Detroit evening times., 1945-10-29
WESTBROOK
PEGLER
Fair
Enough
Enough

Enough
I AM living in dread of the day
L when the treasury gets
around 10 reviewing this years
return because this is the year
when / put in as a bad and
uncollectable debt, az cents Of
the so cents that Miss Sally
Wilson ohWashington has been
owing me Tor" two years and
finally settled through Jesse
Jones, for two cents on the
dollar.
The Wilson woman Is a play
wright and is the daughter of
Lyle Wilson, the manager of
the United Press Bureau in
Washington. She is now 13..
years old but she was 10 when
she wrote the play which was
entitled. Grandmother Has
Gone 10 the Bar"
detected genius in the
script al the time and published
IL. calling attention 10 the
Saroyan influence and the next
year, in Portland, Ore. | ran
into Stewart Holbrook. another
writer. who was practically
hysterical about il and wanted
TO print II in a book.
! took il on myself 10 ask IS
for the book rights which he
readily agreed 10.
DuT when he sent the check
- il was made out TO Miss
Wilson and the covering note
said he had always detested
authors agents and. for once
in his life, was glad 10 have
chance 10 pay the entire price
10 writer and make the agent
hustle for his commission.
The commission was 80 cents
and was fully justified not only
by my skin, devotion and acu-
men IN driving good bargain
for my client, by expenditure
OF S3.SS for some beverages
during my hagellng with Mr..
fiufbrook. who iS Scotsman
and no mean haggler. but mean
enough Al that
| hesitsted 10 play the part
OF agent in this deal because !
did not want 10 embarrass the
Wilson womans father and,
moreover. he is an editor and
was spprehensivs that he
might get vindictive and edit
the ears of me.
Therefore. I phoned him. He
called r1r by my first name and
said heartily There isn't
enough money in the world 70
embarrass a Wilson
Matters went from bad 70
worse and finally New Deal
congressman named Slivewi'ch,
an old-tine con man named
Singer and a man who said he
was An uncle Of the accused.
engaged in the business of pro-
noting RFC loans on percent
age, came 20 see me.
GO I went ~ see Mr.. Jones
and he SAID The girl Was
busted and was thinking Of loin-
ing the WACs II the war lasted
until she was old enough sFd
her father vas badly worried
about her financial affairs, so
what about a settlement
-----f-effdr- wsrt him doing srv-
editing on me. So asked Mr..
Jones what they were offering
and ne said two cents on the
dollar"
A T THIS point. perhaps YOU
"a would like 10 reAd the play,
which l. ss follows.
STEPMOTHER-rm tired ~
hoins here, Fve aiDays vanted
10 be an actress.
FATHER-You ssrtnipiy don't
care for the children thinL ~
What theyW 90 fhrsw grand
mother {" oiUoy. getting drunk.
STEPMOTHER-H n. ehH.
dr.n eort Get along by they.
self its - bad CONT help IL II
srondrother gets drunk.
Children enter.
JO-Cuen vhdt ! don't haze
any home worh.
FATHER-Good do YOU have
any CioUsr.
CLOVER--A httI, BID
DiCk-A It'll. BIT my foot.
GrandmO her enters.
GRANDMOTHER-r,, hyk
squssed the pototoe. ond peoied
the huL lemons.
The word 'huk. Senoiine ir-.-
enrlety here, is an improvement
on the conventional 'hic.
TEPMOTHER-Oh d,a,
Children laugh and STEP
mother leaves the room.
FATHER-Grocny vouldnt
you like to Get some water.
GRANDMOTHER - Later IN
I'm going to me bor now.
JO-H you don't 20 10 ths boy
more than tWise a day PH cot my
Rot.
GRAhDMOTHER-Yeu don't
hove nny 10 cot huh.
TEPMOTHER-Cem. in aud
cot children rrsndmother's gone
te the bor thank ronne,e.