Show I j II THE FREEDOM OF POVERTY II j f I Br nr Wl WINIFRED D nr BLACK cn Yesterday I met n a woman I used to know 1 i When hen I used to Ito know v Nor hor site she was 8 palo pillo und and pinched hed and she sho had h anxious lines on hor her forehead nn and 1111 l about aboul her I mouth her eyes eye wore were worried un and site she wore constantly a vague conciliatory smile Yo when I met the woman 1 I I. I used to know 1 wouldn't have hao known her at nt all If It bho Iho hadn't stopped and antI called culled me by name namo Dear me me said I I. I what whal In tho world have you done lone Have you been to Europe or what has haa happened Im poor said ald the tho woman I used to know all just all Just plain everyday every ever day comfortable take or poor I I live IIvo In the dearest little house you ever saw Just four tour rooms the tho children and JIm TIm T. T Im Int not worried with servants I can cun have helve dinner ten minutes late Into and not be scowled at We re have o what we wo want to eat and not what tho the cook thinks we ought lt to have All my real friends come to see me menow menow menow now on and the others stay awa away I dont don't have t to make excuses or tell fibs or pretend ai an any 3 longer Im real and my children aro realand real and my comfortable modest little Is ie real and aud my snug little In Income Income income In- In come come Iw is l real Ive I've I stopped using stage e money am and stage make up up and a stage smile andoh and oh I feel teet 20 0 years younger Tho rho children never hn had so much mud fun tun in their lives They dont don't have ha to be thinking about their thell clothes all nU the time am and making staking up excuses l as R to why they i didn't spend the summer Hummer at the tho beach or wI why one of thorn thom was wan going to dancing dancIng Ing ng- ng class at a 0 time I have havo time to see eec th the friends I really like time s to toad tor to torad r rad raad ad the books I want to read rc time to take taku the walks I like to take Im Jm free m my friend 1 Im I'm froe free Shako Shake off oft the money shackles or orthe orthe the he to havo shackles shack shack- lest les ics and anel be free rree and you'll begin to live for tor tho the first time I about It It dont don't you |