The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-18
Walter WincheII.
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 It AIl started years ago at the old Hollywood Cafe Ife was work ing there in an act called the Cly- mers, She was one of the most beautiful showgirls at the same spot ... Boy meets girl stuff, They met and fell in love. But the girl in his act died, and he couldn't find anyone to replace her, SO tho act folded ., i. .s Swallowing his pride, he took 6 job at the cafe as bus boy. That didn't stop their love and they kept on seeing each other But she was tormented to death by the other beauties in the show who kept telling her what dope she was for not going out with the millionaires who cluttered up tho place When she finally married him, she really got the rasz- berries To make a long story sweller, he worked hard, got to be a waiter, nnd today he makes good dough as captain An Reuben's Restaurant. His name is Lester Berger, and he and the Tnissus have q lovely home in Babylon, L. l., two beautiful Riddles, 0 car, ana all the the comforts of the American way of living .. Mrs. Berger--she was known as Prudence Edgar when she was @ showgirl occasionally hears from some of the girls with whom she used to work. One of them has been married to four iilil- lionaires and is now alone and broke. Another is without rent with her fatherless baby, and 50 on down the line Which goes to prove, one presunies, that not all showgirls wind up marrying millionaires-- some wind up happy.
 He ls Q we'll known orchestra leader these days, but he wasn't ale ways so famous. In fact, just few years ago when he was getting Start- cd, he didn't have much to cat, let alone all the dough to pay for are arrangements, expensive musicians, etc. But he is resourceful type and pretty good with the gals, too .. One of the lassles who fell under the spell of his charm was an em- ploye of the office which booked him. She had position of trust, which gave her access to the safe When Our Hero found that out, he really turned on the old sex appeal and before you know 1t, the benighted lilly was dipping Into the strongbox to make ID his deficits, The shortages were discovered eventually, as they always are, and the young lady found herself on the verge of an indictment. But her boss was regular guy, and he agreed not to bring charges If shed pay 1t back By thiS time the beneficiary was doing fine, but you can guess how much he returned q lot of nothing So the girl made 1t good, working for a couple of years to do it Now the louse Is really on top of the world, coin- ing the moola, but do you think he's given her Q cent2 Don't be such @ sap.
 The lad we will consider next, though quite young, is the head Of Q large and important con- cern, employing perhaps 500 people, many of them far better qualified than he to be in the top slot He Is a big, strapping, healthy gent, and life, one can plainly see, has indeed been good to him. He goes to the office regularly, acts import ant and gives lot of orders, but everyone who knows the setup. un- derstands perfectly that the business is succeeding despite him, not be- cause of him Although he is well within the draft age, not to mention the enlistment age, too, he has been very Voluble of late in his denunciatIonS of some Of his pals who are not in uniform =. But how about you?" one Of them was tactless enough to inquire . "Oh, 1t breaks my heart that l can't go," he whlned, but you see I have de- pendents" "HuhP" said the other. Surely your wife can sub sist, and as for your parents" '. "Oh, I don't mean them" replied the brilliant young executive seri. o,Isiy, T mean the 800 employees of our firm. What would become Of | them if I joined up?"
 
 The next chap is more a victim ot circumstances than Q bad guy ct heart, but he's Tn an awful TX .. He has been going with the same girl for several years, and always Intended to mary her But of late he has been seized with political ambitions, and now he has a chance to marry & lass who is very we'll connected along those lines. He really goes for her, but then, as sometimes happens. he really goes for his old time Bweetie, too A most unpleasant spot to be in, you can see. and one that Solomon would be hard put to solve for the best of all concerned. He is a man Of Sizes able finances, nnd all his lie ne has ducked ambitious damSelS and their mothers, so he thinks he IS a good judge Of what he is seeking In Q girl. These two, he has decided, are lust what he wants So this is how he hnS worked it out. He wants to marry thc second and keep the first, which would be c swell solution if 1t weren't the best Of all possible ways to lose them both.
 Thas man has run out on three wives and on his business associates, and now he Is getting ready to run out on the country which has given