e decision, and then stick to 1t. It isn't too difficult to lose i've pounds, or to gain five, but it's no easy matter to lose or gain ten.
 The girl who has . tendency to gain weight ought not to wait until she Is fifteen pounds overweight be. fore beginning to diet, One who has a tendency to be too thin ought to resolve to hest nine hours out of every twenty-four and to eat more fattening foods In order to gain,
 A properly balanced diet, plenty of rest and enough exercise to pep up the appetite are the secrets of putting on q few pounds. Of these, rest, plus the ability to relax when- ever possible, are of greatest impor- tance.
 If you are tense and nervous most of the time; i3 you run when you could just as well walk, or sit prinly on the edge of a seat when you could just as well lean back and relax, then the chances are 1t won't be easy for you to gain.
 Try to cure yourself of nervous habits which you know are nothing more than habits and see how much better you'll look within . short space of time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
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RATTERN a29

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
Of Interest To Women
a. What is enmenthaler cl,eese2 2

e. What B einmenthaler cheese2 A. It is also called domestic swiss cheese, and Is Q hard rennet cheese made from cows milk and having a mild, somewhat swedish flavor. It IS characterized by holes or eyes which develop to about the size of a cent in typrical cheeseS, and are from 1 to inches apart.
 e. Should infants be exposed to contagious diseases, on the theory that 1t is better to have It while they are small?
 A. No; their resistance to db- eases increases with age, and every precaution should be taken to pre- vent contagion in early childhood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
Marriage Intentions

The following marriage inten- tions have been filed at the office of the town clerk:
 Louis DiCorpo, e Bellevue street, and Mary F. Marxan0, 12e Dikeman street.
 Francis J. Schildgen, Union City, and Sally V. O'Brien, 30 South View street.
 John B. Tavano, S2 Knoll street, and Lena R. DiD0mixio, 07 Meri- line avenue.
 Arthur w. Whiteway, l97 South Main street, and Nancy Whyles, 28 North Main street.
 Andrew A. Paxera, l2l Anderson avenue, and Helen M. Gcrvais, g Center street.
 Lester J. Brooks, ASA Wilson street and Yolanda A. Calabrese, 5i Harpers Ferry road.
 Charles N. Fenn, R. F. D. No. 2. and Mary F. Quane, SS Penn bertOn street.
 Raymond A. Zuk0wsId, Pequa- buck. and Anna T. Zmuden, 90 North Leonard street.
 Robert G. Carpentier, 5l Me. hawk street, and Doris R. Barnes Bristol.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
Caroline Chatfield

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Lucky Woman Who Has Husband to lrritate Her!
 Getting up the subject of masculine es and trick. that feminine and using the third column to finish the that the best thing wife hNd her husbands dignity Naturally nothing him with M The alcohol method ot dignity the commoeSt But there are others some men mistaken notion that being butoons renders them attractive the crowd laughs the harder tho wife takes it.
 who absolutely crazy by Che smooth compliments They think they Che chA dignity forgot M She on conversation somebody husband going and around dragging hs right wing on he gTOund'
 Following behind hs womans irritation with man for undnes incidentally there's connection between dignity secspect emphasized unshavon and soed linen And for bad table manners prime method and humtae his wife though she not Do scEler for etiquette In tho strict of the word
 unduly familiar with Che walesses the misunderstanding with friends his mpatnce with her his failure remember heF birthday.
 We'll long Lucky the who husband ate though could frequently kill him with him lowsang her mentality for dcountng the importance of her duties for losing his dignity appearing unShaven unShon wouldn't take million for him him for other husband
 Down deep knOw permit irritation with Co swell Into hatred those who have failed to please the those who can't And please CAROLINE CHATFIELD. pIbceew viii ponAly provided they contain HtMmped envelopes All held cOnndnce Write Miss Ghataea this newspaper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
PLUM TAPIOCA lSnrYcR 4 lA Rl

Two cups plums, l cup boiling water, ,a to z cup sugar, pinch salt, 3 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca,
 Pit the plums and cut them in pieces before measuring, Add the water and sugar and cook until the plums are soft. Add the tapi- oca and salt and cook in @ double boiler for about 20 minutes or un- til the tapioca is clear. Stir occas- ionally.