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Show Pi REMEMBER" SY THE OLD TIMERS I rl . . From Mrs. Mary Stewart of Chicago: Chi-cago: "How about some of yen old-timers sending in some of the witty expressions we used to use 'way back in the days when 'Oh, yeah?' was considered quite a snappy comeback? Here are some of these once - popular catch-phrases catch-phrases as a starter: 'I love my I f I love My ')?a "a wife, but oh you kid!" . . . 'Get a hoop and roll away' . . . 'Ishkabib-el, 'Ishkabib-el, I should worry' . . . 'Does your mother know you're out?' . . . 'Are there any more at home like you?' . . . 'Twenty-three, skidoo.' " From Helen Rodemeyer of Chicago: Chi-cago: "I remember the wild strawberries with which we once made delicious strawberry short- j cake and wild strawberry preserves. pre-serves. Once my father made wine from a tub full of wild strawberries. straw-berries. The season for wild strawberries was a long one. Those out in the open prairies were early. Those in the woods were late, large and luscious. How long ago that seems!" From Mrs. Vera Klefel of Norwood, Nor-wood, O.: "I remember when I worked in a tailor shop 10 hours a day for spending money. I received re-ceived a quarter a day. How much easier our work Is today!" From E. E. Meredith of Fairmont, W. Va.: "I remember when we bought a new suit the first thing we did was to press the creases out of the trousers!" (Readers are Invited to write up" their memories for this column. col-umn. Contributions should be sent to The Old-Timers, Box 340, Frank fort, Ky.) |