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Mrs. Carpenter,
.WPBEx-Aide

Mrs. Malcolm H. Carpenter,
II. retired Government employee,
died Saturday in Garfield Hos
pital. She lived at 1900 Sixteenth
street NV.
Mrs. Carpenter was the former
Nita Clegg. a native of Elizabeth,
ILL.,. and the daughter of the late
DR.. and Mrs. ]. w. Clegg. She
was educated at Grinnell College
and was graduated in 1907 from
the University of Denver.
She was married in San Fran
cisco in 1911 to Mr.. Carpenter.
a mining engineer. The Carpen-
tiers lived in Nevada, Colorado,
Utah, Montana and California
before coming to Washington Is
years ago.
Mrs. Carpenter was in the in
tercept unit of the War Produc-
ton Board until 1945, when she
and her husband went to New
York, Returning here in l949,
she worked at the Agriculture
Department for year, compiling
data for survey on world crops.
Active in many groups, Mrs.
Carpenter was president of the
Red Cross in Salt Lake City,
Utah; q member of the Women's
Auxiliary Of the American Insti-
tute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers, the College Woman's
Club of Ell Paso, Students Loan
Fund of Western Texas for the
American Association of Univer-
sity Women. the Washington
Woman's Club and st. Thomas
Episcopal Church Guild.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by a brother, Robert r.
Clegg Of Chicago.
Service will be held at 2 pm,
tomorrow in st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church. Eighteenth and
Church streets NV. Burial will
be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Mrs. W. D. Roach,
Owned D. G. Store

Mrs. William D. Roach, 80,
who formerly owned the Roach
Drug Co. at Eighth and D streets
Sc, died Monday at Garfield
Hospital.
A lifelong Washington resi-
dent, Mrs. Roach lived at 1890
Longfellow street NV. with her
daughter, Mrs. Alfred E. Nota-
rianni.
Mrs. Roach was the former
Mary O'Donnell. Her brother,
William ]. ODonnell, 1901 Blag-
den avenue NV. is retired from
the drugstore business also. An
other brother, James. lives in
West Palm Beach. Fla.
Mrs. Roach is also survived by
her ward, Mrs. Mary Patricia
Drury Burke, Fairbanks, Alaska,
and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Malone,
II Fourth street Sc.
Requiem mass will be offered
at 9 am. tomorrow at Nativity
Catholic Church. Burial will be
in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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Mrs. Clyde Call
Of Silver SDrino

Mrs. Clyde Call. II. who came
to this area eight years ago to
live with her daughter, Mrs.
George Labin, 1904 Avena street,
Silver Spring, Md. died yester-
day at Suburban Hospital.
Mrs. Call was the former Clara
Martin, a native of Greensboro,
Pa. She came to Silver Spring
from Waynesburg, Pa, after the
death of her husband, who was
Ia grocer.
Besides Mr.. Labin, she is sur
vived by two sisters and two
brothers, Mrs. w. w. Ankrom
and Wayne Martin, both Of
Waynesburg: Mrs. Florence
Spragg, Canton, Ohio; John
Martin, Pittsburgh, and a grand
daughter.
Services will be held at 10 am.
tomorrow at Warner Humphreys
funeral home in Silver Spring.
Burial will be in Waynesburg.
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In Mrntnriaiit

ALLEN, RAYMOND AUGUSTUS tGUS1.
Sacred TO the memory Of our beloved
son, RAYMOND AUGUSTUS !ou so
January is. 1858.
And q voice | viii never forget.
A smile that will last forever.
In memory / can see you yet.
think OF you in silence,
No one can see me weep.
But many silent tears ! shed
While others are asleep.
May God grant you eternal rest. -
DEVOTED MOTHER. ESTHER T
coSTLEY AND FAMILY.
CAREY, ELISHA r. In loving memory
OF our father. ELISHA r. CAREY who
q psSl. 's' pAUoHrER' BERTHA.
CIsSEL. LETTIE. In sad but loving re-
membrance Of our loved one. Mrs
LITTLE cISSEL, who died three years
ago today. January is, 1888.
In life. in death. we loved you,
Your spirit fingers with US.
uERsTR Ii AND NARY,
GREEN THOMAS L. ,ToNEY). To the
memory Of your birthday: January L.
Who s2so' departed this lie November -
1855.
Before our eyes you faded.
Growing weaker every day,
Patiently bearing your suffering
WIFE AND CHILDREN
HALL, IRENE II. tribute Of love and
devotion to the memory OF our dear
mother, IRENE II. HALL. who departed
uary lS, 1910.
The angels are faithfully guarding
A sacred and silent grave.
For In, 1t lies a precious one
NV lSyed rs but coql 41, not sS os oprs
hE vasf GFft aSp boS 23ilHi DOLORES
DRY OF WALTER BENJAMIN HOUSE
who departed this life fifteen year,
ago today, February Is. 194l.
Loving memories never die
As years roll on and days pass by
OF one love and cannot forget.
Sometimes when life is lonely.
turn back the pages OF time.
There Is 10y In turning these pages
For In them sweet memories l md
These memories will always cherish
To me they are treasures OF gold
! will forever be turning these page
TILL the end Of the story Is told.
DEVOTED WIFE, BESSIE.
LOFTIEs. FRANCES ELLEN. A tribute
most worthy Of a beautiful character
my devoted mother. FRANCES ELLEN
realms January rs. 1923.
There are friends we meet on the road
Such as we all have known.
Who turn aside when the way is rough
And leave us TO travel alone.
But the one who was true and saw mt
Who stood by to the end
With a pleasant smile making life
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Violet Person.,
Former Actress

Miss Violet Warren Pieyson,
"a, who was active in dramatic
groups for many years, died here
Sunday. She last lived at 1901
Lamont street NV.
Miss Pierson was born in
Washington and was graduated
from. the Leland Powers School
|of Expression in New England.
She studied under the late
Charles Edward Russell, elocu-
ton teacher. AS a young girl
she toured the country in
Shakespearean plays with actor
Charles Hanford.
She was the first teacher Of
expression to teach actress Ina
Claire. She continued teaching
until about a year ago.
Miss Pierson was in vaude-
vile at one time. For many
years. she was a member of the
Washington Readers Club and
later the Violet Poetry Group.
She was connected also with the
Shakespeare Society and the
Washington Story League.
Miss Persons father was the
late William T. Pierson, minister.
lawyer and Pension Office en-
Iploye who wrote pension law
books that are still in use. Her
mother was Mrs. Jessie ]. Pier
son, a poet, who wrote the words
to the song Washington" Miss
Persons brother, the late VIII
liam Pierson, jr., wrote the
music.
Miss Pierson has no immediate
survivors. Il
Services were held today in
the Hines Funeral Home, with
burial in Glenwood Cemetery.
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civilian employees of the Govern
ment to increased pay and over
time compensation.
He was a member of St. Johns
Episcopal Church in Bethesda
and was active in the work Of
the church. He was a member
of the District and American
Bar Associations.
Survivors are his widow. the
former Alice Fitz-Hugh Deming,
a son, William: two daughters
Suzanne and Janet, all Of the
home address; his mother. Mrs
Harry D. Ruddiman. and a sister
Mrs. Adrian M. Shields. both o!
1884 Cumberland street NV.
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gion Of Merit and Purple Heart.
He was a member Of the Army
Ordnance Association, the Ma
sons and the Army Navy Club.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs,
Mildred Hathaway Gillespie: a
daughter, Mrs. w. G. Bartlett
of Saigon, Wet Nam. wife of an
Army colonel; two grandchildren
and three decentralization
three sisters and a brother.
Services will be held at IL am.
Friday at Fort Myer Chapel
Burial will be in Arlington Gem
etery.
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MRS. W. P. Collins,
Here S. Years

Mrs. William P. Collins. widow
of a Washington veterinarian,
died today at her home, 800
Woodland drive NV.
Mrs. Collins was the former
Sara Melzar, a native Of Dor
chester. Mass. She lived in
Washington for IS years and was
a member of Universalist Ma
tional Memorial Church, Six
tenth and s streets NV, where
services will be held at 2 pm.
Friday. Her husband died 13
years ago.
She is survived by a sister,
Mrs. George H Corey, Maiden,
Mass. Burial will be private.
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Byrd LeoveII, Treasury Aide
Durinu Wilson Administration

In 1888 he was grand COM
Imander Of the knights Templar
in Virginia.
Besides Mrs. Blake. Mr.. Leavell
lis survived by another daughter.
Mrs. Henry D. Blake. Green's
boro: a son. DR.. Byrd S. Leavell.
Charlottesville. Va; a sister.
Miss Lizzie Leavell, Warrenton.
Va, and five grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 pm.
tomorrow at st. Stephens Epis-
icopal Church in Culpeper.
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Byrd Leavell. SO, Of Culpeper.
Va, q former Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury in the Wilson
administration, died yesterday
In Townsville, N. c.. according
to the Associated Press.
Mr.. Leavell was stricken while
visiting a daughter. Mrs. Louise
L. Blake. on the Mills Home
a Baptist Orphanage.
Mr.. Leavell was born at the
family home in Amissville, Va.
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Harold Goldman. sc.
Architect. Writer

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 10 P.-
Harold Goldman. sc, an architect
who turned to writing, died yes
terday at his home in suburban
Brentwood Heights after q heart
attack.
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Uarns uf UhankB

Rhodes: JENNIE 8. TIE family of The
opportunity to thank the neiehbros
and friends for every expression OF
sympathy and act of kindness durins
9TT rs sent, s 3 g, e5 MI; :. 49,.
erly. Nd
RICH. BENJAMIN. We wish to thank
friends, relatives and neighbors for
the kindness and sympathy shown dur
Ing our recent bereavement.
THE FAMILY.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
FUNERAL DESIGNS

GEO c. SHAFFER INC.
Expressive Floral Tributes Moderate
prizes Open daily sum- holigays Phone
nisnts 900 Iztb 81 NV k s-OiO0
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~. MARIE L. The officers
and members OF Redemption
Chapter. No. IA, o. z. s..
are requested TO attend the
funeral OF our late sister.
MARIE PATTERSON. at 4
pm, Thursday. January 10.
1856, at the Israel Baptist
18th St. between ! and @ ne.
DAISY c LEWIS. W. NJ.
ROY LOGAN, W. p.
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~uxAsss, Saxon Post, NO. Al. Inc
GID : !
Is, 1866, at s pm. for the
purpose Of conducting funeral services
ROBERT A. BRIGGS, Comdr.
WILLIAM PARKER. Adtt.
day, January 10, 1855. at Suburban
Hospital GARRETT D. INSCOE, Sr.,
Of 12ll7 Georgia ave, Silver Spring,
Md, beloved husband Of Florence T..
lnscoe and father Of Garrett d. Inscoe,
jr.. and Virginia Belle Sweitzer
brother Of Pearl Miles and Ethel
Johnston. Friends may call at the. Ia
koma Funeral Home 254 Carroll st.
NV parking lot opposite where Serv-
ices will be held on Thursday. Jan
uary 10. at . pm Interment Fort
Lincoln Cemetery l8
JACKSON, WILLIE. on "Wednesday
January is. $50. WILLIE JACKSON
OF 7l2 Taylor st. NV. She is sur
viyed by her mother. Mamie Ivory
OF Charlotte. N. c. two dauehters, Bes-
sic johnson and Minnie Murray. and q
host OF other relatives and friends.
Notice OF funeral later. ARRANGEMENTS
by the Hoffman Funeral Service. 81 !
X st. NV
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BPafhH

ANDERSON, JOHN n. ofhcers and
49,, members of Columbia Lodge.
&0H No. SIS. /. 3. P. o. 3. Of W.
m NJ are hereby notified OF the flu
V neral Of Brother JOHN H.
ANDERSON from St. Luke's
~ Episcopal Church, 18th and
Church SITS. NV. Session of
sorrow on Wednesday, January Is.
1855. at 8 pm, at the Elks' Home
sol Rhode Island ave NV Elks'
services on Thursday, January 10, at
9 pm. at the Malyan & Schey, Inc.
Funeral Home, 424 r st. NV.
CHARLES W. ROBINSON,
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Jay cormody. dromo editor Of The Sio',
is on vacation. His column will be
resumed on his return.
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Ritz lust Hopes

HOLLYWOOD (NANA) Rita
Hayworth. re her pal joey
movie for Columbia, told group
in London: IF they stick to the
original story, I will be made
up to look 20 years older than
Frank Sinatra." She hopes
she won't look like Whistler's
mother. Jeanne Grain, hav-
ing finished The Tattered
Dress" is redecorating her Bev-
erly Hills home, a job that in
cludes removal of all reminders
of ex-husband Paul Brinkman-
even the grill grating he or
dered. Theirs is definitely not a
friendly divorce.
Broadway sensation Jayne
Mansfield is up for the re-re-
remake of Pink Tights" origi-
nally bought for another blond
Marilyn Monroe. In Jayne's
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WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage
NatiOnal-"Li1 Abner";; 2:30
and $50 pm.
Screen
Ambassador - THE Burning
Hills; 1880. $50. 1885 and
9:35 pm.
Capitol - BUS Stop; 1875
am, lao, $40. $40, TAO. $40
and 11:45 pm.
Colony - "Frisky";; $50 and
GAS.
Columbia-"B T ha n
Life; l1:40 am. lao. $40. $40,
7:45. GAS and 1850 pm.
DupOnt-"A Kid for Two Far
things; 1870. 3:35. $40. 7:45
and $50 pm.
Keith's-"Run for the Sun;
1920 am. 1925, $3.50, 5:35. TAO,
GAS and 1850 pm.
MacArthur-'Private's Prog
reSS'; 2:l5, 4:l0, sos, 1855 and
$50 pm.
MetrOpolitan-"The Burning
Hills; 11:25 am, 1:25. 1925,
$50, 1880. $50 and 1885 pm.
OntariO-"The Proud and Pro-
fame; 1870. 3:35. $50. sos and
1920 pm.
Palace - Johnny Concho";;
1850 am, 1850. $50. $50. 1850
$50 and 1850 pm.
PIayhOuse-"Lust for Life; II
am. l:05, 3:15. 5;25, 7:40. $3.50
and 1905 pm.
Plaza-"Naked Night: 1890
POS, 3:45. 5:25. 7:05. 8:45. 1910
and 1850 pm.
Trans-Lux-"The Eddy Du-
chin Story; IL am. ITO. 800
$50. TAO. 9:55 and 1905 pm.
Warner-"Cinerama Holiday,
2. and $3.50 pm.
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have given it realistic tone that
flavors even its most melodra-
motto rnonnentoS. IT churns IN
quite bit of excitment before
NJ. Mason is subdued and hauled
off to the hospital for restora-
ton to normally.
Another thing Director Ray
has done for Producer Mason is
to get his best performance in
long time out of Actor Mason
There are several other per-
formances which contribute to
the realism with which Mr.. Ray
makes the suspense taut and
tingling. The most notable Of
these is that of Barbara Rush,
who is fully authentic as the
wife whose home is invaded by
horror from a wholly unexpected
source. Walter Nathan. as the
teachers close friend: Robert
Simon. as his doctor, and Chris
topher Olsen, as the son he tor
ments in his madness. are others
Producer Mason can be glad he
hired.
AFTER DARK-The manage
ment of the Windsor Park Ho-
tel suddenly decided the other
day that the time had come to
reopen the Continental Room
for the new season. So. sum-
moning Art Calevas and orches-
ira back to the bandstand. re-
open the Continental Room is
what the management did. In
fact it did it with such a mimi
mum of fanfare that it was
more a sneak preview than an
opening night. The first i'm
ported star at the uptown supper
club has been imported all the
way from Yugoslavia and you
don't encounter singers imported
from there every night in the
week. This one is named Tana
Velia and bills herself as Miss
Yugoslavia, a title which seems
logical enough She is a becom-
ingly contoured blond and she
sings, serviceably if not exactly
spectacularly. She will be on
hand for one more week at the
Windsor Park if you'd like to
see the kind the boys behind
the Iron Curtain let get away.
the fools. Lloyd Windroth.
harpist, takes over the enter
tainment chore in the Willard
Hotels Willard Room on Mon
day. Back in town is Singer
Marilyn Mitchell, runnerup to
Miss Washington of 1855. She's
now doing her singing with Ray
Mckinley and the Glenn Miller
Orchestra in the Embassy Room
at the Statler.
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LYWOOD
By SHEILAH GRAHAM

current film, "Do-Re-Mi." the
gangster part will be played by
either Orson Welles or George
See HOLLYWOOD. Page Ais
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THE PASSING SHOW
Cortisone Misused
Gives Mason Thriller
THE PASSING SHOW
By HARRY MACARTHUR

Cortsone tablets sailed and should not be
consumed by the handful This the Of Bigger Than
yesterdays arrival at the Columbia Theater and it
put with considerable impact This picture
for the faint of heart
II is James Masons first effort as movie producer
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=---~~------~~~----
mnaged to avoid a rather COM
mon disaster. Too often an
actor or actress sees only one
role when reading script, which
leads to embarrassing involve
ment in some dismal dramas.
Mason obviously was func-
tioning as a producer with an eye
for theatrical effect when he
read and decided to do Bigger
Than Life" The role he plays is
one to tempt any actor with
leaning toward flamboyance but
it does not stand alone. 1t is
one part of a suspenseful melo-
drama.
A New Yorker magazine arti-
Gle titled Ten Feet TALL pro-
vided the inspiration for the
Cyril Hume Richard Maibaum
Bigger Than Life" screenplay.
Its pivotal character CMason) is
a schoolteacher whose placid
home life is interrupted when he
comes down with a rare and
usually fatal disease.
Cortisone, his doctor tells him,
is his only hope 1t will not cure,
however. but only arrest the dis
ease-even if it works in his
case. The danger, the doctor
warns, is that an overdose in
stead of the prescribed dose
might bring on mental aberra-
ton.
Since there would be no movie
here if Mason's man had obeyed
his doctors orders. it comes as
no surprise when he gulps down
too much cortisone and goes
psychotic before your very eyes.
Hallucinations beset him and his
condition grows worse and worse.
Finally he succumbs to the delu-
sion that he must kill his son to
save the innocent lad from a
life of crime.
\
Mr.. MasonS movie, as you
might expect, has aroused some
controversy. There are those
in the drug trade who feel that
it creates too vivid a false i'm
preston. even though there
apparently have been rare cases
Of this reaction to cortisone. (The
alterations stop, incidentally,
when the cortisone intake is
stoppedD
On the other hand there are
some in the industry who feel
that Bigger Than Life" is
equally vivid as demonstration
that wonder drugs must be
used precisely as the doctor
prescribes. If the parties to this
debate would like an outsiders
view it is this: After seeing
bigger Than Life" I may never
take another aspirin tablet
except. under the strictest
medical supervision.
For this miracle drug Lost
Week End" is a powerful film.
The Hume Maibaum screenplay
and Nicholas Rays direction
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For this miracle drug Lost
Week End" is a powerful film.
The Hume Maibaum screenplay
and Nicholas Rays direction
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] movie producer and 4
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BIGGER THAN LIFE" a Goth Gem
tury-Fox release. produced by James
Mason directed by Nicholas Ray.
sereenplay by Cyril Hume and Richard
Aiaibsunl from a New Yorker MAGAZINE
story, In CinemaScope and Deluxe
color At the Columbia Theater.
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Is a clear Indication That nc has
a bright Hollywood future that
need not include any more
grubby little television chores
Mr.. Mason is far more at ease
as a movie-maker than as a host
on a TV dramatic program.
AS both producer and star OF
Bigger Than Life" Mason has
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A 7eggar Started The Inn

Perhaps. The idea seemed fantastic =
but there it was. AS Autumn deepened
and leaves blew in bright piles against the
house, we wondered. We had given the
old man something that he had conSid-
cred more valuable than his last bit of
security. And we hadn't realized we were
in position to give anything to anyone.
1t shocked US - and then things began
TO happen.
WY father brought home an old
wood stove and set it up in the annex.
Mother did over the walls with some
remnant wallpaper = puffy red roses on
white. painted chair. My sister Sewed
torn rug And we had new room ~ Free
Nov, boy" said my father, I'VE can
chop up those blown-over apple trees
we've been talking about for year."
Every night we chopped. My fathers
face grew ruddy and the worry wrinkles
smoothed out. We came in TO supper, lug
ging firewood and shouting.
You wouldn't believe the change. Our
table had no more gloomy talk about
taxes or somebody's overdue hardware
bill We spoke of silver fish that had
leaped in the twilight Sound !. . or the
apple that bounced on my fathers head
The Depression sort of grouChed off into
a corner = still there all right, but no
longer sitting in the parlor.
The first one to try out the new room
was pimple-faced man who said he had
driven tent stakes for a Toledo carnival.
He had bloodshot eyes and he smeIled
like distillery He sat in the chair had
painted, throwing chunks Of applewood
in the stove. After him came Negro
boxer, an old woman selling silk stock
ingS, a young Swede on his way to a
welder' job in Detroit Then we lost count.
They all left something = num-
bled thanks, tiny angel carved out Of
wood, some pretty buttons. A glow set
tied over the house. America was riding
out hard weather, and we we're helping.
Well, that was quite few years back.
TWO WdIS ndNC COIltc anu gone MY
fathers hair is white = he's retired. The
other night | drove up from the office in
New York, and we walked along the beach,
The sand crunched pleasantly = was
barefoot, although it was October The
waves dubbed under wafer moon.
He stopped and pointed to the house.
II was huge, fresh-painted There was no
problem - Continued on Herf page
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blinking his eyes and wetting his lips.
Theodore, = said my father, show our
guest the Mushroom and get him towel.
Mother served creamed chicken on
toast. My sister and ] ate in awe-struck
silence while the ragged mans fork chimed
on his plate and his whiSkerS grew sticky.
He didn't talk His cheeks worked like
bellows and his nervous little eyes fol-
lowed each movement of food = bread
plate pickle dish -.
Afterwards he sat by the fire and
smoked. My mother passed candies and
he crammed a handful in his mouth. He
talked haltngly with my father. He had
been out west, picking harvest. He couldn't
remember much, things ran together so.
But he had worked threSher in his
younger days e that's how his face had
got chewed. caught in the machinery.
We fixed him a bed in the summer
annex We piled blankets on his cot. We
opened the blinds so he could see the
orchard and the Sound. He stood in the
window. eating grapes from our fruit dish,
and didn't answer our good-nightS.
IVY mother washed the dishes and
my father paced around the kitchen.
These are hard times, he said.
His poor, SCARED eyes. -"
Two silver tears fell in the diShwater.
walked into the living room = because
everything seemed scary if Mother cried.
We all went to bed without talking |
was mad at the ragged man. He had
changed everything. Nothing seemed Sc
cure. shivered in my cool sheets, trying
to imagine what it would be like to have
no place to sleep and nothing to eat.
In the morning, Mother sent me to wake
him. knocked, then pushed open the
door. He was gone. The bed was neatly
made, the blankets folded. l looked
around, then glanced at the pillow.
'MOtherr
She came running.
Look cried.
On The pillow lay four fVe-dOILar bills.
Twenty dollars. Ii was day when a
man could forget whose picture was on
the two-dollar bill.
why, he could have eaten at KeIIy's,"
cried.
My father arrived. He folded the money
thoughtfully in an envelope and tucked
it in his big roII-top desk
Perhaps" whispered my mother,
that was everything the poor old man
had. All his summer savings"