St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-04-04

MI always he woman who has to have a new fu
coat because Mrs Jones has one, living
furniture because the Joneses have furniture
anything the Joneses do, she do It's Mn pu
the wife who has to serve complete dinner for bridge Nell huen
social club meetings because that Jones complete
dinner at the last meegeven serving complete
putting off paying bill letting
ride for another day
This keeping up devish ridiculous
brings anything in the but unpaid debts
frantic sraning keep head above
short story I'll forget about Keeping
1t simply about how
urban community and spread dscord all the place
moved into the community the crowd composed Of haozen
married couples lived settled rather
existence The had last years fur remOded do
other the went out Sunday morning friendly g
game after church.
Along the Masesons. The
community expensive clothes shining car modern smart fur
nure Even though didn't any
other husbands in he crowd he lived like making
salary Lydia Maserson chic clothes and
they Lda
cigarette spots
furniture The husbands observed SANS expensive go
clubs his specially tailored sports Stacks SUITS his
brand Of scotch.
Within year. living up to the Mas
Lydas clothes everyone
the MarsOns brand of SCOTCH keeping up with thu
MastersOns.
sudden wftnes no one could bev
had actually happened Sam Masterson didn't
he called little cod Pneumonia developed for his
hung the balance His slow tedious Lydia
to borrow money from her friends At first only few dollars he
until finally when the crowd compared the
the Mastersons found the The
fat broke The fine house. the shining
the clothes unpaid for The
credit They had bills the liquor store market
grocery part was now "he crowd
did, In trying keep with the Masterons
lost their footing gone deeper and deeper into debt
The story ended with the Mastersons moving of
munity sneakng out by night and leaving trail
ons behind them THE crowd adde and wiser had start al
again
I've that story When many marre
living from one pay day to the next antea trying to keel
the front they mistakenly think they
rendswe wonder what they of it? Illness accident ba
luck strike terifyingy when
in one fell swOOp. in big. crushing blob.
So-caled friends" whose goodwill bought
at ALL but worse their goodwill ends when the
the cabinet the fare in the cebox gets skinny
Women are to blame largely think don't see why any
her back at the price of her hus
security but happens all Of the time Nehe
can understand whv so MANY women feel their entertaining obga
ees. Perhaps Mrs JONES' VIII
elaborate buffet ueOurse dinner had to put Of
the dentist postpone the payment her
promise the department she would def
ney that bill Mr. Jones next day Or mayb
a inherited from distant cousin One
knows about these things
Keeping is only for the fOOhardy and unlike money
in the bank, interest
superduper of the University of Mime
Campus Club coeducaona for three hours last FRIDAY
evening capacity gathered celebrate the twentieth
anniversary the University of Minnesota Press and Of Mrs Margae
Hardings dictatorship definitely bookih
with professors librarians writers and other dgntae
the Press and Mrs Harding Dear
Macom Wiley read congratuaon coming all points
country and Dorothy Bennett
editor Of Simon and Shuster publishers in New York. tn
Harding assumed drectorsh
of her husband and has been directing
with excellent results ncethe only Press director
the country.
Seating tables small and apparently with
towards digestion through understanding
be handpicked with Mr.
Lyman Harold Quge wife of Professor Haro
Qugy this country after months IL
Newn is Of the Minnesota book store
wife aabe, downoearth couple
Sinclair Lewis novel to
May Kngsood and he believes Of the best thing
DONE 1t is the book which Lewis apparently
telling advantage the material he gathered Negroes and
brief the of smalltown Babbtype char
blood Of English royalty his veins
with the de his
kings blood but does find Negro blood When th
his lineage the small where he has beer
pillars society," things happen. New
tells Lewis only printed points about ea
on Negro Incidentally I'm rather afra
picked up THU
neck Of the woods. Haw!
Harold Qugley, attractive, personabe little lady wh
bring students the University such good
The Newns Mrs Quigey and myself famouy and
something about bOoeng which tucked for future
the dinner Professor and Mrs Qgly drove home
the various things professor
friendly unassuming gentleman for gaddng
scholastic accomplishment But then who things
done usually are I've found
altogether the kind Of evening like haven't haC
much Of lately. Writing book pretty combining business