The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
Fair Enough

'Ai'C L amer.
Big White House,
Washington, D. c.
Dear Paw:
Since election a lot Of
have been saying how tha y'Vys
sorry they said some of tho ,b;' s'
they said Or. anyway. regro, 4 I.
way they said them, and We o,l C'
to close in now and preuars 's
defend the old home place sae. %
the you-knows who really bat sS- IN
whole lot of us. ~'
Now, l am not taking bacL
thing l said any more than any,
are taking back anything vor wv W.
but you have had a lot of kid, 's as,
in-laws, and you know how +, a..
in a family when one merot.+
starts needing another ana nrss.
soon they are all calling NV.
and there is hell to pay. Like ~.
instance. a man may say tbir,,
to his own ever-loving when h.
sore that if any other mar r,'
to say them to her he Womb b'.
him dead with a chair. or tbo ~.
lady says things to the old m..
that she wouldn't let any ~.
woman say.
Just Flare Tn
These things just flare ur in a.,
best regulated families. but oers.
ally they burn out in no finn,
Some of the members NAV , ,rT,
a few days and refuse 10 helm ua.
the dishes or carry out the asbs,
but if some yegg starts coming IN
the window they all rally 'rorrI
After these scraps there is alvav,
a little spell of nasty-nice polts.
ness while the members are ,r
ing to get back into the old war
and the worst thing anyone can h
then is to say to another one, We,
but did you mean it when ym
called me an ouse-lay?" Becsva
that one is a sure thing to repr
you bet your sweet life | mean
it, you ouse-lay.' And there yo
go again.
Back years ago | knew a SAILOR.
keeper who closed up the old sts
when prohibition hit and STACKED
about a thousand cases Of mn.
tious pre-war in his house. ba
presently the kids went off 10 cd
lege and then he made a coura
of passes in the stock market. 80
he and the old lady moved into
a swell country club to live. when
they didn't have any room 10 stu?
the provisions. So her sister Ta
married and had a house in Js
sey, SO one night the sister said
they could hide the goods in her
attic, and they did.
And then the next Christmas
they were all rejoicing at my
friends swell country club, and
the sisters husband got cOmica
and boosted my friend into The
swimming pool, clothes and all n
his tux. Well. my friend crawla
out and pasted the brother-inl@
into the pool, and the next thin.
you know they were all in The
water, yelling and squawking like
a shipWreck.
Didn't Speak
For about ten years | guess st'
err that they didn't speak, and N!
friend would drink that hOuSepa1i
that they were selling for McCG
in those days, and he would spsni
many sad hours thinking about
that beautiful pile of goods in MI
brother-in-law's attic and none q
them on speaking terms. Until ta
ally another Christmas they ce|
cided to get together again all
let bygones go and say abSolu'e1
nothing about the events OF lid
other Christmas night, such as %.
gave the first push and who Calea
what.
I tell you my friend was YER!
happy when his brother-m-la| ?.
his arm around his shoulder aO9s'
midnight and said, Jimmy YOU
know l still have a lot OF your ot
pre-War merchandise in my a'aV
and James said, well, we'll ! n@
forgotten all about that, and ple'a
forgive me for not taking II o.
your hands; so | will Seho w"
for it first thing tomorro" "I~
truck"
But just then from the oIs
end of the table he hears MS wv
lady in a scrap with her s'n.
and the sister was saying W. ",
your pardon; it was not my NJ" "a.
that heaved your jim ln!o
drink first. That big drunk Oh yO'
started it. He heaved NL"'
first" u,,
In about two minutes @,
wasn't a whole WLndo" III
house, and the in-la"s "eh' W. ,,,
16-passenger huff, and my A W.
never saw another drop Of d.
supplies as long as he AVta n
1t gets you nowhere to Asst
needing people when Inc INV y,4r
over, and if you really "an a., 5". b
how about slipping the "'''
that Ickes of yours? a;r.
Because | have been yer! hi,
fled and patient since elec'lo.r
that mug won't let it dle' 'T "n.
he calls me freckleface Jus. +;
more whatever happens u
fault, and there are " .,- a9
frecklefaces in this country lin
won't take any more lip from s.t 5r.
today than they would tahs ,ao.;
election, and what ! Salo
him still goes. ,,c. %
The best of health ana '""