The Era -- Day By Day

[LizzieMaine]

And in the Daily News...

"Connections," fumes Shaughnessy. "Oi thaaat OI had connections!"

"It was cold," says Joe, out of the clear blue. "I was neveh so cold in me life, an' I hope t'Chris' I'll neveh be t'at cold again. Once you been'at cold, it's a cold t'at'll neveh leave ya." "You tawkin' t' me?" queries Bink Scanlan, looking up from a copy of Modern Screen she has just used to blot her lips. "I din' say nut'n," blinks Joe. "An' stop messin' wit' t'em magazines 'less ya gonna buy one."

Well, let's see how good Johnny Jingo is at holding his boat together.

And today was the day Skeez vowed never to join the VFW.

He'll do a better job of it if you soak him in ammonia first.

Whenever Shad wears that sweater, I wonder what he lettered in...

"What's that smell?" "Ahhh, rich people's houses always smell like that."

I can't wait for the spinoff strip, "Sgt. Bim and his Pacific Hellcats."

There's something IN that shoe. I mean, other than half of Shaky's foot.

This is going down a very dark path.

 

[LizzieMaine]

And also...

Coming events...

"Pretty swell, huh," beams Miss Kaplan, beaming from beneath a new summer hat. "An' t'is ain'o Namm's lid, I gawtt'is at Mawrtin's. It's drippin' wit' class." "Izzat it?" is Mozelewski's bland reply. "I was gonna say ya shouldn' weahrit inna rain." "Hmph," hmphs Miss Kaplan. "Whatcha do wit' YOUEH raise?" "Put it inna bank," declares Mozelewski. "Like you otta. We ain' gonna be heehf'reveh y'know. I'm savin' as much as I can so when me'n Frank Leary go inta business t'get'teh, I'll have me some captial." "You'll need it," scoffs Miss Kaplan. "It cawsts a bundle t' hieh'ra model." "Yeh," snickers Mozelewski. "Too bad it won't be you." "I wondeh," ponders Miss Kaplan, "what Joe's gonna do wit' HIS money when'ee gets it?" "Joe's no dope," declares Mozelewski. "He'll do like I done." "Joe ain' gonna open no dress shawp," argues Miss Kaplan. "I wondeh if 'eel need a model?"

 

[Fading Fast]

Re Alice's confession.

So much will depend on Mickey that it's making my stomach hurt.

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Propaganda aside, doesn't it feel like this whenever you have to hail a cab?

Uber, etc., crushed that industry and not one New Yorker shed a tear for the cab companies and their in-cahoots-with-the-government corrupt "medallion" racket.

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"Cut! Do it again – we're trying for 'false sincerity' here, not obvious lying."

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And today was the day Skeez vowed never to join the VFW.

It's the war version of the six-mile walk in the snow to and from school, uphill both ways.