ANN

Saturday, midnight

Darlings, Aint the dime store gran'?
What I forgot in my last chronicle was about
Jane Taylor. Hunting for her in her own con-
temporary biogs was the best fun-especially the
" Woman's Record " or "Sketches of Distinguished
Women from Creation to A.D. 1854", by Mrs. Hale.
( Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's | Every
other woman set down therein was either a mem-
crable harlot, or a bastard. All the bibliog. you
need for your " Give Me Your Name " is in this
3rd edition of Mrs Hale's tome. But, we were
speaking of Jane...( 1783- 1824 ) London.
" Twinkle, twinkle, little star", along with
" Meddlesome Mattie " and "I Love Little Pussy",
were pub. by her and her sister Ann in the
MINOR'S POCKETBOOK. Ann was sweet and thoughtful
Jane was witty. Edmund Gosse, E.V. Lucas, and even
a Sitwell have praised them. Jane, being a wit,
was of course a cynic and never married. Ann
did.

I've got some ruminations of my own about
an alliterative subject, Popes and Prostitutes.
They made us what we think we are today. True,
Frazer's Golden Bough is the accepted unit on
Religion and sex thru the ages. He demonstrates
Identity; I but show how this oneness operated
to bring the new deal to our wishful ego. All
our contrivances for comfort date back to the

Vestal Virgins and the Augurs: Cushions, beds, folks, silken adornments, and washing machines. (Mrs. Hale begins her tale with Eve) giving life all its sumptuousness and beauty-- if it just wasn't for the Fascist, Kiwanists, or sumpin'.

Ha! the story of that bottle of wine is as significant as A PIECE of STRING. I know just how it happened. Will save the story for you. I've lived 30-odd long years with these gestures.

Hope both of you are fit again. You have to be.