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Show ' \ ' ! : y 7 " , 1 t ( r ' ' ! i r ' " , ' . , . : " ; ' ' 'i i ' ' , " ( J r > " 'R R 'Rr ' , r J RdUI.1 RdUI1 ' , " _ 1 " . ' ) ; .p p . . ' CT . re ' . , . Oh my iweet sweet waa WM I unworthy unworthy3wu7 of I I7OO 7OO ? Maybe I hould should have told tyou old \ , waited for you that day dayOnorty at8DDrty at 8DDrty Wwt We&t Wet & Forty Should I 1 have havekept nikept kept you and taken you away from fromthe trth the raper Paper Doll Dolls * ? How does doe * a per- per perm p * r- r - -m m . - on learn l am to be b worthy of love , , bll blland and nd patient patlebt enough enouKh for ItT It ? She Sheacta Iacte acta too full of nerve nerves We IT * could couldhave cflbar have * learned worked it out outfether together to- to - - gether But I 1 g'Uesa gUesa ' ( UCM you're youre ' ' dolnll dolnllwhat dowhat what you were wer meant to wyn Wynfaa , , are are70U 70U all ricbt rlaht ? I wanted you to hav have beauty beautyjmt , , not notJust Just be b * comf comfortable rtabl4t and lUIlusedend amu amund ed end nd such &UCb UCb & a bam11na har lnc howt host . . Don't Dont ' ' . be k hard on the Paper PaDoll Dona * Wyn W'Il WIl ) ' my poor dear . , hav have you : forgotten l0rs0tten ateout about Wrythint 6-verytblnJr 6 verytblnJr - else elI ? X hOpe hop * 10 o . It Xt'a Xta ' . a It . Rood load kind Kindlife ot We If tt'll ttll ' clean cle1U1 and he healthy thy and iId - Sd too . . lEvn Even come corn * the th Revolution RevolutionWll BcvolutIt'll BcvolutItll Wll ' take tak IOmo aom * Ucklnl Uckln 'Ibm Ibm Th ' r rlwKn U UalWQ8 alWQ8 lwKn ] be b . Main Une Un everywhere everywhereJIb vcrywhUlw JIb our out Uttit 11ttJe make nak * If tt'a tta ' a sl811 l < nEt of ofJItem1ty JItem1ty , ] mlty . I .x x . Irfc bet . Bternlty 1tem1ty ! : Is l Juxt Just not notCO ito CO ir f thinklnr thIDkInJr X 1 . W t lllnr Utnr Molly about the theCOO11 t COO11 ooty dream dreaD1 1 X hod hd # , , I auppoee uppo ac < . eount unt of readbif readlna 10 o much In the theJUlpera tpapen JUlpera about preu preas conferencea conferencuuu at atthe the Trhlf WhIte Hour House . . Or OJ ' maybt maybe It was wastied 11tied tied uD uS ) with my havlnl havln ' to make mt . speech p ech at that convention of eos . Cc rtolocUta metololiata . , and an4 atoo also all aU tlw the talks talksMo talACbUy Mo : y and I had h 4 about the th * idea ld aA of . . w o 0 T v t1 w IU wen weD it , ft . mite miteCol1ar iirhCollar Col1ar Trad Trade * Union I dreamed dreamecl J JVal \Val Val " \ wa at a meetJna ae tlnc of newa)6pet newa6pet newpftieorreapondent ] ; ) torreapondenta * at the th * Whita White HOUle Houkut ut not em ! ) bemf ; a : ' refulKr J'egulAr JegulAr thero th thtraui't < traui't trauit .man't .mant mant . ' ' room for pi , ne the th * place plac * was , fl ' crowded Wde4 and I 1 found myelf myself a1ttil1l a1ttil1lon rittien on the th * floor undw under a piano but butJia'ht tfiCht Jia'ht Jiaht ' clOiSe cloft * to President Pr ldent Roosevelt Roosevelth1maelf HOOMVlumwif h1maelf X I wax was proud of him on on.ccount .ccount ccount . ccount of what he hi * . done don * for pa iralyNji 'a a ' ' . a1a , , and look whr where * * be h * 1.s 1s . tosplf 10 1 lte ot of bI hiR . handicaps hand1capa , havlnir baving havlniro to o to chooU lChooJa like Ufc * Oroton Groton and Har Hirard . 'fard fard ' In the th * middl middle * of all the th < dllocu - . 10IUe * he h * Intnrupte mterrupta himself him It and andbenda abend benda * ow over to look under the th * plao - 00 and lay ay * . "Kitty Kitty " , are ar * you all r1'ht r1ht & ' rildown down there thert * ? " Naturally that rata ra ! . eel eellaUCh d a . /laUCh laUCh / lauch amo amonc all aU the th * news newsI newspaper n * I ' paper boy boy . , , thy they * laufh lauih pretty easy easyJt eaiIt Jt 1m lint ycrybody everybody amon amonir ; the th * blJr blJrabota ft ftboto > lg abota boto will wtU tate tak * troubl trouble * to dust un- un under tcdr - der * the th * turnltur tumlture * and find out outpeopi If IfJlple Jlple * * are ar * all rifht rtaht down there thereSo the ; e 0o So that hone hQn lauxh lauah by the th boys boyswbleb bo ' ? which wbleb if all the I Q they are most most.of meof t .of of . them , , made mad * me m lOre or * I WILlI WILlIwearlnir wwearinf wearlnir my new lip Up rouge , , Del D Dyhlne'a < - . phIne yhlne'a yhlnea ' ' . Azalea AzaJea that maba mak me mefeel rfeel feel ute Uk * a million mUUon dollar dollars * and andUdnt IdIdn I dIdn < Udnt t hav have any hesitation heaitatlon to crawl 011t out"tw outtw " ' " ' 'he he ' ' nnder under trr the OIR"C OIRC OIR"Cand r > ( itfc ! " and start tart making a peech speech telllng telllngthem tell them where to tQ head In I forgot forgotabout about the Prealdent President of the United UnitedStatea State Statea * and everything else el e I Just JustfIl'Ufed j t figured fIl'Ufed fIlUfed ' thU thla wa W8 < . my everlasting everlastingcb cb chanc e * to tell some om * ot of them ho\\- ho hothe io \ - the thevhUe th * ' \ "White White \vhUe vhUe " Collar eolJ"Ir eolJIr " Olrlpels Girl Olrl Girlc ' ( pels -c\ c - \ * b t tthings t thing things * and what a bloody me'iS meiS me'iSand n ; . ' * and etcetra I wa wa.1 wa1 . . , del1nhely 01 01top top of the world thinta thlnlls CAIr ' " to my mind the way I lUte llk them themso thi m so o they sound Bound comical and at the thesame ' he same ame time they re t ue nnu IInu tatinl t atinl tlng The bI big & , grand piano right rl ( 'v v ' \ ' ' ou f'U fU f- f ? - fI ' ' I toll tol:1 tol1 : Molly I really reallyrtld "y y " did rtld want w3nt toy to i\y i y \y y ' \ ' \ something for forthem Ior I them the W COB C 0 x that Ls I * your yourI yourpoo poo " ' ' nn Tin < harecropp- harecropp harecroppr l1arecroPP"rs l1arecroPPrs " - > r In the theDust I | Oust Dust Howl Bowl of biitlnest busine.ss business . I cee see them themIn iem In cubways subways and on bUL'es bULes buM ' putting putt m : * I puttingI 11 , p a good tight fight In their pretty prettyc pre ' / c othea othes and keeping their thoir heeby "y y " * . Jeeb'ei Jeebei Jeeb'es Jeebes ' to thenuelves themselves There s Bome - . thing EO 0 courageoUS courageou about It Ith It Ith " h 't t ' 'c c ' * me lnalde lnaldeYes Inaide Yes Molly says ayi a Pooh bar on onthe the bedspread 1sn , Unt t enough enoughthey If Ifthey they try to . escape e.scape by marrying f a good provider provldr : maybe he s * got lOt gotIor no / . , behind me acted like Uke an au ampl1 ampllh ler T I could hear my voice tingle an , cchco echco among the trlngs strings and 1 though I m knocking knockiblf them cold coldt t they ey 11 never forget thLs thl and then thenthe ( n the way It always does In a dream dreamaome " ome aome kind of frmtratlon frustration has 10 to towork work Into It It II eo terribly urg urgent ent what you want to do clo Mnd at atthe the th came same time omething something gripes gripesyou ifrip you 80 o you can t accomplish A Aregular regular palzy palty came In my PQf"n PQfn PQf"nand ' " - and my voice got muzzy so 0 the theone tl one thing I wanted to say ay \ nwaa h n waa White Collar CoUar airl Girl I couldi couldn 11 t tpronounce pronounc pronounce * It I itruggled struggled anc anccou1dn couldn cou1dn t get my tongue onto It ItI ' I Bounded sounded to myself like I waf- waf wafdrunk - drunk and the newpaper newspaper boys boyslatarted bo : latarted ttarted razzing me I woke up In Ina : a honor horror X 1 think I was wa crying cryingT - - i I ' " PS or f t > e don dont t talk talkher talk her lan- lan language - cuage guage If It they marry ft a man 1an who's whos who'sEmart wh ' smart Emart he may be b * more mor * Interested InterestedIn Interealin In his work than he 18 ! In her herHow HOW are you going to find a man manI m I that s both dumb enough and sweet sweetenough enough ? It s asking too much , I J tald said saidI I \ e got an Idea Molly says saysDlbtles Dibbles Dlbtles on It tint tintThpre'l Thpre'l Thprel Trier * s ' lott Jots of thinf thIngs worse worsehan WOl WOlh * * e han h n being lonely lonelyWe We work Uke llk * sharecroppers lharecroppen'teep lharecroppenteep to'ceep 'ceep ceep ' ' body and soul together , , and a 18 i that all al1 the answer we w * get to ? Maybe Maybt . lt It a mictake mistake keeping keepingthem " them so 80 close together la Is MOlly 15 15suggestion suggestion They de different 1U1d 1U1dI"ey " r.ey rey I"ey Iey " . need different dJtferent kind of ot things thingsIaybe Maybe \Iaybe Iaybe \ we could kee keep body and andsoul a : [ soul a little tittle bit separate " 1\ 1 ' \ 1The The Th kewlon setllllon pretty nearly nearJ , broke brokeup brup oke ' up then became because I thought for tomoment ir amoment a moment we wed d have to get dre\5ed dre 5ed dre5edand dreand . ? ' \ ued and go out for some ome cigarettes cigaretteaI , , but butI I found a pare spare back I 1t1&4 1t14 Hadaway & bid bidaway away for eme emergency > rgency A mlm manalway . canalways can always fall faU back on hb hl pipe pip * U Itcigarettes the thecigarettes cigarettes run ahort short but what cana can a woman fall back on ? We 11 skip that one Molly lays laysAt ka kaAt , ys laysI I At least I I 8uggest 'you you 'youcouldn ' you couldn t feel such expert Ionell Ionellne Ionneas ne unleaa unle there had been ft a time timewhen iwhen when you weren t Let s sldp klp that thattoo ttoo too I m talking the way I do when whenI wl I I Im m all aU bv by nrnelt myself Most Ilkeh likely ; Itti.n It ti.n tin " . t . mRIr , . _ DBa 8 * th best of i-b i b - being bIg-- bIg bIgo - - lonely o eiY-th1 eiY th1 eiYth1gs - thlng gs dontt- dontt dontthave dont - have haveto ve toIf to if i ever , ver marry Monysays Molly Mony says saysI < I think It better be some iom good goodstupid i ; tupld stupid bozo so atupid stupid hed h d always alwaysbe al ' y be kind to me Pedor'a Pedora Fedor's Fedors ' ' not stut > la lathat that thati II the only trouble with him himWell hi Well that thata 8 what II * wrong with withmy i imy my gentleman KenUeJnan friend friend'The ' The 'The clever guy guys ean cant t take It ' , 'It It It a * because b cam they th y know what whatthey're hat tbeyr they're theyre ' * being made to tab tab"It "It It "If If " a Interesting lntcre tlng about Fedor Tedortaiow youblow you blow what wbat I used u ed to be h mortld mortldabout moiabout } about 1 t mean the aluminum aluminumreally g grealy realy ) rather love Jove him tor ( or It now nowHels nEle'e nElee Hels ' co so damn plucky and doesn doe ; n task t ajk ask any favors favora on account of ofI It ItI . I didn t quite like to put It Itword Inword In word & * but that made nr me wonder wondermaybe wonimaybe maybe Mark s * being be1n ao SO raclal raciallike is islIke I * lIke Fedor Fedora 8 leg omething somethIng that t and ve VI " got to ut up with But how much ofMe Me could I really give him ? That Thatfeeing Thfeeing at feeing I had about the th face towel towelfrightened towfrightened rel frightened me meI m I wa was * so o pleased by what Molly MollysaJd Mo Moaid saJd aid about redor Fedor I wouldn t make makemuch mamuch much of It tor for fear of acaring scaring her hiId 1 d like llk to have told her what whatcald he hesaid said about her cowlick cowllck long ago agoAs aA | ro As tor for him being short hort a leg hers hersare h hare < rs are lovely enough to do for both bothIt boll bollIt It was wa a good Milkman s * MatI- MatI MatInee Manee - - nee and ended like they shOuld shOuldwith hoLwith with crambled scrambled egf ens and toact toast and andmarmalade aimarmalade marmalade ' ! Though bough Molly wouldp wouldtak ) t ttake take * any of ot the th * marmalade she shesays c : say says those Bevlll 8ev1l1e * oranges orang come comefrom coxfrom ne from FafoLit FascJat Spain and the only onlykind onkind kind of bitter orange oranges * that are po- po politIcally pUtIcaUy - - litIcally honorable are the Jewish Jewishones Jewone ! h ones * from Palestine Of or course coursethat courthat e that takes me right back to my own ownproblem 01problem n problem but damn It If I 1 don dont t bring bringmy brtmy my politics or my religion either eitheronto eithonto onto the supper table So we turn turnIn tuin In with a big noggin of mUkLet milk mUk milkLets Let Lets s drink a nightcap to the theMilkman tMilkman Milkman a s Wife Wl1e Molly says saysIts It Its s good to have a person call callyour ciyour " ? your attention to something you youso re reso so used to you aunoit almost forgot forgotabout tort ' It I 1 mean their glass snoW- snoW snoi - . storm ball Molly s back 2n m ChIca- ChIca ChIcago Chic ; - go and I take the glaas glass ball and andgive ai give it a whirl In spite of all the thebaby baby blizzards bUzzards that thats 8 been round roundher rom J her Little Oiri Girl on a B1elghrlde B1elghrldesettles Slelghrii settlea settles down clear and quiet It a akind I kind of In intelligible l1lglble to start up a astorm storm and say to myself whUe it itblows ? blows white I lust Just won t think 111 111wait ? wait till tll1 It clears und lind then see seewhat what I find myself thInkingWhat thinking What a swell time it Its s been for forbetng f fbeing < being betng alive allve Molly all of us lt1ds lt1dshas khhas - has lived through a whole revolu- revolu revolutIon revoltUon - tIon already and even If it Its s been beentough be betough tough at least we knew something somethingwas aomethirwas , was happening Borne peopi people * dldn didneven t teven even guess they don t tumble to toit iit it yet I bet I was wrong when whenI whtI n I told myself It had been ugly uglyWell uglWell Well sure I bet history always alwaysWM alwa ; was WM temperamental when It was washappening wihappening u ! happening But they lived llved through throughIt througit ' It didn't didnt didIYt ' they ? Some of them al always away ' ways * did So will we some of us useven u even if they tear the world In Inpieces pieces If the whole dollar system systemgoes [ still bar barter bai-er bai er goes roes buttsprung we can ter - or we 11 dig and tpin spin and raise raisevegetables ralsvegetables > e vegetables Matter of ot fact the theMaIn trMain MaIn Line could couJd be good at that thatI thaI ( ; I bet a horse that could ride to tohounds thounds . hounds could ride to potatoes or orhowever chowever ? however potatoes arc are made madewouldn I Iwouldn I wouldn t be surprised surprLced ; I m gettin getting gettinga n a little sense Molly Mollys s right Now Now1m N01 N01I 1m I m gromn gTo\\n gTo n \ up I d like to talk to toRosey t tRosey . Rosey Rl Rittenhouse RittenhouseEveryboly t ten house houseEveryboiy Everyboly Everyboiy has his hl'l hll ' own o\\n o n \ v.av vav . av of ofreaching creaching ) reaching Tor for it It s a R big ' error l'nor lnor to tothink I hink think you re the only one that 5 5doing doing the thinking I bet I"veT IveT " ever } > body has that same feeling Now No ' I I'm Im ' ' alire alive how and Crand it is Ls and it 8 8passin passin paasing & , every very JnOD1en mo ent t tYou Tou You don dont t Bind m.buI mbuI . thinking these thesethings thing things * to youtielf YOW'ltlf YOWltlf : ' ! Nobody 1a 1aashamed a-shamed a shamed ashamed - when ahe abes 6 alone How Howwou1d would wou1d you get pt In b1 the world more moreof of the kind k1n4 of petople people that you can canfet'l feel fet'l fetl ' alone with . * I wonder wondercould 11 I Icould could teach Mark Mart not to tell me memorl more morl " than I 1 can listen toMark to Mark says Tia ran So cautious Wary WaryI I gut tfuess ' s was wa the th * 'Word Word ' ord he used Me I IIt It Its s not the wir waY * I want to be beWhich Which day day a chU4 child Is It that thats s Lov Loving ing and Olving Giving What I meal mean a awoman woman loves most m where she gives givesmost g most She loves yOq yon for lett.ing letting . her give A person want wants * ev everything i iMark erything It woW wwild " be b * awful if Mark acted grateful gratefuJ . , sort Bort of . leer leertalnly tainly talnly do appreciate this |