The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17

The man who dreams of heaven, I On nights that are quite hot. Sure picks a nicer subject. Than the other torrid spot.
 Out in the backyard garden. New vegetables are seen.
 And all the neighbors chickens
 Sing, "The Picking of the Green" a~+ Knitted suits for ladies. Are all the rage this spring.
 And knitted brows on walking males, I
 Are also quite the thing.
 1 trust this bit of nonsense.
 Will cause your heart to sing. 1t just recalls the potent fact
 That a smile is quite the thing.
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 Waterburians who know Bill Fleming. for years Identified with the theatrical racket, recall that Bill was always an optinist. Whether the box office was click. ing or whetehr 1t wasn't, Bill kept smiling. For the past several months he has been treating for his voice and although Bill is only able to talk in a whisper, the old smile is still around. Yesterday he dropped in to shake hands and be- fore leaving we coaxed a poem from his effects, a bit of poetry penned by Bill, to prove again that a smiles the thing. Here 1t is: Gee I wonder if it's my lucky day,
 You know what I mean when I I walk around trying to meet, An old acquaintance upon the street.
 The other day I will agree,
 met George, Joe and Al, you They said hello with great delight,
 Of course I answered with keen insight.
 Their eyes opened wide, when l r whispered low,
 They thought was kidding and told me so,
 I convinced them that l was scri..
 And they asked where got that stuff. They wanted to know IT. would told them. yes, but the Lord knows when. s. o-O-o
 Life is just a feather duster to the former wardrobe of . fowl. o-O-o
 The tandem bike developed the worlds first back seat driver. o-O-o
 Years ago, when blue laws held sway, If a person got in bad he was placed in stocks. And to-day, cer- tain stocks still get you in bad financially speaking. o-O-o
 Now they should stage a talkathon and the three win-
 ners automatically joining the
 ranks of election spell bind- .ers. o-o-o
 The trouble with knit suits is due to the fact that so many lizzy nit.wits want to wear 'erl1. o-O-o
 Editor Day by Day: Perhaps this is not suitable for your column, but 1 hope you may find room for 1t some place in the Democrat. went visiting 6 short time ago to Q family that hasn't had such smooth sailing, especially the last six months. And was surprised to find them all happy and really en. toying life. I asked them how they did 1t. And they told me by read ing. They read all the magazines and books procurable. And have acquired quite an education in this way. Before the depression they were kept busy running around. Now l noticed they spoke e much finer language, used softer words and seemed to have acquired q DO. fish they never had before. r I wonder if this depression hasn't been Q good thing after all. won- der if 1t hasn't taught us that there Is something else in life besides money. So many of us had an idla that money was everything. I think we have been punished for falling to take advantage of the natural things all about us. books. nature and everything else. I think reading Is grand and l can tell by your writing that you must do a lot of 1t. When was a child I read q great deal. And now IT find 1t 50 comforting with 50 much time on my hands. Sincerely --S. H. l..
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 The man with but single thought is of course a bachelor. o-O-o a {! Political conventions remind mo of three ring circus. Pro- | fessional ring masters crack 1 ing whips and the performers doing their stuff. t | o-O--o
 Words of wisdom, the wise
 men forgot: "Be good to your
 health and your health viii be
 good to you." H. o--O-o This concludes our program for the evening. It came to you over DBD and was broadcast by the | Waterbury Evening Democrat, pio. neer In this typo of newspaper
 work. We are signing off nt this ,tIme, to be back on the afr again tomorrow evening at the usual
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