The Omaha guide., 1934-07-07
1Ov11g Along With The Crowd By Paul Jay


What is it? The writers itch.
I've had It AL ny life. even from
my high chair days when the only
thing that would quiet me was . pen
Gil and 9 piece Of paper. Of course
distinction didn't come to me all at
once neither did It to Walter Win
cheH Take note you aspiring young
literary geniuses. After you've writ
ten your first million words and
packed them away for safe keeping
you may reasonably hope to achieve
what l have-Aa privilege Of writ
ing a whole column for your paper.
An I PROUD I'm just delighted"
And SOS my old typewriter It's such
a faithful and true friend. It's old.
II of Il IND ven krnw where
the ~@rtrl letters live u~nstairs and
the small ones down. No hard feel
ings- Just class distinction.
All We need now is your approval.
I've eve received a fan letter in my
life and I'm not going TO tell you how
old / am either, but l want you all TO
write TO me- I'm going to share hon
ors with you Wen make this column
a family affair. Whale well talk over
all sorts of thing. Yes, we'll settle
al the worlds difficulties and your
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US as the Saviors OF our country.
But here's your part of the New
Deal You positively must read this
column It's yours After you've fin
ished il write and tell me how no
accOunt it is and what we ought to
do &c bolster Il up before the edito-
takes it away from US. If we don't
succeed the fault is yours not mine
Oh. no indeed.
We're going TO talk about all sorts
of little intimate things The thing
that every day folks like you and /
are interested in. Just what is it that
makes life pleasant and worth while
for you? I'm sure the same things
that interest you viii be vitality i'm
portant to me-
Vacation Time
Somehow it didn't seem quite fair.
Everywhere I turned I was reminded
Of the fact that now was the oppor-
tune time to forget ones cares and
hide themselves away to mountains
and lakes, where one could revei in
the delights Old Mother Nature had
prepared for her children. She seem
ed ike a rather partial mother to
me
Vacation Why I might as well
dream Of a trip 10 the moon. l had
not the either financial or 10
connective to transport myself to any
Of those delightful places, far afield.
away from the city's dust and heat
where n may relax and gain new
strength for the tasks ahead.
I could have enjoyed sitting idly by
some meandering stream. dropping
my line into the cool waters of 8
mountain rivulet, watching the trout
dash flush ike cleaning arrows far
bsneath nae. 1 would have thrilled
while I walked for out into the
e to cast my line into the shall
low depths of some cleaning pool.
but woe is me, vacation days for SO
many Of us are only dream days, fill
ed with idle faRcies never to be real
lied.
My wife felt about as bad about
the matter as I did. 1 take 1t from
what she said that housekeeping isn't
so much easier than a lot Of things
men do She wanted to pick mountain
@ flowers ike the ones she'd read about
In books, wild christanthemums and
sweet williams She wanted to take
the children and picnic in some shady
nook. tucked away from view, where
the children could wander barefoot
on some sandy beech, or hunt for tiny
ghstenng shells along the waters
edge
Oh, the thought OF it all drove me
to distraction. Why couldn't / give
my family what other men gave
theirs Well, I finally decided after a
spell there were a lot OF man these
days who weren't doing al the things
they'd ike to do I decided I belonged
IN their class. I told my wife so.
She's a good pal. She brushed back
the hair from her damp forehead,
caught up the baby and dropped into
q rocker beside me on the front
porch.
The front porch, in summer has
for years been the place for the
family round up Billy generally sits
astride Of the railing Maybe it's not
quite as exciting as mounting q
broRch, but it seems to be quite sat
isfying to q six year old Maryben,
since she's started To High School is
too dignified for this sort OF thing.
She prefers the orch swing.
While we all sat in general as
senbly Maryben began ooh, ! don't
see why we can 90 some place? It's
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