Show BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET The Go-Getter Go Son San Learned To Take It Easy Live Awhile By By BILLY ROSE It was wa one of t those ose days What with the phones going a show rehearsing In my theatre and people popping in and out my office was like backstage at an Olsen and Johnson musical One of my appointments wa was with an soldier ex-soldier ex who had recently returned returned re reo re- re turned from the Pacific Like a thousand other kids he was anxious to get t s. job in show business I told him Id I'd get in touch with him If any anything thing turned up and asked him to excuse the short hort interview because Iwas I Iwas was rushed He lie smiled and walked to the door What are you grinning about I J asked Oh nothing he said I 1 Just happened to think of another fellow fellow fel low who was in a hurry The way he said it 1 made me curious Tell TeU me about the other fellow I said I I lie He was nobody V Important s said a I Ik d df f k i the ex G. I. I lie He and his fat father her farmed a sma small II m piece of l land nd but B e except x c e p t for tor their i n name a m e and the patch of ground 4 they had little in Dilly Billy Rose Rosa common The old man believed in taking It easy The TheBon son Bon was the go getter type One morning they loaded the cart hitched up the tho ox and set out for the city The young young fellow figured fig tired that If U they kept going all aU day and night they'd get to the market by next morning So he walked alongside the ox and kept prodding it U with a stick I Take It 1 easy said the old man You'll last longer I If U we get to market ahead of the others said his son we have havea a better chance of getting good prices g I S S STIlE Tin Tim OLD MAN pulled his hIl hat down over his eyes and went to sleep on the seat Four mU miles l and end four hours houri down the road roa they came to a little house Heres Here's your uncles uncle's place said laId the father waking wak ing up Lets Letl stop in and say hel lo to if Ir Weve 11 lost 1011 an n hour already Ih the ibs go Then Th a II few feu minutes mon mort wont won't matter mall said laId bit hll lall father M My brother and nd d I live liva to so do lose ye yet it W we i in III each lat other so 10 seldom The young man fidgeted while the two old gentlemen gossiped I away an hour On the move again the father tather took his turn leading the ox When they came to a fork In the road the old man directed the ox to the thc right The left is the shorter way said the boy boyI I a I know it said the old man but this way is prettier I Have you no respect for tor time asked the impatient young man I respect it very much said the older fellow That's why I like to use it looking at flowers The right-hand right path led through woodland and wild flowers The young man was so busy watching the sun sink he didn't notice how lovely the sunset was Twilight found them in what looked like one big garden Lets Letl sl sleep ep here said the old man This Is the last trip I J take with you said his son Bon Youre more Interested interested interested in In- In flowers than in making money S S S SI I T THAT'S ATS AT'S T THE TUE E NICEST thing youve you've said in a long time smiled the e old fellow tellow A minute later he be was asleep lie Before sunds Ih the lb young you man na shook his bis father awake and nd they Ih went on oi A 4 milt mil down Ih the ib roll road they Ihy came u upon on a farmer larmer trying to So pull ull his bis cart tarl from Iro a ditch Lets Left give gill him bl a band blind said Ib the lb father N An And los loss lose more mors Orl time lamP asked slId Ib the lb sonI son ion I Relax said the old man Some day you may be In a ditch yourself By Dy the time the other cart was back on the road it was eight Suddenly a great flash of lightning split the sky Then there was thunder Beyond the kills hills the heavens beavens grew dark I Looks like a big rain in the city said the old man mana a If It we had bad been on time wed we'd be sold out by now grumbled his son ff 4 Take Take It easy said the old gentleman You'll last longer I 11 w wasn't until afternoon II that Ihal Ib they y got gol to 10 tb Ib lb lo top of 01 Ih the lbs bill till overlooking Ib the town lown Tb They y looked down at aS it il for lor a long lim time Finally the young man an who had bad b been in such if a hu hurry said laid II I tee Sll what you mean an mean father They turned their cart around and drove away from what had once been the city of Hiroshima |