When Raggedy Ann and Raggedy
may. and: mwuoifie reached the”
Eagle Cookie fled; they~all picked up
as many cookie-us them could: cerm'
and took themto the Miocene Net-u
ry-go-round to eat them. "Hare you
any tickets." a. little man. at. the
Mlnce Ple Msrrvamround asked, as
the three came up to take a ride.
“W's luaveuit. any," laughted. Minus
Winnie.
“Than here are. I. let." said the
little man as he handed Missus Wit-
chic a whole handuful of tiny tick-
ets. "Ride on long as you wish. for
them-proud is magic and the
hoods grow. on the- candy animals as,
mmtyoulouieattthem 01!!"
“Wt our clothes stick to the,
candy animals?" asked Raggedy Ann
apatite-three friends climbed upon the
Mince Pie Merry-go-round. “Oh. no."
Missus Witchie laughed. "Pick out
any flavored animal you wish. and.
We'll cat and ride at the same time,
and we won't stick'to the candy." .
Raggedy Ann picked out a pink
oiuphant after _she had nibbled a
piece, or his ear. “It’s strawberry
mayor." she cried. Witchie climbed
upon a yellow. orange candy camel
and “Raggedy. Andy tasted a purple
raspberry horse, a. brown chocolate
mw and a. banana flavored deer.
“Guess I'll try this.” he laughed as
"he climued on the candy deer's back.
“Start the music," called Missus
Witchie when she saw that Raggedy
Ann and Raggedy Andy were seated.
:‘l’hls is the first. time the Mince Pie
Morry-go-round'has been tried."
V. The little man who had given our
l‘rionds tickets. pulled a little lever
and as the Mince Pie «Morry-go-round
started moving he climbed upon a
chocolate cow. “Isn't this fine." Rags
gedy Ann exclaimed as she took a
bite of a cookie and then a bite from
the strawberry flavored
phant.
candy ole.
was so nice,"
Witclne replied as the music
“1
Missile
started and the Mine» Pic Merry-go-
.Ronnd whirled faster and rumor.
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy
didn‘t know it
held on as tight as they could and
Missus Witchlc. and the little ticket
man had to put their arms around
tho. candy camel‘s nook and the neck
of the candy row as the Mince Pie
lvlt-riy-go-round whirled faster and
faster "W4~'re going: too fast." Mis—
rms ‘Vihhic finally shouted to the lit-
tle ticket man when the merry-co-
round flow so last all the candy ani-
mals lonkml like one. "Slow it down
a. little. (icorgccf'
"I can’t." Georges.- the littlesticket'
‘mau- mod. “rm slowing lever irnott
on the Mince Pie Kerry-go-round.and
I‘am." . ‘
. “Donft, lot; 3).", ammonium”-
‘ed to RaucdlhAnn and Ram An-
dy. "maybe it will. stop prettysoon."
"No. it wanit," Gouge. called. back.
“I wound to up to run for two days."
“Dear me." Minis Wltohle cried.
“You: shouldn‘t have wound it so
tight: What thalidwe do? ‘We'll be
starved before it runs down.”
"I've lost all my cookies." cried
Raggedy Ann. 7.
"I’ draped mine long ,” W!
Andy called hack. 3&9
"I do not-believe I can hold on"
much longer." ‘cfled;‘Missus Witchie.
"It is going too fast, much too fast
and my hands are slipping"
Raggedy Annand Raindy Andy
had triedgtheir best: to think. of some.
way or helping matters. but the Mince
Pie Merry-go-round whirled so fat,
neither of the twa could take their
arms from around the candy animals
necks long enough to run their hand-
through their yarn hair. and they had
to do this when they wished to think
read hard. Finally Raggedy Andy
tool: his arm from around the ban-
ana flavored candy deer's neck and
started to scratch his rag head. but
no sooner had he done this. than he
new of! the deer's back and hit the
legs of the green hippopotomus in
the back. The hippopotamus and
Raggedy Andy flew from the whirl-
in; Mince Pie Merry-go-round and
““3“ spinning head over heels across
the Magic Park almost to the cookie
field. Raggedy. Andy sat up andrub-
bed. his head. Not that Raggedy An-
dy had been hurt, for you know that
was impossible. but because for a. few
moments he did not know quite where
he was. Then he saw the Mince Pie
Merry-go-round whirling so fast. he
could not tell Raggedy Ann from Mis-
sas Witchie or the little ticket man.
hc- knew. Raggedy Andy ran to the
p‘nco where Gcorgee had started the
Mince Pic Merry-go-round and there
he saw a lever.
Raggedy Andy pulled the lever
right hack to stop and immediately
tho 'liince Pic Morry-go-round came
to such a sudden stop. all the candy
nnlmuls' logs broke off rind the candy
animals. Miss VVltchie and Georgec.
the ticket man. now tumbling head
ovcr hot-ls upon the grass.
l'm not hurt a little teeny wecny
bit." cried Missus Witchie.
"Nor l." laughed George. 0!
coursr- it till} not hurt Raggedy Ann
(‘llht‘r and she helped Missus Witchie :
t) hur fret. "it will only take a
:nlmru- to fine ”in candy animals back
upon the Mince Pin Merry-go-round."
1:.1 shed Missus “'ilohie as she open-
0d her little pocket book and took
out six suspendcr buttons and a
piece of blue glass. “Hokus pokus,"
she cried as she rubbed a button and
Me candy animals sailed back and
look their places upon the merry-go—
ronnd as good as over. “Now when
w.‘ ham" :1 drink from the lemonade
spring. 1'” fix it so the merry-go-
roum'; will only go so fast." And as
they wu-c- all v-~ry -tl:irsty by this
limo, Missns \Vltchie took them to
win-r.- the ice cold lcmona'ic Spring
lmmm‘ul out of the ground. And there
tiny n-slcd and nihblcd cream put‘t's
and drank the lowly lemonade.
Copyright 1922 by Johnny Gaucho-—
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. give up the ideal. he had tor-med of
' this country as the land of opportun-
J an. occasion for scorn,- on- as an. op.
‘ is quits.
, 1Recliner evidently... did not plunge. into.
. dissipation. for in a. little. over a. you. '
. and await. when old Mr. Gpportunity
; “came-Timockins: ac his door. lie-had
saved: one handy-er; and lasts-«innate.
_«Many young men hm sperm one hunt?
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bufldinttmem mt a the build?
ing. but only a few bricks or stones;
moonshine my one can be ”situate,
ed that he cannot: see the. forest for1
thcmm'muunndMana.
Jilin clung can mm;n:blind to on
alumnae. of fliii own ,50jintry‘that
when some romp arrives and takes
adyantsxe oi! these opportunities. it is
in the. nature are discovery:
7 We read nmlmsndilg‘ow the more
let, to be thrilled hit. obstacles over-.
come and sucéeistgsined tin-ouch. bits:
tor music m.m but for the
mom pan. we: overlook these till
“they occur, right in ourltownan
among our neighbors: This is. ad.
strange; this is' quite natural. In real
life We see only the surface, the ex».
terior; the outWard and visible. by.
tho artist penni us to see the emo.
‘tlons. the inner. t e actual emotions
of his characters. All the genuine
dramas take place within the soul:
the external streets are merely the
symbolized expression of these dramas.
It is impossible to get at the drama
in which Samuel Roodner is the cen—
tral. figure. because he shuns publicity.
Many who only see him intent upoll
the endless details of his busy life. re;
gard him as umofoeld‘caioola-
tion. a man with but. a, dngleamhi»
tion, a man, thorouzhly satisfied with
his own. development and, accomplish»
ment. but those whorknow him well.
often see a shy. boyish. smile on his
face and hear him ct'vnfeu-to-hopes1
and longing- which belong in the field
of poetry. rather than the sphere of’
lmsinesfi
This is a curious thought»Sumuel
Roodner supplying material for an
npiv poem: “'e now: grown accus—
tomed to minim him as a collector of
real estate: we have. Dev '1 inclined to
take it for granted that all of his day-
dreams are business dreams. This is
because we are ourselves in the midst
of the forest and connot’see it for the
trees. Poems are usually made by
men out of harmony with their envi.
ronmcnt but of men in harmony with
their environment.
In the past; poem selected their in»
race from among the war-rim simply
?becausc war was, the supreme instru—
ment of achievement. War was. the
:businf'fi of lite. All this belongs: to
.thc hast-z today war is merely onelot
gthe details at bushel-l This is. the
2age of business. and, the only way to
realize ambition. to mm yearning;
gto mnkcmreama come muesli-to learn
ilhe nature and the principles. of buss?
hens—«and then tube willing: to invest,
‘the pleasuresot today for the oaks 0,!
future dividends pain satisfaction.
it is impossible to: get from Mr.
Roodncr more than a fleeting hint of
the inner epic which is the real drama
and poem of his lite. but a few of‘
the details of this life will suggest
how impossible it would be for this
inner (pic to be lacking.
lie arrived in this country during
tlm .nrly ninctics. :1 boy in his teens.
and pzuctically pennilcss. He came
from the land of the Russian Czar to
a. llmd or political democracy: he
came {mm the stifling atmosphere of
suppression to a. land where he could
test his own prowess in open compe-
tition; he came from a land which
had refused him the educational cul-
tivation he craved to a land which
was striving to make education on in-
cidental of citizenship. As we gener—
ally look at things. he started life with
a handicap. instead of a silver spoon.
Howm-er. we generally tulle a su-
perficial View of things. we like to say
that the successful mun was lucky and
to let it go at that. but even as young
Sam Roodncr discovered Americanlsm
for himself. so can the young moori-
can discover in Mr. Roodner‘s career
causes for success rather more reliable
than luck.
The first year after landing in this
country was of indescribable hardship
and privation; the loneliness otaboy
in a strange land with strange customs
and strange language. is something
very real; in fact. very terrible. and
sometimes it softens a heart. and
sometimes it makes it‘ bitter. We. as
a nation. would benefit. it we did not. so
often forget that the immigrant share:
our common humanity and desire (or
comradeship.
But young Sam. Roodner refused to
ity. and when Morris Epstein. who
conducted a. grocery store in East
lilorwalk, came to New York to look
for a boy whocouldidrlve a horse and
make hlniself' generally useful. Sam
did not hassle. eye: the. wages oner-
ed. The. wamwere room; bound. and
eight dollars a month. Such an. of-
fer as this can be mad either‘as
pognnity. It all depends on thevone
"who receives. the. offer. ‘
Row. two. dollars a. week. doesn't
amount to. much it spent for tobacco.
or soda. or trim to, summer moods;
but if it is looked upon as the seed.
from which. comm can. be spawn: it.
a respectable- sum. Sam
«nod. and: titty thousand: dollars oi:
theta inheritance in: title «snippet-lode-
without We as much: aboutrthe
blip; i'ilMya-bor connected with this store mom
America: Mm“ 3W? “ii-me ‘01 suggested that young itctm'ner his... size
.
l
“ity . and» very . nkmyhe
\
‘most-‘iiheral giver. There is, a-‘certain
“pm how ten»: hie to continuouawl in
store. One hundred and fifty. dollars
is both-a large sum ands small sum:
‘t wasa. large sum to ssve out otvan
'incomeot eight dollars a month: it
was a. mall capital upon: which to
“flurk in business. But in addition
to this sum or money: 8cm Recliner
had—emolumé. maintainer: tor thrift,
industry and continuity 0! time.
hr the. final analysis. credit route on
reputation. and-.during this year and
a. halt young Roodner m laid the
inundation of a. reputation which test.
ed on bedrock. Mr. smith suggested
that Eoodner take over his store and
hm :‘cr- it in mommy instalments.
We look for dramatic. moments in.
story and on the screen. but picture
theemotions or this young immigrant!
I! the driver of one of the trials—trucks
belonging-to the Standard Oil Co. were.
suddenly asked to become president
of the Standard Oil company. he could
scarcely be more amazed. He hesi-
tated. not because be doubted his own
abilities. but because already fie un-
derstood the difficulties of meeting the
unexpected shocks oi businen with in-
adequate capital. He explained his
exact situation to Mr.,Smith. and. nut-
urally enough. this only increased Mr.
Binith’s . onfidence. The deal was
closed: Samuel Roodner had-.hcoome.
ymerchant in this land of his dreams.
and he and South Norwalk were to go
on tomher. hand-in-hand.
He had met a young immimntagirl.
also from, the-tenors domain. though.
from a, locality for“ distant from the
one from which he had. come. and
though he had. longed to make her-his
wife. he had seen nothing ahead: but
a. period of wheat waiting. Now.
however. as a merchant in. Mom
name. he felt that-3 he m«wsrrsnted
in takingthe risk. and. he also felt
that with her as his life-partner, his.
own capacity would be doubled. In
1898 he married Miss Rose Tobin.
Those who regard Mr. Roadner as
being merely. a cold. calculating. ma»
chine. quite devoid of romance and
poetry. have never asked him to
orbit he ascribes his success. for he
immably answers. “My wile!"
He was. not able to meet the. first
monthly payment on his busineu; he
was twenty-five dollars short. and he
had. the anguish of” trying to borrow
money fromvpeopio' who thought that
it Would be utterly impossible for him
to live. to manage a business and to
purchase a store without capital. Poo-
Ante who today think. it odd that Mr.
iRoodner does- not amuse himselt. by
intending on the corner and throwing;
money into the street. would benefit;
my trying to picture» tho deep imprint
left upon his memory. by the strain of
trying to. borrow this. first; twentyynve;
dollars. Ks. "tit. finally; out in the
getting of it he added. to his knowl-
edge of the nature and habits, of
money. ‘
on One occasion he returned from
deiiyerlng some goods and found his
young wife in tears. lie had ordered
some flour; it had come c. o. d. dur-
ing his .1! scncc. and lwcausc tin-re was
not money enoughon hand to pay the
bill. um llour ha! been taken away
again. The bill amounted to a trifle
over three dollars. He then and there
took a vow that his wife should never
again he lmnnliatcd through lack of
funds.
This vms the say .he learncd the
value of credit and the hard princi—
ples of business. It was not a royal
road. but it was a thorough one; it»
developed his insight; it tempered his
patience; it strengthened his wiil.
\N’ithout over putting it into words. he
instinctively realized that even :is war
was the business of the ancient world:
so business had become the war of
the modern World. He did not ask
for special privilege: he accepted the
game and the rules; be put on his
armor and entered the lists.. Did the
old questing knights get more of
drama and poetry out of life than this
immigrant boy won through his quar-
ter century of adventures in this lsnd~
of opportunity?
The only man secure against criti-
cism is the man who never attempts
anything. and so Mr. Rooduer has had;
his critics and his enemies. ' After all.
this is not an ideal system under
which we live; the old struggles which .
began in the, jungle at the dawn of.
humanity still continue. and it is lm-al
possible to tom a. just estimate or
any man without using the codes and
standards of his own time as a. back-'
ground. Business is the. form which
modern warfare has taken. and We 1
hare. to call that man successful who:
abides by, the laws of- the land. who-
meeis his. contracts and obligationsl
who unites» himsclfi with his. commun— l
ity so that the progress of one will: be
the progress at the other. and. who.
never chinks a. duty that is rightly. his;
1:1,.wa Mr. Roodn. ext-teal rs, hisl
armor and. is a realist; in the modem;
l
on to an immiscible mime; and then
lend or ,‘givsethe ”1119:10qu torsion.
Mitts-Joqsodm oration to. humus: incl
‘vslue of business principles ‘
someone who ' l '
Whether Mr. Roodner is aware at, it.
himself. 01: not. there is. something-oi ,
the sociolofist. something of ’
teacher in this He firmly believes
thuswhata man agrees to parts a!
rtsid. obligation and should hold-1 him ,5
.to hint-sh like harness. but what a '
man gives is his own and can be given
as- he sees fit. ' ‘
ness is one thing and phi thropy
Vsomethingfentlreiy diaemnt. that otten
lkeeps him from defending himself ‘j
against his critics.‘ Pnnaphrasing
Wumouammem‘. ii might be
sildthat Mr. Roodnenistoo proud to ;
defend himself.
to leave his defence to time, and this
jhas not infrequently turnedk resent-
:ment. into gratitude. for Mr. Roodner *
l“inner helpful to. theman who respects
fhis own, credit as beds rigid. with. the: -
‘man who, does not respect it.
belongs to a passing phase of Ameri-
can history, the period in ‘Ihich an ’
immigrant could come to’ this coun- ‘
try withmo technical advantages and. .
could struggle up to a rematmle suc- '
case by means of a sequence of ordi- "
nary steps. The element of luck was.
not of much importance in. his case.
there was no unexpected discovery 01‘:
mineral wealth. no invention. no mon-
OPlYl ,
each task: and: to doit'thoroushly, so j
that when the next opportunity pres-
outed itself hem not hampered by a
lot of loose odds and ends.
.quite simple;
buy of his time could have done the
same. but. to build his commercial ma-
chine until it could, stand the strains
put upon it duringrthe la |< few years.
reunited alot 01“» sound character and
’a lot or hard work. '
and. this isa good. time for the people
or Nogwafltto-take a low moments to
consider him.
1
turyand note the changes and also his
part: in them.
to try and enter into some of the in-
no:
floaty-nine years apoghe came
these shores in the steel-age. anxious
to exchange his vigor and intelligence
for a share in our culture and democ-
racy.
some been. He can travel as he will
and where he will.
never really dies. and all the. doubts
and tears. all the hopes and eagerness
otthat young immigrant will
forth at timesand wall: the dock. with
this middlaaged man of strait-s. and
they will hold, strange converse and
communion together as they journey
from one homiwem to the
The boy will question the man and the
man will explain to the boy. and it
would be very
whether the boy has-already been sat-
isfied by the quest he made into this
strange. new country. or it there. is
still some big; adventure which:
man must attempt.
may appear to he a fitist‘aactory suc~
cess. may have been nothing but the
organisation of the forces required to
carry out the ideal of the immigrant
boy who came here twenty-nine years
ago.
come interwoven with the destiny of
Norwalk. and his many friends wish
him a. safe voyage and a happy re-
turn.
» Mod-a» Wham in an el-
‘ a:
Henssybseuzmowmto :hold‘adeht- H
autoclaga‘in. He has often taken
upon.
hon» been carelmf
the
It isrthis firm conviction 1mm? '
a
He; prefers. as a. rule,
Young as he. still is. Mr.~Roodner.-
his plan was to concentrate on
It was
it. looks as though any
He is going, to Bum‘pe on June 17th.
It is a good time to
colt back. over the less quarter cen-
It is also dtgood time
man.
to
emotions of. this quiet
’A.
Now. he is going back across the
'rfl'Eyouth in us
steal
other.
interesting to know
the
He is just at his prime. and what
At any rate. his destiny has. be-
BY A RESIDENT 01“
ROI-{\VALK.
“MYSTERSOUS JACK" 7
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.bnt when there is a fine Chan
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‘gamenirwiil‘bn made up during the dull
to accompany it, four green metal cha
slat seats. The umbrella covering llll' “-3..le
eightft‘iét spread on tall standard. and ma he {filed .
in-anyd-irectionto screen from SUUSllllgt‘. ' L “
$7500 for the set.
s mnh no“
have been stripped of the bark :3an «
and backs are all smoothly “if?
slats. There are
Small and. Large Rockers, Lax g
very- firmly put: together, so that if nigh-i L
rains or showers there is '
they are drying out.
on display.
suited. fOr 1.:ai‘row porches as they léiiit' “
than a hammock.
dunno” 118;
Selim. . Wine Glass Chill
were $23.00 {0“ $13.30 that: UK: \ 514.64
were $27.50 for S r) for $8.00
Establébed :85; '
It: is: not the kind of» weath
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CC ll:
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svsummgrfiCcondmg to measurmnmm Wilm-
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you that yOu had‘ better Put it on “mes
Enceswdl bé lessif ordered now incl-and. lh
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SCdS‘all.
A word to the Wis " ‘
_ e and econonmal woman.
\
A Lawn: Umbrella
with table and luncheon seats
'A green metal table, 40 inches in diam
. N‘U‘l‘. has
2r< with Wood: .
has an
Cedar Furniture
for largelporches, lawns or gardens
gwsts Whlcli
wl. Seats
T 'iililllle
These very comfortable chairs In:
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All of these pieces are of Mir.
no dung-w of z:
Prices are Moderate.
The pieces will (,‘i.:la2?" 1w ; ~
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We Now Have for lznfacmon
A large assortment of Perch Clicks 3.11:1 Rocken
Porch Screensfin all (li‘l‘lfl‘l si
Porch Swil‘lgs of hard wood. !‘
Complain xvii.
M 30339: of ifiiinese Grass Furniture at re-
Is- this mam. John...£’isose_ the
mysterious flask” runaway m»
tsrrod,-to in the. Wand. case: The
police at Philadelphia think. he, is.
Cieaso was captured? by Philadel-
phia. authorities. songs-in: from
two- n’istulgwoundss out! after he
m to resist capture.
tournament he expects. to meet other
men in armor. playing the same game
under the saline rules. To- criticize the
game» and. the rules: is. perfectly legiti-
mate. but: to endorse the game and-
the rules and then. to. adversely criti-V
else the man—who wins in this game.»
andf aocording~-to these rules. is moi-ls
to confess an absence of the. judicial
rfaeulty- on the par-ti Of“ ther'ofitic.
Biu'b Mr. Boodner has another side. .
Bic, considers this other—side as a.
strictly pelt/ate and“9érlonsl-matter. ’
and itisimpossible-eo. , the details
of this-sideuof his .ch ' er. Beds:
the largest taxpcyerjn’ the commons.
is. also. the '
“at“??? «incur» as Sam: 3W“
learned; in mus the hunt!“
_ VOpportunitsr. cameinw the ”so, . .
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Whom mass " ’ ‘
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