New Britain herald., 1929-11-30
TIE OBSER VER- Makes Random Observations
 On the City ano Its People


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 he didn't care who knew it. The Lcgionnaire didn't feel too happy
 about it himself. Two men approach
 ed, neWspapermen who were allow ed to take the short cut to the
 grave. AS the Lcgionnaire was read ing their papers. q smile spread over
 his face, he whispered into the ear
 oi another noWspaperman. Just q smile told the story. the reporter l vent over to the woman. took the
 child, not a word was said until the | mother kissed him. then there Wus a rather weak "cut that stuff" Half way up the avenue of graves they
 met the sergeant; he turned his l back and tied his shoe lace. It was
 already tied and there was a doubt | in the mind Of the crowd whether 1 ne could see 1t or not. Then q sailor
 came to talk and tell his story which of course was about the cures. He had arrived very carly At the grave, he said, was q little four months old baby who had not used it's hands since birth After praying short while the baby'S mother gave it a rattle which the baby shook violently for the firSs time. The sailor said he let a WhoOp out of him and he was forced to move on. As far as the eye could reach was q single line Of people silently moving ever so slowly ill and out the tombstones barely visible through the thick mist of Sunday morning. In that line were persons who went out of curiosity, but be- fCre they reached the grave. they too, were overcome by awe. Young
 men nineteen or twenty. far iron
 deaths door, helped mother to hold babies. brought chairs to crippla as,
 and gave their places in line to others whose health wouldn't allow them to remain three or four hou.s in the open.
 One of the most impressive sights
 was father carrying d baby. He
 vas crying; the mother walked along side crying too. Just then, q Jar or holy water dropped to the ground. It didn't break-in an 1n
 atant, the mother stopped crying. saying that it was the best sign Of the day. little girl thinking the bottle had broken. went to the mother and said "Mother said for you to take half of this, Willie doesn't need it all" She was rcas- sured that the jar wasn't broken and she ran Dac.s 10 tell her folks.
 Things were happening too fast for the sailor who announced him. self as being in favor of the Rcd Cross taking care of the helpless. At about this time lunch hour ap- preached and the Observer asked the sailor to go down town to lunch with him. The sailor confessed that he didn't have any money. but the invitation stood. Going out of the gate, the sailor spicd an old couple trying to get out of q taxi cab. Tho woman was paralyzed and the old man couldn't carry her. The sailor tcok the old lady in his arms, turH- ed back announcing 10 the Observer that she was somebody's mother, and that lunch date would have to be called off. The last seen of him he was brushing a policeman aside. hCaded for the short cut to the grave, the old man hobblng after hlm with a bottle of holy water clutchcd firmly Tn both his hands,
 Down town Maiden reflected the spirit of Holy Cross Cemetery. too. The sight of q taxi cab driver cry ing certainly proved something. H. vas talking to an aged woman who wanted to get to the cemetery to pray that her son, her only support be returned to her. During tire war. he was listed killed in action. and she wanted to go to the grave to pray that a mistake had been made. The taxi man, an cX-ScrviCeman. himself, managed to say hop in and the Observer noted that the flag on the meter was still up, proving the driver would have to pay for the trip himself
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