The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-04
KITTY F0YLE
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY

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when vaa want Il. Molly vas East
iafeIv. she comes Il \. Y. every
snrs and While u get advance
aone on furniture trends. That
vas ne first chance / hsd Il show
her me new apartment. l looked
forward 50 . taking her round me
neIehborhaod and explain every
hing that makes ne feel Ike
nome Yau work yourself into
place until vou have vour own spe-
cal picture NJ Il. ana I thought
haw swell II would be % have her
know about things Like the cham
store where me harehp Seotehmsn
takes nv marketing order, YOU
have 10 % there Yourself because
over ne psane you can't tell Is ne
saving broccoli or chocolate. Ana
The French Home Laundry that
calls for wash the drug store on
Broadway where get hot coffee
after IN frostbitten in a movie.
and nv nominee for A D 2o0o
though Mark SAYS Nanny wont
know what A =. means. There
tbs view from ny window. the
new parkway on Riverside and
Hudson River sunset and people on
open hus-tops the way they SIT SO
straight outlined on the evening
light. wanted Molly to get
load Of al that. she could AXE
II back To Michigan Avenue with
her the way I still see the Nrig-
lev Building white like wedding
cake 81 night and smell the Con-
eress Hotel. I guess I was tired
after the office or both Of Us were
tired. I could feel I wasn't getting
ANYTHING across. Likely its no use
trying So often one or the other
is tired. or worried about some
thing. or checking off how much
time. have we. the worst feeling
in the world.
Then we came up to the apart
ment and flopped ourselves down
and perked some coffee. and when
We quit trying to say things they
began To come. Molly said how
nice To see the old snowstorm
again. the glass ball with the child
on sled,
Little Girl on a ,Sleighride, l
said She's had some bad spills,
but still coasting.'
Molly twirled il So the snow flew
round inside. Looks Just the
same. doesn't she. Things don't
play fair
How do you mean -
"Thev don't change. the way We
do What a memory they have.
keep pulling you back. That's why
I like the modern interiors, all bare
and stripped and no sentimental
i bric-a-brac. They're not always
reminding you of bygones.'
Maybe I like to be reminded"
I honestly do. if il isn't too soon
afterward. I took Molly TO lunch
in that outdoor place on Rookie
Teller Plaza. the fountain makes a
splash lust like 3 waterfall. that
and the birch trees In tubs made
me think of Pocono. but 1t didn't
hurt. Molly was the one VINO
complained, the sound OF running
water always makes her uneasy.
In the School for Brides YOU
couldn't even take shower with
out her needing TO get in the bath
room. Molly IS almost as good as
Wyn for funny things happening
to you. We We're getting IN the
subway to go out to the Worlds
Fair and whole crowd of boys in
soldier cadet uniform came in,
each one had doughboy cap that
said on it Harrisburg Patriot A
man in the car shouted out What
IS il. a conquest >" I knew, hav-
ing been to Harrisburg. the Patriot
is newspaper II was probably
all their subscribers, the paper
was taking a day off.
l told Molly how Harrisburg was
the first place Wyn and l ever
went together It's kind of sad
when things don't hurt any more.
certainly hang onto old Molly
because while there's things
don't tell her : can tell her enough.
She gets the idea.-She speaks Of
Fedor once and a while. how he's
proceeding on his short-wave radio
treatments II would be funny IL
We both married a doctor. Mark
SAYS ! should because the snake
on my ring Is the symbol of medi-
cine but ! told him If so it's only
coincidence. Of course mes
curious about It. the way ne IS
about everything. AS a matter Of
fact Wyn told me snake eating
It's own tail Is a sign Of eternity.
To BE Continued