Show LINES by LIZA happy lay day after thanksgiving day dont groan and grimace I 1 ate too much too were never going to do it again are we that not until the next time what I 1 thought you said well the abe bone is mighty tasty today I 1 hope you all had something for which to be thankful I 1 do riot not profess to be a pollyanna but I 1 thought bought of several gratitude meriting circumstances in my own daily life being a republican was not one of them especially but it turned out to be a convenience this year so I 1 am thankful for that not having a husband at my advanced age is another thing I 1 am riot not thankful for but it is also a convenience at times so I 1 am thankful for that once in a great while I 1 am thankful that the editor prints my nonsense each week and especially thankful that so many of you are interested enough to tell me that you enjoy it I 1 am thankful most of all that I 1 have the humility to be thankful I 1 wonder if lewis would know what I 1 mean I 1 doubt it that may be part of his trouble he is flying to promote something to be thankful for even though it may anex turn out to be a long secluded rest speaking of lewis reminds me of our newly elected senator WIlt watkins kin at a meeting in salt lake city on monday ile he came in a few minutes late and upon being introduced apologized for his tardiness by saying that he had been detained by bv a message saying that the coal strike st r ke ike had been settled Natu raly the lin interest was intense and everyone waited breathlessly to hear in more ore yes he said 1 I understand it was tva s negotiated when khen lewis accepted president Tr resignation ho hum turn the heat off that was an interesting day by and large uncle dan chauffeured me to town so early and so fast that I 1 got there before breakfast since I 1 am very careful never to overlook a meal I 1 dropped into the hotel utah coffee shop for a bite and ran right into mr air pat rogers superintendent of sun valley idaho and his charming wife I 1 used to be employed by them at zion grand canyon and sun valley lodge they moved their chairs chair to my table and for an hour we talked a mile a minute sixty miles of conversation on two cups of coffee bowie of course we mentioned hubert and gwen and pretty petite iva pitts and her nice husband bill with whom I 1 had a pleasant encounter a week or so ago it was great fun as it always is to meet old friends so then I 1 went shopping around abit a bit I 1 paused at a bargain table full of costume jewelry in one of the large stores to my utter astonishment ment I 1 observed a smartly dressed very prosperous looking woman stealing piece after piece by the simple process of e edging d aging them off the table and into t the h e flat side pocket of her beautiful broadcloth handbag she was doing her christmas shoplifting early no doubt only twenty six days more unless the judge catches up with her ive worried all week aek over the pathetic footnote to my column last week I 1 should be dreadfully unhappy if mr epperson fired ernie little and his able assistant on account of my fatal influence please mr editor put down that axe F E W fatal influence are a couple coupie of swell words in an blodys language why someone used them before el ED |