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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19

that the accumulation of waste pro-
ducts in the blood causes fatigue
Of the brain cells, so that mental
activity diminiShes, and sleep Is the
result.
Pavlov maintained that sleep was
q state In which the brain became
refractile to long-repeated stimuli.
The drowsinesS that comes from q
dull lecture or other source Of bore
dom would seem to substantiate this
idea. A more recent theory, how
ever, states that fatigue diminishes
the stimuli that reach the brain,
and that the resulting inactivity Of
the cerebral cortex is manifested as
sleep.
SLEEP HABITS
The physiological changes that &C
company sleep are better known.
The blood pressure Is reduced 10 to
80 points during sleep. Exciting
dreams may raise the blood pressure
wen Shove Vaxe normal working he
vel. The heart rate is slowed, and
the output Of blood to the heart Is
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19

demand II you use every bit Of
paper to the utmost, and get II
into salvage at once. They recon.
mend REFUSING grocery bags, which
use the most-needed Sulphate fih-
ers. The worst thing you can do TO
aggravate the shortage Is to lay In
O years hoard Of household papers.
In that case the supply might give
out before June.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19
WARTIME HEALTH COLUMN --
Required Amount Of Sleep-Hours
Lessons AS Person Grows Older
q q
HEALTH COLUMN .

diminished.
Muscular rest during sleep Is only
relative. Actually, one Is In move
ment most Of the time he Is asleep.
Periods Of muscular inactivity are
rarely longer than 10 or IS minutes.
The actions range from slow move.
ment Of the fingers or an extrenli-
ty to occasional turning Of the
whole body, and at times active and
forceful muscular contractures with
tossing effects. The position as
sumed to induce sleep Is O habit
Obviously, after sleep takes over,
this position Is sure to change.
REQUIREMENTS
The depth of sleep In adults usual
ly increases rapidly during the
first hour, and then diminishes
gradually until the time of waking.
Children have O second period Of
deep sleep. about the eighth to
ninth hour.
The sleep requirements Of differ
ent persons vary widely. In gem
eral, infants under year require Is
to 20 hours. Growing children need
from ~ to Il hours. Adults vary in
their optimum requirements from
z to 8 hours, and older persons
seem to need as little as s to z
hours.
Infants are most restless during
sleep, and children who are per-
fectly normal may crate their teeth,
cry out, talk, and even walk during
their sleep.
Adults are the possesSors Of Q
large factor of safety with respect
to the amount Of sleep they require.
Children show the effects Of loss Of
sleep more quickly than grown-ups.
Periods Of wakefulness in healthy
adults as long as 100 hours are fol-
lowed by no significant evidence of
impaired physical and mental pow
ers, but repeated loss Of sleep for
prolonged periods has a deleteriocE
effect on both mental and physical
performance in everyone.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19

remember o u, Ruin MlI1ett
you were quite n nice fellow--and
I'm surprised how unpopular you
seem to have become since I went
of and left you, and Mother had
to give up our nice house.
Maybe It will help some II tell
you what is expected Of small boys
by landlords and landladieS.
Then II your Mother should be
lucky enough to find a house OF
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19

on the stores, making London sales
girls almost forget there Is a war
on. Winter coats, shoes, stockings,
underwear and children's clothes
topped most women's shopping lists,
with shoes taking precedence over
everything else. Women were all
asking for leather-soled shoes, be-
cause they feared this would be
the last chance to buy them.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19

There are nu-
nnerous theories
M TO " h Q t
causes sic Q p.
An early the
DRY maintained
! h . I fatigue
caused O re-
duced b ! o o d
supply to the
brain. and that
the local ane.
mia was respon-
sible for the on
set Of sleep. An
other explana-
Tim assumed
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19

place to live, be-
cause Of you.
Landlords take
one look at you,
or only hear that
you exist, q n d
turn thum b 5
down.
Now your Ma
ma is pretty wor-
ried. I have q
bunch though she
pretended not to
be, and I wonder
II tn ere isn't
something we can
do about It. AS I
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19
MULTIPLE DEMISE

During the course Of a screen
career that goes back to 1908, Dom
aid Crisp has played round three
dozen death scenes. He dies again
in ''The UNLIMITED" and this time
he's frightened to death by ghost.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19
153O..WBRY-.S6

S:00-Be Sure To Listen
3:15-News-Elizab Bemls
:30-Now and Forever
S:45-Green Valley, U. s. A.
400-Your Home Frnot Reporter
4:25-News Summary
4:30-The Symphonies
4:45-Perry Como, Songs
5:00-Fun With Dunn
5:15-Fuh With Dunn
5:30-Suppertimers
5:45-American Women
6:00-Quincy Howe and the News
6:15-Freedom's Fighting Men
6:30-News
6:45-The World Today
6:55-The Meaning of the News
7:00-To the Litchfield County
Farmer
7:15-Harry James and His Music
Makers
7:20-American Melody Hour
S:00-Big Town
S:30-Rancho Canova
S:55-News-Bill Henry
9:00-Burns and Allen
9:30-Report to the Nation
Speaks
10:45-CBS Program
11:00-News
Brooks, Songs
11:30-Raymond Scott Orch.
12:00-Sign Off
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19
BY WILLIAM e. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Strong hands with weak four
card major suits often prove q
stumbling block even to good play
ers. Most players make an opening
one no trump bid only with strong
hand. Then when the partner holds
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19
PREFERS THE GROUND

Ralph Forbes, who returns to the
screen after an absence Of four
years as Joan Fontaine's husband
in "Frenchman's Creek suffers
from acrophobia. He's afraid Of
high places.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19

News and visws OF Hollywood,
adellghtg Of, and insights on the
glitteFing movie industry-its greats.
near-greats and daily ilappenlngs--
are related BY ace FINLAND report
or Jimmie Eidler IN his series Of
weekly programs over WATR and
the Blue Network each Sunday
night at e:l6 EWT.
We Have This Efo@
heb Van Kleeck
E1dleyS career has bosn &c excit-
ing and colortul e. any Of the stare
he writes about, and tells about over
WATR. Born In 81. Louis, educated
In Mississippi and Tennessee, Jim.
Tnie emerged from World War ], as
the youngest commissioned OfElcer "a
the Marines. Admittedly Q movie
struck youngster even then Fidlerf
career In Hollywood began through
an answer he received to Q fan let
ter from Betty Compson.
First prize In movie contest con.
Quoted by q fan magazine won him
bit parts in O number Of early PIC
lures. When the studio folded IN
the twenties, he decided that publ.
city-not acting-was HIS field. After
Q successful term Is publicity man
for Sid Grammar, Of the Chinese
Theater, Jimmie opened his own
publicity bureau and soon had some
forty big stars and directors az
clients.
Elders radio debut occurred un.
expectedly In 1888 when he wa
asked to assist in interviewing Q
celebrity before Q microphone on
the old Hollywood on the Air"
series. His voice and personality
made such with listeners he was
called back again and again fm
other interviews and eventual,
became Hollywood's first full
fedged radio commentator.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19
WAVELETS
BY ED LEAMY

Christmas Day IN i0Si. she wac
herded, along with three thousand
other American, British ana Dutch
civilians, into IN internment camp
outside the city.
Finally, With Q British friend. shs
crawled under the barbed wire end
after twenty.four adventure. packed
days and nights, reached Chung.
king, Q thousand miles from Hong.
kong.
She was the hrst person % bring
TO the outside world news On con-
ditlonS in Camp Stanley and Q List
Of its prisoners.
Her book, which q puhllaleA By
Appleton Century has jnst besn re.
leased.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19
BY RUTH MILLETT

Letter from y fighting father,
somewhere in the Pacific, to his
twO-yeaP-old SON:
DEAR JUNIOR:
Your mother tells me she Is
having O hard time finding O
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19
BY DR. THOMAS D. MASTERS
Written for NEA

Sleep Is Q normal and satisfac-
tory state Of being during one
third Of our lives, and yet little Is
known Of It's actual mechanism.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19
@eMNM @sl
LtNkchesa.s
Singer Gives Recipe
OF HOme-StyIe
ChOwder

4NNAf1 hSNAA& NH&At0A
When Eleanor Steber, young 80
prano Of the Metropolitan Opera,
visited her mother ia Wheeling,
West Virginia, she picked up q few
cooking gems which utilized mostly
llnratloned ingredients. She has
tried them many times n her small
New ork apartment, while waiting
FOR her soldier husband 10 return.
DoWn Holne Chicken ChoWder
(serves 4 70 81
One fowl, 4 TO lbs, ! quart veg
etable water and ! quart cold wa
ter, 2 tablespoons chopped parsley,
! cup chopped celery, cup canned
corn, 3 white onions, ] carrot, diced,
La cup milk, 1 tablespoon flour.
Clean fowl. Place In large kettle
with boiling stock and water. Add
chopped parsey. Simmer, covered,
for two hours. Remove fowl, cut
off breast and chop into fine pieces.
Return TO pot. Season to taste. Add
all vegetables and milk. Cover and
simmer another 40 minutes. Sift
in flour for thickening. Serve with
old-fashioned soda biscuits.
Using chicken left over from the
Chicken Chowder, try this Substan-
tial salad for the next day.
Chicken Salad Eleanor steber
(Eerves 9 70 81
leftover chicken cut into small
pieces, cup tomato Juice, ta-
blespoon lemon Juice, 2 tablespo
olive or other table oil, Lea cup
chopped celery, crisp lettuce, salt,
pepper and. sugar to taste, 1-S ID.
cooked tongue, 3 hard-boiled eggs,
Ia lb. Swiss cheese.
Chop leftover chicken. Be sure
Il Is free from skin and cartilage.
Marinate chicken In the tomato
Juice, lemon Juice and oil. Then
add chopped celery, salt, pepper and
sugar TO taste. Tine cold salad bowl
with crisp lettuce. Fill with chick
en- and pour dressing over 1t. Gar.
nish with thin slices Of tongue and
Swiss cheese and eggs, cut In half.
TOMoRRoW's MENU
Cat the Basic Z Every Day.
BREAKFAST: Grape fruit
Juice, ready to eat wheat
cereal, scrambled eggs, enriched
toast, marmalade, coffee, milk.
LUNCHEON: Baked beans,
steamed brown bread, butter or
fortified margarine, cabbage
and apple salad, peanut cook
les, tea, nnilw.
DINNER: Down home chicken
chowder In large bowls, salted
crackers, large bowls vegetable
salad, old.fashioned soda bis.
cults, butter or fortified niarga-
rine, assorted cheese, fruit com.
pote, sweet crackers, coffee,
milk.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-19

debutante ouch fast disappearing thank goodness but
habit walking becoming
Of the guilty girls Of high school college
childhood
tendency formed certainly dacs girls
cupts credit knowing they walk e
doing snowpytha pigeon-toed way they have Of coming %
q o
guilty Of the habit Check today BY sandg few Ssst
away from ful-length mirror and walking toward IT,
the slightest inclination
tip oywoods lovely savasswhoM .
In e Case Of the Dangerous Biondesand practice walking
straight line II necessary she says turn your toes out % that
consciously the fault with
won't have to think twice about your be walking STRAIGHT
Detroit evening times., 1943-04-18
Silent Heroes
OF Ferry Command

nNE doesn't hear much about Ferry Com
mand 1t works silently behind screen of
secrecy and Atlantic mists. But day after
day a stream of Lockheed Hudsons, Liberators,
Flying Fortresses drones along the secret air
routes linking America and Britain.
They're flown-these bombers-by the worlds leading
armen Handpked each of the Ferry Commands several
hundred pilots The offers difficult flying conditions,
and a candidate for Co boast least 750 flying
hours before he is trusted to pilot valuable bomber and its
equally valuable load of vital materials and per-
haps important Government official the 2300 miles
of the North Atlantic.
The recruit once accepted is enrolled in four.weels
school Approximately one-thrd of all tranee get
further than school The remainder take oath of secrecy
sign articles binding them obedience and physical fitness
They ferry pilots and until Hitler is beaten each will
make three westtoeast Atlantic flights per month An
forced rest is taken after every fifth crossing.
On the first trip the recruit is usually co.pot Next
time perhaps he will be captain pilot He is given Hudson
With cynical grin he will say "A Hudson you see costs
only $4,000 against S4oOOOo for LiberatOr!"
Pilot and coplot just before the takeoff check
struments The radio operator takes bearings. The flight
engineer cocks toward throbbng engines The nav
taps his captains shoulder OK. his skipper grns
OK Radio silence"
The enemy has long It's told how he answered
Lberaors request for bearings with false designed
bring the bomber French Therefore the radio
used only signal progress Canada rom pearrangcd
points At certain hour during the night British radio
station takes over
Weather usually dcterioratcs after dark The crew
watches for signs of ice The wings shine and there crack
ling against the windows. Frost crystals Climb"
The pilot keeps eyes glued to instruments showing
burcr and air temperatures He increases the heat around
croureers TO deieat zee The plane rises eep toward der
air 1t gets cold colder. "oxygen' orders the pilot
adding 1000 feet"
To the copot he hands the controls goes the rounds of
he they re all right The trip essential Strange
hne apt happen One crossing heard curious
ounds from the tail Investigating they found their pas
singing noisiy, struggling to rse-drunk lord
The atter's oxygen mask had become loose while he
slept and he had be tied down until he had recovered from
the effects of rarcfied air.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
A Star Bacon Feast for Hearty Eaters

low heat and fry slowly for s 10 3
minutes. Youll notice a tantslzing
fragance night away for Star Bacon
is slow smoked over hickory and hard
wood fires has that smoky SAVIOR
that all America loves
Pour of fat as u accumulates, re.
moving bacon 10 warm plate when tits
crsp but not brittle Fry Cloverbloom
eggs in bacon fat "a great way 10
spread the bacon favor and arrange
on toast as shown. Serve with big
SIDE dish OF fried potatoes.
r ARMOUR AND COMPANY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02

You know. not al the best wartime
meals were discovered since Pearl
Harbor | For instance. this btg coun.
try-supper OF Star Bacon and eggs
with fried potatoes has aleays been
q fayori,e OF hearty eaters.
After this kind Of meal your friends
will slowly push back their chairs and
sigh with satisfaction And satisfied
they will be. too for there's deli.
cious and solid nourishment IN every
bite of this big meat meal.
First. put several strips Of Armours
Star Bacon IN a cold frying pan over
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
MEAT DRIPPINGs

ALL MEAT drippings should
be saved. Use them for season
ing vegetables and for making
sauces and gravies To extend
meat flavor when serving left
over.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
BAKED CRooUETTEs

PLUMP CROQUETTES are
more filling, tastier and easier
10 prepare when blanketed in
pastry and baked instead Of
fried. Serve them with a
creamed vegetable.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Viiemin B lest

Here's a test for you: II you
are a woman and arc not keenly
interested in clothes. you are
not getting enough Vitamin b.!
TO be sure. there are much
more important deficiency signs
Among them are fatigue, nerv-
eHsaes=s.;at. ---t :; !. ~ Z ff=s-Tf
nave any Of them, YOU might
do well 10 supplement youi
dict with dried brewers yeast
tablets. These are claSSed as
food
Check your meals by tho
nutrition yardStick and sec 10
II that YOU have one food daily
from the seven basic groups
Meat fish, fowl. eggs or dried
beans. peas nuts or peanut but
ter. a green lcafy or a yellow
vegetable, citrus fruit tomatoes
and raw cabbage; one other
fruit and one other vegetable;
whole grain cereals and bread
milk or cheese; butter or forti-
fled margarine.
.-- Copyright 1913 by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Bresk the Cycle

II YOU live alone and cook
your own meals. you are not
apt 10 bother much about what
YOU eat You get by. But be-
cause you don't feel very
energetic, you don't make much
effort 10 prepare food. and
gradually you have even less
energy, make even less effort,
and so II goes. That sets up
vicious circle and II is hard 10
break. But II IS q break you
nave 10 make 10 enjoy life,
II you can manage II, 60 oft
20 a meal now and then. Or
iTdvC 4 friend IN and, starting
ioUOTTow morning. cook your
snlLa good keppl eif oatmeal e,F-
ny OF the other whole grain
cereals. You might add a bit Of
wheat germ. for more =
Vitamins Most Of rs don't get
nearly enough Of these.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Nutrition
Wards Off
Fatigue
BY IDA JEAN KAIN

OLD AGE is such a relative
matter II usually refers 20
some one IS or so years Older
than we are. But one thing is
definite. The way we eat has
everything 10 do with feeling
young or old for our years. III
people past middle age only had
better food habits, they would
enjoy infinitely more zest for
living.
Food habits can be poor from
habit, financial reasons, or lack
of interest or knowledge. Take
the poor souls struggling along
today on a fixed income or PEN
sion The income is fixed but
the prices aren't. Money doesn't
buy what il used 10, not by n
long shot. But you cant get
by on tea and toast and one
real meal a day. A few of the
facts about nutrition will help
you TO get more for your money.
A Whole Orenee
Instead OF spending 10 10 20
cents for orange juice, buy
whole orange, which has more
Vitamin {, one of the nutrients
you must have. Whole grain
cereal with milk provides eX-
cellent nutrition for very little
money.
a green leafy- vegetable IS
trouble 90 prepare, but Vt
doesn't cost much and II adds
too much TO the diet 10 be left
out. You need a minimum IF
four eggs a week -one a day, If
you can afford them But the
grade r brown eggs, are nutri-
uonally on a par with the white
ones.
a cheap way 10 get more
Vitamin B IS 10 have liver, not
calves liver. Of course. which
Is too expensive. hut beef lamb.
or pork liver. Brains are cheap,
too,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-05
HUMANITY HUNGERS.
Help your Church TO do IT'S work Of Mercy

,YT is the historic mission of the church to pro-
claim the gospel all the world and to the inhabitants
thereof. But along with that obligation goes another
equally sacred. 1t is expressed in the words of Paul.
Though l speak with the tongues of men and of
angels and have not charity, l am become as sounding
brass, tinkling cymbal'
All over the world today there are millions Of
victims Of wars destructive forces. Their chief hope
for survival lies in help that you and give with
out thought of self hope of reward other than
the satisfaction that from sharing our blessings
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-05

Your church and its members are active in helping
to feed these hungry people and to restore their
To do this they need your support. Not only
in whatever material assistance you render but
also in the example you set by attending worship
regularly interesting yourself and others in the world
wide application of faith and hope and charity to
present-day problems.
To envison distant suffering and actively to aid
in its alienation is indeed lofty and tangible way
to make lives richer and more worth while. Your
church offers you that way
Evening star., 1943-11-21
Mrs. EganFinds Her Return Bewildering

terested in what they are about. A
different type of person entirely"
Her husband came out of his study
in checked knickers and jacket and
pulled up chair to the fire. The
star began to talk about the infor-
mality in the theater today. Every
body seems to be on a frst-name
basis I couldn't get over hearing
every one calling Rose Franken, the
author, by her first name.
There's a lot more camaradirie
among stage people than there used
to be. 1 expect cocktail parties are
as much responsible as anything"
Mr.. Egan was struck by the fact that
there no longer is smell of grease
paint backstage. Miss Ferguson
said: That's right. Well, we don't
use as much as we once did. The
lights are better and there's no need
to-"
4 First for Mr.. Egan.
The opening night of Miss Frank
ems play marked the first time Mr..
Egan had seen his wife as an actress.
Miss Franken got the idea
might be crystal" Miss Ferguson re-
lated. Even though she'd never
seen me play.
I approached the part with cer-
tain amount of trepidation. One
loses f1exibility-just as musician
(See MEEGAN, Page CO
Evening star., 1943-11-21
NEW YORK

For nine years Elsie Ferguson,
lustrous star Of the first quarter of
the century. has been known only
as Mrs. Victor A. s. Egan by Euro
peans and her East Lyme, Conn,
neighbors.
That secluded, private period OF
her life ended the night "Outrageous
Fortune" opened. Elsie Ferguson is
its star.
In the time she's been away a
number OF changes have taken place
in her as we'll as in the theater.
Il am a different person certain
ly," she remarked in the same gor-
geous voice that made her famous in
the first place. Il have a different
set Of values, different point OF
view about things. For 13 wears !
have lain fallow, and I believe now
that l have richer background
and more to offer
Dropped With a Thud.
Perhaps they were fallow years
theatrically speaking. When she
left the stage she left the theater-
the audience, too. Il neither read
about it nor went-except to few
highly selectiIe things" Almost as
soon as she retired in 1881 she left
the country.
In 1884 she was married to Q rich
retired officer Of the British Royal
Navy, Victor Augustus Seymour
Evening star., 1943-11-21
NEW YOR

NEW YORK.
1t had to end-this business Of
seeing one bad play after another
So, first off, let's take the latest ano
best Of the lot, Richard Rodgers
new adoption of Mark Twain's "A
Connecticut Yankee"
There are. many good things to
say about it: Rodgers music, Loren2
Hart's lyrics and. of course, the
singing and acting of Vivienne
Segal. But the hit of the show
is a pert, blond young lady, Vera
Ellen, who not cnly dances excel
lently, but is one of the top new
condolences to reach our stage.
Vera-Ellen is not new to Broad
way. She had the dancing lead in
by Jupiter" last season and before
then was seen in Very Warm for
May Higher and Higher" and
Panama Hattie" In "A Connecti-
cut Yankee she is Mistress Evelyn
La Rondelle. the last name in the
cast, just a lady at court: but she
stops the show every time she ap-
pedIS OH IIe stage.
WAVES for the Yank.
"A Connecticut Yankee" as you
will recollect, came to New York
back in 1927. Now it has WAVES,
new lines and some new tunes by
Rodgers, The best of the new songs
TO Keep My Love Alive" is sung
by Miss Segal. who never has been
better. And My Heart Stood Still''
is among the old songs which have
been retained.
Dick Foran, lately of the movies,
playing the part of Martin, and Julie
Warren, also from Hollywood, where
she had minor parts in King
Row." Big Street" and cowboy pic
lures. sings MY Heart Stood Still