Show K K i X orgy of X I 1 k birthdays i s x j by bi RING LARDNER ARDNER to the editor editor well here it Is tile the open season tor for picnics again and on monday morning our front yard looks like the canu taufua had stayed a couple of weeks extra last sunday they was as 10 or 11 of them little what nots bots from detroit parked in line along the road and several passer bys thought we roust must be having a auction or a aone 0 me thing and come up to make InquI rys aud and I 1 I 1 was about ready to 9 get et sore when a kid about IS 10 yrs ars old that belonged to one of the pleni cers pointed to our cow and says oil oh look mamma they have got a cow on that i estate well you cant stay very mad whelk they call your joint a estate and it if one 0 of f them will pull something like that every sunday I 1 will try and not make no DO holler about them upholstering the front lawn with bread and sardine cans but I 1 can cant t help from wondering what that boy would of called the swope place next door where they have got a 4 or ft front and I 1 suppose he would of nark nl k named it asia speaking about the lie cow this aln t flossie tile the one we had but a bran now new one as flossie had finely became just a ornament the new nev one dont seem to be no special brand kind aint got no family tree or rin nothing thing she Is pa plain on black and when we first got tier her we vie left it to the kiddies to glike ghe tier her a name and they thought thoua it it over all one day and then give nor her the name RI Bl ackie ackle kids vill think of the d t things filings but for some reason another crackle dont seem to like tier her name at lease site she acts mad all the time ild and lias has showed signs 0 f a vengeful spirits it seems that on some parts of the estate theys quite a growth of what aney call wild garlic which now cow could possibly enjoy eating it but crackle eats it ft to get even and I 1 will say she pets gets even sometimes aou ou can shut your eyes wile imbibing the oatmeal and pretend you are enjoying the table de hote at madame Ga gallis Ills A few days of warmth and sunshine certainly made the estate look beautiful when all the lowers flowers and blossoms was vas out all told they was in ill bloom at one time 4 hyacinths 2 cro cusses cusse a A dozen tulips and the fruit orchard the last named Is unluckily ly hid behind the garage so as the picnic parties cant enjoy it last yr it yielded pretty near a strawberry box full of 0 plums which come as a big surprise as when we bought the place they told us it was a cherry tree annual work started last wk wb on the tennis court the men promise to haie it ready by sept this yr as they aint now beres near as much to do to it as other yrs ars as this winter only iza of it caved in personably Perso naly I 1 aint in no hurry as I 1 agree with the U S tennis that a man cant write and play tennis both and it Is a whole lot less trouble to write because when you play tennis you ton half to wear special white shoes and pants and shirt but you can write in a kimona and slippers and in fact some of my best writings has been done entirely bare foot three of the 4 biddles was born in the spring time so we been havin having g quite a orgy of birthdays and generally when theys one in sight we ask the hero of same what whal he would like tor for presents and most always the reply Is a pony or a sail boat or a parrot or something else that thai they aint ito no chance of getting citing rut but the ad boy Is different and today Is his birthday and we asked him a wk ago what would he hike and he says he would like something that would clean the rust os off his bicycle that Is the way he has al ways been and will always be the same way not wanting nothing and nothing is probably what he will get the mrs decided a wile nile ago that it was about time we was getting it new vehicle to ride the kiddies back and ath to school and back as the one we had been using for that purpose the last 3 or 4 yrs ars was acting kind of sullen so we called up tile the nan man and told him to bring something around and so we asked him could we trade in our old one and he looked at same and kind of swallowed hard bar d but says yes he would half to take it over to port washington to get it appraised so we was seared scared to death tor for a vi J day as port washington Is 4 miles from here RIA and the betting was even that the good old fagoli wagon never complete the round trip but she bile done it nil all right and the deal was closed and the papers signed and now the kiddies Is squawking because nil fill the fun has been took out of their daily trips to and from school they always insisted on setting I 1 in n the back sent seat of the old car and about 2 days out of every 5 tile the machine would part in the middle either going or coming and when the arher got to school or home nod turned around to let them out they be there but would be a mile or 2 up the road in the back tj S of tile the car laughing at him that Is about all the great neck news only that ever everybody body Is ticked on aeck of 0 the spring rains being over which means that the electric lights will probably stay on pretty regular unless theys a breeze or it gets cloudy or something e Z hy br tho the bell syndicate lac no |