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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-08

1 Forget iti We're all right just as we are," she declared with one of her lazy gestures. "Get your hat and come on, and let's go and play contract with the
 Tisdales."
 That wasn't the end of it, of course. He let it go at that just ! then, but he came back to the sub- 1 ject again and again. Finally, however, he grew discouraged and gave her up.
 But the MIRA. helped him out of it. The MIRA, Tisdales young
 son and daughter, and Miss Poppy Parsons, head of the Parsons
 School of Dancing. Every week.
 day for years MT Biggin had taken the seven-forty-five train in to the city. This got him promptly at
 his desk by eight-twenty-five
 sharp. Now, thanks to the com pany's reorganization under the MIRA. his services were not re- quired for an hour later. As for the young Tisdales,~ their part in | it was purely incidental. Ere quently when he and Mrs Biggin had been at the Tisdales, the youngsters had come trooping in with bevy of friends, and-tak- | ing up the rugs and turning on the radio-had danced half the l4night away, while, solemnly play ing contract with his contem- poraries, he had looked enviously on, never having taken a dance step in his life.
 Now with this extra hour at his disposal he could learn to dance, | and occasionally join in the fun. And, best of all, take a real part in the approaching party Went worth, Stevens and Brown were giving their employees.
 And so he had set off briskly
 every morning at the usual time, and walked the mile and a half to Medbury, the adjoining town to Pinehurst, where Miss Poppy Par sons lived and where she had agreed to give him the early morn ing dancing lesson.
 WITH A LIGHT HEART
 HE ENTERED THE BUNGALOW
 With a heart as gay as a boys he turned in at the brown bunga- low where Poppy lived with her family.
 But his gayety dropped from him when, in the middle of his lesson, one of Peppy's brothers shot in with the information that the TAO train had been wrecked half a mile out from the Pinehurst sta- tion.
 ". two coaches, off the track. Sixteen people hurt"
 Good lord!" MT Biggin ex- claimed weakly, "My wife! She she thinks I'm on it! Where's your telephone?" And trembling and feeling sick at his stomach and more gravely disturbed than he had ever remembered to have been in all the sixteen years of his mar ried life he got Pinehurst and Mrs Biggin.
 A lot of people hurt. But I'm all right! Not a scratch or a bruise. Rushed here to this little hash joint at the edge of town-nearest telephone I could find that wasn't in use. Wanted to get in touch with you right away, of course, to let you know I'm absolutely all right"
 Mrs Briggs said anxiously, ''why is your voice shaking SOP"
 "Well, naturally" he replied, with slightly injured air, "what I have been through has given me a good deal of a nervous shock"
 It was as nothing, however, com pared to the shock he got two weeks later at the company party. He was dancing with little Bonnie Hutchins when it happened. Bon- nie was one of the youngest of his fellow employees.
 You're dancing swell, MT Big
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-08
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 Real Life

wrapped about her.
 "Didn't you know she was com ing?"
 '.No. I didn't know"
 "You don't think she-she'n ball you out, or anything, do you?" Bonnie asked nervously.
 Certainly not!" he said. But. he wished to God he knew what she was going to do! 'I think, however, I'd better hand you over to some one and-er-join her"
 "Oh, surei" said Bonnie, with relief. 'Sure!"
 But before it had been accom- plished there was Julia Biggin tap ping Bonnie on the shoulder. Excuse me, my dear, if exer- else an older woman's privilege and cut in on you" she said, T want to dance with my husband" THERE'S NO FOOL
 LIKE AN OLD ONE"
 Well" she said to him, falling into position,-Julia, who, to his certain knowledge, had never danc- ed a step in her life,-"well, it's certainly true, all right-there is no fool like an old one! Unless" she added chuckling, tits an older one." She was a year and half older than he was.
 He stared at her. in amazement. In her shimmering white gown, with big blue velvet roses on her shoulder, her hair just right, and her eyes shining, she was the pret- tiest thing on the floor, he thought. And how she was dancing! i've been having 8 few lessons myself" she said.
 But how the devil did you know was having 'em?"
 "The telephone operator gave you away, the morning of the wreck, when you called me up. 'Medbury calling Pinehurst,' she said. And you told me you were calling from that hash joint near the Pinehurst station. So-smell- ing large rat-I followed you the next morning"
 "Td have told you about the darned dancing lessons if I hadn't known you'd guy me. What was figuring on doing was learning, and getting up and showing you."
 You're showing me right now!" she cried admiringly. i've got to hand it to you! You're dancing as if you'd done 1t all your life. But-" her eyes met his, laugh ing yet at the same time grave, "but that's not the only thing you've shown me! I'm hep to a lot of things about myself that I wasn't before! If there's any step ping out to be done in this family and I hope there'll be a lot we'll do it together-the same as we used to dol" And laying her smooth brown head on his breast where Bonnie's yellow head had rested she said gaily, Come on now, let's turn loose!" A THE END
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-08

"Mm," she murmured, mot that anybody could notice." Stretching out her plump, short-fingered hand she took doughnut from the plate in front of her. The doughnuts ! were rich and crisp and delicately brown and had been rolled in pow dered sugar. There had been nine of them when she and Mrs Biggin sat down at the table. Now there were three.
 'T was wondering" MT Biggin said, revolving slowly before the mirror, Eff we are not having a little too much for breakfast, per haps. If we oughtn't to cut out the doughnuts, maybe. r." he met his own middle-aged eyes in the mirror and something secret and proud came into them; something faintly excited and amused. q certainly don't want to be getting fat!"
 "Oh, be your age!" Julia Biggin said 1t lightly, but she had been saying something like it much too often lately.
 The Bigginses were a pair of practical, solid, middleaged people
 
 bodies had begun to sit back com were. But something had happened brought Thomas Biggin to his mental feet; he had gone with one of the men from the office where he worked,-he was with Vent worth, Stevens and Brown, whole I,o k1 talk on business phychology, and had been greatly stirred by it.
 No slowing down to anchor at forty-five or fifty. A new go at life. More will-to-power. Fresh contacts. New friends. New habits. These and other slogans he had carried enthusiastically home to Mrs Biggin.
 But, Tt sounds dreadful to me-" she had declared. "All that stirring around at our time of life!" THERE YOU ARE
 THAT'S THE POINT'
 "There you are! That's exactly the point. It's all wrong to be thinking and talking of our time life!' We're as old as we think we are,-as old as we feel"
 ''Well, I don't feel as if I were quite the oldest thing in the world" she said, with the rich little chuckle that often rolled along after her words" but I am forty-eight years old, and I'm certainly not going to try to kid myself into feeling I'm only twenty-five!"
 "A little honest kidding along that line would be darned sight more helpful than all this-er-" MT Biggin recalled a phrase of the physchologist's and brought it forth impressively," this sinking into middle-aged decay"
 Mrs Biggin shuddered. What an awful way to put it! If there's anything decaying around here I haven't noticed it."
 "We're a pair of old stick-in- the-muds, and we ought to get over it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-08

Persia's first cement factory has just been started near Teheran.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-08

4 Sightseeing round the Brass City. . South Main street from Liberty to Washington is going to demand plenty of street department attention before it sustain summer traffic What holes What holes The horse the Carrie Weon memorial fountain is turning green with age would look much better it cleaned up like the Soldiers Monument the other end of the Green. Cold weather played havoc with all outdoor clocks this win ter. No two synchronzed. Good times must be
 at hand Look at all the nice store fronts that fleet credit our business section today More snap shots taken of the fountain in the small pond at the entrance of Hamilton park this winter than any other in the city, Its ice coat changing and quite work Df not art but nature at it's best If the Legislature of 1881 had allowed the city to shift the burden of taking of Thomaston the highway department wouldn't have the conditions that worst winter in years have produced this horoughfare legally under struction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-08

Our humble thdnks to Vincent r. Mahoney, mander of Wheeler Young Post, Y. F. ", for coming to the ToWers aid in recent broadcast plea We asked for ta0o seaing machines for taoo mothers a0ith large fanies that they might aid i their day subsistence ScaUng machines right doavm Vmcents auey Im fact he sells them And # avere calling ths fact to peoples attention for the first tie 0ere glad because anybody acho'U donate ta0o se'0ng machines for avorthy cause deserves to get the breaks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-08

Barbs. The Greeks it has been discovered, enjoyed wrestling 25OO years ago. They still welcome to it. Primo Cameras championship le has netted him just about $34O or much pair of his shoes cost him.
 student couldn't find any words among the early Indians Their thoughts probably too vehement for utterance There eleven kinds of money in the Unit ed States would be glad get hands just Mayor LaGuardia of New York is having bust made of himself. Former Mayor OBren didn't need one he was bust himself. Amarillo celebrated day for but in other cities the mothersnaw have their days all year round Yale professors smoking adds sugar your blood There goes your diet
 An Australian radio amateur reports he just picked up message from Ohio station that had shut down year ago. Must have to him by slow rather than short wave. .. thorough scientific study at least Yeas the fact that the weaker though men knew it. The Emperor of Manchukuo couldn't get into his armored auto because of his high ha until the springs tied down former U S. postmaster general confronted with the problem had simpler solution He got car to fit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-08
MR. BIGGIN STEPSOUT|
By ALMA and PAUL ELLERBE

little Colonial house pleasant side street in of New York cts most modest suburbs and drawing his striped flannel dressing gown closely about him. regarded himself consideringiy in the mirror of the sdeboard
 D think I'm getting bit stout, maybe?" he asked anxiously of his wife, who still sat at the table
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-08

Frank T. Red" Roche, popular Connecticut motor- sa and reputed boaOler, IS lamentng his luck these days The other evemimg Red acas changing the poa0euI arc light on the front of his trolley at the Tom Plot stop Carryng i around the front of the car hs foot slipped the ice the light flew imto the air. Red q0ent doa0m and the light funded of au paces upon hs nose He acas a0earning glasses at the time, but they m,iraculousy hot broken and after cursory anaiation dscovered his ony injury to be slight lac eration of the bridge 0f his nose. And to think, thought Red seated the ce 0th the arc light ' hs lop "that through the acorst aUinter in ny periemce avithout am injury only to slp aohen au the ice and smoao practically gome (What Red really said is left to your inaagination.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-08

EDMUND CLARENCE STED- MAN prophesied airships as early as 1879. The TRANS VIAL, SOUTH AFRICA, is the worlds greatest gold produc- ing region. Three-fourths of the maple sugar in the U: s. comes from VERMONT, NEW YORK and OHIO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-08
The Cast of Characters in 1'Mr Biggin Steps Out"

THOMAS BIGGIN, who has a horror of becoming old and fat.
 JULIA, his wife, whose psychOlo- gy is "have 8 good time while the going is good"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-08

Pot Pourri Believe it or not, but J. M. Finigan of the Clock Shop smokes only Sundays. Kay Kerr is Governor John H. Trumbu celebrated his 61st birthday his home in Planve Sunday. Among his guests were MT and John Coolidge and daughter Cynthia of Cheshire Mrs Coolidge the daughter of the former chief executive of the Nutmeg state Rev Harry Flanagan stopped over for lunch yesterday the home of his mother Wilson street Father Flanagan is stationed in Greenwich.
 The International Jewelry Workers Union, local No. 9O Waterbury clock and watchmakers will hold their an- nua dance at Hamilton park, Friday evening" April 27
 The 5th annual dance of the Employees Aid Association of the Clock will be held at the same ballroom Friday music Ida Norton, Betty Hutchinson, Mary Shea and Mae and Alice Bessete have gone in for roller skating at Chase park in big way . Marion Bergin Mrs Ann Evtts Kay Norton Lena Marcano Mrs James Famigletti and Mrs Louise Schappo have organized social club which henceforth will every Tuesday evening. Mrs Afonse Fonze is patient at the Waterbury hospital Fred Leveque of the Clock shop will board rar for the great White Way
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-08
Good Evening.
THE FIRST ROBIN?
sS ams AAR n ssm soww

I knew just what she was going to say Before she began, "I saw robin today" Never knew it to fail the first nice March weather, Someone sees robin, but it's doubtful whether It's & robin leaf or merely a sparrow Looking about for some crumbs or some marrow I've never seen robin before March seventeen, That's for the see-ers with eyesight more keen. The perennial first robin sghter is just bit sharp That might go in Winsted where they wont to harp On strange things in nature freak happenings galore Three legged chickens, in December, and much  We won't deny the non-migratory robin is somewhere about, But that the bird has been visible, there's bit of doubt; And those who see robins before winters disspated
 Elm En-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-13
FRIDAY NIGHT
FIGHT CARD
CALLED OFF

Management of the Imperial VAL
ley fight arena announced this NOR
ming that the fight card which had
been arranged for Friday night has
been postponed.
Yesterday afternoon Harry Wood
bury, state boxing inspector for
this district received a telegram
from the manager of Dixie Dugan,
that his fighter would be unable to
appear here as scheduled Friday
night. He had received a badly cut
eye in a bout Monday night which
would require at least a week to
heal properly.
Woodbury. then tried to get Tony
Sousa who won the semi-final at
the Olympic club last night to take
Dugan's place against Art McCul-
lough. While carrying on these ne
gotiations the local inspector was
| informed that Mccullough was run
ming a high fever and would be un-
| able to train in time for the fight
Friday night and would have to
be kept off this weeks card.
That settled one-half the sched-
uled main event and for that rea-
son the management decided to
postpone the entire card for this
week. An effort will be made to
sign up the same program for next
weeks card If this is at all possible
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-13
By STUART CAMERON
United Press Sports Editor

NEW YORK, June IA. Latest
returns from Madison Square gar
den's box office indicate tomorrow
nights Carnera-B -Baer heavyweight
championship fight may attract a
gate of nearly 100000.
This would be the largest since the
first Sharkey-Schmeling fight in
1890, which drew $749,0O0.
Despite unfavorable publicity, and
unfavorable weather during the past
"a hours, the advance ticket sale is
simply amazing" according to the
garden. Slightly more than $250,000
in cash and about $45,000 in assured
reservations were in the safe last
night.
Similarly the betting tempo has
speeded up. Such a plenitude OF
Baer money swept into New York
yesterday that Jack Doyle, veteran
commissioner, temporarily quit TAX
ing Baer bets. He wanted more Car
nera money to show, to balance his
book.
Doyles overnight odds still had
Carnera the favorite. He offered 13
to 20 against Primo winning, and IL
to 10 against Make taking the title.
In Knockout betting, the challen-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-13
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
WHO'S DELAYING NOW?

If President Hewes and Directors
Young and Kalin of the Imperial irri-
cation District, have been trying to de-
lay and hamper construction of the ALI
American canal, as their enemies have
been charging for months past they took
a most extraordinary step yesterday.
Joined by Director Ira Aten, the three
other directors passed resolution eX-
pressing the board of directors conf
dence in the department of interior and
the reclamation service TO do the right
thing by Imperial Valley in connection
with the bids for construction of the
canal, opened last week at Yuma
The canal is to be built by direction of
and under the supervision of the depart
ment of the interior and the reclamation
service, claims and efforts of others to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Yesterdays resolution merely tells
those who are to build the canal that the
board Of directors of the irrigation dis
trict, the institution most vitality con-
cerned in the canal, has faith in the for
mer to accept one or more of the bids
submitted, if such action will be to the
interest of Imperial Valley or to reject
all bids if that course is deemed more
desirable
In other words, the Imperial Irriga-
tion District has gone on record official
ly as being willing to cooperate with the
department of the interior and the rec
lamation service.
The old saying about catching more
flies with molasses than with vinegar,
still holds true. Likewise one can get
further and get there faster by cooper
alton instead of by discord and mistrust.
The sole remaining member of the
board Of directors raised a lone voice in
opposition to the spirit of cooperation.
By his action he has placed himself on
record as willing to delay the start of
construction on the canal in futile ef-
fort to have construction done by force
account, method which the department
of the interior and the reclamation serv-
ice have declared repeatedly cannot be
used on the canal.
Director Kalin voiced the true senti-
ment of the ma jority of Imperial Valley
residents yesterday when he stated that
the people of the valley want to see the
canal started right away and lets get
going"
That is his program. 1t is also the
program of Hewes and Young and has
been their program since they assumed
office. They fought shoulder to shoulder
to expedite construction of the canal.
Director Ira Aten is to be congratulat-
ed for joining them yesterday in an eff
fort to get what the valley wants more
than anything else-actual start of work
on the canal.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-13
CARNERA-BAER BRAWL REPORTED
TO BE ATTRACTING Big CROWD

ger is favored. Doyle offers 2 to 1
against Make winning by a kayo,
and 2h to l against the champion
putting Make to sleep. The betting
is to / that if the fight goes Is
rounds, Camera will win the de-
cision.
Meanwhile Carnera remained in
his camp at Pompton Lakes, N. j.
He will come to town tomorrow for
the weighing in ceremony at l p.
m. 60 a. m. PST). Baer was believed
to be at his camp at Asbury Park,
N. Y, although unconfirmed reports
had the Livermore Larruper hiding
out in a New York residence Both
will be given their third physical
examination when they weigh in.
The commission took no action on
Makes request that he be allowed
to use the same dressing room as
Primo at the garden bowl, "in order
to keep up the big baloney's spirits
until we get into the ring"
While Camera was going through
an excellent workout after return
ing to his camp from the physical
exam yesterday, the United Press
learned that he had done 20 days of
"secret boxing" while supposedly
roughing it at Moosehead Lake,
Maine. That was just before Primo
started his five week grind at
Pompton Lakes. Carnera denied he
had boxed three or four rounds daily
with two Montreal heavyweights at
Moosehead Lake, but Charley Mil
Ter, manager of the Moosehead
camp insisted he did.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-13

away from Robins bird bath. And
I have plenty Of beans. So let the
Bad Chaps come!"
%Oh, mol DcnUl" begged Miss
Mouse. 81 don't mind so much for
myself, but I don't want the June
Walk spoiled for the children. They
have been counting on it such a
long time and this is such a lovely
day for it. Don't let the Bad Chaps
come!"
We'll, I can't stop them from
coming" said Uncle Wiggily, but if
they do I'll drive them away with
, my Cat Gun"
"You are so brayel" whispered
Miss Mouse, looking at Uncle Wig
gily with one eye while with the
other she looked up at the sky. Now
childrenl" she called. Get ready
The June Walk is about TO start!"
With the girl animals in one line
and the boy animals in the other
line, away they went into the woods.
Uncle Wiggily marched at the head
of the procession, and Miss Mouse
crept along behind. Thus Uncle
Wiggily could see first any Bad
Chaps that might pop out And Miss
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-13
UNCLE WIGGILY's JUNE WALK
By HOWARI

A bell jingled in the hollow stump
bungalow of Uncle Wiggily Long
ears. Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the
muskrat lady housekeeper, who went
to see, Or rather, to listen to who
it was, gave squeak.
Its for you, Uncle Wiggly." said
Nurse Jane.
Il wonder who can be calling me
on the telephone so early in the
morning." murmured Mr.. Long
ears. For it was early. The forty
leven sixteen rabbit boys and girls
had left for school only little
while before. II wonder" said Un-
Gle Wiggily.
The best way TO find out is TO
answer the telephone" squeaked
Nurse Jane, laughing
II suppose So" answered Uncle
Wiggily. So he went to the tele-
phone and said: "Hello!" And some
one else said "Hello!" And then
Uncle Wiggily listened and his wife
and Nurse Jane wondered who was
talking TO him. But he soon told
them.
That was the Lady Mouse Tea
cher in the Hollow Stump School" "
said the rabbit gentleman.
What does she want?" asked
Mrs. Longears. Does she expect you
10 give her piggie-back ride as you
did Baby Bunty?"
"Oh. no." chuckled Mr. Longears
But there is going to be June
Walk at the school and she wants
10 know if you and I wouldn't ike
TO come along, Nurse Jane, too"
Whats a June Walk?" asked
Nurse Jane. 1T is something like a
party or anything good to eat?'
ITS more like a party" said I'm
Gle Wiggily And, of course, you can
eat on June Walk, suppose"
II know what they are, 3" said Mrs,
LongearS. "I used to go on them
with my teacher when was little
girl rabbit. The teacher takes the
whole school for a walk in the wood 6
some sunny day in June. That's why
IL is called a June Walk. It's jolly
good fun. But / can't go. / am too
busy"
80 am T." said Nurse Jane.
Then / suppose I'll have to go,
sad Uncle wiggily. "As matter OF
fact, Miss Mouse is like the lady who
lived in a shoe. She has so many
children she doesn't know what tc
do. She thinks they would be toe
many for her TO look after while
June Walking in the woods and she
wants me along TO help"
Then hop along, Wiggy," advised
his wife. THE children will be gooc
with you and it will be help fol
Miss Mouse. Thank her for invit-
ing Nurse Jane and me and say We
may come another time"
1t did not take the rabbit gentle