Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-07-28
Liz the Depression
Amarillo. TEX ClobcNe,

perity for me-
| have had more fun since the deprcz-
sion started than | ever had In my life |
had forgotten how to live, what it meant to
have real friends. what it was like tt cat
common every day food Fact Is. | was
getting just a little high-hat-
Three years ago. only one man of the
NewsIG Globe organization could be out of
town at a time and he had TO leave at the
last minute and ge back as soon as possible
Many times | have driven 100 mikes to a
banquet. sat through three hours of DUNK
in order to make a 5 minute speech. Ih-n
drive the 100 miles abck SO as to be ready
for work the next morning
Nowadays. as many NewsGlobe cmr
ployees as are invited make those trips and
we stay as long as we want to- The whole
outfit could leave the office now and 1t
wouldn't make any difference
like the depression | have time to
visit my friends. to make new ones Two
years ago when went to a neighborlng
town. | always stayed at a hotel Now | go
home with my friends. stay all night and
enjoy homecoming | have wen spent the
week end with some of the boys who have
been kind enough to invite me
It's great to drop into a store and feel
that you can spend an hour or two or three
or a half day visiting and MOI feet that you
are wasting valuable time | ike the depres-
sion.
am getting acquainted with my
neighbors. In the last SIX months | have be
come acquainted with folks who have been
living next door to me for three years | am
following the Biblical admonition, Love
your neighbors-" One of my neighbors has
one of the best looking wives | have ever
seen. She is a dandy ! am getting acquain-
ted with my neighbors and learning to love
them.
Thee cyars ago | ordered my clothes
from a merchant tailor-two and three suits
at a time All my clothes were good ones.
was always dressed up But no~. | hay-
ent bought a suit of clothes IN two years
| am mighty proud of my Sunday goto-
meeting clothes. When | dress up, lam
dressed up, and | don mean maybe Ike
the depression.
AnIEE years dSS a Wd1 ~ UuS9 GILL Iy
wife was so busy that we didnt see much Of
each other, consequently we sort of lost m
terest in each other. never went home to
lunch About twice a week went home
for dinner-at $50 O'Clock never had
time to go anywhere with her IF | did 60
on a party. | could never locate her. and
since there was always a blonde or a red
head available | didn't worry much about
it.
My wife belonged to all the clubs I'm town.
She even joined the young mothers club
We didn't have any children. but she was
studying-and between playing bridge and
going to clubs. she was never at home
We got stuck up and hifalutin- We even
took down the old family bed and bought
a set of twin beds ON the installment pzn.
When | would come home at night if my
wife was at home. she would already be IN
bed and | would crawl into mine If she
came in last. it was vice versa
We ike the depression We have com<
down off cur pedestal and arc really living
at nv house now. The twin beds are stored
in the garage and the old family affair :
being used We are enjoying life Instcad
OF taking q hot water bottle to bed on ond
nights. she sticks her heels IN my back jusa
ike she did before Hoover was elected
haven't been out ON a party In eighfccn
months. have lost my book Of telephone