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Show a p . _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ a K . 8YNQPBISBack SYNQPSISBack SYNOPSIS 8YNQPBIS SYNQPSIS SYNOPSISBack Back In Manltou Manitou Illinois Ill1nols IlltnoL h.1tty h1tty Kitty h.1ttyFoyle KittyFoyle . KittyFtoyle Foyle now In her later l ter teens teenscompletes teenscompletes teencompletes * completes her high school courseand course & ) - and nd graduates graduate8 miK mm mu ( h elated Un Uh Unde Uhde Uncic de Earner Eimer Elmer nnd Rnd and Aunt Hattle Hattie agree agreeto agreeto aereeto to put her through Prairie the lo 10 to 10eal tocal eal cal 1 colleKe coIlegt college ' and Kitty returns 10I to1'hlladelphla to1hlladelphla to toPhIladelphia toPhiladelphia I PhIladelphia ' tor for the summer v vaca vaea vacaUQn vaeation catlon UQn tion But she finda finds Pop ireatlyfed greatly greatlyaged greatlyaged aged and has some doubt doubts * as towhether to towhether towhether whether she should leave him In Inh Inthe inthe the * h tall faIl fall to go to collere college In Manitou ManitouPattyshelU Mani Manitou Manitou tou tour touPattyshells - r rPattyshelLs PattyshelU PattyshelLs wasn warn n t t- t tthe the only onewho one onewho onewho who wac was letttni getting old I could tellIt teIl tell teIlIt tellit It In Pop by the way h he crabbed crabbedabout crabbedabout about bout chance changes * In Phllly The L Li Lstairs Lstairs . atalrs stairs were too much for him but1 but butonce butonce once and ft a while we d let get on a trolj trol trolley trolley i ley car and make th the lone long ridei ride ridedowntown ridedowntown downtown for him to visit hist hL hLs hLshaunts ' ! haunt haunts * I 1 with wish Id I d listened more moreto moreto morei to thinis things he laid said . ! ald I 1 could have havelearned havelearned havei " learned a lot about the old town townin townin townf In hia his bif big cricketing cricketlng days he assoi assor asso assodated assodated r elated dated so o much with gentry and andwent andI 1 went around to the swell taverns tavernsplares tavernsplaces tavernsplaces plares places like Bookbinders Bookbinder sand sandBoothby and andBoothbys and"Boothbya andBoothbya Boothby Boothbys " 8 and he loved to remE'm remEm remE'mber remember remember ' ber ome some particular Fhh Fish n h hou house housePunch housePunch e ' > ePunch Punch that laid them out In rows rowc ; and where to set get Dela Delaware are shad shadA shadand shadand shadand A and pep pepperpot erpot erpot and those tho'Ie thoIe . ' little pink pinkoyster pinkoyster pinkoyster I oyster crabs and the Uu > Reading ReadingTennlnal ReadingTerminal ReadlniTerminal Tennlnal Terminal scrapple But like all kids kidsmy kidsmy kld kldmy my mind was mostly inside imide my own ownhead ownhead ownhead head and I was thinking about me meMolly meMolly meMolly Molly Scharf Schart and I kept up a big bigcorrespondence bigcorrespondence bitcorrespondence ' correspondence about what we wewere wewer wero were toint going to do at colleic college that thatfall thatfall thatfall thatfallMac fall fallMac Mac was wa married now and llvlng living llvlngin livingIn livingIn in Tloea Tioga he got a food good openinito opening1n openingIn opening 1n In a bif big radio factory tactory That was washow washow wastoow how we ROt got a & a , radio at trade dis discount discount discount count we w set it up In the kitchen and Pop would sit and listen lLsten tor for forllpurs Torhour I llpurs h ( > urs * But he never cot got so o he hecould hecould , could do something else at the same sametime sametime sametime time and when he wanted to look lookover lookover lookover over his cricket picture pictures * or read the theLedger theLedger theLedger Ledger we had to turn It oft off Also Alsobe Alsohe Alsohe be he Mild said he missed hearing MyrtlesIng Myrtlesing Myrtle sIng Inc to t * herself herselt while whlIe . ! she Ihe was work work1n working workln 1n ing . _ . . . . Knew n W&6 W6 was & 1\ 1 a \ 1Dlt Dlt I > \ . wnenhe he rr lowed slowed down on whiskey andeven andeven and andven even ven lot got a kind of rellflous rellgioU religious streak streakused streakused streakused wnenI I used to go RO round to Friend s Meet Meeting Meeting MeetIng ing I been down a lot of o1 backal.eys backaLeys back al.eys aleys . Ley In my time but It s a rood good to tocome tocome tocome come back to Orthodox Street he&aid hesaid he &aid aid said & aid He H was wa * freat great on the subject subjectof subjectof subjectof of the Swsqul Besqul Sesqut which was a terrible terriblenop terriblerlop terribliflop nop rlop That pleased him because becausehe becausehe becausehi he liked to remember the Centen Centenn1al Centenalai Centennial CentennialI n1al alai n1alI alaiI I used u'ied uied ' to trim up the back yard yardPop yardPop yardPop Pop was wa & too rickety to do It Tht're Thtre There Tht'rewa Therewa Therewa ' wa . . a hot little comer cornt'r corntr corner ' down back backof backor backof of or the hollyhocks I 1 fUt'ts fUtts gut&s guts guess ' ' & I 1 was waskind waskind wa waXind Xind kind of or dreamy I 1 used to like Uke to tooStand tostand toeland oStand stand in there and ret get what hat I call called called called ed the - be-alone be alone be-alolle alolle - - feeltni feel1ng feeling In the theh01 thehot thehoi h01 hot 'e e * ' e T I was w all the time richt right callI up upagainst upagainst upfall-Lit upfall Lit I against - Pop or Myrtle or 0mebody somebody ! ' tomebodyor somebodyor 0mebodyor or something somethlng ; You need that be bealone bealone bealone alone feeling feellng When I had It 1l Ididn I I didn t feel quite Quill ' rl right ht about toln toln'back goln'll golnll going goln'llback goingback ' 'back back ' to Manltou Manlwu Manitou . , maybe I oughtto ought oughtto oughtto to stay tay home and look after th thold the theold theold old man But he had set oet ; his hearton hl'Mt hlMt heart hl'MtI hl'Mton hearton ' I on my get getting ( ettlne tlng a chance at collefe college collefeMac collegeMac collegeMac Mac said ald he didn dido t think I oushtto oughtto oUSht ought to ml miss s It Mac was as In great &hap hap shape &hapthat shapethat shapethat & that year Come Comf ' to think of It hewas he heI hewas hewas I was Just the same aye age I am nowand no noand and 1B2 1928 must ha\e ha e have \ been a good goodyear goodyear oodyear year to be that are age He married mnrrlE'd mnrrlEd marriede ' 8 e roodlooker goodlooker ( who also had senseEven st'ose stose sense st'oseEven senseEven ' Even Pop liked Martha He Faid Faidhim yUlhim Id Idhim ( him and Martha would come overrecularly over overr overregularly r regularly ularly to see ee Pop was 0 O K andof and andot andof ot of cour course e Myrtle was there I didn tlike t tlike I Ilike like the Idea of Pop oelng oeing oeln alone atnl at atnight atnight night ht but Mac sa.d sad anl . , he could af M afI aftord Mford afford I tord ford to let get a . phone put In Macf Macr Mac MacI r f ued vied u -ed ed "ed " - that 811 all II bLAnf-l bLAnf l bLJinee.9 bLJinee9 bLi1n . : - . . l > f pyob-l-ms pyob l ms 'Ob- 'Ob Ob fob- fob 'ObIms fobl ' - - - I l I--ms I ms - ms Wf'rf Wfrf were w ' rf " "olved olved " . Radio Ra.dio was red redhot redhot I Ihot hot and their machine he s.aJd saJd said . ald was wast wa wai i t Tin Lizzie Llzzie of or multic music musicThfi1 musicThen multicnR Thfi1 Then I if get : > ' that hat musicj form let letter ter from fromtht fromthe j tht the ' Dean an of Women omen at Prairie 58) 58 58)Inp es ) } Inp ing ( nR : freshmen freshmt'n freshmtn ' would could ould report such suchand suchand tuchand and such uch a dote d < te t tor for the tht ' week wt'ek wtek ' of ofReg ofReg ofJttf Reg tratlon .traUon traUon tration . and Ortt'ntatlon'Vyn OrientationWyn Orientation Ortt'ntatlon Orttntatlon OrientationWyn ' ' Wyn 'Vyn Vyn alway always loved to have me met met-ll met ll ' t t"l1 tl1 - " 11 aboi abol abot t my Colleie College Education EducationBecause EducationBecause IducatlonBecause Because that week of Registration RegistrationRnd Registrationand Registrationand Rnd and Orientation and a purple reltbanner feltbanner felt relt feltbanner banner was wa about all I 1 gotMolly rot got . . a . Molly MoUy met ml"t mlt " ie me at the tatlon station ta tlon In InManitou inManitou InZlanltou Manitou We bad the feeling feelln she sheand sheand sheand and I often otten bav ! bav avo that et ( ' e'en een ' \ e'n en ' If 11 U you youcould } youcould oU oUcould could talk tA1k as a 1a.U 1aU Sat la . : t 8 a ' " t the he French Frenchyou Pyenchyou DCh 'Ou Ou you ) ' woxlibl't woxliblt wouldntt wouldkht ' cet pt gat oot out-a8 out a8 - t . U " the Ideas fea * In Inyour inyour Inyour your heed b d UpUy Melly ) ' had fixed f1xed thInp things thingseo thtoixJO .eo eo . w we eou1 could room ro a together to ethcr lo 10 is BeU- BeU Bell- Bell - ridce ridge the old jlcsaw jigsaw dorm donn for wom worn women wornen women en and worked out a schedule schedult ' of ofevervthing ofeverything ofevervthinc evervthing everything we had to do We rush rusheft rushell rushefl eft ell around from rrom reiflstrar registrar to dellll dean delllland deanand dennand and phylcal physical examination and andcourse andcourse andcourxe course enrollment and aome some toofyquiz goofy goofyquiz goofyquiz quiz In I Q The Idea l ea of that wsto w"s ws w's w"sto w'sto " ' to show how how little l1ttIe cholarlly scholarlly aptiturlr apt aptl aptltilde ! tllrlf tilde ' you have havf ' before betore college collegl ' take takes takehold takeshold ' ! hold holc1 of or you The big entrance entrRnce 1 I } nil all nilat allat " 11at at Selfridge Scl & > 1 fridge at the th ( ' bottom botwm of thestairway the the'Italrway thestairway 'Italrway Italrway stairway ' waj was a regular tcrlmipaP'rfclrls tcrlmipaPrfclrls scrlmJTIR17t scri in'aeP inaeP in'aePgirl ' ' > RirLe girl ; [ all an unpacking their trunksand trunks trunksand trunksand and carrying ttuff sturf stuff up to the roomsFreshmen room rooms roomsFreshmen Frf Frf'men Freshmen ' \'men 'men men \ ' alway always * take th the damnedf damnedt damned . t lot of rubhleh rubhlsh with them whenthey when whent whenthey t they hey to go to colleie college first lrst ! time things thinl thingspy { toy py ' V think thev they can cant t do withoutW without withoutWe withoutWe We were werf ' all toting totlnlf up piles plies pile ' ! offavorite of offa offavorite fa favorite vorltf ' books book ' ! and oversluffed oVf'rstuffed oVfrstuffed overstuffed ' kewpie kew kewpie kewpie pie dolls and window drapes andcushion and andcushions andcushions cushions * and photograph albumsJust albumc albums albumsJust ; Just as HelKa Helga the muscular ho isrmatron I/lf I lf ise isematron / ' matron was wa coing going through the thl ' hall hallsomebody hallsomebody hallsomebody somebody s 5 a armful toppled over OVI'T OVIT ' and and'ihe andshe andshe 'ihe ihe she ' was WItR beaned b aned bv by a copv copy of A AGirl AGirl AOlrl Girl of the Llm Limberlost rlOlit tl tI at fl'll flll fell fl'llfrom fellfrom fellfrom ' from the thf ' third floor Sht She Sh . ( . only onlyRhook onlyshook onlyshook Rhook shook that ' beautiful bt'nutiful btnutiful bloiidf blondl blonde ' 11I'a 11Ia head headand hendand ' 1 < 1and and said ald ' she 'Ihe Ihe was glad It wusn aria 1I\n 1I n ' \ t tWI tWebs tWebster WI Webs ' ter Unabr dgedW dgedWti dged dgedWe We Wti W Wtisweated sweated all our Junk up tap three threern.h threernh . , Mollv Molly said nld the I ( ri rl ii inal I ' name of the thf ' place was Prairie Man Manual Manual Manual ual Labor Colleie College and andf \\f f "I I vie \ " \ ' wcr Wf'r Wfr wer ' II IIIng Iiing ! < Int Ing up to It We Wf ' had all our 'Ituff Ituff stuff 'Ituffarranged stuffarranged ' stuffarranred arranged and Uncle and Auntie Auntiedown Auntiedown Auntiedown down to look It over while moat moot mast of ofthe ofthe ofthe the other girls Irls were Wf're Wfre s ' Pre still waiting waitingfor waitingfor waitingfor for Helga to tell them what to do doMolly doMolly doMolly Molly was fl a a born decorator she shemade shemade shemade made our room look awell swell with our ourpedal ourpecisl ourpeclnl pedal pecisl maFfoti mal'C'ot'l malCotl marcots ' ' ' on each f'ach fach ' bed bf'd bfd ' Hers HersWII Herswar HersWB- HersWB HersWBa WII war - " a Winne Wlnnf ' Pooh that la Is as a * defln deflnItelv deflnitelv definItelv Itelv ' super 'iuper iuper she Bhe d picked nicked It up IIp 1nChicago In 1n InChicago InChicago Chicago and nobody else at Manl Mani Manltou . tou tau had " seen M"en Men one vet vetI vetI I had studied the th catalorue catalogue so . . . . . . . .u u . . . . . . . . . . . _ _ . . . _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ u _ . _ _ - _ _ - _ _ . . - . . _ .u u . . . . . . - . . . . . . . - . . . - . - . u _ . . _ . . . . . _ . . ' " : , . ; . . . ! . z zit it itY Y t tf.s . " ' . f.s fs * I IKitty " . , , . . . I ; : . w'14-"W w'14 w14 "W W ' - ' " . . . . " , . : ' " " : ; - . : ' ; : ' . ; ; ' - - . - ; , t < .1t 1t . . .J7 J7 . ' . . . . ' . < ' : " " ' " . : . - .1td . ' J . . - - ( ( . , , " d / , . : , \ \ Lc " " , , . : . . coo ' _ _ _ " , c . . c . . , " . _ . . . . . . . . > - _ 0 ' _ . _ _ _ _ _ - - - - . . . . , with . rheumatiarn . . . Kitty Foyle takes care of Pop who ' is crippled " : . ( Ernest : Cossart . as Pop : . Ginger t Rogers : . as Kitty ) I IIOrefulIv "refullv refullv IOrefulIv irefully " that when ' Dean Dt'an Dtan Bascom Bascomga.ve Bascomgave BascomKave ga.ve gave . us U her openint opening blast on Eth s . sor sor or Colleie Col1ege College Women It seemed like likeold likeold likeold \ old stuff There was a bit of a . ariot ariot riot about It afterward becau'if becauif because becausetwo becausetwo ' ' I two of the sophomore boy boys , > had got gotIn gotIn cotIn In on a bet dressed up as girLs girlsIt ( Iris i iIt , It was a good talk I can hear hearBase hearI Base . ; m tellInK telling us what all we Wf ' were Coinx going go1n to leam learn In our .cademic cademic aca.demic academic . . CI\ CI ca CIreer career career \ reer There was self control and anddemocratic anddemocratic anddemocratic \ democratic social relations an Itf'm Itfm item Itf'm1zed itemized ItemIzed ' 1zed ized budget bud et and not too much lip lip"tick lip'tick lip"tick liptick "tick tick 'tick ' " and what to do about sororl sorori sororlties sororities sororlties ties She had all al1 the answers lipI In Inthe inthe Inthe I the back of the book What 'Iound Iound sound 'Iounded sounded ' sounded ed most educational educatlona.l educatlonal . was something somethingcalled omcthlnscalled , called Extracurricular Load Mol Mot Motly Molly I IIy Iy ly whispered That means carry carryIng carrying carryIng Ing your stuff upstairs upstairsIt It was wa a bir big time tOOe to be starting startlneat startingat at Prairie Prattle The colleie college had just justfigured justfigured justflrured figured ( out culture Into stream streamlined streamlined streamlined lined units and was sort Tt of air airconditioning airconditioning airconditioning conditioning Itself ILoel ; ! Respect ne"pect nepect " tor faT for tra tradltlon tradition traditlon dltlon dition with a rOT fora forward aTd and I U l ( ok MULS was as tl t U } e eidea eidea pIdea idea Looking forward fOrwMd thena'i therr then- then there - was wasthe ' " , a'i ai a'ithf asthe ' thf the ' new library Just fIntshM f1nLshed finished we wewent e eI ewent ewent I went and Bnd looked lookE'd ' at It In reverm rever"n revern reveren ! " e eand eand eand and thought of all the ' fine flne bo b x hot < < k ks kswe kswe < ; ' Lookingbackward LookingbackwMd we were we're ' g-olni g olni going - to read Looking backwMd backward was as the orlilnil anginal original Sittli stltll g gRoom sRoom I gI Room In Old Founders Founder'l Founderl ' which hlch wn-kept wn kept WR wn - < I Ikept kept just the way It wa-s wa s was a . - . when AbeLincoln Abc Abe AbcLincoln AbeLincoln Lincoln sat In a B rockli rockh rockir R g chair andfloured a.nd and a.ndrigured |