Show Ruth u Millett Says Yes Mrs Jones Had a Such SuchA A Lovely Time ow Me-ow I had SUCH a nice time Mrs Jones told her hostess of the afternoon as she left the smoke-filled smoke living room packed with bridge tables And she had spent a profitable profitable profit profit- able afternoon She had bad at least seen the re redecorating redecorating redecorating re- re decorating job her hostess had been talking about for at least at-least least leasta a month month and and she didn't think much of it it She had noticed how really fat Mamie was getting just letting letting letting let let- ting herself go Honestly she looked ten years older than she was wasAnd And she had decided for sure that Lois had started dyeing her hair It never had quite that much red in it before She had heard what a terrible time poor Mrs Brown was having hav hav- ing ing But in a way she had brought most of her trouble on herself She had no business marrying that nothing good-for-nothing in the first place place and and she was wasa a fool to have stuck by him through the years She had a nice bit of news to tell her husband at dinner Ed EdWhite EdWhite EdWhite White everyone was saying was going to lose that farm he spent so much on just to make it a show place and to have something to talk about Elsie and Peggy had turned up wearing hats exactly alike And you should have seen their faces faces especially especially Elsie's She al always always always al- al ways makes such a point of having having having hav hav- ing thing things different from everybody everybody everybody every every- body else She had a perfect opening for fora a dig at Elsie and she made the most of it it She guessed that would hold her for a while Yes it was a lovely party And she had certainly enjoyed herself Ripe Bananas Bananas are ripe enough to use served alone or with other foods when the yellow peel is flecked with brown spots would help any he said if I Id I'd d hang my hands outside She laughed She felt unreasonably unreasonably unreasonably happy As Mackey taxied along for the therise therise therise rise a stout limb of tamarisk shrub punctured the left wing fabric They watched carefully but the rent seemed not to grow longer And then the roar of the wind seemed to enshroud them To be continued |