The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-09
Good evening.
 THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
"a SMILES THE THING.

Then under his direction and his wisdom. You'll find the way to do your chosen part. To bring dash of comfort. yes of sunshine. Into a weary. struggling manly heart. For you can touch the fount of happy giving. Bring smiles to faces looking for the sun, And what joy to you on Christmas morning. To know the Christmas good that you have done. This is our little heart throb. now we pause. Oh, won't you be somebody's $ Santy Claus9
 o--O--o Then there is the veil which covers the vale in which we live.
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 Men become chained to ideals when ideals form the strongest links in their chain.
 O--O-o A dream is merely an oasis in the burning desert of life.
 o-O--o It may be an old age pen- sion but 1t certainly has young Ideas. o-O-o Men who make their mark in the world generally make a few remarks later on.
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 The things VIC build
 Soon crumbIe and decay, Tie years when counted
 Make . single day.
 O-~-O---o Christmas should exemplify the spirit of giving. But 6 Not of peo- pie see 1t only as receiving.
 o--O--o Giving q girl a present is no longer Q tough case. You can give her q cigarette case.
 o--O--o An optimist Is man who has put new cross links in hfs tire chains.
 People who face life with nothing more than q smile have a good chance of break ing into the tooth paste ad- vertisements.
 o---O---o With leap year almost over, 1t doesn't take q sage to figure out what Q lot of girls would like for Christmas.
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 so IT GOES We all play n game
 Of smiles, often tears, Then lose, to remember Our loss through the years.
 o--O--o European nations should think of war debts before they start a war.
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 What has become of the old fashioned Waterbury mother who always kept the wish bone of the Thanksgiving tur- key until Christmas and then shad father pull ends with her?
 O--O--o It would seem by all the talk in the streets that the Christmas cheer fund this year IS having competition from the Christmas beer fund.
 Russia repudiated her war debts and started q fsvc-year plan. And nothing happened to upset the equilibrium of the world.
 Roosevelt says there Is q vast difference between picking cabi- net and selecting one. Or drafting for that matter.
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 DRIFTING Ships with white sails.
 Putting to sea,
 Cargo on cargo.
 A ship symphony.
 o---O--o Lobsters turn red when cooked. So do a lot of people.
 o--O--o A word to the wise gener- ally sounds otherwise.
 o--O--o A 1ibeioug newspaper story makes m ink stain that no spot remover will ever take out.
 o--O--O Hoover will take a long va, cation after quitting the presi- dency. And Roosevelt looks to Do in for long period of work. TO the victor belongs the iabors. Money may Dc the root of all evil but people are generally roots ing for t.
 o--O--o People who like to drift with the tide should stay away from the sea- shore.
 o-O--o This concludes our regular Erie day evening program. It came 70 you over DBD and was broadcast by the Waterbury Evening Demo- crat, pioneer ifi this type of news- paper work. We are signing off ak this time, to be back on tho afr again tomorrow with our usual Saturday broadcast
 o-O--o Good night.