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Oalendars Calendars Trust a white collar collargirl collargirl collagirl r girl to make note of that It 11 be bee bee be e week end I d lllte lIk.e lIke . to take part partin partin oarIn oarInSo in inSo So It g1v gives me a bounce when J I Jsee Isee : see that kid little Manny 8Uber- 8Uber Silber- Silber 8UbermfU1 Silberman Sllberman - - mfU1 man He haa has brown curly toes andfists and andf1sts an anfists < fists f1sts and sort aort of copper lights In Inthe inthe irthe the fuis fuzz on the back of hia his neck neckI I like Uke to know If 1r he gel8 gets get a good goodnap goodnap goocnap nap and a trip to Rockaway once onceand onceand onc oncand < and a while whUe I gave Mrs Bllbermara Silbermana Silberman a clipping about what beaches are aresubstandard aresubstandard ansubstandard substandard on bacteria He Hes s my mysecret mysecret m msecret secret candidate for tor the Future FutureThat FutureThat FutureThats That s a thing a woman thinks thinksabout thinksabout thinkjfabout about My baby could have been beengoing beengoing beergoing going strong In 2000 at least hewouldn he hewouldn h hwouldn < wouldn t be 70 yet and with al1 all al1those allthose al ; those wonderful genes genes- gene genesJesusgod - esusgod Jesusgod Jesusgodevery Jesusgodevery esusgodevery every woman has a right to hllv have havesome havpsome ( ' I Isome some candidates for the Future FutureWith FutureWith FutureWith With all the physiology n uJsance nuisance nuisanceshe nuisanceshe uJsanceshe she goes through she s 'I I a ' bound to toguess toguess toguess guess what she shes 8 a here hert ' for She Shegets Shegets Shegets gets tired being told Birth Control ControlIs Controlla la Is the solution for everything She 8 a 8got agot sgot got a right to a a 11 baby If she net'ds netds needs net'dsone needsone needsone ' one same as a manI man R /I I s / got a right rightto rightto rightto to ] ) pay ay Income lncome taxOf taxOf tax taxOf Of course counle you ve ye got to be cart care careful careful ' ful how you talk about these thesethln thesethings thesethings thln things to men they re easily easUy shock shocked shockad shocked ed ad Everybody thinks its It s 8 tine fine for tor torher forher torher her or him to know facts but he hebetter hebetter hebetter better protect someone else eL5e from fromknowing fromknowing fromknowing knowing themMark them themMark Mark being as he hes 8 s Jewish In InteUectual Intellectual Intellectual teUectual tellectual takes things dlffert'nt dlffertnt different dlffert'ntfrom differentfrom differentfrom ' from me lie lI Has 8 s crazy about books bookseven bookseven bookseven even got me started reading rea.ding . afteraome aftersome after ome aome some of his h1a favorites but I 1 watch watchmyself watchmyself I lYself myself not to get carried away I Ican Ican Ican can find ( ind out about things without withouthaving withouthaving withouthaving having It In print Poetry withoutr though thoughthat thoughthat thoughthat r that s a something somethlng else again sgaln There Thert ' s slI0111ethtnl ssomething ssomething lI0111ethtnl something ! ( there If I had tune time to tofigure tofigure tofigure figure out the language languagf ' It says saysthings saysthings saysthings toI I things the way you feel them If IfI IfI IfI I could have maybe a week at Po Pocona Pocono Pocono cona cono sunshine and swimmings swlmmlngs swlmmings anda and anda anda a blanket In front of the fire and andWyn andWyn andWyn Wyn to read some to me ' I I d know knowwhat knowwhat knowwhat what It was WM about even ev'n evn ( ' If he didn dldn t tpoor tpoor tpoor poor darling darllng I could even evrn tell teU him himsome himsome himsome some of It He was so adorably adorablysimple adorablysimple adorablysimple simple like when he thought thoughtgirdles thoughtgirdles thoughtgirdles girdles always had to be pinkIt pinkIts pink pinkIts It Its 8 no use . ' asking B'Iklng BIklng Mark to read readto readto readto to you bee he s too WO eager to 10 ' get gt't gtt to the theend theend theend theendIs end endIs endLa Is La It all right to be thinkingthese thinking thinkingthese thinkingthese these things to miself mself myself ) maybe the thelll thelast thelast lll last t Ume time ? There s a moon oVt'r oVtr over oVt'rriver overraver overriver ' river raver as big and shiny as a gold goldwatch goldwatch \ | watch It s so beautiful maybe it itwould itwould Itwould would teach me to quit thinking thinkingabout thinkingabout thinkingabout about me Does Dot's Dots ' everybody torment tormentthemselves tormentthemselves ) , themselves that way ? I guess you younever younever younever tormentI I never get happy except eJtCept by bv think thinkIng thinking thinkIng Ing more about other people I Ithink Ithink Ithink think I 1 was nearest what whats s true for forme forme forme me when Wyn and anci I y . were aere ere loving lovingeach lovingeach ' each other but naturally that sort sortof sortof sortof of thing Is too sw sweet t to last Its Itsnot It & snot not a regular part of life Ufe but just justsomethirtg justsomething Justsomething somethirtg something that lights onto it Lt once onceand onceand , and a while whUe Where danced the themoon themoon themoon moon on Monans Monan s a rill rUl Maybe Maybethere Maybethere Maybethere there s 8 a some way I can get clo&er cloer closer clo&erto closerto & ' to what s 8 true trup for t'verybodyIt everybodyIts ' everybody t'verybody tverybody everybodyIts It Its 8 kind of exciting exc1t1ng to ro be learn learnIng learning learnIng Ing things the way you know Irnow every everyother everyother everyother other person In the world alwBs always alwayshad alwayshad ) had toNobody toNobody to toNobody Nobody knows what she really realy } be belIeves beNeves belleves lIeves Neves You've Youve ' ' got to guess guet\S guet S \ at It Itby Itby Itby by how you } vou OU find t1nd yourself acting actingI . . 0 I got a new & slant 1ant on Mark M.ark . the thewarm thewarm thewarm warm afternoon he and 1 I took look a awalk awalk awalk walk . up Riverside lUveTS1de I Invited Inviu.d Inviud . him himup himup himup up to the apartment for a B drink drinkand drinkand drinkand and of course I offered orr.rt"d orr.rtd orrrtd . " him hlm to go goin goIn goIn in the bathroom to wash while whUe I IWIl Iwas Iwas WIl was breaking out Ic Ice " cubes I 1 went . - _ . - ln in there thf're thfre ' myself mysell aftcrwaid after'lIld afterlIld afterward " ' to p I 1 1up iup Iin up upa a little and I saw he hadi hadl halm tused t tused used the embroldired embroldued embroidered g est cut ( ' < ; t toI toII to toI I II I put out Naturally I 1 would VI ouldn , tmention t tmention mention It but after aftE'r . ' . we y.p yp ha I f 1 a ahighball ahighball ; i highball he said I gues goes I made madp a afaux afaux , * I faux pas pM I I meant to n rt mple up ont one oneof ' . " of those guest towels just for good goodmanners goodmanners goo < ' I mannersIt manners It was a kindly thought thollght I stud studbut IIct IIctbut but what a s the Idea ? I could couldn , t t help taking ) we me re ) VC Vt v < I m d dl.5ed dused ] used l\.5ed l.5ed l .5ed 5ed \ . yourself It < ; smelled melled w s ( < sweet { ( cyou cyouIt f fyou fyou r you youIt It was rather ratht > r dear the tht ' way he hesaid hesaid p said It I 1 1 was almo almost t embarra embarrassed embarrassedKind . - ed edKind Kind of ashamed Bhhamed too because somehow somehow some how I ( didn l1dn t like I1ke tlie the Idea Idt'a Idta ' of th those thosebig t ' big blue cheeks In my face towel towelSome towelSome Some skins are lust just different dlffett'nt dlffettnt ' anrt and anrtwhat andwhat nni nniwhat what an art arc , you going golnlf to do about It ? > Delphlne Delphine says savs c e est < ; t une qUe question questionde que . ' > t1on t1onde de peau She s got me eo 80 so I can canalmost almost almOoSt talk French when ther there therei thereiaren therearea " aren area t any French people peoplt ' ll listening listen ten tenIng IngIt Ing It made me think though I glies g'lles glles guess guessit ' . ; ' It really Is good tor for a woman to be bi I 1 IIIH\Olr\\nspe IIIH Olr nspe IIIHOlrnspeI IIIHOlrnspelal , t sum av < sot \ 01 r tan ) iv \ \ . n spe spesal I lal sal p t I 1 r ( f It n nl ti I 1 I I r tic tl II I < glJt ght ghtit glh ) ' 11 it 11elI i s \ iell -ell ell \elI elI sell \ < - ItC It \\C C we \ v , ( III il ml 1 I IJI fit b ( t i li h M- M se M1 \ ( ' - 1 } f'r fr er f'rknow erknow ' ( know about things IhLngs Ilk I t 1k Ik th tit rhI cht chstore ch rh I t hart hare hardi S < : ; n cm r > i in k " store wht'r whtr where ' { ' the tht ' 111 lll ; , n rr v v \ m In rkptlllir rkptlulI rketlnrr ' nr o- o nrrlpr or ' - rr r rn \ \ ( ) ) ' a : \ P e . to 10 go 110 ; tt U ti ere ert ' vn Vo rspir Pl-If Pl If rsetf . - . 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' . . after Im 1m I m frostbitten frostbltlen li Ir lr r a " m " and Rnd my nominee nomln\"e nomln "e e \ " for flr ( A D 700 ? 700 700though 00 " though Mark "RY RY "ays ays " ays Mannvknow Mannyknow Manny Mannv Mannyknow know what A D mlIn means ( , Theri TIwrp There " 1 v ' 1th vthis th\ th thview this \ < ; view from mv my window tllp the tllpnew thenew til tilnew new parkway on nlvpr Riverside > ; ld ( ' and andHlId andHudson HlId Hudson < ; on River sunset un . t't tt ' and Rnd paoplf p ople ' or oropen oropen open bu bus topis tops the tht ' way they thf'Y thfY ' sl sit t 0 So < ; 0straight Sostraight straight oltllned o itllned alined on the evenln evenin ' " ' light I wanted Molly MolLv to get a Ion 100 I Iof Iof of all that thllt she could tak take ! 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( Left , Ginger It Roger ' , . . as Kitty , right : ' , James , Craig as ark Ellen ) I , ' ILoved loved or 0) 0 of ) : ' anyway admired admirt'd admirtd ' r\ r ese evci r1 \ ( ' 1 i If Ifonly ifonly itonly I only for smell It started a 11ttJp little 11ttJpspark littlespark littlespark spark shining down inside meIll me s . mewhere /Ill Ill rime rimewhere / ' I where that liadn hadn t had a glln gILlI glum n I r ( r 111 in 111ever inever inever ever so longBut longBut long longBut But can you marry a mat mal mar J J t tbecause tbecause tbecause because you re Te so 80 Interested iutf'rested iutfrested ' In tl tI I e ' ework ework work he s doing ? I gues guess gue b ' > * thllt that thlltthe thatthe thatthe the something omethlng niure lIIore inure than 1'01 101 Fm ' 1'oirLegs 1oirLegs ' r rLegs rLegs Legs In a Bt > Bed d old Pop talked talkt'd talktd ' abo aOO It ItBut itBut itBut But niavbe ma\be ma be maybe \ ) you oU d marry becau because < , e v ItI I t Ido tdo tdo I do enjo enjoy } using the ' same 'Iamt Iamt ' towel I Idldn Ididn Ididn dldn didn t know \ which hlrh one it was Mark Markmight Markmight Markmight might be talking about so < ; I dropped droppedthem droppedthem droppedthem them all h In ) the tlw washlie washlies wash washHes droppedI I lie Hes lies s so proud of me ml time " having II a agtpnlor aeinnyr gtpnlor moT moTb \b b \ b he d mo mo&t mot most . & < ; t likpl IIkel Itkel , } ' , be betlC'kled betickled betickled tlC'kled tlCkled tickled ' to I t lave a\ a ave ame \ ! " me keep krt'p krtp ' 111ltI en 111 nr \\ltI ltI sitl sitlit \ willIt ltIIt It A while whlIe anYR1m anyway anY\\R\ anY R anyuas \ \ 1m I m pru pro id 10 and of ofIt ofit ofIt It too I hammered it right Tight t t fa f fa fa a hall haIl bedroom bt'droom btdroom ' and a Sclux Sel\l Sel l Soho \ ( ( ( I 1 f f 1 m 1Bride mBr1de iBride Bride Br1de " And son-ietlnus son ietlnus somellml sometlmts - " 1 I I w il II tl li II It t tcare tcare tcare care { If f all the thf " compl complt complexion xlon on 011 Pal Park ParkAu PinkA\tnue PinkA tnue k kAHnllt AHnllt Au \ t are " turned Into leatlier leather TI Tl Tie&kln Tiekln t e ' eskin skin 1 & > kln I like ilkI ' to 10 see ef ' keep fl fiesli fresh t'sh tsh ' I r Iget rget iget get colored onto it is tlie the kid kids lowt lowtat 10Vl lowiat I Iat at the hospital hO'lpltal hOlpltal ' Su Sure I kn kl1 km < ( w 1II I 1 /II II m / IIlobligated mobligated inobligated lobligated obligated to Delphlne Delphine Ielphine ) and < ; sl 1 r , rmoved < moied moved \ me along wonderful wonderfully wonderful ! ] ) } With Withbon Withbonuses Withbonuses Imo\ed Imo ed bon bonuses u e"1 e1 " I make $3 3 $3000 3000 $ ( ) a } < vear ear and andshe andshe andshe [ she wants to let me buy stock 'Itock Itock ' In Inthe inthe inthe the company But I rwkon rkon reckon { " : It I Icgiven \t t ve \ vegiven \cgiven cgiven \ ' given her full value valut ' too Nine Nineyt"ars Nineyears Nineyears yt"ars ytars years " of tt Lt it nine nLne VI . whole hole Quaker Quakercalendars Quakercalendars Quakercalendars QuakercalendarsNaturally " calendars calendarsNaturally Naturally I 1 know w IYtlrk ly IY my ' \ ! 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