The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-22

income. Many others on this uni- verse are more concerned about the outcome"
 No Harmony Dep't:. From the March 7th N. Y. Herald Trib: "The most encouraging thing about Wyatt's pitching was the workout he gave his weak left knee. It has im- proved so rapidly he doesn't imp
 From the March 7th N. Y. Times Tt was disturbing to watch Wyatt run when he had to cover first base or field bunt during the game He favored his left knee and moved with pronounced limp"
 This is the Mccoy COnfuciuS, a true story you can find in most of the better biogs of the great sage . For thirteen years he wan dered over China looking for a per- feet form of government. One day, he passed a peasants house locat- ed in a forest and, hearing a wo- man crying inside, Confucius poked his head in the door and asked her what was the matter.
 My husband" she said, was killed this morning by tiger. Last week the tiger got my son and be- fore that my father!"
 Why don't you move to town?' Queried Confucius.
 Because" she sobbed, the ruler there expresses the people!"
 We'll be happier giving Buick this free ad if its copy writers will make slight change in the ad used in a recent ESseepee Bucks safety slogan on that ad read: Help pro- mote safety-dim your lights when passing" . /. When passing? That's too late When approaching!! |!
 The columns fayorite sport is having it's accuracy attacked Not that all the tingerpointers are always inaccurate - only moStt imeS In recent argument tn" column won seven out of eight braWls Here's another: On Feb. 18th several officers from the New Harmony encampment at Fort Benning, Ga, reported that news paper accounts of conditions at Fort Benning have been grossly distort- ed and exaggerated. Walter Win chell doesn't know what he is talk ing about. The men are comfort able and happy-all's quiet on the Southern Front" Then came let- ter: With all due respect to the honor of an officer and gentle man, Walter Winchell does know what he's talking about was there! If men on field rations, en- camped in the open with the tenn perature ill January and February at 12 below in Georgia), and having their camp made into morass by q thaw and steady drizzle can be com r. fortabls and happy, then the United States army contains some Baron MunchausenS."
 Not all tho mail from London is censored. FrinStance: "The land- ladies of apartments up at the Firth of the Forth where all the air-raids happen are charging 50 per cent more for accommodations now There's been glut of people go- ing u pthere to sec what they can see! A firm called Bronson Motors is actually running charabancs tc See the air raids; ; o.-,. .-In adver- Using the film Bachelor Mother the theaters add the line: Did Adolf have one too?' Tommy Farr is doing a Maxie Baer, he's 'London's No. l playboy. even doing a cabaret act at The Nut House where he sings, too! There's glut ot strip-teas acts att he night spots Seventeen of them. Lots of pre-war broadcasting celebs are on the dole since British broadcasting shrivelled to one station. Eric Maschwitz, BEG brain, who wrote These Foolish Things and the show 'Balalaika, was getting $2O a week as censor $ helper till recently. The latest joke in London is this one. Hans, a German schoolboy, is talking :o Fritz on a Saturday afternoon in 1850 in Berlin. Hans says: What are you going to do tomorrow?' =. Fritz answers: I think I'll take a bicycle trip around Germany Hans replies: But what will you dc for the rest of the day?' . Please send methe column as of yore-it will cheer an exile between afraid alarms.-V. G."
 Dorothy Lamour reports hobo asked her for a discarded sarong with which 10 make "bindle'- the wrapping for theh articles he Jugs on his wahderings -. He wants the sarong for the samethine thing Dotty uses it for-to cover everything {. Roosevel's foes say he looks old and tired after his seven in the White House Well why not? Nobody has asked him tc rest, excepting Maine and Vermont "If you analyze our Hollywood stars ifs a correspondent, you'll discover few of them actually could be called beautiful" If you really analyze them-few could De called stars.