Show 0 1 I There nere la Js a strange situation existing at our our house Cant Can't understand un un- it Maybe you can help Only tinsel Icicles were taken off our Christmas tree lor I Monday day There s should h o 0 u l I d have been Where have they gone Monday morning like always on Jan 1 or 2 21 I assumed my position before beCore the tree index finger rInger sUcking sticking straight out tongue sticking sUcking straight out pajamas rump rump sprung sprung and toes to take the tinsel icicles off the the tre tree My ly Lady Fair meanwhile takes off the decorations counts them carefully enters them In a journal wraps them In tissue paper and puts them In an old Ajax box until next year This year she broke a glass canary unary She made a big red red pencil pencil swipe in her book We dont talk during this pro pro- cess Bess We are too busy counting and keeping book I am personally person ally aUy responsible for Cor every string of 01 tinsel Four of them snagged In the branches and broke Each lime tIme I had to to empty my Index finger of the dangling pretties pick up the tho pieces and paste them back together first jotting down the current total And so when I got through there Chore were 23 less strands than there were a year ago is pretty sore about the whole thing She has accused me of oC carelessness carelessness carelessness careless careless- ness sabotage wastefulness wastefulness wastefulness waste waste- and prodigality We are arc not speaking Its It's possible I was a little rough with the strands when I jammed them back into their box The container was getting a little mUe beat up so GO I examined it to see it tf it could be pasted Then hen I 1 noticed the entry on the box We bought that box of 0 tinsel Icicles in 1946 It cost a dime In line with this subject I found a new now way last night to spend th the time between commer commer- daIs clale I brought out the box of ot t Christ mas cards more than of oC them and checked the signatures There is an old fashioned idea probably instituted by Emily Emny Post that the ladys lady's name should come first Mary and John Im I'm surprised she didn't change it to read Mrs and Mr John Smith There Is another school of thought which Insists that who whoever whoever whoever ever Is boss In the family gets star billing Anyhow v it was interesting to note that a little over 70 per cent centor of or the cards were signed by theman's theman's the theman's mans man's name first Whether Its It's because o ol 0 Emily I Post end and her etiquette or who's boss ours were signed this year just juet as they always have been Louise and and Mac |