Detroit evening times., 1945-12-20
FAIR
ENOUGH
By Westbrook
PegIer

When they are luSt about 10 bust
out and give YOU that old second
act curtain. and, If you are
smart and know thC signs. when
they get that way. the best
thing 10 do is bca, them 10 the
punch.
So | had been hearing about
this thing called "CarouSel" and.
after all. when -l-camn- to think
of H. there was some merit 10
her position because the last one
We saw together was. think.
Ben Hur' or WAY Down East
and ] figured the best way 10
avoid trouble x little appcaSe-
ment and take her out 10 sec
something and then afterward.
slap her across the face with
some lobster .NeWburgh and a
SloSh of wine and 90 home and
10 bed
THAT is how-ccme we hap
pened 20 20 10 "CarouSeT'
aRd, while IT didn't have any,
body with a red uCSe and baggv
pants and YOU had to think 10
your own laughs or do without.
Stlll n was very rice Thcater
Guild KIND OF pcarn and We liked
II all right and no complaints
whatever.
But got 10 thinking after.
ward hoy. what GOES on here,
anyway. ana what Is The idea
because YOU don really notice
n a. the time, with all The
pretty little thrIpS jigghnC
around and singing songs but
when II Is over you realize that
for the hero they pick a char.
acter who Is Just about the low
doWnest rat you ever saw and
the villains are both lccce IuSt
because they don do any sleep
ing around and work hard, tend
tn business and d p m ear
rIaEcS.
The hero is a barker for
merry -go-round and from where
sat II seemed like he and tho
widow woman who owned the
pitch were playing house to-
gc'her and then they take u on
the road and they are PLAYING
stand IN some New England
mill town back around 1890 and
all of q sudden ne IS archinC his
neck Al 2 sad pretty little o..
phan factory girl who lives in
ono OF those old-time company
boarding houses and they cct
married
The next thing you hear is hc
gives her 4 pop IN the SnOot and
then she tells him womanS
greatest secret and that makes
HIM feel real good and ~ IS
sorry m sort Of way that he
took a swing a her
But instead ot turning 70 and
working hard 10 make a decent
home and provide for the baby.
he listens 10 = tCmpter and tnov
plan 10 stick up the old guy
who owns The miil and KIN hl-
and grab the pay roll which be
is carrying according 10 his
routine
The >uckup goes hayWrc and
80 ne Kills himself leaving me
poor CUI 10 90 n alone lor hor-
self and The baby
Now What about those old
y mil towns and the company
boarding houses for the country
girIS2
Wei John Flynn once did
book called Men Of Wealth" m
which he said The old Yankees
who founded Lowell in their
hard New England way" estah-
hShed 81 AnnoS Church and
later Catholic church TO
hrlng the unruly Irish lmml-
grants under some sort OF dis
clplinc and prohibited liquor
and even hight and irivolou,
conversation m these homes and
hired WIDOWS 10 manage them
And he tells us that when
rumOrS spread in Boston about
Nou-know IN these houses
committee of clergymen lnve>ti-
gated and said they were All
Just a pack Of lies.
True ne SAID they were work
ing II 10 - hours 4 DAY and
that in Cod own good provi.
dcncc they were too fatlgucd AT
night for sins of the flesh"
which. without going into de-
tails, is Just ? lot OF nonsense.
a. Mr. Flynn well knows.
Let Us not sound levd note.
but those old Yankees didn't
have any such assurance and
knew better and the fact is tha
piety was almost a vice with
them, they were so severe and
righteous a..
We'll, that is about all 7 had
on my mind but We were half
way through supper over AZ
Moore'S when she said if il had
been her she would have picked
up a brick or a kettle or any
thInB and knocked hlS brains
sout anybody taking any pops
al her and if that isn't the only
reason why | never took up
wife beating n will do for all
the others.
But, can you imagine. Just
because a fellow owns a factory
and takes nice care of the
morals Of the female help and
lust because the other one is am
bilious and smart and a hard
workers, why ipSo dipSo they
are couple Of louStritches and
Just because the other one is a
sleeper, a bum wife beater
and 6patIy a SttcLup v,th IN