Evening star., 1941-04-26
The Coming
Tower
The Diary of Our Own Samuel Pepys.
Saturday, April 19.

The Diary of Our Own Samuel Pepys.
Saturday, April IS. r
Up by times, and with F. Wierk
and two of my boys riding through
the country on a fine warm day,
and fetched up at Washington, In
Connecticut, and had talk with -
Mr.. T. Van Dyke, who seemed to me
to be man of unoStentatious erudi-
ton, and so stopped there for an
hour, and so on, and had a mighty
poor luncheon by the roadside. So
on to Massachusetts,, to Old Deer
field, and saw the school there, and
mighty fine place, too, and thence
to Amherst, and had dinner, and
thence to a cinema theater, and saw
THE Sea Wolf" good thing toe,
I thought, and so all to an inn for
the night.
Sunday, April 20.
Up pretty early, and so found D.
Morton the teacher and poet, and
good at both, will be bound And
he had us to breakfast, and so out
warm, and to Watertown, and saw
the Taft School there, which seemed
far finer physically than things
were In my day at Ann Arbor, when
my total weekly expenses were $3.50.
including three meals day at Mrs.
Norton's on Ann street, and two
Of them not bad, neither. Yet I am
not one to say that what was good
enough for me is good enough for
my sons, because even the RemSen's
Chemistry I used is obsolete, and
how many elements have been dis
covered since I studied it do not r.
know, save that never have heard
Of most of them. So on to Walling-
ford, and walked about, and found
Arthur Otis, Hurlbutt 40, and talked
to Mr.. George ST. John a bit. and
so drove home, and got there be-
fore o'clock, and went pretty
early to bed. and finished reading
"F1otsam," which shows how far
reaching the Gestapo Is, and the
trouble that utterly innocent per-
sons are in who seek to cross any
European border.
Monday, April 21.
Up, and found to my great Joy
that I had slept until near 8 o'clock,
and so felt so rested that I did not
feel like doing any work, which is
how I feel when I am not at all
rested. Yet there be those that pro-
| fess to love to work, which I would
not do at all if I did not feel the
necessity of clothing and feeding
and sheltering and buying mitts
/ for left-handed first basemen. albeit
I do hear a vast amount of palaver
about the dignity of labor. If all
the truth might be told. there are
mighty few workers who would work
if they had as much money as they
think would relieve them from that
irksome duty. Yet there are times
when I do become so engrosSed in q
task that I forget that 1t is work,
such as versifying or reading a book.
So home on the early train, and
idled until bedtime
Tuesday. April %.
This morning came the news that
the Greeks and the British have re-
treated, and that the Nazis are ad-
vancing in Greece, and already the
sad. familiar words are heard: words
that we heard about Poland and
Finland and Norway and Belgium
and Holland. such as that 1t was
only a question Of time when the
resistance Of this or that small ma
ton would succumb to superior
diplomacy and the ruthleSsness that
Is military strength. So all morning
at work, and in an effort to escape
| from brooding upon the woes Of
the world, and worrying about our
own Nation, hoping that 1t Is one
and indivisihle, I met Jno. Seymour
and with him to the Polo Grounds,
after much difficulty in finding our
way, for as much as the notices
in the municipal subway tell us that
when in doubt we should ask a sub
way employe, they should have said
the employe, for we could not find
any to ask, and finally a passenger
told us to go to Fffty-ninth street
and take q D train. So watched the
Brooklyn team beat the Giants, the
latter being team have enjoyed
seeing lose ever since 1903.
Wednesday, April %.
Lay long this pretty morning,
watching how green is my Sauga-
tuck Valley, and so up and to the
city and did some work, and then
met Sam1 Forrest, who drove me to
the stadium and we met there A.
Thomas, whose sobriquet Of Lucky
AL is well merited, for he did bet me
81 that the Red sox would lose, and
lose they did.
Thursday, April "a.
A little cooler this morning, but
wore no surtout, lest I be tempted
to go to the baseball game and
knew that 1t would be too cold, 20 I
worked the whole day, and with
some zest, too, and on the way home
I wrote some rhymes on the train
and vowed to do such things more
frequently, for it is the only place
where no telephone communicates
with my cell, nor Is there anv pas
senger who asks for help with his
algebra or his Latin. Home before 7
and so to supper, Of a lamb stew,
which I was holpen thrice to, and
thenafter, behind a locked door, did
an hours work, albeit Tim knocked
and said, This Is important" 50 I
opened the door and he tells me that
the Yanks are leading the league to-
night, Yet I could not but think
this is the only Nation in which even
a child considers that important.
Friday, April Is.
All day at work, and so uptown to
see Daisy Loeb and her helpmeet.