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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19
BACKACHE OFTEN sos. OF TIRED KIDNEYS

Many sufferers relieve nagging backache quickly. once they discover that the real cause of their trouble may be tired kidneys.
 The kidneys are Natures chief way of tsking the excess acids and waste out of the blood. They help most people pass about pints a day.
 When disorder of kidney function per- niits poisonous matter to remain in your blood, it may cause Hagging baekache. rheu- matic pains, leg pains. loss of pep and energy. getting up nights, swelling. puff ness under the eyes, headaches and dizzi- ness. Frequent or seanty passages with smarting and burning sometimes shows there is something wrong with your kid neys or bladder.
 Don't waitl Ask your druggist for Deans Pills. used successfully by millions for over 70 years. They give happy relief and will help the IS miles of kidney tubes flush out polsonous waste from your blood. Get Dsmns Pills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19
SOUTH DEVISED WAYS TO WHIP WAR SHORTAGES
BY PATT PATTERSON United Press Staff Correspondent

Jacksonville, Fla, Nov. le-CUP) With wartime shortages today rapidly making themselves appar- ent upon the shelves of the much vaunted American super markets, !" 1t may be that the people of the United States can mitigate the hardships somewhat by quick peek into the recipe books of our Confederate grandmothers.
 As every schoolchild knows, the Confederate States in 1861 were de- pendent upon the North and other parts of the world for most of their manufactured articles - many items of food included.
 Outbreak of the war between the States, of course, resulted in an immediate, almost air tight block ade of the South by the Federal forces.
 But the ladies and gentlemen of the South had learned to like the flavor of coffee, cocoa and tea - and If they couldn't get the real thing. why, then they would find native substitutes to gladden. their palates.
 Numerous Coffee Recipes
 There were almost as many re- cipes for coffee as there were colonels in the Confederate army. One of the most popular was sweet potatoes cut into small squares, dried in the sun and then boiled in water.
 Other ladies stood by their for mulas of corn-either cracked, or in the form of grits and corn meal -parched and then boiled. Wheat or rye was also parched and boiled. And in some parts of the South, the seed of the okra was dried and then boiled.
 Substitutes for tea were almost as. numerous as those for coffee. Leaves of the blackberry and the sassafras were plucked and dried. Another popular tea was made by boiling the leaves of the cassena or yaupon shrub, while still anoth- CT was made by boiling .he red root of the sassafras.
 Sassafras tea had another prop erty that made 1t mighty popular WLSLl tLlS AlCllkOlhS. II LlC UOllSu connection was allowed to ferment and was then known as "Sassafras beer"
 Substitutes for chocolate and cocoa were a little more difficult to devise - but many housewives claimed that peanuts-roasted and then pounded to powder - were just as good as the real article, and much easier to obtain.
 Home Fashioned Medicines
 There was an acute shortage of medicine in the wartime South. So the Southern lady fell back on herb-remedies that had been used by her frontiersman forebears and their Indian friends.
 Quinine was made by boiling the berry of the dogwood tree into a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19
State Survey Shows
 Child Labor Gaining
Illegal Employment of Boys and Girls Under 10 Wide.
 spread; Many Working Seven Nights

Hartford, Nov. 19.--A survey, start ed more than a month ago by the State Labor Department, and which has already made generous samp- ling of junior and senior high school students of Bridgeport, Hartford, New Britain and New Haven, re- veals widespread illegal employment of boys and girls under 16, State Labor Commissioner Cornelius J, Danaher announced Wednesday night.
 Some of these righ school students are working as many as seven days or nights a week and as many as 50 hours week while trying to continue their studies, MT. Danaher said, resulting in widespread com plaints by school principals that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19
ADOPTS 'EATLESS DAY

San Diego, Cal. - CU.P) Local restaurant proprietors say their great problem is not "meatless days" but "eatless days" They say they have plenty of meat but the problem is to find the necessary help to pre- pare and serve it. One cafe already has adopted the 'e'atless days" sys- tenn by closing entirely for one day each week and others are consider ing its adoption.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19
USE HANDICAPPED PERSONS

Los Angeles, Cal.-(UP9-North American airplane factories are finding specialized employment for scores of physically handicapped persons ranging from the halt to the blind, the deaf to the one-leg- ged and the one armed. A type of work Is found for each category that can perform 1t as we'll as one not physically handicapped in their par ticular aspect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19

medical stan of the Confederacy and scores of gentlewomen tore out their other, much prized flowers to grow nothing but peoples in their
 gardens. The peoples were then home into the vital
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19

lopiate. Many women became so ex- pert that their home-product could hardly be told from the conner cial article.
 Lack of salt was another per- picking problem. Those who could
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19

thick paste. Other malaria" rem edies were cotton seed tea; willow, cherry and Spanish oak bark and the root of the chestnut tree and the chinquapin.
 ! Opium was eagerly sought by the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19
FOX DEMOCRAT WANT ADS DIAL 4-zlzs

do so packed up their kitchen uten- sils and visited the seashore, where
 the family and their slaves would
 boil seawater to obtain a supply of
 the needed continent. $
 Those in the interior, who could
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19

The original Guadalcanal Is not far from the new front In Africa where American troops are on the offensive. The island of Qua dalcanal in the S0lomons-where U. s. forces battle Japs--was named by an explorer in 1868 for his home town, Guadalcanal, Spain. Map shows proximity of old Guadalcanal to Gibraltar and Africa,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19

not conveniently make the trip to the ocean, would remove the floor of their srnokehbuses, dig up the ground beneath and wash and boil the dirt to extract the salt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
SUPPLY OF MEAT
 HERE MODERATE
Gradual Improvement Ex- peCted as Governments
 Plan Goes Into Action

Moderately plentiful supplies ol beef and veal were available at many retail markets today, but wholesalers feared that shipments to be delivered in time for week end sale would be far too small. Pork was scarce in nearly every sec- tion of the city.
 Local hospitals mad other institu- tions have had no great problem as yet because of the meat shortage. St. Mary's hospital reports that 1t has had no difficulty in securing enough beef and other meats for its needs, while Waterbury hospital has been able to secure a fairly steady supply.
 The program started by the gov- ernment to increase shipments of beef and pork to the East is ex- pected to take several weeks before 1t is in full operation. However, some increase in shipments is ex- pected before that time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28

, home this summer and take our va- cation in our own back yard. We have built an outdoor fireplace where we will cook msot of our din- ners. As change from hamburg CTS" and "hot dogs I would like to prepare barbecued meat. Can any sort of meat be barbecued? Have you a recipe? Also for the sauce that is served with the meat?
 A. Ham, lamb, beef, pork or even fowl can be used for barbecued meats. A circular giving directions for cooking the meat and a recipe for barbfcue sauce can be obtain ed by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth St., Washington, D. c.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
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think he would have a very good game, but I saw him give a very fine delivery on the hand shown today.
 East opened trump, thinking it would do little harm. Dummy played low and West won with the queen. He returned the six of clubs, East won with the ace and returned the three of clubs. Block cashed the club queen and king, on which he discarded a heart. He ruffed dummy's last cub with the ten of trumps, West discarding the heart nine. The ice of diamonds was cashed and a trump won in dummy with. the ace. )n the king and queen of diamonds
 lock discarded two more hearts, hen ruf1ed dummy'S last diamond
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
IMMUNITY OR RESISTANCE?

1MM MON1A1 ON nEOAO ! hNOE9
 Recently, a medical colleague in- forms me, there appeared in this column statement by me to the effect that "the great majority of these developed sufficient immunity to prevent the tuberculosis from be- coming active" Presumably I re- ferred to school children or per- sons in the teens who react posi- lively to tuberculin test-although l can't for the life of me dig up the article which the correspondent quotes. However acknowledge au- thorship of that idea, or rather I accept it as the finding and teach ing of competent authorities on tuberculosis. When a schoolboy or schoolgirl reacts positively to the skin test (Mantoux reaction) in in- dicates that the young person has some tuberculosis, perhaps latent or smouldering, in some lymph node or gland, perhaps even active enough to show some slight Symp- toms or signs the significance of which is apparent only to the phy- sician who can study and observe the child for a reasonable time. It means that such young person must be more careflly watched lest he or she develop active tuberculosis. It means that his or her general hy- giene and nutrition must be more strictly maintained. It means that he or she must undergo periodic health or medical examination (pref- erably by the same physician) reg ular at least every three months throughout youth. It means that the child may have fair chance to de- velop enough immunity in the course of youth to protect him or her against the flaring up of that smouldering childhood infection iu- to active pulmonary tuberculosis
 The medical colleague fears my use of the term immunity" will be misunderstood by laymen can't com prehend that immunity may be ab- solute or only relative, complete or only partial. To the use of the term resistance" there is the serious ob- jection that it is altogether too vague and inexact-and especially when the term is employed by phy sicianS. You never know what they mean when they suggest or imply that exposure to wet or draft or chilling flowers resistance"-cer- fainly they do not mean immunity. At least there is no scientific evil dince that such exposure" has any appreciable influence on the individ- uals susceptibility to any specific disease.
 But do abate to a Iot or little on the other statement the doctor quotes from the article I can't find. If I said everybody has little tu- berculosis" I was a little too poetic. I meant most of us have little tu- berculosis in childhood and, for tunately, develop enough immunity to survive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28

So, you are gaing to have baby Well, the clothes problem can be settled very easily-with a frock and jacket-just the type we offer in this pattern. Frock has cap sleeves, pleats down the front pro- vide all the extra fitness needed ad Is very easy to make. The jacket tops of a very successful outfit which can be produced at small ex- pense at home.
 Pattern No. 8199 is made in sizes 12, IA, 16, 18. 20 and 40. Size 14 dress and jacket requires 6A yards 39-inch material.
 For this attractive pattern, send 15c in coin, your name, address pattern number and size to Water bury Democrat Today's Pattern Service 106 7th Avenue, New oYrk N. Y.
 Join the many who are selecting all the patterns they sew at home from this daily pattern service and the Fashion Book-our catalogue of seasonal designs! Send for your Fashion Book todayl
 Pattern 15c, Pattern Book 15c One Pattern and Pattern Book ordered together 25c. Enclose 1c postage for each pattern.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
SHERIDAN TO PLAY NORA
 BAYES

Hollywood, Calif.-Ann Sheridan will be starred by Warner Bros. in 8 film to be based on the life of Nora Bayes, great vaudeville and musical comedy star of the "ankee Doodle Dandy" era. and, inciden- tally, the first performer to sing George M. Cohan'S immortal lover There in public.
 The Nora Bayes picture will be the first production assignment of Julius J. and Philip c. Epstein. famous writing twins recently elevated by Warmers to producer status. Technical adviser on the film will E'e Jack Norworth, husband and partner
 husband and vudeville partner of Miss Bayes. who was also the writer of such song hits as Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and Shine On, Harvest Moon" The latter title is also the tentative nave for the film.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
Household Hints
By MRS. THEODORE HALL Written for NEA Service

Written for NEA Service
 An hour ago young Timothy smiled his first smile-and it was wonderful Now his walls are in mothers ears as she changes him, her back aches, the phone goes un- answered, thoughts of waiting laundry and sleepless nights and pressing bills flood her mind.
 Like all new mothers, she is ready to weep at the drop of a diaper. Her fumbling fingers, seen dimly through her tears, turn the baby over and he screams louder.
 You think a month's-old baby is too young to talk But to mother his meaning is plain. T feel T TERRIBLE (choke)," he is screa ming T don't know WHYYYYY I feel so badly (choke -croke. It's all YOUR faultl"
 SHE MUST NOT GIVE
 WAY TO HER IRRITATION
 Now if this were a 2-year- old Mary wailing so bitterly, mother would have the sense to say: Mother asked you not to climb up on that chair" Or to a Swear old Freddie: Young man, next time you listen to mother when she says you've had enough candy"
 But at this low moment, mother seems to have no other answer to her young baby than the weary one: "Yes. dear-you don't know what the trouble is-and if you knew you couldn't tell me. So it's al mothers responsibility"
 And it is She, and she alone, must do her best job.
 Faced with this red, contorted, screaming little creature, it would be all too easy to give way to anxiety and irritation. But then mother would fuss and tumble, move too hastily, do all the right things in the wrong way.
 So although she has never known such weariness, mother commands herself to think calmly and to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
RY ANNE CABnr

looking comfortable these hot This pretty set quickly cut and from small amount butoned houldersmakeS 1t simple skirt matches Butoned bonnet made of flat for in ironing.
 bright tiny kittens Let which she wants her play Slit
 suit pnafore hat and two applique Paen No 532S) dustabe for 2S send 10 cents NAME and ADDRESS and the PATTERN NUMBER to Waterbury Democrat oe Seventh Avenue New YcrS City, postage Tor each pattern ordered
 Abum32 of the designs have admired aM asked types avaabs. yOR cnnH a I6
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
Gold Filling

Dentist says silver filling, such as I have in other teeth, will turn black if he puts it in a cavity in a front tooth, and that should have gold there. (Mrs. K. O. D.
 Answer-The dentist ought to know. Why not a white or porcelain facing over the filling?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28

to one cup sugar for use in bakinA canning or wherever sugar is used
 (K. O. Answer-It is harmless enough to try, though can't see how it would work the magic.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
Of Interest To Women

Have you a household problem tO solve? Write your question clearly, sign your name and ad- dress, enclose three-cent post ago stamp and mail to The Wom- ans Editor, Washington Service Bureau, The Democrat, 1913 18th Street, Washington, D. C., for a personal reply.
 e. Please give me recipe for Dr,:ne bread.
 A. The ingredients are 2-3 cup prown sugar, 2-3 cup molasses, 3 cups cooked prunes (drained and pitted), l cup sour milk, 9 cups -four, 3 cups whole wheat flour, teaspoon baking soda and 1-2 tea spoon salt. Combine the brown sugar and molasses and add the prunes. Sift the dry ingredients together and add alternately with sl1e milk to the prune mixture. Pour Into 3 well-greased loaf pans and bake in moderate oven for 1 hour.
 e. We are planning to stay at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28

by officers
 But the men who giving up more than anyone else the fellows who aren't yet officers and likely never will be- aren't getting the respect courtesy and grati- tude due them from great many civilians.
 You hear the phrase just private" He's "just 8 private" the girl who is dating one says apologetically He's just private" mother feels called to explain to snobbish frieno. PRIVATES WILL DO THE FIGHTING
 Where do they get that "just private" stuff? What Is at the bottom of all this civilian snobbshness toward men in the service?
 Well, part of it is the fact that many of the mer who known to the public, movie stars, athletes writers, politicians asking for commissions-ane getting them whether they deserve them or not.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
} MODERN MENUS
Meat Substitutes With High
 Food Value Enrich Your Menu

spoon chopped parsley, tablespoon chopped celery leaves, 1 teaspoon salt, 1-8 teaspoon pepper, 1-2 cuE cream cheese, 3 eggs slightly beater 1 tablespoon melted butter.
 Cook macaroni in quart boiling water with teaspoon salt until ten der. Drain and rinse in cold water Por hot milk over bread crumbs add other ingredients. Mix lightly Pour into well buttered loaf baking dish. Pour melted butter over tor of loaf and bake for 45 minutes ir preheated 375 deg oven. Remove from oven, lets set minutes. Tc loosen from dish, insert knife al sides. Shake loose and invert or heated platter.
 TOMORROWS MENU
 BREAKFAST: Fresh berries, oatmeal, toast, jam, coffee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Tomato rarebit, green salad, Stewed peaches, tea, milk.
 DINNER: Broiled chopped round steak, creamed potatoes, 8-minute new cabbage, enriched
 bread and butter, tomato and watercress salad, blueberry pie, coffee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
McKENNEY ON BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY Americas Card Authority

Between the stock exchange and the draft board, J. Horace Block, treasurer of the American Contract Bridge League, is busy man. At a recent tournament he said he had been working so hard, he didn't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
Sugar Magic

Read that an experiment station had a way to make sugar go twice as far-one pound sugar, seven ounces water and one fourth teaspoonful tartaric acid. boiled gently for 30 minutes. cool. and 8 cup is equal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
THRILLS GALORE

Thrilling dog-figths, mass air bat ties and all-olt fighting on the ground are depicted in the RKO Radio action film, Army Surgeon" story of two World wars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28

exceptions O into private
 into & the civilians take their from that
 most going to the should getting their from civilians
  "just private" "just private the fighting ought If there going be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
Alergic Headache

Must report the excellent results I have had from following instruc- tions in the pamphlet Relief for Allergy"- inclose stamped envelope bearing your address.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
Caroline Chatfield
On Teaching Husbands to Accept Gracefully.
Says Today
Tstle Registered, D. s. Patent omce

On Teaching Husbands to Accept Gracefully.
 Yesterday the and take marriage s S s b n % 4e t M M s bsd in one coUmm The wives the giving and they aren't satisfied with and with great diplomacy big expected No and tantrums! aeabnegatOn long suffering quality than the wisdom serpent the witness of dove and the spread ing of the chief charms of the particular wife question sufficient teach husband how graciOus and give generously o his we that husbands have be caod led gently this proportion aren't likely companionshp entertaining stimulating foabe peaceful whatever they looking for their their plans be all do all of this but those marriage promises like can which the wind driveth when the winds of dsnson blow.
 oFders this that advised independence spirit a
 
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 Does enjoy there and all the back she's telling him they husband had pleasure inviting terward complained the
  spirit cooperation compliance his wishes and requests.
 wise wife deals with her husband as she deals with dear friend out she's condate making agreeable good memorable the and laughter shared, friend husband.
 That's what wife expects of appreciation from him That's the slowly self out for her pleasure and make the proportion nfy-nfty proposition. CAROLINE CHATFTED. Problems be proS tny eonn % e , S tl6s ~ ~ ' " ~ "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28

with the jack of spades. He now led his last trump. putting West in the lead and forcing him to lead up to dummy's ace-queen of hearts-thus fulfilling the contract.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
WHAT MORE COULD THE DOCTOR DO?

When she is done, she feels bet ter. After all, what more could her own doctor do?
 "He is gaining weight" she re- min6s herself firmly. "He has a good appetite. He is regular. He is not in pain" So the only possible answer is that he is strong and well. Then she remembers that this has been his first real fussing time in days and days. After all, crying is just about the only exercise . baby gets.
 And though her Timothy still weeps, she shuts the door on him and goes on with her work.
 She is caring for her baby the best she knows how. In a few minutes she will look in again, but now she must trust in his healthy body. Babies can get the best of care, and still they will in- sist on crying. She must have complete faith that the weeks to come will prove that she been do- ing her job well all along.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
Latest Styles
HEALTH
HOzV To Keep WeU
By DR. WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

 diagnosis
 
  ony few De answered fin ths column reply made t@ National
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Reading i'm Red

Is it injurious to children ot school age to read in bed after they retire for the night? (G. F. M.)
 Answer-Yes. When the child goes to bed it should be to sleep.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
LENGTH OF AN INCH

King Edward II of England in 1924 ruled that an inch was as long as three barleycornS, taken from the center of the ear, placed end to end.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
CAREI,EssNESS

Four thousand pedestrians were killed crossing streets in the mid- dle of the block in the United States alone during 1940.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX NEA Service Staff Writer

When including meat substitutes in your menus, choose those with high food values as well as flavor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
-WE, THE WOMEN-- WHERE DO YOU GET THAT LUST A PRIVATE" STUFF?
BY RUTH MILLETT

place nobbishness time yet there is plenty of
 civilian population falls all itself friendly helpful officers sight officers uniform has the magic of good
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
Tomato Rarebit lSerYeS 6l

Two tablespoons butter, 2 table spoons flour, 3-4 cup milk or thin cream, 3-4 cup strained tomatoes, 2 cups grated cheese, 3 eggs slight ly beaten, salt, 1-8 teaspoon mus tard. paprika.
 Melt butter in saucepan, add flour, aid mix thoroughly. If using an electric range reduce heat to medium. Pour in milk, and cook until thickened. Then add tomatoes slowly, next the cheese and mustard and cook until cheese is dissolved. Add eggs and cook only few min- utes longer. Serve piping hot on toast.