The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-22
.A sMILE's THE THING"

| . HI "A SMILES THE THING" .r Good evening. < '77' {: ,T \. EDISON IS BURIED Death felled a giant oak tree. In the forest of mankind, The lid that marked each burning
 eye
 Is drawn down like blind, The brain in that thrilled life's
 millions, So creative in its day. Is frozen in the ice of death. A great hearts laid away, A billion lights from coast to coast, Last night at ten. grew dim. A tribute to his genius, for They seemed part of him, Reminder to America.
 Perhaps at the nations height, What life would be to all of us, Without his brilliant light. Grim generations yet unborn, Some day will sing his fame. Across the road of centuries, They'll chant a magic name, God merely loaned him for time. To ease the path of men, And then he beekoned from on
 high, And called him home again.
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 J. J. D. of 57 South View street contributes the following smiles: It used to be that ladies faces made their fortunes. Now their fortunes make their faces .. Once ladies showed the styles. now the styles show the ladies .. Once their dresses hid their shapes. Now their shapes hide their dress es The United States of America has 49 capitols and 48 states. (That last one sounds like a Ripley.-The Ed.) With doughnut dunking growing in popularity, why not call restaurants, dunkeries?
 o-O-o The chap who worries about what is going to happen, hasn't time to think about what has happened.
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 DING, DING . .. Times certainly change,
 Old programs don't last, Years ago if a gal smoked,
 SHE WAS FAST.
 ,o-O-o A man with growth of beard must first ssrop before he can shop.
 o-O-o They talk about the concert of nations, but Japan and China seems to be striking sour notes.
 ,F o-O-o, Sometimes chip of the old bIock turns out 10 be a mere silver.
 A picture isn't the only thing that gets framed.
 OH l DON'T KNOW A football game packs thrills ga-
 lore,
 In fact it's simply grand, X FLASH upon the football field, A FLASK up in the stand.
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 Two hearts that beat as one. Mir and Mrs Algernon Hartman,
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 The French premier is said to be very dark. We trust he'll have no secrets of this kind. Many a haif-baked citizen. Is seen eating a well-baked apple. o-O-o
 SYNCOpATION The girl who turned out home-
 made fudge,
 Just sits arOunu, she's blue, Her place is taken by the gal, Who turns out good home brew.
 O-O"O The man who is able to save a dollar nowadays Is financial wiz ard.
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 People wno never cared to meet anybody for years are forced to meet expenses now. o-O-O A fat man always makes his WEIGH in the world.
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 Love may be blind. but Judging by the clothes in- volved, it's certainly not color blind.
 The deposed King of Spain says member of his lamily will be back on the throne some day. suppose he figures, into each life some REIGN must fall.
 o-O-o People stopped in to watch the village blacksmith at work. Chil- dren, especially. But nobody hangs around while an auto me- chanic is laboring. The air Is generally blue with cussing.
 OH DEAR ME The girl who keeps track of her
 kisses,
 (PeddIcd to Tommy and Rob- Must be an accomplished statis-
 tician, She's certainly got quite a job.
 O-O-o FIRST CITIZEN-"What do you think of the stock market?" SECOND CITIZEN-"What don't I think of it."