The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-11

| It's a funny story.
 George and I work at the same 1 pIace-Merchants National Bank.
 He's teller No. and I'm teller No. | 3. We're mighty good friends.
 working next to each other like that.
 We'll, early last Spring George gets engaged to the prettiest kind | of Brunette-blue eyes, black hair and swell figure. Her name was
 Patsy Betts-and, boy, were they l in love! / Made good-looking couple, too. George may be sort of cotton-headed and skinny for his six feet, but he's not bad looking gink. They planned to get married in June and were talking about big honeymoon.
 Then one day George picks up the paper and reads an editorial
 headed "Now's the Time to Build" It went on to say that any one thinking of building anything in
 the next five years ought to build it right then. 1t pointed out that
 the cost of everything and wages
 were bound to go up under the
 presidents New Deal program | just like they have-and that those
 who built right then would save money and would help bring back prosperity.
 That got George to thinking, and he got it into his head that they | ought to spend what little money | they had on cottage instead of putting it into a big honeymoon. He had lot out in Glenwood | Heights he had bought in an un- | guarded moment three years be- fore, and he figured he could take what he was going to spend on a
 honeymoon-and maybe borrow a
 little more-and put them up a | nice little bungalette.
 PLANS. BIDS AND
 BATTLING GO-GETERS. Patsy didn't like the idea at | first. She said she didn't expect to get married but once, and she | wanted real honeymoon.
 "A honeymoon is something you
 can't put off," she said. "If you put it off, it isn't a honeymoon
 it's just a trip"
 But George had answers to all her objections. He told her they didn't have to go away off some where to be happy on their honey
 moon, and he talked about how pretty little bungalette would be -one like a doll house on the back of their lot with pretty lawn and flowers in front. I
 we can pay for it in little or no time," he said, "and then it'll be ours and we'll be more indepen- dent. We'll be saving our rent, and | if tn s1yddnnIry fQIyn a turn for the worse again and I was to lose my job. we wouldn't be in such fix.
 What the country has just come through" he said, "has taught me a lesson" Well, Patsy finally saw it his way-and they got busy on their plans. Georges father is little contractor and carpenter down in
 Coldwater, and they got him to come up to superintend the job and help them draw the plans.
 They figured he'd save them a lot of money.
 George went around skipping through the clouds. He and Patsy and MT Gilbert-that's Georges father-conferred and figured for two Or three days before they had a floor plan that suited them, but they had a great time.
 We've got it at last, Gates" Gecr said triumphantly one morning. "Take look at it."
 And from all I could see, it was going to be right cute little place living room with wall-bed, good sized bedroom, bath, breakfast nook \ and kitchenette. It had lot of built-in features, too-book shelves, closets, kitchen cabinet, ironing board and all that.
 They figured they'd have to keep