The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-04
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 Hv Olive Roberts Barton
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The other day a woman got on the street car with a tiny boy in tow.
 Evidently Fritz, or Tattors or Cecil, or whatever tho dogs name was, had come to see them or on thoir trip to town.
 However. the parting was too much for hlm. With the agility of a moth, hc shot between tho legs. of two policemen standing on the platform, wigglod past tho eond uetor. .motorman, and wormed his way through a forest of feet to the other end of the car.
 "I can't tako the dog along" {" walled the lady. "Tcll tho motor. man to stop the car 80 he can Ind hts way home"
 But the motorman, now behind timo, had other things to think about besides dogs. He had start- cd off with hit foot hard on the gas, 50 to speuk, and ho was mak' Ing the most of tho groon lights
 "oh, doar, if he goes too fal hell get lost" said tho worried lady ambiguously.
 "sure he will" agreed every. body. And everybody agreed. too that no one can go shopping With a baby and n dog, lt just couldn'l bo done, No, sir! Nobody could have a dog traipsing at her heels, getting ehoked in swinging doort and tramped on in elevators, even # the fioorwalkers didn't see him and put him out,
 Sigh of Relief
 So pressure was brought Co beur on tho motorman about three blocks down, and Fritzy, or Tat. ters, or Cecil, was passed from hand to hand and foot to foot and gently but firmly evieted. Ho nearly got hts head cut ofi trying to get back to the family but at last he was clear, Fifty weeks stretched to look back and when his yellow form was seen ut last standing forlornly, but safely, on tho sidewalk, n sigh oi reliof went up, if one can heai oven an orchestral sigh over ths noise of our cars.
 "Ho's safe. Hell 20 homo Don't worry"
 It was n general introduction Everyone talked to everyone else Even tho grumps got chummy.
 Weli-that was not all. B, and by ome one discovered [ sparrow sitting on the edge of ai open ventilator. Bets went 'roun, as to how long he would stay. Th' bird. however, had some shoppinI to do, too, evidently, and a i've mile trip free of charge on tn, street car was more to his tast, than flying.
 He sat and preened himself, \, he would look his best. Then h settled down and just rode. | Perhaps he made the loop. A any rate he was there when tn crowd got off.
 Laugh and let Laugh People waiting for the car mus have thought the circus was over The disembarking passengers wer grinning like school let out. | A dog and bird! Funny onl because they were out of place.
 Too bad to task on moral {, just plain fun. but think 1t true that there Is merrimont al ways around the corner if w would stretch our necks. Famil life is always so much happier fo laughter. is the best medicin under the sun. What we look ol as trouble can often be switche, to anangle of comedy if we cul tivate that saving grace, a sens of humor. Children laugh becaus they see fun in most things. Ho, quickly we kill 1t. Why can't W let them laugh and laugh witt them?
 Just like a lot of kids" It & good sign when peoplpe say tha of parents. What this countr need Is fun. We are starving our l aeluaa unnAceaaa rlIv I think