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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1933
“The Little Fellow”
One of the thing* the National Recovery
Act seems destined to do is make a straight
out test of the comparative degrees of social
responsibility and public spirit possessed by
small industries and large ones. So far, it
must be admitted that most of the palms
have been won by the little fellows. Speak
ing generally, it is the little fellow who has
shown the greater readiness to sign up under
the Blue Eagle. Drive down any business
street you like, in big city or in small
,-t6wn, and you will see that heartening ban
. ner prominently displayed in the windows of
' small shops, little restaurants, tiny garages
and small scale manufatcuring establishments.
The little business man has come forward
with a gratifying promptness — and, for
the most part, he has been scrupulous in
living up to the terms of his agreement,
r Unfortunately, not quite as much can be
f said for the big fellow. This is not said to
take anything away from those giant con
cerns which have already got into line with
g NRA policies. Many have done so, and
their action has been in the highest degree
praiseworthy. But many of them, un
<! fortunately, have not; and the headaches
• suffered by NRA officials at Washington
have arisen chiefly because some of the big
« gest industries in the land have shown them
f selves surprisingly stiff-necked about it.
$ Now it hasn’t been an, easy thing for the
little fellow to get his Blue Eagle. In many
5 cases it is more of a sacrifice for him to raise
wages and shorten working flours than it is
; for the big fellow, for the simple raeson that
labor costs are proportionately larger on his
k budget than they are on the big fellow’s.
• The chap who runs, for instance, a corner
shoe repair shop, and boosts the number of
his workers from two to three under the
: NRA code, is quite likely to have to operate
at a loss for a time; and if he does the
money must come right out of his own
pocket, and not out of a pile of cash re
serves tucked away in some bank.
Yet it is the little fellow who seems to be
’ leading the way right now. He hasn’t
talked indignantly about constitutional limi
tations, or his time-honored open shop poli
cies, or his duty to his stockholders. He
has rolled up his sleeves and gone in there to
pitch, and he has done it without much
coaxing. If large-scale industry wants to
justify its dominant position in America,
it must demonstrate that it possesses social
conscience in the same measure as the little
Z fellow possesses it.
Should Be Approved
5 Two constitutional amendments will be
, voted upon in Waterbury at the October
municipal election. Other cities and towns
will vote on the respective dates of their an
nual or biennial elections as the case may be.
For ratification of the amendments a vote
of two-thirds of the state’s 169 towns is re
< quired. It is not possible, to our way of
thinking, that any town would vote down
£_ either of the amendments, both of which are
J, to be recommended to the attention and
study of all voters.
One of the amendments restores to the
governor the power to appoint the judges
of the courts of common pleas. That power
r was taken away during the course of the
1931 session of the General Assembly. It was
, mainly through a preponderance of repub
lican votes that this was made possible, as it
was simply to hamstring Governor Wilbur
■ 1,. Cross, a democrat, that the disarming
process was taken. Of course republicans
claimed that the constitution never gave any
SR
governor tne rignt to appoint common pieas
court judges. Still the fact remains that it
wasn’t until a democratic executive came in
to office that it was decided to invoke con
stitutional rights in this respect.
As a matter of strict fact there has never
been any question of the right of the gover
nor to name these judges. That practice
dates back to before the beginning of this
century. It remained, though, for a demo
cratic governor to be shorn of one of the
few appointive privileges that were his. The
power of our chief executive is slight as it
is without depriving him of what he pos
sesses. The g. o. p. action was roundly
scored by republicans as well as democrats.
The republican press of the state was par
ticularly outspoken in its criticism.
The other amendment would extend from
three to five days the time in which the gov
ernor is allowed to sign legislation. It may
be recalled that the Supreme Court of the
state upset some 1,500 statutes dating back
over a period of years when it was revealed
that they had not been signed within the
legal time limit of three days after passage of
the bills. In the closing days of a legislative
session it is some times impossible for the
chief executive to keep pace with legislation
that is being hurried through before adjourn
ment. It is believed that with a five day lee
way there should be no delay in keeping
within the law. It required a special session
of the Legislature to straighten out the other
mass. We don't want any mote of them, so
our course of action seems to be well laid
out for us on both the amendments.
A city that can borrow a half million dot
Ian at this time KM be in pretty good
dupe. A city that can borrow oac half a
million dolan at three per cent moat be in
excellent shape. A city that can abow a re
port like that one printed in the Democrat
on Monday and Tnesday muat hare a
mighty fine ateward. A city that hai been
able to meet its payroll every tingle week
daring the terrible depression that the coun
try baa just gone through has something to
be proud of. A city that has had a charity
department that has been kind, courteous
and liberal with the unfortunate people in
distress need not hang its head in shame. A
city that has had an unemployment system
that has been the talk of the country is en
titled to some credit. In fact as far as we
can learn almost everybody in town is firmly
convinced that Mayor Frink Hayes has done
a fine job.
His critics can juggle figures from now
until doomsday but they can’t get away
from the fact that Waterbury through Frank
Hayes is better off at the present time than
almost any other municipality in the East.
And what more can any citizen who really
has an honest interest in his city ask of any
mayor or chief executive? We are living in
extraordinary times and any such endeavor
as has been exhibited by Mayor Hayes must
meet for the most part with the highest ap
proval. To find fault at such a time is but
the rankling vaporizings of a destructive
mind.
Enough for those that would pull down
and destroy what others have given their
utmost to build up. The pertinent thing for
the taxpayers of Waterbury to look to now
is to see that such an excutive as Mayor
Mayes is retained in omce as long as ne
cares to render service to the city. Let no
taxpayer be hoodwinked by any sanctimon
ious promises of reform from those who
could look to their own houses first. The
days of the money changers in the temple
of biblical fame, while not in vogue now,
are not a far cry from some of the tactics
employed today. Let Mayor Hayes’ critics,
as we said, first look to themselves and even
if they are above reproach be not the first
to cast a stone.
Powerless Bureaucracy
Public jobs, after all, are not everlasting.
Nearly 10,000 government employes in
Washington have been fired lately — or in
gentler parlance, “let go.” It is not alto
gether reason for rejoicing. These men and
women deserve sympathy. Many of them
have been faithful workers. It is hard to
be turned loose on the world during a de
pression.
On the whole, though, other considera
tions outweigh pity. Most of these dis
charged officeholders may find places in new
branches of public work, as the great govern
ment reconstruction program gets under way.
Many will get work in private life with
the rapid resumption of business activity.
The hardship and injustice will be mostly
transient.
The mere fact, now demonstrated, that
it is really possible to separate government
employes from the public payroll in consid-'
erable numbers, and the bureaucracies are not
omnipotent, is reassuring, especially at a
time when there have been widespread fears
of a new bureaucracy growing up.
A Code For Gypsies
Freedom forsakes its last stronghold. t
Even the gypsies in far-off Rumania have
succumbed to the modern-day craze for or
ganizing, joining, and regulating. No longer
will their caravans wander over the open
roads, and their camp fires light the woods
at twilight. They are to have an associa
tion with a headquarters — permanent—
aad with officers, by-laws, and all the ap
purtenances of the typical society. Also,
they’ll have a newspaper, a university and
a library.
But worst of all, the black tents are to
give way to rest houses, where the gypsies
may stay until they can find work. Work,
mind you. It’s too bad, phis modernization
of the freest people in the world, who alone
have seemed to have the secret of doing what
they pleased and going where they pleased,
with utter disregard of the rest of the world.
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt should check
up on the publicity agent who secured her
permission to couple her name with passage
of the child labor amendment to the federal
constitution. While it is a worthy cause
and one with which all women, whether
prominent nationally or not, should align
themselves, still it it necessary that accuracy
be attained. In several state papers similar
nmirf rnlnirnp -I in urUi^U D AArn .
velt urged adoption of the 20th amendment.
Unfortunately the 20th amendment to the
constitution has already been adopted. It
is the Norris lame duck amendment ending
the congressional short sessions and chang
ing the date of president inaugurations. If
the child labor amendment should be passed
in the next month or so it would be the 21st
amendment, but if not, then it may become
the 22nd, as the 21st now looms as the 18th
amendment repealer. It was doubtless an
oversight on the part of the publicity writer
that the child labor amendment was cited as
the coming 20th. It happens in the best of
families, but it only goes to prove that be
fore you allow your name to be used in con
nection with public appeals a casual glance
might be of some help. Here's one time
where it would have, because either Mrs
Roosevelt or the President v/ould surely
have noted the error. But how about the
To-day’* Selected Poem
A FAITHFUL DOG
(Robert Underwood Johnson In The New York
Times)
Here, where sylvan beauty lures.
Lies our friend: would he were yours!
Of affection pure and fine—
Who shall doubt it was divine?
Childlike Innocence of eye.
Appealing paw and human cry;
Gentle, Krateful, free of blame
(Mortal, can you say the same?)
If such love to man was given.
Lavish afterthought of heaven.
And to heaven have no recall, *
God have pity on us sill v
c«ep into their newt cohut? There'i
the astounding pah of it.
Postmaster General Farley might well
deny the rumor that he is sot a candidate
for the governorship of New York. The
story grew from the fact that Governor
Lehman looms right now as a possible suc
cessor to Secretary of the Treasury William
H. Wood in in the event of his resignation.
That would compel the resignation of Gov
ernor Lehman, although if he were the Post
master General, he could manage several
jobs without even thinking twice about
them. However, we don’t think that "Jim"
Farley will take any heavier load on his
shoulders tlpn that he now bears. It most
be remembered that he is still New York’s
democratic state chairman and the national
democratic chairman. And with his offi
cial departmental duties he must assume
those of patronage dispenser not merely in
his own office, but throughout the adminis
tration. He’s got enough to occupy his
mind for four years without thinking about
the New York governorship. If we know
him correctly, he'll let the state honors go
for a time.
Not content with borrowing a million
dollars last week the state finds itself obliged
to go into the hole for $500,000 more this
week. Such is the report from State Treas
urer Hope’s office. And he should know.
However, this recourse to borrowing isn’t
causing much stir, even in political circles.
It’s the thing to borrow these days. And
the more you borrow the more the officials
in Washington seem to like it, because they
believe that every cent borrowed will make
more business somewhere. Borrowing now
is caused by the fact that expenses are far
from keeping pace with income. Tbere’s a
problem for the special tax investigation
commisison. Make the two equalize and
the solution is found.
Dr Raymond L. Ditmars, curator of the
New York Zoological Society, can’t rest
until he has found and brought back alive
to New York city one of the most deadly
and vicious snakes, the bushmaster of the
Panama jungles. A previous trip was fruit
less. Now he’s off again to wade through
more swamps and jungles. In addition Dr
Ditmatfs hopes to bring back alive a vampire
bat. What strange pets these scientists go
in for.
People used to want money so they could
have leisure. Lately they have got the
leisure without money. But that kind isn't
much fun.
In spite of statements to the contrary, some
folks expect the NRA to tackle the weather
before it gets through.
High tide at Milford Thursday, August
24, 1:40 p. m., daylight time; low tide,
7:32 p. m., daylight time.
All vehicles must be lighted not later than
8:09, daylight time, tonight.
Personal fiealth Service
(By William Brady, M. D.)
' Signed letters pertaining to personal
health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or
treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady.
Address him, care of the Democrat, sending
stamp and addressed 'envelope.
VAMOOSE PEDICVIJ
The common head louse (Pedlculus capitis)
is objectionable only because it Is an unbidden
guest and Its presonce is Irritating to the host.
Apart from a suspicion that this parasite may
act as a carrier of typhus fever—a mere sus
picion—wo have little against the louse as a
factor of ill health. Mild Itching is the only
symptom noted—itching and scratching—in
most instances in children.' Sometimes the
scratching sets up some Inflammation and sup.
puration in patches of scalp. In long neglected
cases the lymph nodes at the base of the occi
put are swollen, tender and may supporate.
Search behind the ears and over the temples
for the nits.
Tho nits are the eggs of the lice. It Is easy
to mistake them for loose dandruff scales. But
dandruff scales are readily moved along the
hair to which they may be attachced; nits are
firmly glued to the hair shaft, usually close to
the scalp. The lice themselves are easier to re
move, but of course any nits not removed or
killed will hatch into lice In a few days.
Boar in mind the way lice spread—through
contact of heads, as in school children, and
through the agency of comb, brush, hat, cap,
clothes hook, head rest or upholstered chair
back or pillow.
First step in treatment Is a thorough soap
and water washing of scalp and hair. Of
course clipping the hair makes this and all
other treatment easier. If there is already
some inflammation of the scalp, a mild para
siticidal ointment should be applied and kept
applied to the scalp for a day or two, such as
Sublimed sulphur.30 grains
Betananhthol ..an trralns
Balsam of Peru .1 dram
Petrolatum .■.One ounce
To kill the nits the time honored method Is
to saturate. the hair with either kerosene or
equal parts of kerosene and olive ojl, wrap It
In dry bandage or towel or bathing cap, and
shampoo 12 to 24 hours later. Of course the
patient must avoid going near fire, flame or
lighting matches while the hair is soaked with
kerosene. If any nits are found after this, a
second application of the kerosene for a few
hours, and another soap and water shampoo
will eradicate them.
Another way to remove nits is by drawing
strands of hair through a soft cloth saturated
each time with kerosene and vinegar or with
hot vinegar alone.
Body lice, "cooties,” live in clothing, especial
ly In the seams. Characteristic are the long
scratch marks over the shoulders, upper back
or waist, with an eruption of little inflamma
tory papules with blood-crusted tips. In long
standing cases brown pigmented spots appear.
The clothing and underclothing must be ster
ilized by boiling or by steam or baking (iron
ing is sufficient) to kill the lice. Dusting the
clothing lightly with washed sulphur repels
lice. It Is not necessary to use the heroic rem
edies of war time, when sterilization of cloth
ing is possible.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Kerosene Blisters
Regarding the use of kerosene for blistering
or drawing out inflammation. It has been so
used for many years in my mother’s family for
sore throat, tied around throat with a flannel
over night, and in the morning there would be
great bisters and the cold would be entirely
gone . . . Mother has a stiff knee—would you
recommend trying the kerosene treatment on
it? (Miss M. K.)
Answer—If the skin is watched and the kero
sene removed as soon qs the skin becomes red
dened, the counter-irritation does no harm,
though blistering for a simple sore throat
seems a pretty severe treatment. Personally I’d
rather have the sore throat than the blisters,
firemen Didn't Make Front Page
Please run your cynical eye over the inclosed
clipping nnd tell us whether an up-to-date clin
ic has steam Utters and plumbers on its staff.
(H. T. M.)
Answer—The Item tells of the defnlse of the
wife of a former local office holder at the So
and-So Clinic after efforts of flremen with an
inhalator had failed to revive her. It does look
as though the customers are getting wise to
the clinic racekt
Our Daily Washington Letter |
Ickes Sure About One Post Office, at Least
BY RODNEY DITTCHER
The Waterbary Democrat Wash
ington Correspondent
Washington — A small piece of
millenlum arrived when a politi
cian here refused a postoffice for
his home town.
Secretary of the Interior Harold
Ickes, boss of the $3,300,000,000
public works program, was look
ing over a list of postoffice pro
jects brought In by treasury and
postal officials.
"I don’t know anything about
most of these,” he said, "but here’s
one I do know about — Winnetka,
111. I happen to come from there.
And one of the things that isn't
needed right away Is a new post
office for Winnetka.”
• • •
A girl secretary sat in an NRA
office. Entered a visitor.
"I don’t know where my boss
is,” she explained "They transfer
red him. But I figure If I wait,
here two or three days he will be
transferred back.”
Any Day Is Moving Day
That’s a typical NKA yarn. Al
most any day several office forces
find themselves being moved Into
other offiws. Sometimes the
movers come unannounced and Just
start taking out furniture, to every
body’s consternation.
Some new appointees, unable to
obtain quick assignment to quar
ters, just dig into the nearest
empty office and defy the world
to move them out.
It’s a common experience to find
a new partition run through the
room.
So many NRA folks were pilfer
ing chairs and desks from the of
fices of others that a special order
was sent out, forbidding the prac
tice. •
• • •
rbe Burde of Belief
Relief officials were shocked to
Und Just how many families were
receiveing unemployment relief
from public funds.
They had estimated 4,000,000 as
the depression’s high mark,
reached In the peak month of
March. -
Actually there were nearly
4,750,000 — meaning 19,000,000
persons on public relief. That fig
ure hasn't been released, but It’s
Indicated by the Emergency Relief
Administration’s survey — first of
Its kind. , .
KnhMemient months showed de
cllnes, due to business lmprove
By EUGENE LYONS'
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Moscow (UP)—How Soviet offi
cials play the role of a Harunal
Raschid of Arabian Nights fame In
order to find out the experiences
of the aerage Soviet citizen, who
stand In long quenes to obtain the
necessities of life, has been re
vealed by Moscow newspapers.
On the particularly hot day a
long quene stood patiently outside
a small shop. A man of ordinary
appearance, wearing an embroi
dered Russian blouse, approached
some of the people and asked
what they were waiting for. Told
that it was soap, he seemed to de
cide that soap was, what he'needed
for he attached himself to the end
of the quene and waited.
The "soap” was given to him
without any paper or contaner.
He demanded some paper, or to
be allowed to see the manager of
the chop. The attendants shoved
him a tiny piece of paper Just
large enoug'h to hold the soap. ,
Following a critical inspection
the buyer decided to visit the of
fice which directs the whole chain
of shops known as the "Mostorg’
stores. Here & secretary said that
the director had ceased to have
any connection with the organiza
tion. The vice director had gone
home for the day. In a tone of
exasperation the soap buyer cried,
“I am Sulimov, president of the
Council of People's Commissars of
the R. 8. F. 8. R.’
Hearing this the young woman
rushed out and returned with the
vice driector. The vice dlrectoi
said In a frightened voice that the
soap was produced by anothei
organization. Sulimov asked to be
taken there. The vice dlrectoi
bowed him Into another office.
"Why do you think this soap li
so bad?” the new official sale
calmly. ‘We sell soap that li
much worse. In general, I don'
see that It’s any business of your*
Comrade. I think you'll have U
make the best of It."
"It’s too bad," said the modes
citizen, "that l, president of thi
Council of Commissars, have t<
tell you that the soap sold by yo<
for all citizens’ la no good.” J
ment and seasonal factors: April
4.445.000, May 4,222,000, June
3.745.000.
• • •
Scooping Madame Secretary
Roosevelt jumped the gun on
Secretary Perkins's latest, encour
aging unemployment figures.
Seeking to discuss thenr at his
press conference, he asked If they
had been given out. ‘Someone said
they had, handing him a mimeo
gfiraphed sheet.
Roosevelt began to give the chief
figures from memory and then
started to pick others up from the
paper. After some confusion, ho
admitted he was looking at a table
of commodity prices, released the
day before. ^
The Labor Department, where
Issuance of employment statistics
Is a most important monthly rite,
went into something of a dither.
• • •
Buying Just for Fun
Mrs Roosevelt and the newspaper
gals got talking about New Deal
prices and how to make a woman's
money go farthest in the store's.
They debated the cash and carry
system from its economical aspect
and agreed that women abused the
return privilege.
"I know people*” admitted the
First Lady, "who buy Just for the
fun of buying. They know per
fectly woll that they will have to
send the stuff back.”
• • *
K. M. Simpson, mining cnignecr.
metallurgist and chromium pro
ducer, Is the NBA deputy adminis
trator in charge of the steel, oil
and coal codes. Each of those
codes carries a thousand head
aches.
"What’s your favorite min
eral?” someone asked him In the
corridor.
"So’s your old man!” yellod
S|mpson.
How the Greatest
Fortune was Built
“Mellon’s Millions’’ by Harvey
O'Connor, Is sub-titled, “The biog
raphy of a fortune." It la really a
lot more than that. It is a search
ing critique on modern American
life, a study of the way we have
tried to make democracy and .In
dustrialism trot along the road to
gether in double harness.
Mr O'Connor takes' your Uncle
Andy and shows just howhe got
where he Is. This wispy, patrl
clan-looktng magnate Is shown as
theson of a penny-pinching Pitts
burg banker, a' man who Was
trained from boyhood as a money
getter and who never once missed
a trick. . .
The Mellons, suggests Mr O'Con
nor, simply established themselves
at Pittsburg ahd levied toll on
the amaslng developments of in
dustry there. They had an iron In
overy fire; 'they were bankers,
steel men, coal men, Oil men, alum
inum men, promoters, stock sales
men, railroad men and public util
ity men. They bought labor cheap,
says Mr O'Connor, and sold Its pro
ducts dear; and to-day the family
fortune Is probably the largest In
the nation.
With Mr Mellon's record as
treasury chief Mr O’Connor is
caustic. The boom and Its resulting
crash stem directly from the Mel
lon fiscal policies, he asserts. For
a decade the country was run to
suit its oligarch of wealth; to
day’s troubles, he suggests, are the
logical and Inevitable result.
This book Is not precisely an at
tack on the Mellons. It Is some
thing deeper. It Continually raises
the question: can a country In
which a fortune can bo built up
as this one was built up truly be
called a tree democracy?
A more genuinely valuable book
probably will not be published all
year. , “Mellon's Millions” Is offered
by the John Hay Company at $3.
Here, There And Everywhere
THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
(Now York Herald-Tribune)
“Get yourself a pair of pants,
bub!" coarse provincials advised
adult males who sported knicker
bockers in the- back country ten or
a dozen years ago) There were
plages in the farthest west, it is
said, where eastern gentlemen so
garbed were thrown into horse
ponds by cowmen in sheepskin
pants. The Florida boom may very
well have marked the height of
the knlckerbocker's career, for the
most remote Florida crackers saw
them as a kind of uniform (white
linen) upon the legions of real
estaet men dealing in sand sinks,
and ceased to mock. If the knlck
erbocker is less seen to-day, it
was universal acceptance, not per
secution, that wafted it away.
Now, we may well as, at the be
ginning of another great career,
what will be the resistances to
shorts What the term of life?
When the climax? Official sanc
tion was given to them last week
on the courts of the Newport Ca
sino and at Forest Hills. At New
port R. Norris Williams wore white
linen ones striped with navy blue;
Miss Helen Jacobs, at Forest Hills,
white flannel with a blue stripe..
Will the young generation or Hol
lywood take these hints and am
plify them into a fashion and then
a rage, as in the case- of knicker
bockers so many years ago?
Slacks have been popular in the
slack season since knickerbockers.
Is there something ominous about
selling short now, or do they por
tend another bull market such as
the last rage for small clothes
coincided with? How soon may
shorts safely be worn in Wyoming
and at Lake Okeechobee, where
they persecuted the prophets of
knickerbockers? Only time can
answer. But those who have felt
the free air of heaven on -their
knees, which the slack and tl}e
plus fuor muffled, are not likely
to surrender easily their new granl
of liberty.
THE SUCCESS OF THE FORES1
CORPS
(Hartford Courant)
The president’s decision that th<
civilian Conservation corps will b<
kept at work in ths forest in un
diminished numbers through tin
coming winter gives evidence tha
the experiment has been a succesi
throughout the nation. Its snccesi
in Connecticut, since the first few
weeks of confusion when the boy
were new to the forests and t«
their rural neighbors, has been un
questioned. Only recently Stati
Forester Hawes expressed his ex
treme satisfaction with the fin
spirit of the officers and men am
wlthk the work which has been ac
compllshed.
Many who have seen these erst
tion but ordered a reprimand fo
the serving of such quality soap t
while victims of the depression,
brown, healthy and smiling, have
felt with the president when he
visited a camp In Virginia a short
time ago, that the Conservation
work has been as much of the
youth of the country as of its-for
ests. He urges that all the men
now In the corps endeavor to get
jobs either Immediately or In the
autumn, In order that others -may
take their places In the woods and
get the benefit of the work and
life. ’ The return to factories and
stores In their home communities
will nqt be a sacrifice for the satis
faction of making a place for
themselves. Being with their fam
ilies and friends, and perhaps set
tnlg up homes for themselves will
more than recompense them for
leaving the comradeship and out
door work of the forest camps.
The inducement to get regular1
jobs will be Increased for ihany
when they hear that the northern
camps will be moved to the south,
where great tracts of soft pine
woods have recently been acquired
by the governmept. The work Is
much needed and will be of na
tional benefit. But It will mean
that boys who during the summer
have had frequent opportunities to
see their families and friends will
be far beyond feasible weekly Vis
iting distance. For those who can
not find work, Jiowever, the op
portunity to reenlist will be open
and for them there will be inter
esting changes in work and per
haps in locatloii as well as a con
tinued opportunity to send to their
families about $28 a month and to
obtain for thmselvps shelter, food,
training, recreation. The erection
of wooden bullttlngs at many Con
necticut camps Indicates that the
corps in this state is likely to stay
at work here as long as the wea
ther permits, perhaps through the
winter and perhaps only until the
snow falls.
WILLS MAY PROVE DECEPTIVE
(Meriden Journal}
Wills need watching. In passing
on a Waterbury case, Probate
Judge Dennis J. Slavin pointed out
that under the law if a man mar
ries or becomes the father of a
child he must change his will to
care for such conditions or else the
entire instrument will be of no
value.
In the Waterbury Instance a man
made a will In 1028 leaving'a small
sum to his daughter, for whom .ho
had provided'otherwise, with the
residue going \o his mother. He
married a second tlmp and died
shortly thereafter, thus so changing
the complexion of the affairs that
the judge had to rule the will out
and order distribution as though no
testament existed, two-thirds of
the estate going to the daughter
wfOt the othe
__er third going to the
widow, and nothing to hie mother.
In these parlous times, particu
larly, wlll^are liable to .
I
IN
NEW
, YORK
By PAUL HARRISON'
Hew York.—This to not b? WM
f suggestion that the Manhattaa
elephone directory, or any ®* «*•
Oil paras, makes interesting read*
ng. But now and then, r»re ss a
lash of action In a Henry James
Orel, there to ah arreetlngllne.
. , And sometimes a confusing
itoerepancy between names and
4»5r"!nstance. the Fifth avenue
lalleries are not on Fifth avenue
't all, and the Fifth avenue
heater to on Broadway. Farthest
amoved of aU is the Fifth Ave*
iue Exterminating Co., which is
n Brooklyn: but second honors
to to Madison Square Garden,
rhleh to at least a mile and a
lalf from Madison Square. . . .
(till and all, there must be pres
lge in a name, for less than half
if ihe 183 establishments named
he Broadway Somethlng-or-other
ir actually on Broadway. Only
J. of tha 89 named for Park ave
lue are on that exclusive thor
lughfare, and one of the 11 is the
?ark Avenue Live Poultry Mar
tet, up1 at the north end where
he street tumbles into a push
:aft Ghetto.
-1 - u. 1. nee
On* fin* old name not In the
directory any longer Is that of
Orbal I. See. Mr See, who is real
ly Wood Cowan, the comic artist
who draw* “The Newfangles," has
moved to Connecticut. Some years
ago, though, he went into the
phone company's office to apply
tor service in his town apartment.
“What is your name?" asked a
clerk.
“What $id you say?” asked the
artist.
“I said I must have your name,"
replied the clerk, a little im
patiently.
"Oh, I See,” drawled Cowan.
“And your first name, Mr
See?" inquired the clerk, busily
scribbling on a card.
This so attiused the applicant
that he invented a name on the
spot. "Orbal,” lip said. And
Orbal X. See it was, through four
Issues.of the directory. Hi* friends
had heard the story, so they had
no difficulty remembering his nom
d* telephone.
• • • *
Who’s Exclusive ahd Why
In general, the people who have
gone exclusive to the point of with
drawing their listings from the
public directory are not the men
of finance and industry and. such,
but the Broadway celebrities. Thun,
you’d be unable to call Rudy Val
lee, A1 Jqjson or Earl Carroll un
less 'you knew their private num
bers, but you could ring up the
homes of William H. Vanderbilt,
Charles M. Schwab and J.‘P. Mor
San. And on. page 780 there's a
emoeratie “Roosevelt, Franklin D
—49 E «5— Rhinelander 4-7428.’’
For romance, the volume offers
a Man, a Malden, three Kisses,
four Neekers, one Hug, two
Moonlights and a , Honeymoon
. . . . For the poetry in merchan
dising: Sam Kats, Ladies Hats
. For whimBy: Ye Olde N. Y.
Branch of The N. Y. State Asso
ciation of Retail Meat Dealers
Inc. . . . For mystery, the last list
ing in the book: ''Zzyx, The—33
West 44 — MAurryhill 2-451®.”
Telephone that number, ask what
Th* Zzyx is, and you’ll hear a
volrfe say guardedly, "Well, it’s a
sort of club. You know—one v of
those ah—nice little places that's
a sort of—er—a club.” s
maker wants to be sure of his
wishes being carried out. In a re
cent/ Meriden case the income from
an 8 per cent stock was left to a
person as a sort of guarantee
against need. Unfortunately, the
stock that was gUt-edged when the
will was made no longer pays div
idends.
I am through with love.
play too earelessly with women. I
don’t trust them any longer—
Claire Windsor, movie actress.
The Germans are at heart a most
mild and peaceful people. Tho, vast
majority of them do not want 'to
fight. They want to work, to love,
to raise children/ to make a gar
den, play games, drink ' beer and
wine and. listen to music in the
evening. — Edward J. Meeman,
Memphis (Tenn) newspaper editor,
upon return from Europe.
A lady is a woman who always
remembers others, and never for
gets herself—Charles Dana Gibson,
artist.
The youth of my generation was
denied information and allowed to
live in a secretive wprtd. while the
children of today are’ told every
thing they might wish.to know—
Dr WlUiftm J. Mayo, noted surgeon.
He must be bronzod. even-tem
pered and handsome—Peggy Hop
kins Joyce, describing her next
hubby.
A decision by majority vote nev
er means a victory for reason, but
for unreason, mediocrity, uncer
tainty, weakness and cowardliness.
—Adolf Hitler. _
dog leads charmed life.
Salt Lake City, Utah (UP)~
“Sklppy,” a fox terrior pup be
longing to the Rt Rev Arthur M.
Moulton Bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Utah, may in time rival
a cat in the proverbial number of
llvea First, Sklppy.was poisoned,
but quick work by a voterinary
saved his life. Next, he was smear
ed with acid, but discovery in time
again saved him.
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