The Washington times., 1937-12-08
FUNNY ROMANCE

FUNNY ROMANCE
Jimmy was a machinist'S mate
first class with a year and sever
months to go on his enlistment
The way they'd got married wa!
really funny.
Sally hitch-hiked to California
as youngSter to see some rela
tives and ended up liking the
place so well that she got jot
looking after the colonel's chill
dren down near Fort Macarthur
Jimmy joined the navy not to
see the world or learn a trade
both Of which he did-but to gel
a job. He'd been a second barker
with street carnival when the
economic cyclone struck.
So it's easy to see that neither
Of them knew very much of any
thing practical in the way of
earning a living.
Sally never really felt her lack
of specialized education until
Jinmy'S bosom chum, Bill Dug.
gan, also a first class machiniSt's
mate, met and charmed a girl
named Patsy Fitzpatrick.
Patsy was a full-fledged secre
tary. she'd have you know, and
she worked for an important man
in the financial district.
She earned good money. wore
good clothes, bought manicure
and curl every Saturday after
noon, and generally cut dash
wherever she went.
She was inclined to highhat
Uncle Sans Navy and liked to
have Bill hide away his uniform
when he was off duty-"because
there are so many nice places
where a uniform isn't welcome,
Bill, darling, don't you see?"
That was the only thing about
Patsy that Sally Brown didn't ap-
prove. Sally just couldn't bring
herself to be false to Jimmy's uni
form because she both loved and
admired it especially the way it
sat on Jimmy's clean-cut frame.
Now, these two navy bride
groomS were both what you call
good eggs. They didn't drink too
much, they liked a quiet evening
at home better than the Main
Street leg shows, and they devoted
most of their talk to planning
what they'd do when their enlist
ments ran out.
Sally and Jimmy were at a
social disadvantage because all
they could afford was a dinky
hotel room while Bill and Patsy
rented little flat in a nice part
of town.
AN AMBITION
It was the ambition of the four
of them to take a house and fur
nish it and, oh, what good times
they'd have!
But Sally and Jimmy never
could get more than a couple of
dimes ahead of their upkeep be-
cause they were very foolish
young people who knew that
money was made to spend and not
to mildew.
"Bill, why don't you ever smoke
a pipe like my Jimmy does?" Sally
said one night when they were all
sitting around wondering what to
do next. Patsy shifted in her
naughty way.
"A pipe, indeed" she remarked
in superior manner. I'D never
. stand for it, that's why"
But, Patsy-a pipe is $3.50
darn domestic-and sweet. My
goodness, just love a pipe"
my boss, Mr.. Sinclair, has some
smelly old pipes around the office,
but he never takes them with him.
He says they smell up his clothes
So"
"Oh, just simply adore the way
Jimmy's pipe makes his uniform
SMELL" Sally insisted. why. when
he's away on the ship and I get
too lonesome I can just get a whiff
of his spare uniform and close my
eyes and just imagine that it's my
Jimmy right there with me. You
can't do that with a pack of Bills
cigarettes"
Patsy giggled, and this, too, she
contrived to accomplish in a SUI
perior manner.
Really, Sal, if you weren't such
a sweet kid I'd think you were kind
of silly"
The boys went back to the har.
Dor in the morning. The last thing
Sally said as she kissed Jimmy
good-by was, well. honey, if ]
hadn't gone and bought you a
watch and paid $5 down on it.
we'd have a start toward a down
payment on that car"
Jimmy held his little girl-She
was just a wiSp of thing-in his
strong arms and grinned over hel
head so she couldn't see him.
He said, yeah, and if I hadn't
put down ST on that bracelet fol
you-oh, well, what of it? We've
got each other. haven't we? Just
wait till I get out of this mans
navy. I'll get a job and -"
PLEASANT DREAMS