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Show . . 4 THIS BUSINESS & 6& SUSAN THAYER Tfr HPJl Aunt Matilda and I were talking talk-ing the other night, as we sat knitting in front of the fire, about New Year's resolutions. "It's a mighty healthy thing," the old lady remarked, "to set once a year for checking up on yourself." "Like having a spell of company. compa-ny. You get busy and clean the cupboards and clear out the closets clos-ets and wash the curtains. Makes you feel real respectable. If you never had company come, likely as not you'd never get to clean up so thoroughly." My aunt dropped her knitting in her lap. "Now there's lots of thinking inside their heads that folks can tidy up atNew Year," she reflected, gazing into the fire. "They can see if they're wasting good time thinking about after the war, instead of facing the fact that it isn't nearly over. "They can look round to see what there is handy they can do to help get it done with. Maybe only buy some extra bonds, or donate do-nate some more blood ,or work the night shift that nobody wants in a canteen. Or maybe even take a full-time job getting out guns and things." She picked up the sock and settled set-tled briskly to work, as if determined deter-mined for her part to top her knitting quota without further ado. I silently paid tribute to a fine and staunch and distinctly lovable lady. And made a resolve to sort out my own thinking. Maybe I could get a war job. I wonder! |