Evening star., 1941-05-10

SITS vi uDuDIcS, lDSlIl3 all. bul III
the afternoon my boys PLAYED and
then Mrs Cooper and Tim we're
beaten by me and Anthony, but Tim
and I lost at the change of part
ners. So home and took a bath,
but there was no hot water. there
being no oil for the heater. 50 in
mersed myself in cold bath, and
so after frugal supper, to bed be-
fore 6 o'clock.
Monday, May s.
Walked late this day, having
sleep that knit up the raveled sleeve
Of care, and so felt full Of elan, and
so unhurriedly to work. and read
how II persons of various degree
Of expertness said that they wee
certain that Britain would win the
war. and I wish that I we're certain
/ of 1t instead of feeling that Ger
many would not win it. This ]
know: That I must begin to save
pennies against next MarCh's tax.
So heard that no novel was to re-
, ceive the Pulitzer Prize. and why
For Whom the Bell Tolls" did not
/ get it I do not know, for whilst il
NAV be charged that it did not de-
pict the American scene, which is
10 say the United States scene, it
had for its chief character an Amer
lean, which is more than could have
been said for The Bridge Of San
Luis Rey." the 1929 award. which Of
course, was South America. LORD
the prize would mean nothing to me
of honor, but would be just so much
/ money, and, think, one free dinner
year. So to see my wife. who tells
me she is to go Under the Knife the
morrow morn, and so TO have dinner
with Lee Frank, my old Armour
schoolmate. and we prattled aVav
over those unforgotten times. much
to the boredom of his wife, Mervyn.
So it being late, to stop in town,
Tuesday, May s.
To the office early, and there At
work all day. and am told that m,
wife hath survived what TO me-
would have been an ordeal so I
home in good time, and had three
helpings of asparagus, our crop
seeming better each year, and so
read some of Bryant's poems, the
first time I had read "ThanatOpsis"
through since l saw 1t in Appleton's
Fifth Reader, but now I see that he
was greatly Influenced by Milton
and Pope. which God knoweth no
poet now writing is. if indeed poets
nowadays read Pope or Milton.
Wednesday, May 7.
To the office early enough. and
learned that my neighbor. R Maury.
had gained the Pulitzer Prize for
editorial writing. but r. Kirby come
in and showed me how the cartoon
that won the prize was almost eX-
actly like one drawn in the Mirror
many months previously, and with
the same title, "If I Should Die Be
fore I Wake And what will Dean
ACkerman and the committee DO
about that, wonder. So I to see my
wife, in such good spirits that she
gave me an errand to do So I to
catch up Harold and Louise Rugg
who drove me home to supper, ana
thenafter We to the Hurlbutt School
and DR.. Rugg talked mighty we'll on
the rise in American education. and
other matters and there are thou
sands Of small towns like Weston
where education, qualitatively and
quantitativelv. must have increased
immeasurably in the past 10 years.
Thursday, May 8.
Up very betimes and missed th0
train. owing to the immobility Ct
two cars driven by ladies who were
telling their husbands farewell. as
though they had read Byron last
night. But it was spilled milk, so
I did not weep, but sat in the sta
ton rapt in contemplation. 81
home later than I should be, and
found Tim studying about Th: JET
ferSon. and he wrote some stilted
stuff, but told me about his visit tn
Charlottesville and of many thing
about Monticello which I did not
know, and I asked him why he did
not add that, but he said. "Oh that s
no good" and I said that it Vas far
better than the encyclopedia stuff
first hand stuff being better than
second. To which he agreed.
Friday. May 9.
AT O'Clock walked and saw my
boy polishing his shoes and said tha t
I saw that he did arise and shine,
and he said that his shoes looked
pretty muddy So to the train and
rode with Betty Howard. and I
read her the names Of various high
salaried presidents of corporations,
to guess what the corporation was,
and it was sweet to see a Cudahv
actually in the Cudahy Packing Co
So to see my wife and thence 10
see G. Tunney and so home forth
with F A.
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