The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-01

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY

through and no TOP Of the Bottle.
What for would they want TO 10
away with the Top Of the Bottle.
I asked. It's N. only part that's
any fun. He hadn't thought ot
that. Good old Bernie. I bet by
this tim. he's accumulated an
awful lot Of thing. he hasn't
thought Of Socially there1l al
WAYS be Top Of the Bottle and
poor Bernie won't be among those
present
The one who will be Is Fedor.
don't make cracks at college sdu-
/ eating when I see what Il did for
him II was grand tn find one
Of the kids you could really talk
TO. He told me he'd made a switch
in his studies. been doing pre-
medical and was gong 10 study
doctoring in Chicago Account Of
his aluminium leg he wouldn't be
so good for regular practice but
1 ne had a chance 10 research in
| infant paralysis. He told me lot
OF interesting dope about relative
mortalities and what could be
done BY radio wave and massage
and 30 on. He said one thing that
came right in and hung up its hat
in my mind. Kitty. you've got
wonderful hands for massage
hadn't thought about II before.
but 1 guess the demonstrating
work had educated my hands
quite a lot.
When Fedor came TO town later.
he took me down to see the para
/ lysis clinic. and that's how I
started going there Sundays to
help with the children.
When Pat kenzie got married.
Peg Ramsauer joined the School
/ for Brides. She was working in a
bank, but We weren't sure If she
was a legitimate pupil for she was
Z vi TIC NbO't al ob0bl al ddf
ed young cashier who didn't be-
| lieve in marriage. Il bet his par
ents didn't either" said Molly. She
didn't like him because he had to
keep tossing his head to throw the
the hair off his eyes. In private
life he was a musician. But we
could see poor Peg had to work
this financial bohemian through
her system and I guess we'd
learned not TO do other peoples
moralizing for them. Sheepdog,
we called him, invited Peg down
to the Dunes for a weekend. but
some of the old Manitou inhibi-
/ tons must have kicked up and
she wanted Molly and l TO go as
chaperones. Anyway Molly and l
had a nice quiet weekend. The
Dunes is the only place except
Griscom Street where I ever had
what you might call my own back
yard to sit in. even if its the nde
Of sand hill. It's funny TO see
that surf and then find it's fresh
water. When it got to be meal
time. Sheepdog would sit down
and play piano and Peg listen TO
! him in fever, so 1t turned out
that most of our chaperoning
was cooking the meals for them.
Peg washed up because she said
musicians have 10 be careful OF
their hands. Molly got sore after
while and told Peg It's spity he
don't believe in marriage because
you'd certainly make good old
fashioned frau"
When liquor came back they
put revolving bar in the Pompe-
/ ian Room down at the old Con-
gress. like a little merryground.
l always loved that place. partly
because that perfume in the lobby
had memories for me. Molly and
I would 90 there sometimes and
ride round and round slowly. just
one Scotch taken in a circle gives
] you as HluNH KICK as lHIee siltliAS
solid in corner.
Peg went back TO Manitou
where she belonged. but there was
usually a Bride on the waiting
list Fedor came up to see us.
could hear his artificial leg bump
ing on the stairs. and we'd drink
beer and I'd wish Molly would
fall for him. He got me interested
in the hospital work and that
cured my feeling cynical. Then
Delphine sent me on the road, 10
f check up our demonstrations all
/ the way out TO the Coast and
back That was Pearl Nelours
work. out Pearl was going to be
/ married There seemed 10 be
1 plenty OF people who believed in
it even If Sheepdog didn't.
(To BE Continued)