The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
Walter WirlcIlem
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be rIsht7" And so they didn't emphasize the usual denials. bu, devoted much ink to: ~Why doesn't Wincheli stick to Hollywood and Broadway and the G-Men2" l. When the opposition starts scream ing that loud. you know their feel ings are hurt.
 So what7 So nothing .. Except that last week the same sports pages finally admitted the story was correct. but Edw. w. Cochrane's account in the Chicago Herald American is our idea of picturesque reporting and we are reprinting fl now to make the deniers sicker Especially the newspaper in Eyan- ston, Illinois, that featured he denial across eight columns, as though no item jotter- -downer ever made q bOner Reported Coch- rane on Feb. 18th: Tt seems that when Winclaell announced that Bill DeCorrecOnt was dissatisfied with his place, he had something there His tip, direct from the campus was correct in every detail"
 Last week saw the climax to Q weird, untitled, soundless story-the kind of a story you never hear, be- cause the people who might tell 4 won't talk. They can'tl The subject of this saga was laid out ill a funeral parlor. The services fol him were conducted in silence lit erally-for he was being honored for the last time by a society of muteS, of which he was a member .. The Requiem was delivered without 8 sound, the final eerie touch being given by "choir" ot four who sang" the hymn Lead Kindly Light" entirely with their fingers The deceased had been the sole unemployed and needy member of the society, and how he met his death is more goose-pimply than anything in Edgar Allan Poetry <. His plight had troubled the members. Then one of them thought of this plan: Hire him to go to the racetrack to make wagers for them on "sure-thing tips" The first tip came week ago, and the silent envoy put down the wagers and watched his first horse-race It was one of the most exciting horse races in seasons, and as his horse nosed in first--the fellow dropped dead -. ;. He had burst a vessel attempting to yell his joy The winnings just paid for his funeral.
 This is another of those stories that goes to prove it is still a mans world '. It's about 8 pair of local wise guys who popped into the new apartment of two girls |. The lads merely knocked on the door and when it was opened-they smiled affably and suddenly one of them observed: Why, you have no piano!" :. To which the other lad added: "Ah, but we can remedy that situation by sending you oneP' And so saying, they tipped their lids and walked out, leaving the girls a little dizzy To their atilazement, however, a lovely new piano was delivered. The gals were so overjoyed that when the boys called week later-they were told to make themselves feel right at home The bells delighted them with folk tales, family albums ana card tricks This "sup of hap piness' quenched all their thirsts for a lnonth-when suddenly-the fel- lows stopped coming q. .. And no wonder! All they did was plunk down a $25 deposit on the "haby grand' and have a bundle of fun with two lovely gals for one month until 8 man came around to collect another installment or take back his piano-because Business Comes Be- fore Pleasure.
 History has one inflexible rule: A man is great through the cen- turies only If he was great irl solv- ing the problems of his own time.
 .. George Washington solved the problem of the nation To George Washington, personally came the hardest personal test of the American Revolution-for he was the wealthiest man in the Colonies Washington saw his path and he never turned from 1t. He refused the continuing bribe of security offered by his own great wealth, and cast his lot with the common people. He pre- ferred to die fighting as a free man to living as a rich slave He re- fused to let the boundaries of his property mark the boundaries of his spirit; he preferred Valley Forge free to Mt. Vernon handcuffed.
 Fittingly, the Father of His Coun- try gave 1t it's greatest moral ex- ample His private life. forever reminds Americans that a mans fortune is worthless unless his cour- try is free; and that the corner stone of private property is public liberty His public life forever rey,ojY1ds ,is that public liherty is a