Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
THE
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DAMON
RUNYON
MIR. Joe Turp Writes
from Brooklyn

HEN AEa4E -
10 my wife Ethel well
lovely I know where there Is q
new movie we haven't seen and
I will help you with the dishes
and take you 10 1t and Ethel ses
no Joe lets stay home. I want TO
tell you something.
ETHEL SES no It will take
me a little while 70 tell you and
I ses well ali right sweets !
guess the movie will keep. So
we had supper and helped her
with the dishes and after she
had put everything away she
came into the living room where
] was reading the paper and ses
now Joe will tell you the sonie-
thing / mentioned. DO you know
you are a terribly nice fellow?
SEES ann She ses yes YOU
are. / think you are the incest
fellow in this world. ! ses well
] am glad TO hear 1t Ethel but
what was 1t you wanted TO tell
me? She ses that was II. ] ses
what was It? She ses why what
I Just ses. ! ses do you mean
that all you wanted 10 tell me
was that am q nice fellow
I SEES let me think that over
awhile. Ises you turned me down
on going to the movies TO tell
me am a terribly nice fellow?
Ethel ses yes. ] wanted TO have
you where you would listen to
me when told you. ses what
brought this on Ethel?
SHE SEES well Joe got to
thinking this afternoon what .
terribly nice fellow you are.
You come home every night all
tired out but you always ask
me 10 60 TO the movies though
I know you are so tired you are
liable TO 60 TO sleep In them
and you often help me do the
dishes and never forget TO ask
me how ! feel and are nice 70
me- In q million ways. Then ]
got to thinking that I haven't
told you often enough what q
nice fellow you are 30 ] made
up my mind 10 have q nice fell
low evening for you and this Is
the one.
JOE am going 10 have q
nice fellow evening for you once
q month after this and on that
evening We viii Just stay home
and / will tell you what a nice
fellow you are.
I SEES well sweets you don't
know how much ! appreciate
this. ses you are pretty nice
yourself and she ses yes you tell
me that almost every day Joe
and guess other husbands tell
their wives the same thing but
how often do the wives tell their
husbands they are nice fellows7
] ses I don't know Ethel.
SHE SEES well I'll bet IL is not
often but now that / have got
my nice fellow evening started
maybe II will spread all over
the neighborhood and become
a regular thing.
Uses have you mentioned the
.dea 70 others already Ethel7
She ses no only TO my mons.
She was over here this after
noon when ! was thinking what
q nice fellow you are and told
her ! was going 70 have my nice
fellow evening for you tonight.
! ses what did she say beautiful7
Ethel ses she SEES II was crazy.
Ny mons ses my pops IA a nice
fellow too but that she hasn't
told him so 10 his face In twenty
years because II she did he
would become suspicious that
she wanted something. She
SEES you would get suSpicio..s too.
Are you Joe?
EES OF course not Ethel and
II Is the greatest idea / ever
heard of in my life. / ses from
nov on ] will be looking for
ward 10 your nice fellow eve
ming and ! will keep OF trying
10 show you I am entitled 10 IL
and just then the phone rang
and Ethel Was away quite
awhile answering 1t and when
she came back she ses guess Who
that was Joe?
SES / guess II Vas your
Uncle Ben asking you II you
could let him have a couple of
dollars. She seS no that Nss my
mons. DO you know what she
ses Joe? She seS she went home
and got 10 thinking about my
nice fellow evening and she
made my pops stay IN ard told
him he is a nice fellow TOO.
I SEES what did your pops
think about that? Ethel ses
why mons ses he was tickied 10
death and gave her a big kiss
and that surprised her so she
could hardly talk 10 me. I Der
well baby here IL a kiss for you
and I hope 1t Is no surprise and
Ethel Sea OF course not Joe
What a really nice fellow you
are. Yours truly. JOE TURP.