The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-13

DeEt 1ooVeE, ana J. Eogar, too; the Governor and his Lady; MT, and Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman, Ambassa- dor Joe Kennedy, Mayor La0uarciia, Postmaster General Jim Farley, the late Bob Hague, whom Billy and I miss because he was such e grand friend. We are always glad to see our friends from Hollywood and to hear that they liked our show. Ac- tors still love to hear good things said about them. Every other Sat- urday night a smiling couple occu- pies the same seats In the front row. Because of their unfailing good hulnor we call them MT. and Mrs. Sunshine. They've attended all our shows regularly for years Now, I remember, she didn't have aecoat on.
 I wonder when I am going to get a chance to 90 fishing. In previous summers, I've never let anything interfere with my fishing trips but I've always had my own boats, until two years ago when I moved to California to spend the rest of my life there. By this time last year I had already landed a l77-lb marlin off Catalina. Now, every Sunday, when could go off somewhere and net a line, some- body finds benefit of some kind for me to play and I don't get 8 chance to grab my bait .. Y. Funny I can't recall what that girl was wearing.
 Next year, after our run in New York, we are going to do some trouping. The only way to bring the road back for the legit is to take the hit shows on tour. Which re- minds me of the days when we ac- tors really got about. Particularly that summer in Chicago in "45 Minutes from Broadway. We played the Colonial theater, which had been the 1roquois, where the disastrous fire had occurred the year before. Although many people said they never would set foot in the house again, we did terrific business which was more than we could say of our New York run. I bought my first auto in Chicago. Gas buggies were rare sights then, and I'd scare the citizens of the South Side with my puffing, snorting and sometimes moving, flivver.
 With the arrival of summer, my thoughts also go back to the Lights Club in Freeport. The LIGHTS stood for Long Island Good Hearted Thespians society, and the members stood for anything. In those days, most of us were in vaudeville and we'd be away from our Freeport homes for 35 or 40 weeks each sea- son. So we used to celebrate all the winter holidays, like Christmas and New Years, in July-presents and everything. Imagine wishing fellow Happy New Year" on a sweltering night in July. The club house burned to the ground several years ago, and burned plenty a long time afterwards when friends of mine who ran band held me personally responsible on a loan they had made the club. We live and learn Sometimes you don't learn, and sometimes you don't even live. I have known a lot of people who didn't live, or they lived too fast to live long. That's why I have kinder slowed up and go to bed nights.
 Gee, it's hard to think of enough to fill Q column. It's no wonder columnists have to stay up late nights. Early to bed and early tc rise" may be okay for most folks but 1t doesn't seem to do much good for @ columnist. There must be more interesting things happen than in the daytime. I guess I'll have to stay out late some night again, just to find out what's going on Y. She was a pretty girl, but I can't remember what she had on
 Well, Walter, I wish I could have done Q better job, but my mind seems to be rather bare of Ideas .. Now I know why I looked at that i girl so intently She didn't have anything on.