Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-17

Il Think" she said, "you mean
the time Sally kicked her
teacher for keeping her after
school. But she didn't break her
leg. She did bite her dog, Sarah,
though, her little Scottie.
1T was a fight over their
dinner. Sarah ate something off
Sally's plate, so Sally ate . dog
biscuit out Of Sarah's bowl and
Sarah bit her, and the fight
was on"
THOUSANDS i'm Washington
l. remember Sarah.
She had a 50 per cent interest
in one of the bitterest feuds IN
the history Of the capital.
1t started when William Has
sett. one OF President Roose-i
velt's confidential secretaries
and an old family friend OF the
Wilson's. sat beside Sarah on the
couch for a whole evening and,
as he was about TO leave, re-
marked that she was a very
quiet, we'll behaved little dog.
? but then, drawing on his new
overcoat in which Sarah had
snuggled during the visit. dis
covered the whole back chewed
out of it,
Mr.. Hassett hated her until
she did last year. and Sarah
would snarl and snap at him and
him alone of all the Wilson's
callers.
She died OF govt after years
of overeating at the garbage
cans OF the better embassies.
MR.. WILSON says he is posi-
WI tive that Miss Sally has not
been influenced by the works of
William Saroyan. never having
read him or even heard of him.
In the play. which has no
title, the word-or rather the
hulk" recurs. and Mr..
Wilson contends that this is
good realism.
He says il is considerably
more like the sound issued by
drunken persons than the con-
ventional "hic."
He may be right.
The play follows:
CTEPMOTHER-Tm tired OF
~ living here. I've always
wanted TO be an actress.
FATHER-You certainly don't
care for the children think OF
what they'll go threw grand
mother is alwas getting drunk.
MOTHER-If the children
can't get aforg by there self it's
10 bad / can't help it if grand
mother gets drunk. i
children enterD
JO-Guess what ! don't have
any homework.
FATHER-Good do you have
any Glover.
CLOVER-A little bit.
DICK-A little bit my foot.
Grandmother entersD
GRANDMOTHER - I've hulk
squesed the potatoes hulk and
pealed the hulk lemons.
MOTHER-Oh dear.
children laugh, and mother
leaves the room.)
FATHER - Granny wouldn't
20
GRANDMOTHER-Later on
I'm going TO the bar now.
JOE-If you don't go to the
bar more than twise a day IL
eat my hat.
GRANDMOTHER-You don't
have any to eat hulk.
MOTHER-Come on in and
WI eat children.
FATHER - Gran d mothers
gone TO the bar.
MOTHER-Thank gonnese.
FATHER-You know the chill
dren can't stay with her.
MOTHER-They are not my,
children where is there real
mother.
FATHER-Its a long story
but you remember that big tank
full of gas that started leaking
in Gayton well we lived a block
away and / was reading a paper
and my wife was soing on some
close and / opened the door and
a man said the gas tank was
busted so l ran for the boys and
my wife ran for Clover. II was
so fogie outside 1 couldn't see.
MOTHER-The children must
have very bad memerys not to
remember this. -
FATHER - Well Dick wal
only two but he slept threw thu
whole thing 10 was one and
Clover was 3 months well the
streets were crowded my wife
slipped on a rock i don't knov
exactly how we got apart but Z
notised she was missing many a
times / looked for her but Z
never found her.
MoTHER.How queer,
MIR. WILSON. with Saroyan's
'IVl success in mind, is thinking
of quitting his job and living on
Miss Sally's royalties.