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Detroit evening times., 1943-07-17
Elsie Robinson
ConvaIescent
Loses Desire
To Get Well

I HAVE a friend who is re-
covering from three years OF
severe illness. She is q grand
scout. this friend of mine, and
she has been a perfect patient
laughing at the pain, kidding
the doctor and nurse, carrying
her ordeal gallantly.
Now at last she is getting
well. And for some mysterious
reason she has slumped. Day
after day she huddles there in
her bed. Neither the doctors s
vitamins nor her friends SYM
pathy rouses her from her
lethargy.
Formerly she was the most
active person you can imagine,
rejoicing in her home and her
job, spreading her cheer and
healthy philosophy amongst her
friends. Now she is pale and
Indifferent. Doesn't care a darn
what happens-even though by
every physical test she is mend
ing rapidly.
Try 10 Escape
! am not telling my friend 8
name. I don't need TO for
every one knows dozens like
her scores of formerly
healthy, hustling humans who
could not drag themselves out
Of the trenches though their
physical infirmities had passed
and they were free to take the
open trail again.
Some of them worried their
families sick for months. Some
Of them became chronic in
valids for life. And their
desperate doctors and friends
could not understand what had
happened.
Yet there was no mystery
about it all These people were
only trying to run away from
life.
For years they had gone on
buoyantly under the excite
ment and curiosity of youth.
They had performed a miracle
Of hard work and sacrifices
worked overtime - strained
Observation-Disclosures that they
could take anything that life
dished out-and all the time
they were growing more tired.
And the germ of fear was
spreading in their weary hearts.
The Crash Comes
Then came the crash. Per-
haps illness. Perhaps grief or
humiliation or some desperate
pinch due TO the change in the
times. And they went--smash!
into a tailSpin. They called
il sickness. Or nervous pros
tration. And il was all of these.
But il was a sickness of the
soul more than a sickness Of
the flesh.
You know the rest of the pic
ture-how they lay cheerfully
and heroically through long
weeks or months of idleness.
How every one applauded them
for their courage told them
they were an inspiration 10
weaker mortals. But then
They Are Indifferent
Came convalescence! And
with convalescent-a slump.
weakness and despair, indif-
ference 10 the life in which
they had once exulted.
Why2 Was there some secret
germ. some mysterious poison
ing which the doctor had not
discovered?
No. They were simply try
ing to escape life.
II had been dramatic to be
an invalid and also darn con-
venient. They had been able TO
evade many disagreeable re-
sponsibilities and had been
wrapped IN unaccustomed cod
ding and praise.
They had tasted the spotlight
which sickness and grief brings
10 the door. And now they were
reluctant to give IL up. For IL
they grew well they would no
longer be saints or heroes-they
would merely be common people
doing a job, without glamor or
glory. And their tired, tinid
human spirit could not face the
Detroit evening times., 1943-07-17
p A G. f l 3
Tasty Sandwich

VARY PEANUT UTE r
sandwiches with chopped crisp
vegetables such as carrot or
onion, chopped dried fruit, or
hard cooked eggs.
Detroit evening times., 1943-07-17
Z Overcome
.Af+ernoon
Drowsiness
BY DONNA GRACE

SUMMER Is nice lazy time
Of the year and we may thlnk
il created just for relaxation
and resting In the sun. There
is no time for such letting
down, not for the girl who
wants 10 preserve good lines
and clear skin. She is going 10
keep up her activity no matter
what the temperature may be,
That sleepy time during the
early afternoon is just habit.
We shouldn't need a nap at
this time If we have slept well
during the night and are in
good health.
Those who are not strong and
need the addition Of a few more
pounds are the only ones who
may indulge in this kind of
rest. The rest of tbs Will just
have to keep going.
Here is the way 10 overcome
the sleepy feeling: Get up and
swing both arms out 10 the
sides then up over head. Stretch
upward with hands as if 10
grasp some object too high 20
reach. lower arms and exhalc
Twist and Stretch
Raise arms again and inhAle,
lower and exhale. Do five q.
these movements. Step with
feet apart, raise arms and
stretch. Bend forward from the
hips, grasp right ankle with
left hand, stretch upward again
and do five bends. finish with
forward and back kicks and you
&should be wide awake.
y If more rousing seems neces-
ssry, bathe the eyes. soothe the
skin with cleansing cream. slap
on iced astringent and apply a
new makeup.
When the body is kept active
and only a light lunch is eaten,
there will be no afternoon.
sleepy time.
There is no better way 10
add weight than eating heavy
luncheons and settling down Tor
a good sleep. Thin girls can
indulge 10 their hearts content
IN such goinCs-on.
Detroit evening times., 1943-07-17
Horoscope BY Frances Dre

Looi 10 the Section Which lor Birthday Comes md Find
What Your Outlook ls according TO the Stars.
For Saturday, Jdy II
Detroit evening times., 1943-07-17

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Evening star., 1943-12-12

IF you've been user of harsh, gripping
L purgatives and cathartics, but have
never actually found lasting relief, why
not see whether this pleasant way will
free you?
For there is far better way for
many to correct a very common cause
of constipation-lack of sufficient eel
lulosic" elements in the diet! Nature
has made ALL-BRAN one of its most
effective sources of these cellulosic ele-
ments which help the friendly colonic
fora fluff up and prepare the colonic
wastes for easy, natural elimination!
mot by prodding the colon not by
Evening star., 1943-12-12
Here's what our soldiers
see on a Red Cross trip

THE green valleys and
L olive groves of Pales-
tine are a far cry from the
scorching sands of the
African desert, or the
muddy roads and rocky
hills of southern Italy.
And the peaceful atmos-
phere of the Holy Land is.
a far cry from the Medi-
Evening star., 1943-12-12
THOUSANDS HAVE FOUND REAL Relief BY SWITCHING
TO FAMOUS, GENTlE-A1ING, CIRCULATING" FOOD!

Sweeping it OUT! KELLoGG's ALL-BRAN
is gentle-acting, regulating" food!
Eat KELLoGG's ALL-BRAN regularly
with milk and fruit, sprinkled on other
cereals, in mullins, etc. Drink plenty of
water! If this common type of constipa-
ton has plagued you, see if this easy
way doesn't do more for you than you
ever dreamed possible. Insist on GEN.
uine ALL-BRAN, made by Kellogg's in
Battle Creek. OF ALL-BRAN does not
help you, see your doctor.)
you watch your weiehf"! 1t is excep-
fionaliy low in starchy calories.
Evening star., 1943-12-12

terranean fighting zone That's why Pales-
tine rates high as relaxation place for Amer
ican soldiers and flyers on leave.
The American Red Cross club of Tel Aviv
has taken on the job of arranging for the
boys vacations" and showing them around
There's lot to see. Pictured on this page are
some of the high spots of a recent typical
tour in which about 80 boys got an oppor-
tunity to see the land they read about as
kids in Sunday school.
World's Lowest Sea
STARTING out from Tel Aviv, they got their
first sight of the ancient city of Jerusalem
from the Hebrew University, which looks
down on the old city. Across the plains they
could see the Dead Sea, the lowest body of
water in the world. Later, they went SWIM
ming there - and we're amazed to find that
they couldn't sink. the water was so salty.
Through the Mount of Olives they went on
to Bethlehem. They passed the Well of the
Magi and the Tomb of Rachel in the Fields,
and in Bethlehem itself visited the Church of
the Nativity and saw the birthplace of Christ
The boys were struck by the beauty of
the Garden of Gethsemane - crowded with
flowers and massive, ancient trees. Here is
the Church of Nations, built by the people
of IA countries, whose emblems are emba-
zoned on the ceiling. 1t is also known as the
Church of Agony - it was built on the rock
where Christ prayed and was betrayed.
Everywhere in Palestine are similar sacred
places.
Next morning they drove to the ruins of
Jericho. Across the Allenby Bridge over the
Jordan is the place where Joshua led the
Israelites into Palestine, and also the spot
where Jesus was baptized by John.
DJend Of Old and New
we STOPPED on the return trip at one of the
numerous Jewish Cooperative Settlements
where every resident does share of the work
of the whole community. The people loaded
the boys with grapes, bread and homemade
jam Some of the boys got kick out of the
opportunity to milk the settlements cows.
That night they were back at the starting
point in the Red Cross club of Tel Aviv.
Vacation was over for these boys, but brief
though it had been, it counted for lot.
Something of the peace of the Holy Land
. is carried away by everyone who visits it.
-MY BLAKE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-01
PATENTS GRANTED
WATERBURY MEN

Connecticut men, led by three
from Waterbury one from woodbury.
and another from Torrington were
granted patents on inventions dur
ing the past week, 1t is reported.
Paul w. White was assigned a
patent on a buckle which he as
signed to the Farve Products Com
pany, of Chicago; Forrest G. Pur-
inton Of this city obtained a patent
on fastener which he assigned to
the Patent Button Company; H. L.
Burghoff of Waterbury and DON
aid Champion OF Marion were joint
ly awarded a patent on copper
base alloy which they assigned to
the Chase, Brass and Copper Co.
A patent on a weatherproof cleo
trio wire was given Richard W..
Shoemaker of Woodbury. which he
assigned to the Chase Brass and
Copper Company. Addison w.
Evans Of Torrington was granted
patent on hub and plate assembly
which he assigned to the Torrington
Manufacturing Company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-01

major areas Of inner conflict, and
produce a steady and poised man.
It's no in titles nor in rank;
It's no in wealth like Lon'on Bank,
To purchase peace and rest
Balk at it. as we moderns may.
there Is no solution of this inner
problem Of q unified and whole per-
sonality unless we come back to
the insights Of the great religious
Seers. So one Of our modern Quak-
ers puts 1t:
Strained by the very mad pace
Of our daily outer burdens, we are
further strained by an inward UNI
easiness, because we have hints
that there is way of life vastly
richer and deeper than all this hur-
ried existence, life of unhurried
serenity and peace and power. If
only we could slip over into that
Center! We have seen and known
found this deep Center OF living,
where the fretful calls of life are
integrated. where No as we'll as
Yes can be said with confidence.
We've seen such lives, integrated,
unworried by the tangles of close
decisions, unhurried, cherry, fresh.
dallying idlness nor Of obviously
incoming meditation; they are busy
carrying their full load as well as
we, but without any chatting of the
shoulders with the burden, with
quiet joy and springing step. Sur
rounding the tribes of their daily
life Is an aura Of infinite peace and
power and Joy. We are so strained
and tense, with our burdened lives;
they are SO poised and at leace.
TOMORROW: The conflict be-
tween the ideal self and the actual
self.
Copyright, 1943, Harper q Broth
ers, New York;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-01
CHASE FOREMEN.
TO HEAR THOMAS
War Correspondent to
Speak on British Com
mandOs Tomorrow

Bruce Thomas, author, lecturer
and war correspondent, Is coming
to Waterbury Thursday evening.
December 2. to tell the members Of
the Chase Formen's Association the
story Of the "CommandoS-Prelude
to Unconditional Surrender. No
armchair military strategist, Mr.
Thomas talk will be based on his
personal experience with groups Of
British Commands on their light
ning-like raids across the English
Channel into France and across the
North Sea into Nazi-held Norway.
The world has thrilled to the
stories Of the Commands, those
superlatievly brave and tough SOL
diers, whose daring exploits of noe
turnal forays into enemy-held ter
ritory have formed the basis of
many q thrilling story and motion
picture. Most of us have read these
stories or seen the movies, but to
few comes the rare privilege Of
hearing the stories at f1rst-hand
from an eye witness. Following Mr..
Thomas talk there will be ques-
ton and answer period.
Another attraction will be the
thrilling war film - lone Day of
War-Russia, 1943." This picture,
made by 100 Russian cameramen
along the 1000-mile Russo German
front, is not a Hollywood produce
ton. In the making of it 30 photo
graphers were killed. It is real, 1t
is grim-perhaps even stockings
it tells In stark realism the story of
the fight to the death that has been
going on in Russia ever since Hitler
tore up his pact of friendship"
with that country in the summer of
1871. Edited and released by Time
magazine, 1t is regarded as one of
the finest documentary films Of
World War II.
The entertainment program will
start at the Chase Foremen's AsSo-
citation hall on North Main street
at BIS, following a meeting Of the
directors at 1880. The CFA enter
tainment committee hopes that
their efforts to arrange an interest
ing program will be rewarded by
large attendance of members. Re-
freShmentS will be served.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-01
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REAL PERSON
BY DR.. HARRY EMERSON FOSDlCK
Freedom Involves One of Severest
Tensions Persons Can Sustain

The process by which real person.
atty is thus attained is inward and
spiritual. No environmental changes
by themselves can so push person.
atty together as to bring this salts
flying Wilderness within.
AS for the typical environments
Of our modern world, even when
they are popularity deemed fortunate
they disperse and disorganize life
rather than collect and unity It,.
Such is the psychological effect even
of our emphasis on individual lib
erty. In primitive, tribal society, a
man was so submerged in the life
of his family and clan that indi-
viduality hardly existed. Social SOL
idarity was so complete that think
ing, feeling, and deciding were for
the most part communal functions,
and the whole tribe moved together
when 1t moved taall.
when 1t moved at all.
In the modern world the individ-
ual Is thrown back upon himself as
never before in history. For his
livelihood, for his success or failure,
for his personal friendships, for his
opinions, he Is largely on his own.
1t Is difficult for Western liberal
to imagine desirable social order
that does not preserve and even
accentuate such freedom; yet free
dom involves, and always will in
volve, one Of the severest tensions
th@t the human organism can suS-
tain.
AS Thomas Huxley said, "A mans
worst difficulties begin when he is
able to do as he likes" Our modern
society, therefore, even in those
freedom comforting aspects which
are acclaimed as social advance,
increases rather than decreases the
internal conflicts, Commissions, and
worries. and makes more difficult,
not less, their avoidance or their
solution.
anxiety" said Kierkegaard, "is
the dizziness Of freedom" The hope
of a society that will automatically
produce integrated, correctional
satisfying personality, pushed to-
gether by fortunate environment, Is
utter delusion.
Indeed, nervous prostration is a
specially Of the prosperous, and sta
tisitcs indicate that suicide occurs
most frequently among the more
well-to-do. Wealth immensely wild
ems the area of individual freedom
and so increasing the multiplicity Of
possible choices, it often Is far more
disrupting than satisfying. Granted
that "A heavy purse makes a light
hearth" Granted that the inequities
Of our economic disorder deserve
the castigation Of good men, an6
that many thwarted lives, distract
ed, stunted, and crushed. would ir
a more decent social organization
have a chance at worthwhile living
now denied theml Nevertheless, ne
financial prosperity by itself car
push q personality together, give
it centrally and symmetry, lead Il
up through refiexes, habits, traits
and multiple selves to q unitet
J whole, Danish from the scene thu
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-01
SPARS SWEAR in
NATIONAL MASCOT
Barbara Lou Erlichman, 5,
Sees Dream Come
Through Today

New York, N. Y. Dec. IA little
girls dream came true today when
little Barbara Lou Erlichman was
Sworn In" as Junior SPAR by 1t.
0g) Dorothy Beckwith, the District
SPAR Recruiting Officer.
Some weeks ago little Barbara
Lou, as pretty as she Is small, walk
ed into Coast Guard Headquarters
and asked II she could become a
SPAR. To prove that she would be
Of service, she went through drill,
saluted and recited the Pledge Of
Allegiance to the Flag. She told 1t.
Beckwith that she prayed she would
be allowed to join the SPARS and
dreamed that she was accepted.
1t. Beckw tn explained that
SPARS must be twenty years Of age,
but that something might be done.
Luxembourg donated SPAR uni
form tailored to fit the youngster
and the little SPAR, with her flaxen
braidS, was all set.
So today she was "sworn into" the
Coast Guard by 1t. Beckwith before
group Of officers at AZ Broadway,
New York City. She was by far the
most serious person In the room as
she repeated the oath" slowly. II
promise to be a faithful Junior
SPAR, to go wherever the Coast
Guard sends me, to tell everyone
about the SPARS and to be good
patriotic AMERICAN at all times.
Then she saluted snappily and SOL
emily shook the hands of the Off
Gers and SPARS in the room.
Barbara Lou, the daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Erlichman Of 1875
Blake Avenue, Brooklyn will be used
as the official mascot OF the SPARS
in the District when she Is not in
school.
Anticipating a deluge Of requests
by other little girls, 1t. Beckwith
announced that "the quota Of Jr.
SPARS is fileld.' but that three
thousand full Pledged girls are need
ed Immediately by the Coast Guard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-01
BY COUNT CARLO SFORZA
Written for NEA Service

Fascism has been like a cancer.
It has been eliminated from the
healthy body Of Italy, but hidden,
hypocritical disease is taking its
place in the invisible attempts of
accomplices of Fascism who are
trying to persuade Italians that the
long and fatal tyranny Of Mussolini
and the criminal war against dem
ocratic nations have been normal
historicl episodes for which nobody
Is guilty and on which silence
should be kept.
This attempt was made by way
Of the present king and the gen.
erals who ordered Italians not to
fight the Germans last September.
They want to create a new Vichy
an italian edition Of the Petain
regime.
How would it be possible to Gre
ate an enthusiastic atmosphere for
war against Germany in Italy when
an attempt Is made to give even
greater authority than in the past
to a king who accepted so gladly
to make war on Great Britain and
the United States?
MUST FIGHT NAILS
There is not a single RESPONSE
Bile italian who thinks that this
is the moment to discuss the
question of monarchy verusus the
republic. There Is only one duty
of all Italians today: war on Ger
many. But just as 1t is impossible
to think of the French revolving
against the Germans in the name
Of Petain, it Is equally impossible
to think that Italians may rally
around the king who signed so
so many proclamations in favor
of Germany.
When an immense majority of
Italians ask for abdication by the
present king, and when so many
among them are in favor of a
regency in the hands of Badoglio,
the most reactionary monarchist
Gin Italy and abroad)) should not
forget that the formula of abdica-
ton, far from being revolution
airy, is one of the most orthodox
instruments of monarchial tradi-
ton. 1t is the best way available
when a nation desires to keep
alive a monarchy - for the time
being. at least - while getting rid
Of monarch who, through crimes
or perjuries or even only through
disasters, is no longer possible as
the head Of q country.
When then does King Victor
Emmanuel so strongly object to
an abdication Of which his great,
great grandfather, King Charles
Albert, gave an example in 1841
after the Austrian Empire de-
feated him at Novara?
BETRAYED DUTY
There is one and only one rea-
son: The king - as I have said
above - has become q symbol of
certain generals who betrayed
their duty last September when
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-01
EN- EN-.

Editor Tall Tower Topics. Whenever receive
the Democrat always look for your column. The time
has come for me to do little complaining. was read
very far away from home who has only Deen in the Army
six weeks and has been home only three times Well,
there many fellows from Waterbury overseas In the
Pacific Italy and Africa. have been in the service
almost 20 months and able to get home only once
and that for II hours have been overseas II months
and not sorry. think there are great number OF
girls and fellows from Waterbury who stationed all
over the world only pray that who are complain
ing could get bit of life away from the States and
would bet after the first few weeks they would cease
complaining been since was 10 and now
I'm 81. You what it means to fellow to be
away from his mother on four important days. This
will be the second Thanksgiving and guess the second
Christmas will spend in North Africa will close with
the best of luck to you. William J. Kenny, A. S. N,
11O56896, 45Oth Engr. Depot Co.. APO 763, care OF
Postmaster, New York. N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-01

Count Carlo Sf0rZa -. There Is
only one duty Of all Italians to-
day: war on Germany"
they disarmed Italian troops
which were ready to fight the
Germans. An incipient conspiracy
of Fascist and ex-Fascist officials
and of guilty generals - all Of
whom hate Badoglio - tried to
create an ARTIFICIAL atmosphere
persuading the Italian nation that
20 years Of Fascist tyrannical cor
ruption and htree years of wars
may be forgotten without any
sanction.
Abroad, q few misinformed
groups seem to believe that ac-
quittal of the present king might
mean elimination of political dis
cussions, with the result that all
italians would units in what is
our supreme duty - war against
the Germans. But this IS not SO
because Italians have suffered too
much from the war which was
imposed on them by Mussolinio
and which the sovereign ratified
although so many Italians warned
him against 1t.
Warned by two italian generals
that war had been decided upon, I
wrote letter to the king ON May
30, 1910, telling him all the reasons
why Great Britain would resist
heroically, and that in the long run
the United States would join in
the struggle against the totalitar-
ian regimes. II know the United
States" I added. America will
astonish the world with the most
gigantic military effort ever seen.
II you give your MARIE to this mad
war you will ruin Italy. And what
perhaps interests you even more,
you will destroy the old historical
links between the italian nation
and your house."
PAID NO ATTENTION
Unfortunately, for him, but even
more unfortunately for Italy, the
the king did not give attention to
the warnings Of Italians who want
ed to save him from the most tragic
Of his errors Successfully he signed
without hesitation, declarations of
war against France, which already
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-01
Count Sforza Writes Of Crisis
Facing Italy--King's Abdication
Or Creation OF a Second Vichy

had been defeated: against Great
Britain; against the United States,
where i've million good American
citizens are Of Italian origin;
against Yugoslavia and Greece,
which had been among Italy's best
clients in oriental Europe.
What Is most strange is that
some badly-informed conservatives
abroad think that abdication by the
present king might mean the loss of
bulwark Of social conservation.
On the contrary, the status quo
may only create new adopts to the
cause Of communism. It has hap
pened frequently in the history Of
Europe that certain blind and un-
generous conservatives are the best
promoters Of revolution.