The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29

THINGS 4 NEVER KNEW TIL
NOW
When q New York sOda-t efkef
yells ~, he's informing his CO.
workers IA code that q nOn-tipper
has lust arrived ct the counter
There's q town 10 Maryland named
February Issue Santa Bar-
bara (Cal) cops now have mono
gra1nmed bullets, 50 that the cop
who kills q public enemy may get
the credit fOr Il. Next thing you
know, they'll be wanting dressing
roomsD Handel, one Of the
more famous composers, was q no
torious litter and admitted it. He
once alibiid: s@They don't know
what to do with these tunes and L
dol" -. RpX, q new explosive, is
said to be S. times more powerful
than TINT. (Must be something like
Bette DavisJ
That the letters in the word
typewriter" are all in the End row
of all typewriters That or
ange-colored roadways have 20
per cent less glare and the Channel
islands, which have them, report q
greet reduction IN traffic accidents
That the word "Eelah," which
appears in the Bible ~ times, has
never been defined and no one
knows what it means. tOh, you do,
eh2 Well, frinstance?) That
oranges, lemons and watermelons
aren't fruit. (They're berriesD :.
That the Russians are ready to
apologize for the accidental bomb
ing Of Swedish town. (No harm
was intended was just that the
city passed under the Soviet planes
at the wrong timed
NewsbcyS In Fredericksburg, Va,
aren't allowed to holler "Extral" on
the streets The Yellowstone
Lake in the Yellowstone Natl Park
sings. (They say it sounds like a
pipe organ) -. There were twice
as many mergers as divisions IN
Reno last year When q baby
reached the age Of two months N
ancient Carthage, it was examined
by o govt committee. If it didn't
resemble its pop it was killed. (Too
bad they didn't have that law III
Austria or Germany about SO years
ago) According to many bell
hops In New York, the poorest tip
pers are bankers That in the
Weather sectors Of Malaysia, the
women keep harems Of men! -. :.
That you probably don't know what
an aficionado is. cts q bull fight,
you yap) That Composer Bur-
nett Melancholy Baby never de-
MED the legend that he wrote the
words waiting for his bride-to-be
who "died in a wreck" =. He didn't
even write the words-he did the
melody.
That It rains in the city Of Belem,
Brazil. every p. m. (Oh, somebody
told meD !. That IN Italy many
people leave their visiting cards
when they visit the graves Of de-
parted kin That 1t might COM
fort YOU to learn that the new army
regulations have reduced the ca
dence Of marching troops from 1923
steps minute to 100. because sol
diefs stepped on each others heels
befOre) You can feel reason
ably safe about America staying out
Of war until April. (The Revolu-
tionary, Mexican, Civil, Spanish and
World wars were all entered by the
u. 8. in that month"; =. That you
can tell which way the wind is
blowing by looking at o cow. (Cows
usually stand with their tails to the
wind) There's road through
Pittsfield, Mass, paved with puffed
wheat. the breakfast cereal. with
out cream0
Radium was originally named
''p0lonium" by Nine. Curie in honor
of her native Poland. (Scientists
changed it, !. II you want to
give your eyes q break the best seat
to take at the movies is one about
four times the. screen height from
the picture You can be fined
$500 or sent to the hoosegow for
six months IN Pacific Grove. Cal,
for annoying butterflies /. A
French doctor seriously offered this
health hint (corroborated by DR.. I.
Beaumont, of London: Being in
love offers the best immunity
against colds Why people with
brown eyes can see better at night
than people with boo ones? j.
That the scientific name for a skunk
Is Mephitis Mephiticam. (And we
alwsy thought it was DictatorO
That in the present war, for every