The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-09-12
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watching from a tree, climbed down,
waddled over to the wreckage. One
picked up the note, read It to the
other and exclaimed: '"The last man
on earthI Good gracious, do we
have to start this whole damned
business all over AGAIN."
Paul Frehm Of the N. Y. Mirrors
talented art bureau says this one Is
the flying industry's favorite joke
4. A pilot en- leave from one OF
the major airlines took stewardess
out for a motor drive in the coun-
try :. Returning AZ night, with
the soft breezes blowing through
her hair and the moonglow warming
his heart, he became a bit amorous
His hand fondled her knee and
he gazed down at her with a goofy
stare Look, mister" she
counseled, keep your eyes on the
road-you're not coming home on
the beaml"
Alexander WoollcOtt's lesson In
Journalism: It is related of Law
renee Barrett, once em:nent TRACE
dian, that sometimes In his cups he
would grow fearful and lament
that nightly it was his fate to carve
statue In the snow. On this
solemn plant Brander Matthews
made the singing comment that
that artists fame was the more Sc
cure who left no work lying around
to be coldly appraised by a later
generation. Newspaper work, like
acting and singing, Is perishable
That is the conventional thing to
say about it. 1t is high time Some-
one also said that, like acting and
singing, 1t is therefore profoundly
modest. I count it high honor to
belong to trade in which the good
men write each piece, each para
graph. each sentence as painstak-
ingly and as lovely as any Addison
and do so in the full knowledge
that by noon next day 1t will have
been used to light fire or saved,
If at all, to line shelf.
Newspapermen and s-ee-lance
writer's have a tough struggle to
make a living. The pen may be
mightier than the sword, but hunger
Is mightier than both. The best
description of a scribbler's plight
came from a soap king named Lord
Leverhume - when he gave a job to
an unlucky novelist. II don't think
you will regret going into business"
said Liverhume, literature Is very
nice ornamental walking stick, but
it's a poor crutch."
A foreign correspondent told this
one. One night in a Czech city,
anti-Naz leaflets were found in
the street. The Nazis we're furious
and sent orders to the mayor to find
the culpritS Next day, huge
posters reproducing the seditious
leaflets were hung in every village
and square. At the bottom of the
posters were these words: Have you
seen any of these leaflets? If so,
please report to your nearest Of
ficial. This Is ordered by the Ger
man Occupation authorities"
The Nazis were furious, but couldn't
do a thing about this typical ex-
ample Of Czech passive resistance.
Then there's the gag about the
girl who had her new gentleman
friend over to the house to meet her
folks. After dinner they went into
the parlor to spoon-and her par
rot started making cracks This
Our Hero who couldn't get
going Finally the lad kissed
her, and the parrot again made a
commotion, running the chaps mood
A while after, when he en-
oraced her, the parrot yelled: "Hey!"
Completely upset over the on
romancing. the gal went
in to powder her nose. AS soon as
she left the parior, the parrot whis-
pered: "Pssssstl You look like a
regular guy = do me favor and
get me the he'll outta this cage, will
vo1lon