Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-18
Closs's Column

! MY WEEK: Monday morning #.
decide to get column written early
this week. 1t was late last week
besides, it's always better to have
n ahead You never can tell,
you know. Get up the laundry.
Monday afternoon 49,. End all the
, leftovers are gone. Go grocerying.
Monday night The movie is one
that nobody should miss Good re
views in every magazine. Go to
movie.
Tuesday afternoon -. Find spent
! umn must be written early this week.
Today. No later. Go to mail box.
Detour by apartment No. 10 to see
I the new baby and read the mail
aloud. Mrs. Pate doesn't know who
wrote the letters or why, but listens
patiently and battles the baby.
Tuesday faternoon Find spent
half a weeks food allowance on
Monday and forgot to buy flour, but
ter. and coffee.
Tuesday night Discover that
Chorge, one Of Bjlly's goldfish, has
inadvertently gone down the drain.
! Spend the evening trying to figure
out what to tell Billy when he finds
Chorge is in Goldfish heaven.
Wednesday morning Must
write column now. There are neither
eggs nor oranges in the house. Try
TO find out what did with this
weeks grocery money.
Wednesday afternoon Maids
afternoon off. Give Billy crayons and
paper while | try to write column.
An ominous silence leads to thed dis
! covery that the newly painted blue
bedroom wall is o suffering from
green splotches. Try a sharp knife
on the green crayoned wall. 1t
doesn't work. Another silence alarms
me and | find Billy across the hall,
with no clothes on, trying to borrow
an egg.
Wednesday night . . Wonder how
TO clean the vail without repalnt-
ing it. Swear at myself for allow
ing aye in the house. Try car
Observation-Disclosures. It's a big success
on blond shoes but fails horribly on
d green WaXed wall.
Thursday morning Positively
must write a column today. Mrs.
Pate comes in to ask the return OF
her skillet, which we borrowed last
Tuesday. We get into an argument
G mental telcpathy. She reads
me her mail. l don't know who wrote
the letters or why, but | listen
patiently and clean off my desk.
Thursday afternoon See where
the Playmakers are having tryoutS
for the new play. Read over the
play. None of the leading parts APP
peal to me, but | try-out just the
same.
Thursday night Detour to
apartment No. II to listen to the
continuous crashing of beer bottles
in the house next door. Debate
cause and cure Of throwing beer
bottles. Tell Billy to 90 straight to
bed. Get out typewriter TO do col
umn. Watch lonely goldfish look
ing around for Chorge. Find there's
nothing inspiring about a goldfish.
Friday morning On the way
to Playmakers | debate whether to
accept one of the leading parts
if | get it. Sure enough, my name
is on the bulletin board -. got a part
| didn't try for . 1 have three lines
to say: "What a handsome mar is
CAPTAIN Ames.' II never heard
the house next door comes owe and
and Il only know one song, and
that's Yankee DOODLE" | know my
lines already. No trouble at all. !
enter the building and accept the
part with pleasure.
Friday afternoon The owner OF
the house next door Games owe and
eXplains the beer-bOttle affair. De
eide maybe there are times Wher
it. ~ecessarv to throw a beer bottle.
Friday night Read Hime. A
columnist has to keep up with more
things than beer bottles and it's
been a tough week.
Saturday morning :. Curb mar
ket and then drug store for a coke
There are no cokes, but the vOunc
mar behind the counter offers {
reasonable facsimile thereof"
Some of the housewives sev the'
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