The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-10

 i "A SMILES THE THING" Good evening. o-O-O DECEMBER Sad and sulIen. Depressed and blue, But occasionally the sun, Comes shining through. o-O--o Imagine trying to engrave the Lords prayer in Chinese on the head of 8 pin. o-O-o
 Stump speeches are like the stumps of cigars, worth noth- ing after being used.
 o-O-o England threatens to curtail im- ports If she is forced to meet her war debt obligation. She might sell a battleship to meet payment.
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 In the stone age suppose rock candy was the especial delight of the yougnsters.
 o-O-o ePople who live cold lives can hardly expect neighbors to warm up to them.
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 THE GAME They call 1t a game, perhaps 1t Is, A game that we play every day, Some win prize in the end. Some gather tears on the way.
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 If they give beer by Christmas poor old Santy Claus will meet stiff competition from John Barley corn.
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 Courage is not confined to battlefields. As a matetr of fact it is more spontaneous in the humdrum fields of life.
 .0-O-o Generals plan great battles but the general run of soldiery fight em.
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 Truth crushed to earth mere- Iy becomes crushed truth, poets and philosophers notwithstand-' ing.
 o-O--o The human wage scale is gener- ally pretty well scaled down by in- humaps.
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 People often succeed not because of luck, but rather in spite of it.
 AND AWAY
 Silence is golden,
 Just like a valued tome,
 And there are times,
 When all of us
 Just crave to be alone.
 o-O-o One touch of depression seems to make the whole world kin. o-O-o Christians was born of hap piness. But to some of us 1t comes at a tragic moment.
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 Shuttle board is nothing new. lot of boarding mattresses can tell you how their board has been shuffled.
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 Many an accident is prevent ed by a back seat driver.
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 Authors color stories. But press agents paint them in the gaudy crimsons that gravitate to life.
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 THINKING To chill n torrid heart, When life slips out of gear And we coast, sans map or chart. o-O-o Existence is just 8 journey, marked by many sad stop. o--O-o Work is tail for our kite. without it we'd come tumbling to earth and crash amid thousand pieces. o-O-o Football fans seldom need any, thanks to the weather. o-O-O And who can remember the old corn doctor who always wore diamond ,horseshoe stickpin in his loud chravat! o-O-o When business is dull its time for business men to sharpen up and improve conditions. o-O-o A lot of vets expect Santy Claus presence to be known this Christmas by the clink Of Life to some is just a bed Of poses; what has become of the old fashioned Waterbury wife who ! used to have her husbands picture enlarged? o--O--o Too many full course dinners produce a coarse appearance. o-O-o The trouble with the stock market is due to the fact that nobody seems to take much stock in 1t. o-O-o Years ago a kitchen set meant mop, broom and brush. NOW US a painted table with four chairs. o-O-o so IT GOES Just another day, Cropping for the light, Just another day, Just another night. O-O--o What will the home brew stores sell after ale and lager return. to the brass rail? o-O--O After all we're merely c1um- sy architects. Nothing we build lasts, just comes tumbling down. o-O--Q DREAMERS We're merely dreamcrs, Tn life's great vineyard fair,