Show ONCE OVER OVER- r Observe Diplomacy Even with Mice By H. H I. I Phillips Phillips- THE THE are at odds 1 again And all over a question of naming an aggressor They keep roomers one a little guy cuy the other kingfish size Mrs Twitchell caught the little one sneaking down into the kitchen at night and raiding the Icebox She routed him at once but he returned with his big pal and began operating in the Icebox and liquor closet too We have got to go in there and andi i name the big guy an aggressor Just like the little guy declared Mrs TwitchelL 1 C h e lL i tlc Let us weigh the matter urged Elmer Ii Yf The t time e to act Is now insisted to i Mrs Twitchell It t is an oc occasion for fr ca caution t n sam sam tuner uner nas Deen Ing U TJ U. N. N on the video too much You were all for action when I cracked down on the little feller snorted the wife wie I 1 supported you because it seemed it would limit the trouble said Elmer Our first hope must always be for peaceful understand understand- ings lags I 1 propose we suggest that both withdraw from our kitchen I II 1 Just did that said Mrs Twitchell They rejected my cease- cease the icebox closet 0 proposals It Is very brazen but we must leave the door open cautioned El El- mer Not the ICEBOX snapped Mrs TwitchelL S SLaughter Laughter and noises came from the kitchen I demand that YOU go in and put the finger on he the big guy goy at once said Mrs l Twitch- Twitch ell eli lIes Hes the real offender I would prefer a delay of 24 hours to consult said Elmer Consult whom demanded the wife Anybody who nas had bad Icebox icebox Icebox Ice Ice- box and liquor closet trouble and would have suggestions to offer in a delicate situation fraught with serious dangers said Elmer S S S Open the kitchen door now point to the big fellow and tell him to scram or you'll throw him out demanded the wife I question the need to point argued Elm Elmer r. r Well just glare at him and say Scram ya bum urged the wife I would amend that by elimInating eliminating elim elim- mating the word ward scram 1 I feel that it would be advisable to substitute substitute substitute sub sub- the word depart And J I question the term bum said El El- mer After all what we want isa is isa isa a peaceful settlement What I want ant is a peaceful ICEBOX ICEBOX ICE ICE- BOX corrected Mrs Twitchell I shall go in alone and call a spade a spade an aggressor an aggressor and a creep a creep Mrs witchell Twitchell barged Into the kitchen A terrific hubbub ensued She emerged after a while pretty battered but the icebox raiders had taken it on the lam gone she said In triumph Yes but how will Asia react demanded Elmer Mrs Twichell swept by him with witha a look that kills V Vf If f began to b be tired quietly refused my housekeeping money did less and less and he gave me less and less But his shamed sorrowful look when I served inexpensive meats or no meats at all went to my heart One night the boys and I had bowls of ot oatmeal with raisins and a shortcake shortcake shortcake short short- cake which we love and I put one chop on Franks Frank's plate with a baked potato He cut the chop and the potato in two and divided them between the boys got up and went out and andI I learned afterward that he had no dinner at all but Just walked the streets that night Well then I got mad I told him that I could manage well feed the family well get through whatever was ahead yes and enjoy It it too but that I wasn't going to go on In this unbalanced way I wanted us all to be in on it and agree and face tace it together No Steaks I told him that if it hed he'd eat his dinner every night before he be looked at it despairingly hed he'd al always ays be bewell bewell well filled But that if thick hot soup and a tomato salad and apple dumplings didn't look good to him just because there wasn't a three- three inch steak dripping in among them hed he'd have to got get another cook |