The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17
THINGS I NEVER KNEW AND
 STILL DON'T KNOW

Whether you know that the tele-
 phone company provides a metal
 instrument called a "dialing tool'
 Tor people with tender finger-tips
 =. That Mussolini's shoes have
 padded soles and high' heels to
 make him look bigger. (They oughta
 call him Il Duse) Why all the
 dopes are saying that business will
 be bad next year, because it's always
 bad in an election year. (On the
 contrary. business is usually good
 In an election year) Whether
 you know that odors are now being
 photographed. eve mean flower
 fragrances, etc.-not certain movies
 we've seen) That according to
 8 wag, a girl may love you from
 the bottom of her heart-but there's
 always room on top for some other
 guy! That we don't know
 where we heard it, but it belongs
 here: You never saw a statue of
 critic, did you?"
 Whether 1t is true, as a famous
 ichthoyologist claims, that the oc-
 topus really has an affectionate dis position and enjoys the caress of
 the human hand Whether the intolerant know that the original definition of a bigot was ia super Stitious hypocrite" .. That there's a law in Kansas against making mince pies That an ostrich's roar sounds so much like a lions | that you can't tell the difference nt Aicfancn WY, atLar II | Duce knows that on the battlefield | Napoleon always emptied a full bottle of perfume over his horse be- | fore riding into battle Whether | women realize that they are being paid no compliment when they are pretty. ct comes from the Anglo Saxon word "preattig," meaning tricky or sly.
 That, according to Dr. William McGonigle, bad teeth in children may be caused by parents nagging them at meal time Whether it isn't ironic that Hollywoods high est paid actors are twenty babies (age six to fourteen days) who ap- peared in "A Child Is Born. (They received SIS for working total of 73 secondS) How come that when the Chiquitos Ca tribe in Be- livia) grow old their hair turns red instead of white Whether the kiddies won't be happy to learn that the latest thing is spinach ice cream . . Why giraffes in captivity dis like all women. (The big dopesD That when someone once told Clem- enceau, You have many enemies" Clemenceau replied, But also have as friends, the enemies of my enemies!"
 Whether this isn't another reason for singing God Bless America! Eighty per cent of Tokyo's salaried msn receive less than $27 a month That you can keepycigarettes from becoming dry and stale by put ting thin slice of raw potato in the bottom of the package .,, Why tfe Chinese scratches his feet in- stead of his head when he wants to think Whe ther you know ttat you get wrinkles not from worrying, but from laughing What they teach at the New York School for Deaconnesses That 1t costs the telephone company about $1.25 every time they send your nickel back in the mail. (Before e refund can be made, the complaint has to pass through the hands of IS salaried hirelings) That, ac- cording to H. Coates, Europe is di- vided into nations who goose-step and nations who side-step.
 That Samaritan women don't care how much they reveal--as long as their knees are covered .. Whether American women know that in Italy, if a wife runs away from her hus- band, the police are supposed to track her down and return her, and she is liable to years im- prisonment or fine of frome one to ten thousand lire. (But the hus- band is free to desert his wife if he wishes) And that in Japan women can't sue for divorce without their husbands consent That all natives of the village of Vrutak, in Serbia, who persist in swearing are punished by being made to clean the streets.
 Why the policemen of Detroit are permitted to chew tobacco while on duty-but not gum :. Whether you know that automobile racers ise powder puffs. Un Indianapolis Speedway" Pat O'Brien wears them on the back of his hands to wipe off the precipitation while driving) That the Spanish conquerors r of the West Indies used gold dust a as salt for their meats :. Whether o Martha Mitchell of New York hasn't h the oldest business in the world (She runs a successful business h in shoes for other women) il whether you won't agree with o Hal Frank who says that Russia, a .Ianan. Italv and Germany have n