The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-06

tiof1s g of the -,'T M - country in race against Death. The value CD of the sky ships as instruments of destruction in war has already been demonstrat- ed. Their future potentialities in that capacity are too frightful to be contemplated. Careening in the heavens has not yet become a :. generally popular pastifne but the aifplane can be an indirect means of furnishing amusement to those who prefer to take their diversion on the ground. A Pan American clipper ship Is bringing cargo of Goonies from the Midway Islands tO the Fleishacker ZOO in San Francisco where their ceremonial dancing Is expected t0 provide belly laughs for the visitors to that garden. The trip ought to please the GoonteS as much as their ar1- ties should delight their watchers. Accustomed to flying thousands of miles on their annual mtgra. ton from the Aleutian, Islands, the Goonies must be getting 8 great kick out of having someone do their .winging for them. For them the jaunt to California comes under the head of a bus mans holiday.
 The Gooney
 Depending tor information on a1 Associated Press dispatch from the Coast 1t Is learned that the Gooney Is a black and white bird which waddles like a duck, makes an odd clacking sound with his (and her) long beak, and have eye markings which suggest the use of makeup. During the mating season the Gooney goes dance- nutty. The love birds face each other, rear their heads skyward, then duck to the ground and rise touching peaks. Then they duck their heads first under one wing and then under the other and roll their eyes to the sky while other for the moment un-engaged Goonies stand around in a circle clacking their beaks in steadily in- creasing rounds of applause. Some fun, huh?
 Dancing Goonies
 While 1t might appear at first that Goonies are to be found only in the islands of the Pacific or in the Fieishacker zoo such is not the case. We have had them around here for a long time with out recognizing them. We thought they were the run-of-the-mill spielers to be observed in any and every Dine and Dance" joint which infests, the countryside. The dance floor Qoonies indulge in the same terpsichorean man nerisms which characterize their feathered examplars. They wad- de like ducks and drakes; they roll their lamps skyward; and the eyes of the females, to say noth. ing about their faces. scream not suggest the use of makeup. Not having peaks to clack or touch to- sether the human 0oonies have to be content with jostling chins, rubbing noses, and scraping fore. heads. And unlike the Windward Island type, which only dances when 1t means romance, the Dine and Dance" Gooney cuts loose when all 1t means Is an abraded chin, Q skinned snout, a beard-roughened forehead, and a father of sweat.
 Merit System Goonies
 It must not be thought that the Midway Island variety and the Dine and -Dance" type are the only species of the genus Gooney. We have also Merit System Coon. les who just now are checking bealks, rubbing bills, ducklng heads In reverence to each other, and rolling their eyes skyward to show the heavenly inspiration of their purpose to impose the ballyhooed plan upon the citizenry of Water bury. They are quite as serious In their activities as are the new. corners to the Fleishacker Zoo. as economically inclined, and just as funny. Funnier if anything. rs
 Enough Is Too Much!
 Tn considering any plan as revo-