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BT THE MAN Of THE TOWEB
Id
to know,
crowds
Who go e*ch week
Off on snow trains
And pleasures seek.
Do they really like It?
Or actually like to ski,
Or are they scared
Like you and me?
Maybe they’re just onlookers
Kidding along with snow glasses,
But when It comes to sports
Just manage a few passes,
And most of the day
In the great open spaces
Try to keep warm and
Avoid frozen faces.
No, she cannot ski,
She cannot skate,
For winter sports
She has a hate.
.—Em Em.
r "
Mae West was doing a romantic scene with
Victor McLaglen for a sequence in her current Para
mount picture. McLaglen, supposedly under great
epifttlnnal stress, seized the star and crushed her to him
before the camera. After it was all over, Mae started to
repair her damaged coiffure, caught her breath and
•xdaimed, “You’re no oil paintin’, Vic, but you’re a
fascinatin’ monster.’’
•/ _
Daily roundup. . . . Mrs. Frank Ciminera blew out
46 candles on her birthday cake today with one puff
Catherine Yarmala is becoming quite adept with the cue
stick. Her tutor is Johnny Vaitukaitis of the K. of L..
Alex McDonald is receiving visitors at St. Mary’s hospital.
.... Anna Povalaitis is convalescing at her home from a
recent illness. . . . Irene Johnson, eight-year-old lassie,
heard via WATR Saturday mornings, is one of the city s
most enjoyable songsters. Her clearness of tone is re
markable for such a young gal. . . . Charles L. Rogers>
11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rogers of Chap
man avenue who underwent an appendectomy at the
Waterbury hospital last week, is coming along nicely
Which is good news to his countless admirers.
Gas-light era. . . .Remember how the gaslights
would whistle after you first turned them on. .
And the way some of ’em popped as the flame from the
match caught the gas. . . And how your Dad would
mutter when he pushed the match stick through those
fUmsy gas mantles which fitted over the gas jet . .. .
Your first gas lamp was a gorgeous thing with its huge
shade and tall chimney protruding through the top.
. . . .And how it flickered up and down. . . .What a
job it used to be finding the gas chandelier that was
set right In the middle of the room on a dark evening
with the floor strewn with children’s belongings • • • ■
And last, but not least, don’t forget the familiar match
strikers that were near every gas jet, particularly the
•ne of the cat—Scratch my back.
Leaders and dashes. . . . Our thanx to the Park
Place reader for offering to donate Catholic magazines,
but we have no call for the same right now. Will con
tact you when our source seeks our aid again. . . .
William Phalen, senior at Holy Cross College, is business
manager of the Tomahawk, the weekly publication of
the student body. . . . Notice by this same periodical
that A1 Jarlett, the Watertown hurler, is playing basket
ball in the Cross intra-mural league. . . . Victoria Re
erates high among Waterburians who enjoy the New
theaters once or twice during the year. . . . Chris
tine Finn, St. Elizabeth’s College frosh, has returned to
her studies after mid-year vacationing with her parents,
Judge and Mrs. E. J. Finn. . . . Steve Murray, who comes
to Waterbury this week-end to put on a boy leadership
program course under the auspices of the K. of C., was
pictured in the Hartford Courant yesterday with Bishop
McAuliffe, Governor Cross and other notables. . . .
Eleanor Lamke, daughter of Theodore Lamke of
Connecticut avenue, is one of the few local damsels
entertained by President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- ,
velt. The local girl who is working in Attorney Gen* (
eral Homer S. Cummings’ office in Washington, was <
guest of the First Lady of the Land at a tea at the
White House last month and enjoyed the distinction ,
of touching cuffs with the nation's executive. At the
reception Miss Lamke was asked to dance by a robust
naval officer in full regalia. The invite was readily
accepted and she felt like a new rose of summer as she
gracefully swayed with her gold braided uniformed
escort. Miss Lamke has the engraved invitation from
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt in her scrapbook.
Ain’t that sumpin?
Down memory trail. . . . Long winter afternoons
always bring back a flood of memories of bygone days
and doings. . . . Remember the time when it was all the
craze to bring out invisible pictures in the funny sheets
by holding them over a gas flame? What fires were
started! . . . And the transfer pictures that the boys
would decorate their wrists with in imitation of tattooed
brothers or fathers. . . . Recall the first time you were
allowed to use your dad’s baseball indicator, a fancy cel
luloid device with notched wheels for turning up strikes,
balls, runs, innings, etc. . . . And how you fairly ached
to possess a gyroscope top after watching one slide along
a string and balance on its side. . . . Your first sad ex
perience with a box kite that swooped and darted be
cause the tail wasn’t quite heavy enough to steady it and
ultimately wound up in a tall oak tree. . . .
The weather chart.... According to the calendar
the period from Feb. 1 to 5 was scheduled to be cold,
raw with freezing temperatures extending far South
(that was right) . . . Northeasterly storm with snow
(right, again) ... 6 to 8, warm and pleasant in New
England (we’ll see) ... 14 to 17, snow in north (goody,
goody) ... 18 to 21, fair and pleasant in northeast....
22 to 25, unpleasant. ... 26 to 29, more storms other
pin*—, but mUd and pleasant in New England. (We
near you calling)....
Good Night.
WASHINGTON
J_SY MONEY DUTCHER—•
(Democrat Washington Corre
spondent)
Washington Lives From One
U. S. Supreme Court Deci
sion to Another . . . Little
Hope From That Source
Left For New Deal... Lib
erty League Warns Against
‘Packing’ The Court If
Roosevelt’s Re-elected.
Washington, Feb. 6.—Washington
lives from one V. 8. Supreme Court
decision to the next.
The court and the Constitution
are on every mind and every
tongue. Much of the talking Is done
In whispers.
Most persons here sense a
dull, lethargic atmosphere which
doubtless comes from the general
belief that the court wiU go
right on killing legislation until
here's next to nothing left of the
New DeaL
Anti-New Dealers are tensely
alert for every possible political
advantage. Old men mumble to
their wives at night. Government
employes go around asking one
another, "Are you unconstitutional
yet?" The whole tempo of the
Capital has slowed down.
Little Hope Remains
In the White House, Roosevelt
discusses the court and the Con
stitution with his advisers and
many visitors, again and again. He
has little hope that much but frag
ments will be left of the New Deal.
His congressional leaders have
told him that any Immediate at
tempt to pass legislation curbing
the courts would be too great a
risk. He just waits, while many
of his supporters take occasional
cracks at the court and strain
their ears for the popular reaction.
Everybody agrees that popular
reverence for the court tradition
3f Infallibility will doe hard, If ever.
New Deal Again if F. R. Wins
Out of all the huddling and
msszlng and plotting come certain
fundamental Implications which
ire now thoroughly appreciated by
)oth sides, but which thus far
lave been little publicized.
If Roosevelt is re-elected the
latlon Is likely to sec a "second
Mew Deal.’’
In other words, as some of the
New Dealers already are predict
ing, the legislation killed by the
court—or laws of the same type
—may be enacted al lover again
In Roosevelt's second term, with
the likelihood that nearly all of
them would be validated by the
court.
Of course the Idea Is that Roosc
relt might get the opportunity of
ippolntlng two new Justices of 11
3cral trend. Because the average
ige of justices Is 71 and for other
reasons It Is generally believed F.
0. R. will have such a chance to
‘re-make" the court If he stays in
he White House.
Conservative Justice Van De
ranter’s health Is none too good
ind It Is rumored that he—as well
is Conservative Justice McReynolds
-would have retired ere this If ho
ould have been sure of being rc
>laced by a conservative.
Whether either would try to
tick another four years after ln
luguration In January, 1937, Is
luestlonable.
It Isn’t “Packing”
Certain Liberty league orators
ilrcady have warned the voters
hat Roosevelt will "pack" the
ourt If he gets back In. Any
uch choice of words Is also ques
lonablo.
Presidents have the constitu
lonal prerogative of appointing
upreme court Justices. If the
oters are afraid of the type of
urlsts Roosevelt will name If ho
;ets the chance, they can head
dm off next November.
The voters might am well know
that Roosevelt probably will ap
point liberal* of the Brandeis
N lone-Cardoso type If he can and
the Liberty league might aa well
prepare to pipe down In caee It
can’t beat him thla year.
The quaint aspect of it all Is
hat the New Deal If the voters
ndore it, may have to start all
iver again.
Meanwhile, as A1 Smith said,
Here we are!”
Copyright 1936 NEA Service, Inc.
Answers To
Test Questions
Below are the answers
to test questions printed
on page 6.
1. A theory or hypothetic as
to the origin of the earth, sun,
moon and stars.
2. Point Pleasant, Clermont
County, Ohio.
3. Italian composer.
4. It is an autobiography,
describing the author’s exper
ience as a prisoner.
5. Invertebrates.
6. The Platte.
7. A tenant who rents and
cultivates a small holding of
land or croft.
H. No; It is an Independent
republic.
9. A verse or sentence which
reads the same when read
either backwards or forwards.
10. Jerusalem.
NEW CLASS IN
VOCABULARY
BUILDING
Instructor
JOHN G. GILMART1N
Wednesday, February 5,
7:30 P. M.
Y.M.C.A.
Fred Davis, Who Takes All Those Pictures Of The Quins,
Tells How He Does It And What He Has Learned About Babies In—
“My Quintuplet Scrapbook’’
If YOU THINK rrs A SNAP TO SNAP THOSE PHOTOS, TRY IT YOURSE&F WITH ONE ACTIVE YOUNGSTER; THEN MULTIPLY YOUR
TROUBLES BY FIVE! THE TRIUMPHS, TRIALS, AND TRIBULATIONS OF THE WHITE-GOWNED CAMERAMAN WHO ROMS THE
BELL ON THE HARDEST PICTURE JOB THERE IS, AND TELLS ALL ABOUT IT IN THREE ENTERTAINING STORIES
When the Dionne quintu
plet* were three days old, Fred
DarU, Toronto photographer,
made pictures of the babies.
Two months later, when an
"official” and exclusive photog
rapher was chosen for the
babies, Fred Davis got the Job.
Since then, he has made all
those delightful NBA Service
pictures and with such an un
equaled opportunity for being
with the babies, Davis’ observ
ations r.re of unusual Interest.
Here they are, In the first of
three intimate stories made up
of Jottings from a famous pho
tographer’s notebook.
By FRED DAVIS
NEA Service Staff Photographer
l/VONNE is my pet.
1 My reasons are highly
mercenary. Yvonne gives me
the best pictures. It was
Yvonne I got, so beautifully
asleep in her little chair. It
was Yvonne I got with the straw
hat on, and the flower In her hand.
Yvonne is the one who greets me
the most gaily when I go into their
sanctum In my white surgeon’s
gown.
And in the groups, Yvonne Is the
one who claps, who crows, who
opens her eyes widest, shows her
tiny teeth best, sticks one ridicu
lous little foot up in the air.
Emille, however, Is the nosey
one. Emille wants to know what Is
In my camera. Never mind the
outside. What’s inside?
What la it that I keep looking
into, down the hood? If I left my
camera on the ground half a sec
ond, It would be Emille who would
take it apart to see the wheels go
'round.
But, now, Annette; there’s An
nette, for instance. It Is Annette
who reaches me first, whether
crawling or staggering, and tries
to climb up me.
And Annette, with her large,
speculative eyes, has yet to figure
out who I am and what I am do
ing in her curious world, so filled
with nurses and doctors, and
crowds milling around at a polite
Who am I, to be admitted, peri
odically, Into her presence? Ah,
lr about 18 years, Annette, when
you see the family album, you
will understand.
Cecile, the favorite of the par
ish priest, has a devoute look
Marie, the little one, has given us
all the fitters we ever had, and
no doubt that Is why she Is Doctor
Dafoe's favorite.
The more trouble, the better
they like them. Doctors are fun
ny that way. And mothers.
• * *
Mother Likes Photos
Mamma Dionne, despite any
thing that has been written
or said, has exhibited the greatest
delight and excitement whenever
I have given her—as I Invariably
do—copies of the choicest pictures
I shoot.
She likes groups best. And ' It
is uncanny the way she Identifies
her babies. It Is the mother In
stinct.
From the start, and no matter
how they were arranged In the
picture, Mrs. Dionne names them,
and names them exactly.
This Is more than I can do with
certainty. Doctor Dafoe, who ad
mits It's hard to tell the quins
apart In the nursery, has said he
doesn't see how anyone can iden
tify them In a photograph.
The nurses, of course, can tell
them perfectly. But why not?
They are with them dally, hourly.
The people who have actually
touched the Dionne quins are few
and far between, the parents, tho
i STORIES IN ;
STAMPS
By I. S. Klein
I ♦ »»»»'»' SHHHMSWW'MI'S'WH 0
From Jolts feNfous
MEN and women o( European
aodety uaed to be amueed by
the ahocka they got by atandlng on
wax floora, rubbing glaaa roda and
feeling a tingling apark fly be
tween their llpa aa they klaaed. But
Aleaaandro Volta, profeaaor of ex
perimental phyalce at the Unlver
alty of Pavla, nought to aeek a
more ateady current than the mere
Jolt that ehocked ballroom devoteea.
For eight yeara he experimented.
Then. In 1800. when he waa 48, he
piled up allver and alnc dlaca,
placed wet clothe between them,
connected the top and bottom lay
era by wire and got the flrat ateady
electrical current fn hiatory. Thla
la the principle of the flaahltght
battery cell of today.
Greatly honored by Emperor Na
poleon tor hla remarkable Inven
tion. Volta received the world’a
greatext honor when the name of
volt was given
to the unit of
electric energy.
Volu died In
1827. at the age
of 73. One hun
dred years later
Italy Issued the
stamp shown
here. In live
.values.
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tlon of Wiwlwr Castle? 5*0
Pred Davis. left made oil those appealing photographs of th« Dionne qiimuplcti) i urcpi. of conn*. (Ill* one». He's shown with
Dr. Dafoe during one of Davis' muny visits to the nursery. clod In the sterilized surgical robe which la the approved coetnme for call*
Ing on qulntopleta. Dnvis ha* hod a better opportunity than anyone except the doctor and nuraeo to obacrve the famone babies, shown
here as they looked more than a year ago at their dm Christmas celebration.
♦a nrat/ih Rrt tnee fil
Toot! TOot! All a board! Here goes thr (nt trip of thr qulnmoblle. the strange homemade
device contrived by a Calf/oral* admirer and mm to the IMonne babies. Annette, at the wheel, took*
fully capable as pilot, while Marie. Yvonne. Ceelle. and Earilie (left to right) are all braced for a
fast ride. __
lingers.
V • * •
Bars Strain on Babies
Forty - five minutes to au
hour Is not out of the way to
make one baby picture. Ask any
baby-portrait photographer. But
you can’t — the doctor won’t let
you — strain these babies by pos
ing them even for a minute or
two. Not even for you anti you.
not even for all the millions who
love to see these pictures* will
they let me get cranky and say,
"Hey, sit still, will you!’’
No, I have to pose them as fol
lows: After their bath, the nurst
sets them In a row. I am ready
I have been ready for an hour.
All set. Distance perfect. Light
marvelous. Background unex
celled.
Until they passed their first
year, I had maybe 17 4-5 seconds
to get them before they moved.
Today. I have 2-5 of a second.
And that means with the bell, too.
Because Emllle Is already lead
ing the stampede on me. She
wants to look In the camera. Any
of you who have ever tried to take
a snapshot of one baby, pity me.
I don't have to take one baby
five times, or five babies once. I
have to take five babies forever
and ever, amen.
NEXT: Fred Davis tells how
the qnlns broke a window and
played hob with 9100 worth of
fine necklaces. .
doctor, and the midwives, during
those first weird hours of May,
1934, when the stork alighted five
times on the Dionne stovepipe.
Maybe a few neighbors also picked
them up. I don't know.
Nurses Do the Posing
But since that morning, 20
months ago, when the lid
came down with a bang, on that
suddenly world-famous little home
in tho backwoods, the nurses, the
doctor and I, and the parents on
their visits, are the sole contacts.
In making tho pictures, the
nurses do most of the posing for
me. Until a couple of months
ago, It was not so great a trick to
pose the babies. Set them on a
tabic and dingle a little bell. That
was my act.
And mark you, ladles and gen
tlemen. that look of wonder and
Interest In those wide eyes, Is not
for you. It 1s for me.
Yes'm. I’m the guy. Dlngllng
a little bell with one hand and
trying to locus a big press camera
with the other. Standing on my
head, lying on the floor, looking
through my legs, balancing on
ono ear.
I hate to tell how many thous
and photographic plates I have
fired at those babies. It would
moke all the regular cameramen
snort with derision.
But I am only a poor wandering
minstrel. With a little bell. Or
a bright ribbon. Or a snap of the
fingers.
I am goggle-eyed from trying
to focus on five pairs of eyes at
FEDERATED CHURCH
MEMBERSHIP GAINS
A slight increase in membership
in the South Waterbury Federated
church was reported last night at
the annual meeting of the congre
gation. The number of pledges for
the year also showed a slight in
crease. Officers for the coming year
were chosen. They include: Chair
man of the finance committee, Bills
Akins; financial secretory, Mrs.
Oeorge Smith; recording secretary,
Mrs. Ruth Hales; treasurer, Fred
Benson. It was decided to have the
buildings owned by the church
painted during' 1&36.
Short talks were given by Rev.
Theodore C. Bobilin of the First
Methodist church and Rev. T. Le
Roy Crosby, pastor of the South
Waterbury Federated church.
BURNS SUCCEEDED
Storrs, Feb. 5.—Richard Barren,
a junior, of New Haven, was elected
editor-in-chief of the Connecticut
Campus, weekly under-graduate
newspaper at Connecticut State col
lege at elections Tuesday night He
succeeds Joseph B. Burns of Water
bury, who is "mayor” of 8torrs.
Mrs. Kate Reed of Matching Tyre.
England, took in a starving dog out
of kindness, and has just been fined
for having no license for It
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