The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-14
. Fair ENOUGH
BY pnSa'

are those of the author s': ass
may not always harmos and
with its position The '1 Fditlas
NEW YORK, Feb. I'm
way to 60 to the theater i III I'D
alone and cold sober, becanso' % d
way you can relax areSuse I'd
SOAK soak into yourself and forget $0s r. 4
everything but the pIay svt s'1]
tne other way, well, look. "'s''l
First you have to box ~,
to find out what She aEo>;
see, and never mind whe t5es.S
would rather see somethinr "a
because you wouldn't Saw Ely
you did, and then, natlrar, So !.
VIII pick a tougl one, So a1
be around 6 o'clock befo, - N4
even know whether you can e.. NJ
Then you have to Slap her, 81 $ n
tho +ima WIN a STEAK, and II
fangs at the rare viands !5F'!
otto delicacies you are sn p , s'
and wishing she would, for Ill
sakes, heave it in, because s.as
way across town to the N q
and if there is anything =
hates to do it is come st,,rnbss- "
IN late and walk all over =
OF people. But if you even sr,.
a squint at your watch yon '~s'
hurrying her, and if you srs \
ing to be surly, why, il u, wy
have been better to stav al b ".-
and it isn't every night sbo ''
out on the town with you. 81 -
NIGH make an effort to be rG,
II 1t isn't asking too much.
Another Stage
So then you have to CENT,
into the hack, and if it is r,,
snow the cab has got TO besrs
right exactly in front of tbe A..
alter or, with the silly shoes H.
wear, she will get her feet w..
Then you have got to ease
through the crowd and down
the seats and lay back her al
for her, and then her prog..
slips off her lap and you bsv
fish around in the dark, and
the time during the show Won bs
a sense of responsibility and en-
which is just what you 90 10 n
theater to get away from.
In the intermissions somt.
them want to 60 out for CHAR
in the lobby, and that means rr
traffic problems, and if she dozen
smoke, well, you do, and if al
do 60 out and leave her you n
something rhyming with 'hogg
and if you don't, well, that is i]
the time when you never wsrg
a smoke so much in all your Nd
). There is also the hazard d:
she won't like the show, after 1
which is her right, to be sure
but if you are alone and you dG
like it that is simple. You get.
and 60 out. But if she dozen
like it you have got 10 find q
how much she doesn't like it az
help her not like it, but, ever
you are stuck, because they pa
tically never give up on a shO
even if it is terrible.
:. Ready to Sleep
I mentioned that it is a 60
thing to go cold sober, too, wi
out any martins or anything
dinner, because if you do get
little steam up you r sure
be wanting a dram before
show is half over, but by the til
it is all over you are cooled
and then you have to start fit
at whatever place you go to,
by that time you are ready
curl up and go to sleep right
the middle of Broadway.
Well, after you stand up
help, her into her coat and
cover that you are standing
over your own hat, which b
slipped out of that damn "
thing, and then she drops h
gloves and it is slow going up
aisle, and outside there are
customers fighting for every I'd
and, anyway, they are all heac
the wrong way. where if you We
alone you would be out and g
in 9 IA seconds, Eastern stann'
time, and not a care In the W0.
They are all right and, on
average, very good company so
places, but a great worry IN
theater, and, anyway, whoever
up the idea that the thea'eI
like Noah's Ark and strlcty "
by-tWo? ~,
I marvel at that Jules Btu
tour, the husband of Hope nan
ton, who has been totlng !
around theaters, fights and all III:
20 years, always two-by-t"o' IL,
of the dropped programs .
gloves that guy has picked up Z
the problems of traffic and 'lli--
he has had to live through
right, then, she is pretty anu 4,
right, and she is sweet TOR a. d..
care, but I am afraid VIII M N
to say that if l had OeeN
Brulatour there would have C 's
a night somewhere way oach % y.
she would have caught me h H.
mood with that program and N.
gloves, and 1 would have sna'' .,
her pretty little noodle OIL +
thrown it at Bert LAIR
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