Show I 1 like the depression reprint from amaralo news globe I 1 like the depression no prosperity for me I 1 have had more fun since the depression started than I 1 have ever had in my I 1 had forgotten how to live what it meant to have real friends what it was like to eat common everyday food fact is I 1 was getting a attle high hat three years ago only one man of the news globe organization could be out ottohn at a time and had to leave at the last minute and get back as soon as possible times I 1 have driven one hundred miles to a banquet sat through three hours of bunk in order to make a five minute speech then drive miles back so to be ready tor werk the next morning nowadays as many news globe employees as are invited make those trips and we stay as long as we want to hie whole outfit could leave the office now and it make any difference I 1 like the depression I 1 have time to visit my friends to make new ones two years ago when I 1 went to a neighboring town I 1 always stayed at a hotel now I 1 go home with my friends stay all night and enjoy home cooking I 1 have even spent the weekend with some of the boys who have been kind enough to ask me its great to drop into a store and feel that you can spend an hour or two or three or a half day just visiting and not feeling that you are not wasting time I 1 like the depression im getting acquainted with my neighbors in the last six months I 1 leave become acquainted with folks who have been living next door to me tor three years I 1 am following the biblical admonition love thy neighbors one of my neighbors has one of the best looking wives I 1 have ever seen she is a dandy I 1 am getting acquainted with my neighbors and learning to love them three years ago I 1 ordered my clothes from a merchant tailor two and three suits at a time all my clothes were good ones I 1 was always dressed up but now I 1 haven t bought a suit in two years I 1 am mighty proud of my sunday go to meeting clothes when I 1 dress up I 1 am dressed up and I 1 dont mean perhaps I 1 like the depression three years ago I 1 was so busy and wife was so busy that we see much of each other consequently we sort of lost interest in each other 3 never went home to lunch about twice a week I 1 went home to dinner at six thirty I 1 never had the time to go anywhere with her if I 1 did go on a party I 1 could never locate her since there was always a blonde or a redhead red head available I 1 worry much about it my wife belonged to all the clubs in town she even joined the young mothers club we dont have any children but she was studying and between playing bridge and going to clubs she was never at home we got stuck up and hl we ven took down the old family bed and bought a set of twin beds on the installment plan when I 1 would come home at night if my wife was at home she would already be in her bed and I 1 would crawl in mine if I 1 came in first it was vice versa we like the depression we have come down oft our pedestal and are really living at our house now the twin beds are stored in the garage and the old family affair Is being used we are enjoying instead of taking a liot water bottle to bed these cold nights she sticks her heels in my back just like she did before hoover was elected I 1 haven t been out on a party in eighteen months I 1 have lost my bool of telephone numbers my wife has dropped all the clubs I 1 believe we ure falling in love all over again I 1 am pretty well satisfied with my wife think I 1 shall keep her at least until she is forty and then it I 1 feel like I 1 do now I 1 may trade her for two twenties I 1 am feeling better since the depression I 1 take more exercise I 1 walk to town and a lot of folks who used to drive cadillacs are walking with me I 1 like the depression my digestion is better I 1 have not been to see a doctor in a year I 1 can eat anything I 1 want to I 1 I 1 am getting the real honest to goodness food three years ago we had filet mignon once a week now we have round steak with hour and gravy then we had roast breast of guinea hen now we are glad to get sow bosom with the buttons on it I 1 like the depression my salary has been cut to where I 1 can t afford to buy lettuce and spinach and sparsely and we cant have sandwiches and frozen desserts and all that which has killed more good men than the world war I 1 like the depression de presson three years ago I 1 never had time to go to church I 1 played golf all day sunday and besides I 1 was so dam smart that there a preacher in west texas who could tell me anything now I 1 am going to church regularly never miss a sunday and it this depression keeps on I 1 shall be going to prayer meeting before long I 1 like the depression |