Show LINES by LIZA 11 im m being given the good old run around this week see they say see what happened when john L read what you said about abot him called off his strike he see 1 I would like to think that the pen is is as mighty as all that but my little quill is a weak one which do more than tickle a tough hide like his something must have convinced the old boy though perhaps he suddenly remembered what happened on december the seventh five years ago when another outfit ran atilt a tilt with the united states government whatever changed his mind wrought a countrywide country wide miracle in an hours time it seems that christmas is due to arrive as scheduled after all and jolly old st nick too hallelujah it is interesting being in the store these days I 1 not only have the fun and anticipation of my own family holiday but I 1 also have a little share in the plans of all alo shop there true merchandise is still scare and much of it high priced compared to prewar pre war years but we experience such a thrill over the items we are a ble able to get I 1 cant ever remember being so stirred over ordinary sheets and pillowcases pillow cases as I 1 was recently when we were able to stack them on the counter it was not a chore to sell them it was a privilege a short lived one at any rate I 1 believe we have learned earned to appreciate and respect the value of many of the commodities of the taken for granted variety As a result it seems to me that christmas shopping has taken a decidedly practical slant which is all to the good too the very young customers who come in clutching a dime or a quarter sometimes a whole dollar and confide that they want to buy a present for mamma and papa they are the ones who delight me they have a secretive gleam in their eye and an air of mystery that is quite compelling they look everything over and an weigh meigh the desirability of every item within their limited means then they withdraw for a whispered conference after the powwow the deal is usually speedily closed and the beaming spendthrifts hurry home to hide the present until christmas morning an in interminable length of time to keep a secret one little miss independence gave big sister the slip on a shopping spree last week she chose a fancy lapel pin for her mother and spent her only quarter for it just as I 1 was wrapping the purchase big sister caught up with her it seems that she had been planning on combining their finances A fuss ensued the little one stoutly maintained that she wished to buy her own gift and write her own name on it so that mother alother would not fail to understand big sister hotly contended that mother alother wear such junk little one was not at all perturbed said she 1 I dont care I 1 think it is pretty and mamma will too wear it so so mother who ever you are when you unwrap a jewel which is definitely riot not from tiffany please wear it on your chemise if necessary in justification of small fry a 0 they tell me that christmas tries tres are selling for a dollar a foot in the city so I 1 am busily trying bryin 9 to figure out what will look effective on a tree a foot high I 1 am literally up a tree F E IV |