Show lenry enry Me Lemore 1 JEW w YORK YORK YORK-We We were work- work In our victory garden the theer theer ther er er r day pulling up the few that threatened our of f establishing a new ord rd for weeds produced per ire are he inch by an amateur when tier ner er were vere ere sum sum- ned to the phone J without so soch soch ch eh as a aello cUb ello or an anre rere re you youre you're re re 1 the theon c on the theler end of ler Ii asked asked if were were the who whoa d a bought t turtle turtle- u r t 1 ek e- e k sweater cerIn am om a McLemore l fn In s store t or e March ry riy in We said yes we were and truthfully have added that lived to be would t if we forget the purchase ase because It t fool sweater came very ise se to breaking breg up our family bought it because we weed weed weed e e e ed its snug warmth its d d' d and yellow stripes and beuse beuse beuse be- be use use we thought it t would hide hin chin or two and provide our with ith an athletic u uch uh h that has been missing lice ie ce those days when we ran an anchor leg on the grammar h hoI ol team If It nearly got us run out of i house The first time we wore it a certain p party asked us where our boxing gloves were With each succeeding wearing the jibes grew more cruel and pointed and finally ended with us being dragged before a mirror mirror mirror mir mir- and told that if it we wanted to look like something out of the Boxing Guide we co could ld go and live with Promoter Mike Jacobs or take a corner room in Madison Square Garden But to get back to the man manon manon manon on the other end of the tele phone He was overcome with joy when he learned that we had bought the tho turtle neck sweater and twice overcome with the same when we remembered what we had paid for it it- it with tax His happiness seemed just as crazy to me as it must seem to you now until he explained what it was all about The man runs a little clothing store one of those little shops tucked away in a wall that has one or two of everything He was very happy there alone with his garters suspenders guaranteed ties slack ensembles and hats that you must not wear out O in the rain Then all of a sudden the price ceiling hit him Out of the white red-white-and-blue Mr Leon Henderson and his cigar projected projected pro pro- itself into the life of the little storekeeper He became one with Macy and Gimbel and Hudsons Hudson's and J. J N. N Adam Adani and other great stores Orders and came from Washington He was a part apart of the war effort Finally through reading the papers and his orders he learned that his goods had had a ceiling put on them that from now on his prices must be no nomore more than the highest prices he had charged in March But what were his March prices Price ceilings made the little man hit the ceiling not out of anger but out of ance He didn't know what his March pric prices s were He and Mama who helped him in the afternoons had just charged whatever came into their minds and provided them with a little profit So to keep within the law and keep out of jail he is mortally afraid of being sent to Leavenworth Leavenworth Leavenworth Leaven- Leaven worth and shakes every time a customer comes in the store lest it be a price administration agent che checking on his Marchand Marchand March Marchand and June prices he is trying to locate all the customers who bought from him in March and prod them into remembering what they bought and what they paid for th the tha goods This falling he figures hell he'll I just send Mama off to stay with his folks until he gets back from the We were glad to help him but we do regret having that turtleneck turtleneck turtle- turtle neck sweater brought to our mind It has been laid away in mothballs and quick lime for many weeks Despite all the harsh things said about it westill westill we westill still believe we looked all right in mit it |