The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15
The Fair Sex Forgets!
Railroad, Bus Terminals Contain Indisputable Evidence That Women Patrons Forget Most Frequently, Their Purses, Gloves, Bum dles, Husbands Supper, Etc.-Set
 of Teeth, Corsets Lost, Found
 and Claimed!
BY SAM DINE

The things men say about women are very often without justifica- ton, but, on the other hand, they are sometimes indisputably true. The facile tongued sex may be able to argue, cajole and entreat its way out of great number of things, but one 1t cannot deny: that women are without question the worlds best losers of personal belongings,
 Standing head and shoulders over the interminable list of items left behind on railroad trains and buses are ladies umbrellas. There are enough of these brightly. hued cloth and oilskin objects for- gotten on the transportation ser- vices, and collected in the Wa terbury offices of the New York, New Haven and Hartford, and Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company's terminals, to build a canopy to the moon. There are enough left on, under and in the immediate neighborhood of seats, in Q solitary month, to bring shade to the Sahara desert and portions of Lbya.
 Anything, Everything
 Running also in the money are ladies' hats, from microscopic crea- tons of tea-cups crowned with humminR birds feathers, to basin like contraptlons resplendent in frills and plumage: gloves, suit- cases, hand bags, eyeglasses, l4- uuor, candy, lunch boxes, ther. mos bottles, Q jar of Musterole and one rubber boot.
 Station-master John P. Honan of the local terminal of the N. r., N. Fl. and Hartford Railroad, and the New England Transportation O., railroad subsidiary, is partially convinced that some people Tee gard the lost-and-found depart ment as 6 sort of free storage convenience. RaincoatS and re- versibles are commonly left be- hind on busses and trains, and go unclaimed until the advent of rainy weather. With the first sprinkle of rain 1t is suddenly discovered that the garments are missing, and distress phone calls are quickly put in.
 The New Haven railroad will hold lost items for q period Of 30 days. If, at the expiration of that time, the articles are unclaimed, thye are forwarded to the gen- eral baggage agent in Boston. There they are kept for another 90 days, and If still unclaimed at the end of the period, are returned to the finder.
 Train crews are constantly on the lookout for forgotten articles. At regular intervals conductors and other passenger train personnel pass through the aisles in search of the thousand and one items left dang ling from hooks, or perched on bag gage shelves. As soon as anything is found 1t Is dropped off at the next station, and held until claimed, or else sent on to Boston If unasked for.
 In the event that the claim is put in, the passenger is asked to supply information regarding the time oi his departure from the train, and its route. If, for example, passenger leaves a New York to Springfield train at Bridgeport, and somewhat later discovers that he has forgot ten head of cabbage and one tar nished microscope, purchased from an Orchard street pushcart vendor he notifies the Bridgeport station master at once. Way stations on tlfe Springfield line, such as New Ha- ven and Hartford, are then con- tacted, and his chances of recovery are very good.
 ! S3OO Found!
 Besides umbrellas, the bane of all lost-and-found services, purses and wallets are quite often left behind. The largest single sum ever found at the Waterbury terminal. according to MT. Honan, was woman's pocketbook containing $500. The delinquent party wasted no time in claiming the lost amount, which was promptly restored to her.
 Tn one instance. MT. Honan re- lates, a woman demanded the rec turn of a blue cloth coat. which she maintained she had left on bus travelling from Hartford to Water bury. A careful che:kup failed to disclose the whereabouts of the gar- ment. but the woman continued to insist that she had forgotten t on the bus. Driven to desperation. the gtaticnmagter proceeded to contact railroad way stations between Hart- ford and New York. and the miss ing cloak was finally discovered ifl New Yorks Grand Central Term. inal The woman. it appeared. had boarded a train at Hartford earliei the same day. and had forgotten thi coat somewhere enr0lte sc MeN York. No amount of argument could convince her that che did no' have inc garment in her ponse@los