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close noisily, "that it's 8 good bit past the time tonight. But Mrs. William has been taken off her legs so often"
 By the wind? Ay! I have heard 1t rising"
 By the wind, Sir-that it's g mercy she got home at all. Oh dear, yes. Yes It was by the wind, Mir Redlaw. By the wind"
 He had, by this time, put down the tray for dinner, and was em- ployed in lighting the lamp, and spreading a cloth on the table. From this employment he desisted in hurry, to stir and feed the fire. The lamp he had lighted and the blaze that rose under his hand, so quickly changed the ap- pearar1ce of the room that it seemed as If the mere coming in of his fresh red face and active manner had made the pleasant alteration.
 Mrs. William has been at it again.. Sir!" said the keeper, as he stood warming a plate at the fire, and pleasantly shading his face with 1t.
 What has she done?"
 Why, Sir, not satisfied with be- ing 8 sort of mother to all the young gentlemen that come up from variety of parts, to attend your courses of lectures at this ancient foundation-''
 'Well?" said MT. Redlaw.
 That's just what I say myself, Sir" returned MT. William, speak ing over his shoulder, as the sub jeet of his praises entered the room. bearing another tray and lantern, and followed by a vener- able old man with long gray hair.
 "Punctual, of. course, Milly," said her husband, relieving her of the tray, "or it wouldn't be you. Here's Mrs. William, sir!-He looks lonelier than ever tonight" whispering to his wife, as he was taking the tray, "and ghostlier altogether"
 (TO Be Continued)
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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

EnemaS
 Kindly give some informal tion and advice about the regular use of enemas or colon washes. (Mrs. J. R. O. Answer-Only advice can give is Don't" If you have been inoculat- ed by the morbid teachings of the quack headers and nostrum and food Specialists" you may learn something to your advantage from the booklet 'The Constipation Ha- bit and Colon Hygiene"-for copy send ten cents and stamped self addressed envelope.
 Tetany
 l suffer a great deal from pain ful cramps in my legs and feet at night. They wake me and I have to get up and rub them.
 (Mrs. D. L. Al AnSwer-A common manifesto tion of tetany. Send stamped self addressed envelope for pamphlet Adult Tetany and Growing Pains. 2 Do not use clipping; ask for what you want in writing.
 Circumcision Bee
 My four year old son was never circumcised. I believe he is almost a perfect physical specimen. Now my three weeks old boy seems to be the only boy baby that was not circumcised during recent ten-days in the hosiptal. They regarded me as queer for not having him cir
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Let's Eat
Surprise! Meat- Cranberry Loaf
Why How

potatooes, grated noion, IA cup minced parsley, 1-2 cup diced eel cry, 1-2 cup chopped sweet pickles, 1-2 cup diced cucumbers, 3 hard cooked eggs, 2 cups boiled dressing Mix all ingredients together light ly, saving part of egg yolk to press through strainer over top of salad for 8 garnish. Serve on salad greens.
 Macaroni, oBologna Salad
 Serves 6-8)
 Two cups cooked macaroni, cut small, IA pound bologna Cor other sausage) cut into strips, 1 cup celery cut into match sticks, 1 teaspoon grated onion, 1-2 cup chopped peanuts, 1 cup boiled dressing mixed with tablespoons chilli sauce.
 Mix. Chill. Serve on salad greens.
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; opposite, in which the body stocks no reserve of fat, SO that the pa- tient Is excessively thin and "jumpy with nerves" as we say. Diagnosti- clans use the so-called metabolism test to measure thyroid activity; and when 1t is found of balance, they may prescribe either seda- tive or stimulant, as required, to regulate 1t back to normal func- ton.
 Doctors call this supplying the body with crutch in emergency" And it is specialists responsibil- ity to administer such treatment. Confronted with a picture of thyroid imbalance, keen diagnosti- clans usually probe into the pa- tient's emotional history to dis cover what background factors may be agitating or depressing him or her. And while supplying the pa- tient with the the glandular crutch aforementioned, it is their purpose to help him clearly understand his emotional difficulties (past or present( and develop rational tech- niques for dealing with them-as a permanent basis for bodily we'll being.
 Jealous parental oversupervision of children's lives tends to destroy their initiative and weigh them down with boredom and illustration. Also, fettered boredom often seeks dubious consolation in overeating, in the form of constant nibbling. Or, to put it another way, chil- dren who feel emotionally starved (for one good reason or another) are apt to transfer the "seat of hunger" to the stomach. And the complex of thwarted feelings which induces this state of affairs might also lead to glandular irnbalance, thus creating vicious circle of factors contributing to fatty legar- thy.
 It is with such thoughts in mind that I advise you to get 8 doctors opinion of your policy. It is too authoritarian for my taste; and I would say your daughter has more than earned her girdle by now. But what concerns me most is the un- known effect upon her vital organs and nervous system of your ruth less drill system and that horrid corset. M. H.
 Mary Haw0rth c0unsels through her column, not by mail or per- sonal interview. Write her in care of The Waterbury Democrat.
 Copyright by
 The Washington Post)
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NOW IF YOU HAVE QUITE
 FINISHED

More han once I have been put in an embarrassing position as an ordinary witness, by trick questions like the familiar one about beat ing ones wife, because the rules of court procedure are made by lawyers for the benefit of lawyers.
 Here in this column you can't do that to me.
 One reader writes:
 was amazed and saddened when you advised people oyer 50 to drink a glass of beer or wine once or twice a day. Amazed because I had understood that you were opposed to liquor in any form as a matter of conviction, and saddened because the son of 8 W.C.T.U. mother had departed from her principles and teachings Of the total abstinence
 While I am squirming in anxiety for the correspondent to get through and let me reply, an even longer wtnded one comes at me with an 80O-word harangue, of which this appears to be the theme:
 You say T am bitterly preju- Iced against alcohol as liquor or beverage and, if I had my way, 1t would be available only on bona f1de prescription by reputable physician" And yet you rec ommend that a person who has passed his or her acme of phy- sical development should begin to dim his wits with alcohol in or der, as you say, to make life easier for him and and for those with whom he lives Why should anyone, just when he has arrived at the age when he should know better, take up the habit of tippling which he has eschewed during his youth? not pleasant to contemplate Grandpa and Grandma learning to be sottish instead of saintly in their declining years
 If any reader can show me a clipping from this column to sub- stantiate the statement athat I ad- vised people over 50 to drink a glass of beer or wine once or twice a day I'll present him or her with a complete set of the works of the devil-of the conductor of this col- umn. The evidence must show I said people over 5O."
 What said was, in part:
 T believe life would be easier for a good many elderly persons
 to, live, and those same elderly
 persons would be easier to live
 with, if they took some beer, ale
 or wine regularly every day"
 Nothing aoout young whipper- snappers of fifty there. In fact I ducked the onus of specifying pre- cisely how old elderly is. I'm still reluctant to brand people as elder ly on the basis of chronological age alone; I must know the individuals physiological age.
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Whot When
By GAYNOR MADDOX NEA Staff Writer

4NGfA 0t@u vvAASCA Leftover meat combined with tart red cranberries will produce a party meat loaf ideal for Christmas sea- son entertaining.
 Quick Cranberry Meat Loaf Serves 6) One envelope plain unflavored gelatin, l IA cups cold water, 2 cups fresh cranberries, 6 table spoons light corn syrup (3-4 cup sugar may be used in place of light corn syrup if desired), ta- blespoons sugar, IA teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 1-2 cups chopped leftover meat, 1-2 cup chopped celery, 1-3 cup chopped green pepper. k Soften gelatin in IA cup cold water. Combine cranberries, light corn syrup, sugar and remaining water, and cook until cranberries are soft and skins pop open. Put through fine sieve. Add softened gelatin, salt and lemon juice, stir ring until gelatin is dissolved. Chill until mixture begins to thicken. Fold in meat, celery and green pepper Turn into loaf pan that has been rinsed in cold water Chill until firm. To serve, unmold on salad greens and serve with mayonnaise.
 Here are two other recipes for entertaining.
 Potato Salad
 Serves 8-10)
 One quart cubed cold boiled
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We, the Women
You CI Wives Are tn for Blame Nots

knowing it is threat to your own security.
 But who is interested in finding out why you-a good sport through- out the war-are ''bellyaching'' now?
 While you kept still you were the wonderful little woman" faith- fully keeping the home fires burn ing. When you begin to get little tired of the role you are heel.
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TOMORROW'S MENU

BREAKFAST: Stewed prun- es, ready-to-seat cereal, scram- bled eggs, whole wheat toast, butter or fortified margarne, coffee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Black bean soup. salted crackers, meat and cranberry loaf, hot biscuits, butter or fortified margarine, jelly, tea, milk.
 DINNER: Camel salmon or tuna fish souffle, herb sauce, steamed rice, green beans, let tuce and tomato salad, enrich ed bread, butter or fortified margarine, steamed carrot pud- ding, lemon sauce, coffee, milk.
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MCKINNEY
 ON BRIDGE
Lesson NO. 1-Extra Tricks Count Plenty
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
 Americas Card Authority

While there are millions of bridge players in the United States, only a small percentage of them partici- pate in tournament bridge. However, predict that tournament bridge will become the countrys greatest pastime. It is one of the few games in which young and old can con- pete on an equal basis.
 The tournament bridge player must learn that the extra trick counts. In today's hand, the drop of the cards is particularly i'm portant. The opening lead is won by declarer with the club king, and both the queen and ten of hearts fall on the ace and king. Now the question is, where are the queen of diamonds and the king of spades?
 South cashes the ace of clubs and starts to run off the hearts. On the heart nine, East discards
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Two Piece
BY SUE BURNETT

Gay contrasting lace or ruffling makes striking finish on this smart two piecer for juniors. Add two saucy bows for a touch of. spice. The flared peplum shows off tiny waist the gored skirt $ easily made and very flattering.s
 Pattern No. 8941 is designed for sizes Il, 12, 13 14. IS and 18. Size
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YourHeaLth By Dr.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per- gona lhealth and hygiene. not to disease, dingn0sis Of treatment. will be answered by pr. Brady If . stamped seif~addFessed snvei0pe is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made Co queries not c0nfOrm- Ing to instructions. Address pr. William Brady, National News paper Service, 32O West Madison Street, Chicago. III.
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VAAAiAS OA Oiic pdoI'
 You are on the spot again, and from now on you can expect more crit i Is m than praise. You are not a hero any more.
 A high Ameri- can military gov ernment offc i a l Is re DO rted to h ve said that military g 0 vern- ment is going bad because of nasty and m a S s rede- ployment.
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SCIENTIFIC PITCHING

Baseball pitchers employ the 'Magnus principle" every time they throw a curve. This scien- Ciflc law was discovered by Gus tav Magnus in 1852. It is to the effect that "a rotating sphere in the wind receives a pressure that shoves 1t sideways as wedd as in the direction of the wind
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a club; on the seven he lets go the deuce of diamonGs, and on the six, the three of spades.
 Then comes the five of hearts. If East lets go the four of spades, South knows he is protecting dia- mondS. With the play of the heart deuce East has to make choice If he throws the six of diamonds he is obviously trying to protect the spade king. By dropping the three of spades and later discarding dia- monds, he practically tells declarer that he holds the king of spades and the queen of diamonds.
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CHAPTER I
By chaFles DIckens
EVERYBODY said so..

EVERYBODY said so..e i Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right In the general experience, everybody. has been wrong so often, and it has taken in most instances such weary while to find out how wrong, that author ity is proved to be fallible. Every body may sometimes be right; but that's no rule" as the ghost of Giles Scroggins says in the ballad.
 The dread word Ghost recalls me.
 Everybody said he looked like a haunted man. The extent of my present claim for everybody is, that they were so far right. He did.
 Who could have seen his hollow cheek, his sunken brilliant eye; his black-attired figure, indefinably grim, although well-knit and we'll proportioned; his grizzled hair hanging, like tangled sea-weed, about his face but might have said he looked like haunted man?
 Who could have observed his man. ner. taciturn,a thoughtful, gloomy, with dstraught air of reverting to bygone place and time, or of listening to some old echoes in his mind. but might have said it was the manner of a haunted man?
 Who could have heard his voice, slow-speaking, gdeep, and grave. but might have said 1t was the voice of haunted man?
 Who that had seen him in his inner chamber, part library and part laboratory .. for he was, as the world knew, far and wide, a learned man in chemistry, and a teacher on whose lips and hands 8 crowd of aspiring ears and eyes hung daily = who that had seen him there. upon winter night, alone, surrounded by his drugs and instruments and books, would not have Said that the man seemed haunted and the chamber too? YOU should have seen him in his Il dwelling about twilight, in the dead winter time.
 When he sat gazing at the fire. When, as 1t rose and fell the shadows went and came.
 When the sounds that had arisen with the shadows, and come out of their lurking places at the twilight summons, seemed to make a deeper stiffness all about him. When the wind was rumbling in the chim- ney, and sometimes grooming, sometimes bowling, in the house. When the old trees outward were so shaken and beaten, that one querulous old rock, unable to sleep, protested now and then, in feeble, dozy, high-up "Cawp When, at intervals, the window trembled, the rusty vane upon the turret-top complained, the clock beneath 1t recorded that another quarter of an hour was gone, or the fire col- lapSed and fell in with a rattle.
 When a knock came at his door and reused him.
 Who's that?' said he. Come inF'
 Surely there had been no figure leaning on the back of his chair; no face looking over it. It is cer- tain that no gliding fo0tstep touched the floor as he lifted up his head with start, and spoke. And yet there was no mirror i'm the room on whose surface his own form could have cast its sha- e.
 thing had passed darkly and was gone!
 ssTM humbly fearful, Sirl" said a
 | fresh-colored busy man, hold ing the door open with his foot for the admission of himself and wooden tray he carried, and let ting 1t go again by very gentle and careful degrees, when he and the tray had got in, lest 1t should
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And who's to blame? The mill itary leaders? The lawmakers in Washington? The men in uniform? IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT
 No, Dearie. You're the goat. It's all your fault. It seems-according to the high military man-that you are willing bell-aching letters to your man, making him dissatis- fled and anxious to come home.
 But so far nobody has probed into the reason for those inele- gently called "Bellyaching" letters.
 Could be you are human enough to have your loneliness heightened by the thousands of servicemen who are arriving home every day-and yours still overseas.
 Could be your morale hits rock bottom when you see day after day pictures of American soldiers frat ernizing with the girls of Germany and Japan.
 THREAT TO YOUR SECURITY
 Could be you read these reports Of how troops overseas are lone some and homsick and raising cain and you want more than anything to get your man out of that po- tentially dangerous environment,
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By RUTH DIILLETT NEA Staff Writer

The war is over, wives, and all that praise you got for quietly and uncomplainingly keeping the home going during the war years is a thinp nf the mast
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DEAR MARY HAWORTH: have a daughter, IS, who is quite stout and mature looking for hei years. From the time she was l; tried to get her to exercise, SC that her posture and figure would improve. But no amount of plead ing on my part had any effect.
 Finally, six months ago, I made her start wearing acorset, with the understanding that as soon as she showed sufficient improvement ] would buy her a girdle. At first there were tears and protests: but we got that over with and now things are going very smoothly.
 She almost overdoes the exercises and has shown lots of improve ments, but I am sure that good many more months work are need ed. I think it is too soon yet to give in to her pleas and, sacrifice all the good this has done for her However, relatives and friends are protesting against my "cruel treat ment," thus making it difficult for me to be firm.
 Shall I bow to the majority view? Or do you agree that I am following the right course in deal ing with the problem as 1t stands?
 L. c.
 PROBLEM CALLS
 FOR A DOCTOR
 DEAR L. G.:-If you have de- vised this reduction program with out taking doctor into consulta- ton, and without giving your daughter the benefit and safeguard of physical check-up first, you should relax your top sergeant pressure at once and let her set her own pace. Why? Because there is some possibility that you may be driving her to dangerously overtax her vital energies when the yare al- ready at low ebo due to glandular imbalance.
 Confronted with a chronic case history of obestity and aversion to physical eXertion, the average phy- sician abreast of the times thinks immediately of hypothyroidism as a probable underlying difficulty. Typo -thyroidism is term which refers to subnormal functioning of the thyroid gland. And the thyroid roughly explained-plays the role of furnace man to the body, deter mining the rate at which food Is translated into energy.
 Thyroid functioning may be doctors have told me-to hypo- thyroidism. in which condition fat thrown off balance either way, so piles up and energy flickers low. or to hyper-thyroldism, just the
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cumcised. (Mrs, M, E.)
 Answer - Circumcision is advis- able only when urination or clean Illness is interferred with.
 Copyright 1945 by John F. Dille Co.)
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In Self Defense, Overweight Teen-Age Girl Is Exercisely Furiously to Reduce Since Her Mother Forced Corset On Her; Is This Cruel2
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F, short or a4 inch or 21s yards O 54-inch fabric for short sleeves. yards lace or machine made ruffins to trim; l yard ribbon.
 For this pattern, send 20 cents, ii COINS, your name, address, size de< sired, and the PATTERN NUMBER to Sue Burnett, Waterbury Demos crat, 1150 Ave. Americas, New York, 19, N. Y.
 Send today for your copy of the Winter Issue of FASHION. Brin- ful of ideas for home sewers. 15' cents.
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Mary Haworth c0unsels through her column, not by mail or per- sonaI interview. Write her in care of The Waterbury Democrat.
 Copyright by
 The Washington Post)
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-28

restaurant across the street and
she was again approached by the
three women but the fight was
again stopped, he deputies said.
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Legion Initiation
Is Sci for Monday
East Detroit 40 3 8
Will Conduct Ritual

Initiation of new members Of
Harry Ollrich Post No. 4, Amer
lean Legion, will take place on
Monday at $50 p. m, at the Lee
gion's North Gratiot clubhouse,
according to announcement by
Post Commander Fred Resico,
Jr.
All new members and those as
yet un-initiated, are asked to be
present promptly.
The 40 & 8 Voiture of East
Detroit will have charge of the
ceremonies.
Resico also announces that
at 4 p. m, Wednesday a Legion
sponsored movie, Teach Them
to Drive" will be shown in the
High school auditorium. The As
minute film, which has been
used by State Police and other
police agencies throughout the
state, is a graphic portrayal OF
driving methods used to enhance
the Legion's safety program.
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Fire
Continued from Page ~

(COntlnueu from rage ~
issued today, Fire Chief Smith
said:
Nineteen forty-five losses are
-se-far- steadily increasing far
above the increase Of 1914. Dur
ing the first six months of this
year fire losses scared to new
high of 1898, 100000. Unless
care is taken in preserving our
plants and businesses further de-
struction of property may occur
and thus curtail our employment
plans. Lack of materials and
manpower have created new
fire hazards during the war. 1t
may be expected that unless Fire
Prevention Week Is unusually
successful that fire losses may
exceed $500, 100000.
. Fire cannot be eliminated in
a single week, but we can use
this special occasion as a climax
of our efforts in a continuous
program of education and fire
safety measures. In this way,
we can bring about minimum
amount of losses and a maximum
degree of safety for our citi-
zens.'
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Detroiter Stands
Mute on phony
Holdup Charge

William j. Laurence, Jr., 81
year old Detroit newspaper dis
tributor, charged with making a
fictitious report of a crime to
sheriff's deputies, stood mute
Thursday afternoon when ar
raigned before Justice of the
Peace Frank Z. Jeanette. He
was released on bonds set at
$500 pending trial Oct. 8.
Prosecutor Wilbur F. Held,
who recommended the warrant
for the Detroit mans arrest, said
that he had concocted fantastic
yarn of an imaginary strong-ar
robbery in order to cover up the
embarrassing circumstances UNI
der which his car had accident
ally become submerged in a
Quinn road gravel pit.
Actually, the prosecutor and
Sheriff Harley Ensign, declare
there was no robbery. They as
sert that both Laurence and a
married woman with him Tues
day evening when he parked
near the pit, have confessed to
the hoax. Their original story
had centered upon two unident-
flied soldier hitchhikers' as the
villains Of the piece.
No soldiers, or anyone else be-
side Laurence and his compan-
ion (the wife of CD figured in
the case, the authorities insist.
If convicted on the false police
report count Laurence faces a
possible penalty of up to 80 days
in jail, fine of not more than
$500 or both.