Evening star., 1941-12-12

Henry McLemore. Miss Rankin SAID
that she did not believe we had been
a victim of aggression. She dis
missed the bombing as lightly as she
would a run in her stocking.
Now, any woman who IS that full
of sweetness and light, and who has
such a complete inability TO see what
is going on, would be fine catch
for any man. Miss Rankin's hus-
band would escape all the declara-
tions of war that go on in so many
American homes.
He could come rolling in from the
club in the middle Of the night,
knock over piece Of furniture here
and there, and still be assured that
the former Miss Rankin would greet
him with a sweet Montana drawl
and thank him for getting home
so early.
He could leave the iceboX door,
open without having the "enemy-
move on the attack the next morn
ing. He could throw his clothes
around and be confident that they
would be picked up for him quietly
and not with the usual accompani-
ment of "I certainly have enough 10
do around here without hanging up
your clothes. Why you don't hang
them up as you take them of I'll
never know"
Miss Rankin would be the sort of
wife, feel sure, who wouldn't OBJ
| ject to little friendly rifling Of her
purse. There comes time in every
husbands life when he needs to tap
the reserve deep in his wife's pocket
| book.
The same spirit that made her
overlook the "naughtiness' Of the
japanese bombers would undoubt-
edly cause Miss Rankin to forgive
and forget the countless other "acts
of aggression" that the average wife
won't stand for.
Her husband would never be at
tackled for not liking what she
served for dinner. He could turn
up his nose at the meal without
having her sever pleasant relations
and say, "I have asked you time and
again what you would like for din
ner and you never will tell me. So
I have to give you what I think
you'll like. Why don't you try plan
ming the meals for week."
Also, the Representative from
Montana doesn't sound like a woman
who thinks that ash trays are ths
only places to put ashes. She prob
ably would understand that the
floor. the fireplace, the pockets Of
suits, the cuffs of trousers, potted
plants and the window sill are
handy and natural receptacles for
ashes and cigarette butts.
Can you imagine woman who
wasn't disturbed by invaders bombs
being bothered by setback at a
poker game? Can you imagine her
raising fuss because shaving soap
and razors weren't put away?
You know the more 1 think about
1t, fellows, the more I know that if
the laws against bigamy weren't so
strict, would be on my way to
Washington now to offer my hand
to Miss Rankin. What were the
men of -Beaverhead, Broadwater,
Deer Lodge. Silver Bow. Flathead
and the other counties which go to
make up the First Congressional
District which she represents think
ing of to let her slip through their
! fingers?
| Here is a woman who is so pacific
that she can't even see the trouble
in the Pacific. You couldn't only
pull the wool over her eyes-you
could pull an entire flock of sheep
without her being conscious of it.
And here's something else to re-
member:
Even when she says no" as she
did in Congress this week, it doesn't
mean anything.
And here's something else to re-
member too:
The chances are she'll 60 on to
even greater fame by being voted
Miss Toxic of 1941 by the Japanese.
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