Show H a w V TH TH nu OLD ow TIM From Marjorie Swartout PawPaw Paw PawPaw PawPaw Paw MI I remember back in 1915 when I was seven years old We lived in a small Lake Michigan Michigantown town where we were neither poor or rich just comfortable We had to count pennies in winter because because be be- cause very few people bought tailor made clothes from my fa ther at that time of year During these lean months Dad left an itemized list of expenditures and earnings in plain sight on his desk We children were aware of this and always to took k a quick peek peck at it before asking for a dime for foran foran an after school soda More often than not we we walked out of his shop with o only ly a quick hello In good months though we were sophisticates who went shopping in Kalamazoo Wed We'd take an early morning train forty miles inland buy new patent leather shoes for me and sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times a Sunday School hat Wed We'd eat at a restaurant then buy small gifts for little brother who was was was' home with Grandma The 1 I afternoon train got us us' us home b by er t m s |