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kept open and MT. Furness will have an opportunity to return here, should the play not last through the winter season.
 In his place the officers and di- rectors of the Civic Theater con- slider placing different directors for the productions as they come along Several graduates of the Yale School of Dramatic Art, at present in this state, are under consideration. They are considered high-type and come highly recommended.
 Announcements as to selections will be forthcoming from time te time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-10
REPORT TO COACH

Hartford, Conn, Sept. l0-(UP)- Several members of last years freshman football team reported to Varsity Coach Dan lessee today as drills continued for the opening game with Vermont, September 24. Chester Fecharoli New London, was among those reporting. He was expecting to take a place in the backfleld,
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Boy Injured

Edwin White, 12, of 738 North Main street, suffered @ hand in- jury Thursday night when struck by an automobile operated by Alphonse Lauria of 128 Platt street, police reported today. The driver said the boy ran into the side of the car.
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Driver Held

Philip Beaudry, 25, charged with reckless driving, received . continuance to Monday in city court today. He was ar- rested by Motor Patrolmen John Culleton and James Wagner after an investigation of an ac- cident on Congress avenue, near James street, early today.
 Police charge that Beaudry was the driver of . delivery truck which struck and over turned . large sedan. The driver was not on the scene when police arrived to investi- gate.
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and zonino, Planning: Mariana and Nardello, gum cutting; Lewis and Berno in the Fabric Shoe mill; Mar toni and Empoliti from the mech- anical department; and the Meng- acci-Delucia team of the gaytee de- partment.
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Rehearsal

The Brass City Girls Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps will have their new instruments available for weekly rehearsal in Grange hall next Monday evening at ' o'clock All members are urged to be on hand as a group photograph will be taken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-10
Hawthorne Lodge

William F. Harvey presided at Q meeting of Hawthorne Lodge, Order of St. George last night in Foresters' hall. Plans for e social program following the next meet ing, September g were made.
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Returns to Hospital

Private Harold Parker of the Waterbury Fire Department, who was seriously injured in South Main street blaze, February, 1887, has returned to St. Mary's Hos- pital for further treatment. He entered the hospital September 8.
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Speaker

noon at 3 o'clock in the Masonic home, Wallingf0rd. Local Ma sonic groups have been invited to attend. Delegations will leave from the Masonic Temple on West Main street at 2 o'clock. At the lodges first meeting Mondy night in Masonic Temple, the entered apprentice degree will be exemplihed.
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Masonic Services

Rev. Theodore c. Bobilin, pas tor of the First Methodist church will preach and Charles Platt will direct the choir at the annual services of Continental Lodge of MasOns tomorrow after
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-10
Skunk Invades Office: Employees Move Out
Volunteer Sacrifices Himself to Remove Animal ent-Teachers Assn to Meet Tuesday at Sprague
E~ WATERVILLE
 Mrs. R. W. HeniOn-17s6 ThomastOn Ave.-Tel S-54es

Waterville, Sept. 10.-The main office of the Waterville branch of the Scovill Manufacturing company has seen many odd employees come and 90, but the plant superinten- dent had one unregistered employe yesterday morning, that couldn't be fired. Some people call them Wood Pussy's, others, Pole Cats, but the fact remains that it was nothing less than Q plain ordinary skunk that took possession of the office, the furniture, and the fixtures and refused to be moved.
 Stenographers, typists, secretaries and bookkeepers, who dragged them- selves listless to their daily tasks, were electrified into action and en- tered the unexpected game of hide and seek with & decided amount of enthusiasm. Mir. or Mrs, Cit hasn't been determined yet) skunk was "it"
 The purchasing agent made a heroic attempt to get home free, but found his way blocked by others going in the same direction; behind each door was typist; under every desk but one, was stenographer, and under that one, was MT. or Mrs? Skunk.
 The fire department was summon ed but decided against acting on anything but Q fire. Volunteers were called, and one gentleman from the shop, whose name is purposely with held, offered himself as the sac- rifice and when he Is allowed to return to work, 1t is understood that a medal of valor is to be pinned on his chest. Yes, he removed the ekunk,
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FrdterndL .Neus
K. Of P.

K. Uf r.
 Plans for the grand lodge con- vention of Knights of Pythias next month at The Elton will be made next Wednesday at a cem- mittee meeting In Speedwell hall.
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CnuTCn SerVlceS 70 DC nelQ tO- morrow, will be as follows:
 Masses will be held at 8 a. m. and 10;i5 Q. m, with Rev. Francis Higgins officiating.
 Gospel Hall: Morning services will take place at 10:30 o'clock. Sunday school at l2 o'clock noon, and eve- hing gospel meeting ct 7:3o p. m.
 Waterville Union: Miss Elizabeth M. Weeks, minister Sunday school will be held at II a. fn., and eve- ming service at 7.30 o'clock, when Miss Weeks has chosen for the topic of the sermon, What Is That to Thee, Follow Thou Me"
 St. Paul's Episcopal: Rev. Ray mond M, D. Adams, rector. Sunday school will be resumed following the summer months and will be conduct ed at 9:45 a. m. Holy communion at II o'clock, with morning prayer and sermon.
 Grace Methodist church; Rev. AL son J. Smith, pastor. Morning serv- ices at 10;30 o'clock. Sunday school at l2 o'clock noon, and evening SerVlce at T3U D, m.
 Briefs
 The Casper s. Davis, American Legion, will hold election of officers tonight at 8 o'clock at Fraternity hall on Boyden street. All members are urged to attend.
 Mrs. George Hubbell of Harvard street recently entertained at her home for the members of her card club, who are: Ms. J. Rice. Mrs. c. Conroy, Mrs. Margaret Stephens, Mrs. R. Book and Mrs. Benjamin Johnson. Pinochle was played and prizes won by Mrs. Johnson, first, Mrs. Book, second.
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SPONSORS NAMED
 FOR CYO GROUP
High School Seniors Form Unit in St. Francis
 Parish
Washington Hill

Rev. John r. McTeague presided
 last night at an organization meet-
 ing Of high school seniors who will
 comprise Q CYO unit at St. Francis
 xavier's church. MT and Mrs. Mar
 tin Tehan have been appointed
 sponsors for the group.
 Plans were made last night for Q
 card party October 6 and for an- other meeting one month from last night, for the election of officers
 The card party will be arranged
 by c committee consisting of Co- Chairman Blanche Ayotte and John
 Tehan, and Donald Frageau, Rob- |ert Walsh, James Driscoll, Mary
 Keefe, Monica Delaney and Estelle
 Whelan.
 Next Friday night the high school
 junior classes will meet and form Ian organization. MT. and Mrs. James
 Conway will sponsor this group.
 Wallace Inglis and Eleanor Kelly
 will be in charge of the sophomores
 who will meet the following week, and the freshmen who will meet last, will bo under the direction of |Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Wallace. It |is planned to have each group meet once each month, with the possibility of calling c general as-
 sembiy of the four groups ct reg
 uiar intervals.
 Receive Communion President Edward doggins of the Nst. Francis Xavier Holy Name so- |ciety requests that all members of the group attend the T:30 o'clock mass tomorrow and receive com- munion. Tomorrow is regular com municn day for the society.
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Auxiliary Meets

Members of the Casper Davis post auxiliary, American Legion, last night reelected Mrs. Frank Carney to the presidency.
 Also elected were: First vice pres- ident, Mrs. Frank Smith; second vice president, Mrs. Everett Cooke;
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to follow. Tea will be served, and an invitation is extended to all who are interested to attend.
 Mrs. Benjamin Johnson Entertains
 Mrs. Benjamin Johnson of Boy den street entertained at her home yesterday afternoon for the follow ing ladies: Mrs. William Westwood, Mrs, William Hornbecker, Mrs. Les ter Niven, Mrs. Edwin Wightman and Mrs. Ralph Richardson. A luncheonNwas served, followed by card playing, with prizes benig won by Mrs. Niven, first, and Mrs. Horn becker, second.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
MIR. Ickes Approves

DISCUSSING the proposed survey of curative re-
~ sorts in the United States idea for better mass
health launched by the Washington Times, Secretary
of the Interior Harold L. Ickes yesterday expressed
unqualified approval.
Calling attention to the fact that no survey, not
even partial one has been made of the countrys
natural springs possessing herapeautical and medical
values, Mr.. Ickes continued:
eve ought to know what we have
% [eORCe as soon possible that
LOU" h"OW give the people what they need for
their health's sake at little cost.
The Secretary pointed out that if the Federal Gov
eminent to enter this health field its operation
would in ali likelihood, come under the jurisdiction
of the Public Health Service which is in the Depart
ment of the Treasury.
'"That being the case,'' he said, II only discuss
the possibilities from purely personal point of view
believe we are far ahead Of Europe in potential
wealth along these lines. Our wide climatic range
would assure us such curative resorts all the year
round instead of seasonally."
Mr.. Ickes promised his personal support to the
project.
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IN breeding paradoxes contradictions and laughs
President Cardenas appropriation of the American,
British and Dutch oil properties in Mexico hasn't hurt our
oil supply since we have than
HM1eSI HA- we can use; nor has it cut seriously
The MeTIc0nS into the oil supplies of Great Britain.
The Mexcans have found that they can't eat petroleum
They can consume only fraction of the petroleum Mexico
can produce Now England is worrying them because she
refuses to submit to the conscaton OF her oil holdings
The biggest laugh get out of it all to date is furnished
us by our own homegrown radical and liberal thinkers
These fellows and girls threw their caps in the air for JOY
when Cardenas grabbed the oil
DHen1n10 Tor wells. Capitalism, hurray-hurray,
Reds and PnkS had taken another sock on the ksser
Now Cardenas proposing that Messrs Ben Smith and
Francis Rickett the welknown ongshot artists, sell
this exproprated oil where they and 20 per cent OF
the proceeds to the people he grabbed it FROM
What do our liberals and radicals think of that?
Should Cardenas be permitted to cutrate TINS con1s
Gated oil here in competition with our oil producers ana
nav 20 cent to such of oil producers as he took it
from? Should he be allowed to curae in the British
Empire in competition with British oil merchants and
nav 20 ner cent to the British oil people from whom he
took the properties?
Our Reds and Pnks may shout glad "Yes! to both
of these questions but don't think the American ana
British Governments will AS to Russia that country
is already the second oil producer and doesn't need to
buy any Mexican OIL There remains, then, the plan
already strongly rumored to have been tormed-tnat
Messrs Smith and Ricket shall sell this hot oil to nations
outside the Amercan-British orbit meaning to SUCH
nations as Japan, Germany and Italy.
Is that scheme agreeable to our radical and liberal
thinkers? If it u.s. they will be cheering for govern
ment which is furnishing sinews of war below the
market to Fascism. If selling oil doesn't appeal to
the comrades, how Mexicos oil workers to go back
to work?
It's neat dilemma for the comrade thinkers. What
1t bo down to is that oil is power in the modern world
The United States needs the best Navy in the world
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Your [. O.
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is a general quiz. Score
10 for each question, except No.
2 for which count Is.
l. What country is known as
Middle Flowery Kingdom?
2. If Mrs. Jones' age is repre-
sented by Mr.. Jones age re-
versed, and he is older than she
is, and the difference IN their
ages is III of their sum, how
old are Mr.. and Mrs. Jones?
8. Mumbo-J Jumbo is ca ndiS-
tinguishable speech CD a fetish
(c) false praise.
4. What other President Of
the U. S. had the name Of
Franklin, and what President
was he? (a) 10th CD 14Lh (c)
9th.
S. Who was the author Of the
words of America" which we
sing to the same tune az the
British "God Save the Klng"?
6. DR.. Stenbach of Vienna be-
came famous for experiments
Z. What is the name Of the
famous noble family who were
patrons of the arts and who
ruled Florence durin ing the
Renaissance?
8. What D. s. President was a
soldier in the Black Hawk war?
ANSWERS on Page 49,
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Social Security

The President, God bless him.
had a wonderful idea when he
thought of Social Security, but
I wish he could spare the time
to be a craftsman and go
through the unsystematic riga
marole that others have to go
through. For instance, I know
of a fellow that paid SIS money
for a year, then worked at
Greenbelt for six months, and
then was given a slip of paper
Shortage of work.. He thought
he would go to work real soon,
so a week went by before he
thought Of the SIS Act. When
he gave the interviewer his dis
charge slip he was informed
that he was a week late.
so HELP ME.
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ton also have considerable
power, but theirs is more the
power over money or the spend
ing of money. We can hardly
cell it dollar-ism though.
Millions have come to America
from countries in which neither
politics nor religion were partic-
ularly oppressive. They came to
enjoy the greater abundance, q
just reward for an honest days
toll. That might explain me or
my ancestors!
We agree on one point.
though: It is nice to sit in Q
warm room and write things,
and it is safe.
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headS-as well as h1S-thoSe so
few years ago. Wherever he has
gone, he has considered himself
the superior of all with whom he
came in contact. At the begin
ming Of his downfall he must
have been impressive-with his
stories Of recent scoops, Of
worldwide travel, Of interna-
tional intrigue revealment. But
with the passage of years he has
become boresome-not because
Renaissance is uninteresting,
but because Qualification and
reiteration of the first person
pronoun ill-becomeS a man with
frayed trouser-cuffs and gaping
shoes.
lie sUBsIsTs in some man.
Aner on an allowance of seven
dollars a week given him by one
OF his sons. His other boy is a
ne'er-do-well and his wife-luck-
lily for both of them-died be.
fore he tumbled from his perch.
He is in his middle-forties and
would have a good few years of
constructive work ahead of MIN
but for his peculiar complex.
called a press agent acquaint-
ance of mine, finally, and he
said-knowing my friend by
previous reputation - that he
could give him temporary work
at $75 a week. That was $25
more than he could get in any
newspaper office.
***
I SUGGESTED that he take
= this job, buy himself some
clothes and maybe, later on, get
back into his own profession.
do you remember" he
asked angrily, ''the story I
wrote on the triumphal parade
of the allies in Paris?"
I said I did, that it was a
beautiful piece of work-and
what Of it?
"And you want ME-" he
yelled, Ito be a press agent?"
And with that he got up and
left me-but he didn't give me
back the IS he had borrowed.
Thinking it over, I just can't
help a sense of reluctant admi-
ration for a bird like that. His
memories keep him alive while
similar thoughts by weaker men
would have driven them to sui.
eide years ago.
Copyright, 1898. Washington Times
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Focus Pocus

We've never heard OF what
happened to Mrs. OLeary's COW,
after kicking over the oil lamp
in Chicago, but possibly she's
in Mexico now.
X Il 4
The old-time political fences
were largely rail: but Mr.. Lewis
has changed a lot Of them to
the picket variety.
Il 4 \
Note for the new car OF
radio: The movement to elm.
mate unsightly billboards from
the highways has driven them
onto the air.
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him the other day-although
my first thought was that here
was a person who looked very
like my old friend. 1t could not
be him because he was always
careful about his clothes and
this man was distinctly shabby.
More than that he was I'M
kempt and dirty. But he hailed
me and that was an end to it.
There he was, a bum. And I
remembered him as a friend and
confidant of prime ministers
and field commanders.
X *
LIE wanted a job-and I had
"A no job to give him. I'm
jobholder and not a job dis
tributor. From that impossible
request he graduated simply and
directly TO a loan. We went
into a tavern and I bought him
a sandwich and glass Of beer.
His downfall is not chargeable
to liquor. He can take a drink
or leave it alone-even now. His
trouble is that he can never for
get that he once earned $500 a
week as a writer of news. He
considers that publishers should
see to it that he still gets that
amount of money.
And so for the last seven
years he has wandered over
these United States hunting a
return to his former prosperity
and failing to find it. Editors
and publishers, at the start, were
glad TO have him on their pay
rolls though they could not
give him what he considered he
was worth. That fact made him
angry-and his anger over the
years has changed to a fierce
discomfort. He is resigned now
to only ore method of return to
comparative riches. He visions
a bloody revolution close at
hand. He sees the heads of
such rugged individualists as his
former employers rolling in the
stress, and himself as COM
missar Of all newspapers in
Soviet America.
LIE has slid from $500 a week
Al into the $50 group-and is
unable to find employment in
those brackets. This because he
bitterly resents what he con-
'siders a monetary prostitution
of his talents. I told him, think
ing it might be a lesson, that
back in 1923 I found myself
compelled to take a twenty-dol-
lar-a-week job on a Shreveport,
La, newspaper. But that crack
bounced off his ego like a tennis
ball. Maybe" he said, lit was
all you were worth"
THAT, I understand, has been
u his attitude in the more
than a dozen newspaper plants
where he has worked since
things crashed around all our
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Oppressed and Depressed

Democracy" is surely getting
its name in the papers these
days. Could we but agree as to
its meaning and be able to live
up to it.
Government by the people
for the people.
But in this age the machine
is replacing the people. The
machine is governing the people,
its welfare and happiness. Un-
feeling though it might be,
costly in upkeep, it has to de-
liver the goods to be allowed to
run. New machines possibly
more useful, possibly less costly
in upkeep, are anxious to show
off. Distainfully the old one
rumbles on, one year saving the
world for democracy, putting on
New Deal gadgets, anxious to
save China, eager to provide q
haven for more or less desirable
oppressed people, while chips fly
to the tune Of: Here Is Where
People Have Liberty. See How
Free You Are.
You know. the old machine
really has a heart. And he
should have our sympathy, BE-
cause he has, despite almost I'M
limited resources, failed to solve
U. S. national problem No. /:
IL million unemployed.
There is it, our 9-year-old
nightmare: Work for all who
need it, at wages which will en-
able them to exist.
It is increasingly clear: We
must, first Of all. at least try to
make a haven for some Of these
IL millions, our very own, not
oppressed, but depressed people.
K. T.
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I think I pre-
fer the older
doctors. Just
because a n
older doctor
left medical
school 20 or
80 years ago
d o e S n o t
mean t h a t
he has not
kept up with
progr e S 81 v e
ideas. BY this
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d &C tor nor
t h e young
one just out
o + medical
training. My
idea of a per-
feet doctor is
the alert ply
sician W it h
modern eXpe-
rience, b u t
who has not
b e e n prac-
ticing so long
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Attention

Voice Of the People has a let
ter for Miss Marguerite Gilbert.
If she will call the City Editor
of The Times and give her adj
dress we will forward the COM
municatiOn to her.
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who has been
in practice a
few years. I
don't want a
physi C i a n
fresh out Of
m e d / c a !
training t o
start p r a G.
ticing his
theories o n
me, probably
with the feel.
ing Of uncer.
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that his methods are Anticipated.
I do feel that a certain amount
Of experience in medicine. tust
as in any other profession, is as
valuable as knowing the very
latest Developments"
X X II
Charles Armstrong, Of Airing
ton, Va, accountant:
I'D prefer the young doctor
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The Inquiring
Photographer
The washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Which do you prefer-the
young doctor with the advan-
tage Of the most scientific train
ing, or the older one, who was
behind him years of experience?
THE ANSWERS
Miss Gertrude Geller, 1900
Twentieth st. N. W.:
"The young doctor. There are
so many new scientific diScov-
cries made every day that the
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time he also has an invaluable
source of information than can
be received only through expe-
renee"
X X
Richard Morris, of the Hamp-
ton Courts Apartments:
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y o u n g e r
group of doc
tors always
finishmedical
school m ore
e q u i p p e d
than tn ir
predecessor S.
While KIP E.
rience is val
liable, it is
mt a.S i'm.
portant as &C.
t al knoWl.
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experience, I've had real results
from a young physician in the
treatment of my sinus trouble"
X
Miss Jean Dayton, 5430 Con-
necticut Ave. N. W., secretary:
'I want neither the very old
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doctors have
a def n j t e
place in pro-
viding m e d.
cal care. If it
Is something
new in treat
ment Of an
illness, p e r.
haps t h e
young doctor
would be the
best qualified,
but for the
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Power Over the Pacific

DEAR ADMIRAL KIYOCHI NODA head of Japan's
II naval information bureau last week told the
United States to stay on its side of the Pacific
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
'"More Power to Us"

The story you had about Mrs.
Lansburgh's plan to provide
a haven for prosecuted people
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The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /. 1888. is graphically
shown by the death watch.
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Wise Words

A fool often fails because he
thinks what Is difficult is easy,
and q wise man because he
thinks what is easy is difficult
Churton Collins.
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VOICE OF Tho PEOPLE

should be limited 200
the writers will be omitted
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ROllin' Along
By ". A. S. Douglas

WAS talking the other day to whom still consider
of the best newspaper reporters in the world first
him Fleet Street in London short time after the
Amsc He had covered the very successfully and
taking weearned rest his bank account fattened by
erous bonus. .s. ,, -, .l 49,
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II pr e + e r
the y o u n G
doctor. TIL e
o ! d doctors
think t h e y
know a lot,
b ut modern
training and
u p . to- date
knowledge Of
medical S c j.
ence is more
inpor t a n t.
From actual
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Mrs. William w. Balm, 921
Nineteenth st. N. W., housewife:
"I think both young and old