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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
. McKENNEY
 ON BRIDGE
BY VIM. E. MCKINNEY America'S Card Authority

A delegation of 40 or 50 players from Raleigh, N. O., attended the Southern Appalachian Tournament at Asheville last year. Mrs. M P Staudt and Miss Julia E. Farmer brought one of the championship trophies back to Raleigh, when they won the women's pair event. They will be on hand to defend their title in August.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Edward Reilly
 GiUen FareWeLl

Edward Reilly was feted recently with a farewell party given by Ralph Trepanier at the latter's home at Hitchcock lake. MT. Reilly has entered the army.
 Among those who attended the "hot dog" roast were MT. and Mrs. Gene Donavan, MT. and Mrs. John Kerry, Mrs. Loretta Sheehy, MT. Castle, MT. and Mrs. Harry Irving, Mrs. Mary Reilly, Ann Earles, Mrs. Edward Reilly, MT. and Mrs. Arr mand Desjardins, MT. and Mrs. Maurice Gouldreault, MT. and Mrs. Clovis Desjardins;
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Trepanier, Ann Buckley, MT. and Mrs. Francis Garren, MT. and Mrs. James New man, Joseph Reuna, RoseMary Des- jardins, Agnes Ann Buckley and Ralph Trepanier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Red Cross Nurses
 Aides To Graduate

Waterbury will have total of l39 Red Cross nurses aides when new
 class graduates at St. Mary's Hos pital Friday night. The number is expected to be increased in the fall when several new classes will be organized. Mrs. Howard Hart, chair man of the nurses aides service, an- nounced that long waiting lists have been made for registration in night classes, but several vacancies exist for day classes to begin in the fall,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Miss COGkLey
 ShOwer Guest

Miss Mary Lynch of Welton street entertained last evening with per- sonal shower in compliment to Miss Catherine Coakley of Grove street.
 Among the guests were Mrs. Lloyd Minor, Mrs. William Kelly. Mrs. James Murphy, Mrs. William Cole lins. Mrs. John Devine, Elizabeth Coakley, Marjorie Lyons, Margaret Minehan, Catherine Sheehan, Mrs. Viola Dyson and Mrs. Timothy Lynch.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward McGrath of Bunker Hill avenue are vacation. ing at Indian Neck, Milford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
MEMS PAJAMAS

Jean Arthur's pajanaas in Colum- bias George Stevens production "The Talk of the Town" were fit- ted to Ronald Colman-not to Jean because she borroWs them from him in the story.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Personal
Contract Bridge

CORNELL CLUB
 Winners in the Monday evening "open night" at the Cornell club, under the direction of Mrs. J. c. Moriarty included: north-south, David Scully, Martin O'Brien. .580; Mrs. Louis Schmidt, Mrs. Edward Clark, .578; east-west, Mrs. Ida Birdsall, Mrs. Roger Peabody, .580; Mrs. Louis Merrill, Mrs. E J. Neil- son, .575.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
-Borman Studio.

honored guests at the home of Mrs. Ralph Harvey of Peck Lane, cele- brating their wedding anniversary Guests were present from Meriden, Waterbury and Cheshire. A buffet supper was served.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
SIMPLE DRESSER

Cary Grant wears the same $750 wcrkineman's clothing throughout Columhia's George Stevens produc- ton, The Talk of the Town" ex- cept in the final sequence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

Farmer let go the jack and queen. Thinking that North had no more diamonds, and that he could wait for the hearts to be opened by the declarer, West exited with trump. Then North turned up with the six diamonds to ruff in dummy for entry. Dummy led two top clubs West ruffed the second, put NortE got one heart discard, and so made the contract
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

A series of lectures on American history in Belfast, Northern Ire land, was we'll attended, especially by teachers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
ELTON CLUB

Scorers in the Monday afternoon tournament under the direction of Mrs w. s Smith included: Mrs. George Moeller, Mrs. George Pier pont, 38; Mrs. Arthur Gross. Mrs. Louis Boisvert, 36h; Mrs. Peter German, Mrs. E. o. Hess, 32.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

Miss Eleanor Shugdinis of Poplar street has been vacationing at Twin Lakes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

MT. and Mrs. Stanley Breck of Madison Beach have been enter taining Miss Helene Case of Wall street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Suvinan1irg Glasses
 Open In HopeOille

Swimming classes, which open at the Hopeyille school pool tonight, will be held each Tuesday night from 6:3O to 7:30 for boys and girls between 8 and 10 years old, and from 7:3o to 8:3O for children be- tween 1 and IA years old. TWO one-hour classes will be held each Thursday night at ' and 8 o'clock for older girls and women. The pool is open to organizations ana other groups on other evenings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

MT. and Mrs. Henry Below of Wolcott are spending the week with MT. and Mrs. John J. Mulligan of Englewood avenue, who are vaca- tioning at Laurel Beach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

Miss Ella Fitzpatrick of Water vile street has been vacationing at Madison Beach Hotel, Madison.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

Miss Helen White of Cooke street has been vacationing in Canada where she enjoyed a cruise on the Saguenay and St. Lawrence rivers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-03
An AIRshiP, Huh?

and he stared qucstioningiy at
Talcott. Halscy, too, stared with
grim eyes in an expressioniess
face.
I'D like to hear your story
Halsey said.
Bill Talcotts wrath had been
mounting steadily and his fin
gers itchcd to take the rldicu-
lous little auditor by the neck
and shake some Of the pom
pouSncss out Of him. But that
would be no good. 1t might af-
ford him. physical relief, but IT
wouldn't prove anything; would
serve only to stamp him furth-
cr with the mark of disgrace.
With tremendous effort he CON
trollcd himself.
Il haven't any story TalCOtt
said fatty. I've conducted this
job and discharged my rcSpon-
SibIlitiCS to the best Of my abil-
Ity. If there is any shortage, as
StrutherS claims, it's not of my
making As for the charge Of
payroll padding, that's a Joke.
You know damn we'll I'm given
a certain amount Of work. We
pay 40 cents a day for labor
and we've got 400 men work
ing; YOU can count EN- if you
want to- | don't know what's
behind this, but I'm beginning
to get some ideas and If Struth,
CrS, or whoever is behind him,
thinks I'll take il laying down
he's crazy"
A strange light flashed then
in Struthcrs eyes, just the brief
est revelation that TalcOtt had
landed Solidly. His words were
a thrust i'm the dark, but a; last
he had struck something solid
i'm all the hay mass OF doubts
and suspicious sur rounding
him Later on nc was to rcmcm-
bCr that swift revealing change;
TO remember and regret trat he
had uttered any word at al FOR
il suddenly occurred 10 Bill Tai
colt that his honor was not the
only thing at stake. his very
life itself was i'm utmost danger.
TO BE Continued
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Federal Chemical for plenty.
But he would never be able TO
get away with it. There must
be another reason, something
as cyt unthought of; some care
fully concealed motive which
Struthers was prepared to car
~ out at any cost.
The thing was deep, treaCher-
out, and in its unfolding tolls
there had as yet come no i1ni-
cation of the end. A beautiful
break, Struthcrs had had, in the
arrival of the smuggler and the
two passengers. That had given
him time aplenty to work un-
hindcred while the rest OF them
were engaged in a battle which
really was meaningless. We're
the new arrivals, the professor
and the refugee, participants in
the larger pattern?
Signing. Bill Talcott sought
to clear his brain OF complex
thoughts as he followed Struth-
ers and Halsey into MacDow-
ellis room.
Mcdowell was asleep, prop
ped up by pillows, an ice pack
rakishly aSkew on his unkcmpt
head. Strange noises poured
from the spaces above and be-
meath his mustache, and unccre-
moniously StrutherS prodded
his stomach.
Wake up, Mcdowell" the
auditor called sharply.
Mcdowell swung his left in
a wild arc, moaned, "Ow-aagh,
my head!' and sat up.
Struthers said, Forget your
head. You're to arrest Talcott
on charges OF fraud and cmbcz
Element. In addition to the
missing vouchers I've discover
ed evidences Of payroll padding.
I've made a transcript OF evil
dence for you to take TO New
York. As soon as my survey is
complete I'll send it in"
so it's payroll padding 10
so its payroll padding, too,
is it," Bill Talcott said coldly.
I'm getting TO be a dangerous
character.
you are the one that's saying
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SHOWDOWN WITH STRUTH-
Frs
CHAPTER x

Halsey seemed completely
taken aback, and Bill Talcott
studying him intently, was I'M
able to decide whether his as
tonishment was feigned or real.
Back to New York;" Halsey
Stammered But / just got here
I'm to stay on as the new
manager"
"You WERE the new mana
ger" Struthers said coldly.
Struggling, he glanced signifi-
cantly at the others. Where is
Mr.. MacDowell?" he demanded.
June Paterson's ready ire
manifested itself. Hes in bed
recovering from a stroke. You
nice people have said so many
things about what's going on
around here the poor man Just
couldn't stand it,"
Faint color crept through the
auditors cheeks. please don t
Be sarcastic" he said. This is
quite q serious matter-Halsey,
I thought I heard shots What
happened?"
Halsey left off looking puz-
saed long enough to give rap
u transcription of events,
yWand Mp with, u looked IN
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your room but couldn't IND
you"
Which is only natural, since
spent the night at work the
auditor grunted Very well, if
Mcdowell can't come to us
we'll go to him. Halsey and Tai
colt, if you'll come along
Talcott arose silently. So
| Struthers had been spending the
might in the office, patching up
his case. Mcdowell had proba-
bly, told him of the assertion
that duplicate vouchers were on
fire which would put Bill Tai
colt in the clear. StrutherS
wouldn't be one to waste any
time in strengthening his weak
points.
Increasingly clear was the
indication that Struthers was
making every effort TO discredi.
him. But why? What possible
motive could the man have for
such a course? Did he hope to
gain; was he in a conspiracy to
defraud the company? Surely
as auditor he must have known
about the duplicate vouchers.
He must have known that the
vouchers themselves we're of no
value; that all billing and col
lecting was done by the New
York office; that the only mon
ely to pass through Bill Talcott S
hands was in the form of pay
roll checks. Yet forcibly Struth-
cr'j words came back to him
entirely possible you haven't
sold chemicals without report
ing TO New York"-and with
them a new reason for alarm
No shortage could be proved
unless an actual shortage in in
ventory was discovered. If
Struthers was conspirator, left
alone on the island he could
write any inventory he liked
without regard for facts Work
Ing IN this way he could take
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-03
By EATON K. GOLDTHWAITE

THE STORY-Four visitors arrive
ut . Dutch West Indian island Ia
eomplicate the life OF Bill Talcott,
who IL finishing six years there rs
branch manager for an American
chemical firm. They are HaIsey,
Bills successor; an auditor, who i'm
mediately accuses Bill Of large
shortage In his accounts; Mac
DowelI, a detective brought to take
Bill back to the States IL any irreEu-
lsrity were found, and June Pater-
son, beautiful cousin OF Bills for.
mer roommate. Later two more yisi-
tors are landed on the island by a
smuggling skipper Martha Sven
son, = Norwegian refugee. and Prof.
Constantine, an antbropoioEisi. Next
morning the auditor comes to HAisey
with an urgent message before you
return 10 New York"
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il, Struthers returned with
equal coldness. "Well, MacDow-
ell, are you going to get up?'
Get up" Mac DoWc!i NUT
tered thickly. He thrust one leg
over the side of the bed, sought
the floor with his toes, groancd
and said, l think my neck S
broke
Leonard HalSey had crossed
10 the other side Of the room.
His lean face was wrinkled in
concern. Look here, Struth-
crs,' he said. 1t seems to me
this could be handled in a much
nicer way. SO far as | know,
nobody has heard TalCott's 5 Dc
of the story. He has an excellent
record with the company. Why
not give him a chance TO defend
himself?'
The auditors thin lips curled
His side Of the story is in the
records. Halsey, I'm an auditor
! don't like these scenes any
better than you do. But there
are regulations which | must
observe. One of those rCgUla-
tions is that whenever a short
age occurs, the auditor is 20 re-
main in complete charge until
a full inventory has been made.
At the auditors discretion, the
affected unit may be thrown in
TO BANKRUPTCY. MIR Talcott, be -
lieve you will agree tina; those
are the company rules
TalCott smiled Erimly Yes,
and very convenient i0r what
you intend to do, without a
doubt
Faint red tingcd the auditor s
checks. Careful, Mr. Talcott"
he snapped. I'm a bonded rep
rcSentativc Of one OF the arrest
firms in New York. Halscy
knows that it's his duty TO car-
~ my report in full, together
with whatever observations he
himself may have made, back
TO the home office That is abSo
lutely clear, and I'll thank you
not to make any inSinuationS. Pc
Some Of the seriousness OF tic
situation seemed 90 have pCnc-
trated MacDowells aching head
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Evening star., 1942-09-16
Manners
of the
Moment

The problem OF which line to
which to attach myself when I go
to the bank is becoming something
of a weekly nightmare for me. Each
time go to make my deposit and
get out my weekly spending allot-
ment I find myself standing behind
long line of other people waiting
to withdraw or deposit money.
I don't mind that. But some days
just have so much time, and so I
have to figure a bit. I stand for
while in one line and it never moves.
We have a bottleneck up front-a
payroll probably. I look enviously
at the line to my right, and it seems
TO be melting away rapidly So, all
of sudden, + decide to move over.
But the minute l do you can be
sure therell be bottleneck over
there. take then with me.
A friend of mine tells me that his
method of choosing line in bank
is to pick the one with the fewest
women in it. His theory is that
it's the women who engage the bank
tellers In long conversations and
hold things up. But he's a mani
don't pay too much attention to him.
try to make study of human
nature and human appearances and
to decide by studied Judgment which
line is going to be there the longest
time. 1t gives me a bit of sleuthing
to do while wait, at any rate-and
that's something. JEAN.
Evening star., 1942-09-16
Consider Figure
Refashioning
Program
Exercising Midrif
Muscles Is Best
Nay to Begin
Bv Patricia Lindsay

About this time of the year wom-
en- begin to plan a figure refashion-
ing program. They want to be more
beautiful. They desire to lose the
extra weight which accumulated in
the summer, or to regain the weight
they lost during the active holidays.
New wardrobes loom before their
vision and they determine-almost
in unison-to make themselves over.
Any refashioning or revitalizing
should begin by exercising the mid
riff muscles. Those are the key
muscles for good posture, slenders
ness, body grace, head poise, slim
hips and waistline. Until the mid
riff muscles are elastic and quickly
do your bidding, it is not possible to
have lovely coordination nor figure
beauty.
Lazy abdominal muscles will balk
at your dictation. You must keep
coaxing them to do your bidding.
Begin with the simple movement of
standing with back and heels
against the wall of a room and pull
ing your abdomen in and lifting it
up. Then relax. Practice this until
you can do it without the support OF
the wall-that is the primary step to
body grace.
Make These Habit.
Promise yourself solemnly that
you will take 10 minutes each day to
practice midriff strengthening exer-
cises. Make them a habit until you
begin to feel yourself walking and
standing in good posture without
effort.
Lie down on the floor on your
back. Arch your back as high as
you can and at the same time bring
your buttocks and shoulder blades
close together by tensing the mus
cles. Then collapse completely.
Slowly repeat the exercise five times.
Exercise II: Still lying on your
back, stretch as much as you can
your arms and legs and middle.
Then bend your knees and bring
them up to your chest. Clasp hands
about them and pull them slowly
back, back until you feel tug in the
small of your back, thighs and
shoulders. Then let your knees go
free and throw your feet out and
upward quickly with toes pointing.
Hold this position for minute and
then bring your knees back to chest.
Repeat exercise three times without
letting your feet or legs touch the
floor. Relax and rest.
Exercise III: Lie on the floor face
downward. Keeping your hips and
legs as motionless as possible, raise
the upper part of your body with the
aid of your arms. Raise it slowly
until your head is held high and
your shoulders are high. Then slow
ly, slowly arch your back like cat,
letting your head and shoulders
droop forward. The strain falls on
your arm and abdomen muscles If
you do the exercise correctly. Col
lapse between archings. Repeat five
times.
Evening star., 1942-09-16

This is "just bit different" than
many of the house frocks you seel
The round neckline, for instance, Is
brand new. The button front Is
convenient, the fitting at the waist
line is flattering and the pockets
useful! Such gayety and prettiness
makes this a spirit lifting frock to
wear for all home duties!
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1679-B is
designed tor sizes IA, Is, 18, 20; 40
and AZ. Corresponding bust mea-
surements 80, "a, SO, SO, 40 and AZ.
Size 16 (34) requires 39s yards 35-
inch material, yards bias fold to
trim
Select patterns to sew at home
through our fully illustrated fall
Fashion Book. 1t shows a complete
variety of new styles for fall in
all sizes l to So. Send Is cents
for your copy today. Or, order the
Fashion Book with a 15-cent pattern
for Is cents, plus cent for postage.
For this attractive pattern send
Is cents, plus l cent for postage, in
coins with your name, address, pat
tern number and size wanted to
Barbara Bell, The Washington Star,
Post Office BOX rs, Station O, New
York, N. Y.
Evening star., 1942-09-16
Maybe You'll Change Your
Appearance This Season
Perhaps That Lipstick Tester
Will Give You Some Ideas;
Other Items Help, Too
By Helen Toet

occurred to that the
years model? Maybe this season wnen
fashions like to wnoe
mouth the eaos
willing help with the project
service Seems that they
of the lip patterns assorted gamoros Hollywood stars
finally personalities The
next step to reproduce the outlines of these famous mouths
transparent fm thus enabling mady psck hold
becoming NeatP
might have suspected inside the lip
sckdea being that when ck the make
present OF the testing device Needless sample film
Evening star., 1942-09-16

TERN. imagine the charm OF patch
work cover on the small sofa or the
ladies chair in the living room.
1t is no more intricate to put to-
gether than a jig-saw puzzle and
completely satisfying in results.
Grandma made quilt for warmth,
but her daughter pieces coverlet
with deep ruffle to the floor as
counterpane for her bed. Lovely
in color, carefully planned to fit into
the scheme OF the room, the same
pattern and idea is repeated before
the dresser as the top of a huge
pouf.
These are the things we had for
gotten how to do with our hands
during these years when we were
seeing the world" They are the
items we pay famous decorators
large sums Of money to create for us
because these experts know the value
Of the individual hand detailing that
makes a room important. These are
the things we may do for ourselves
now that it is important to keep the
spirit of a beautiful home, even
though the commercial market is
curtailed.
Grandma also used to make won-
derful braided rugs, and some of the
finest ones now are museum pieces.
Scrubbed with soap and water and
placed fiat on the floor, they we're
always clean enough for the baby to
play on and lasted for many a year.
When you find that sisters plaid
skirts and brothers trousers which
were carelessly left out all summer
are full of moth holes, make a rug
for the bedroom out of them. If
you do not rip the seams in the skirt
you may cut round and round the
width Of it in strips about 2 inches
wide, which will save sewing the
strips together later. Roll them into
ball until you are ready to fold
and braid. When you have a good
supply, fold in the raw edges and
then fold again. This will give a
braiding strip about q of an inch
wide. Braid it as fiat as possible,
and as it is braided roll it into
ball again. Before braiding press
the cord fiat with warm iron. Sew
the fiat braids with strong rug twine,
working on the floor or a card table
and keeping the rug fiat at all times.
Ease the braid around the corners
so that there will be no punching.
1t may take your rug many months
to grow, but when completed it will
be we'll worth all the effort that has
gone into it.
Another variation of this idea is
to make delightful braided linen
table mats out of your old table
linen. Tablecloths which are worn
and thin will braid into a compact
strip. These may be sewn in the
same manner as the rug and banded
on the border with deep color or
finish of ri-rac braid to make a
luncheon table service that will be
clever and smart as we'll as useful.
One thing the years of plenty"
have taught us Is not to be satisfied
with mediocre article. So, in plan
ming these handcrafts which make
useful things of leisure time and
save good materials we will use all
of our color sense and every bit OF
our understanding of style so that
the completed article is well worth
the effort and time it demanded.