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Show 4 rollicking short story 3 ame 1 and children, both of which we produce in abundance." ( Actually there were only four at title last roundbooks there are Williamsport , Pa. Today 35,000 teams in 22 differ- children, not books.) up As her icularly since this is the start of little League Week. So I thought Td pitch you the delightful true story that follows, even though my You'll find the chills in " The Lottery," a collection of sinister short ever hefted murder of a the tales, atul in her most recent hair-raisin- described as "disrespect fid memoirs" of her children. It's from the latter of small fry playing ' 4 ' I ; . 1 , - 1 I .! ? ' I s--n- . ; "'X , ,'lY - 1 - '7 VH. : :i : volume that Tve taken this quietly funny story. I like it because it Shirley Jackson, and in a small Vermont " Our house. proves that no mattei how hard we try to remain parents, we can't help relapsing into human beings. Batter up! 14-roo- m she states, " are major exports," ' t g bat, or encouraged the an umpire or just her husband live a I v 1 . , ghost story, " The Haunting national game. town in ' - ! ; they're mairdy of With one hand Shidey Jack-so- n scatters laughs; with the other I think, if you've The author, ; s two of Hill House." The loughs will, be found mainly in " Life Among the Savages" and " Raising Demons," watched a gang ; she deals out chills. isn't what it used to was, as a matter of fact). You'll like it, i. l v kinds. throwing arm be (never books, m . for countries a considerable amount of active small boy. Read It Now figures it ought to salute these sandlot midgets , partent f i j;l. : -- teams in . I Twenty one years ago the Little League was founded with three f . I . .1; f X. ;v Alfa XV u. Ov JL4lZ - m 0 tf ' i tr IlfcJ Inslant Mo so beautifully so easily ! Little League is new in our town this year, which may be the on opening day. my friend Dot and I were so Dot had learned how to I had my movie and keep's boxscore, of course, The camera. On the day of . jfc the first game Dot and I established ourselves on a car rfie n. fine, and looked complacently up on a little hill near the third-basVTdown on the neat little field our husbands had helped build. Dot asked makes ironing easier, faster. Get crisper, h freshness smoother Sta-Flo with Liquid Laundry Starch, or well pay you double your money back. Pre-cooke- e feprlnled In the tooder'l Digest. The published In Horper'l Maporlne Inc. In 1957. & Shirley Jodcsoe's book, tolling Demons, pubhsned byiorrar, Straus Cudohy, Jocbon. First e . . . wash-to-was- if I remembered most of the rules of baseball and I said well, of course, 1 knew both our boys were on the team with dark blue hats named the Braves, and my son Laurie had been coaching me a little, and Dot said illy had tried to explain a lot of it to her, too. Continued on next page Its so good for the boys to get in me Copyright, 1954, by Shirley piece li oho Included In ready-to-us- d, 4b A. E, mJtf Stt rV- - Mfg. Co., Docstur, lUino MT HQ - 4 kh Of. N 33 |
