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Wall Street Magazine Runs Contest

My Friend Irma · November 22, 1948 · 29 min · 4,293 words

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For the safety of your smile use pepcident twice a day see your dentist twice a year Lever Brothers company presents the pepcident show my friend Irma Created by Sihard and starring Marie Wilson as Irma with Joan Banks as Jane Friendship, friendship, just perfect friendship.

When other friendships have been forgotten, there's well still... I read a book on child psychology and it said that if a child doesn't know what you're saying, act it out, dramatize it. Well, I hate to differ with an eminent psychologist, but believe me, he's wrong.

How do I know? Well, I live with Irma Peterson, a child of 23. And I have even drawn pictures for her and she still doesn't know what I'm talking about. But there we're even because I can't understand what she's talking about.

For instance yesterday I said, Erma, yes Jane, look it says in the paper that there's a new comet in the sky. And this evening it'll be visible to the naked eye. To the naked eye I'm not going to stand on the roof without my clothes on, I like this.

See what I mean? Well, tonight I'm taking no chances. I'm reading. What are you reading? The Wall Street Market Report. Oh, that's nice. Are they having a sale on vegetables? Honey, it's not that kind of a market.

It carries financial news. Oh, listen to this. The Wall Street Magazine offers a monthly prize of $150 to the secretary writing the best story of her most interesting experience. is limited to secretaries working in the financial district and they must be endorsed by their employer.

Gosh, I wish I worked in the financial district, Jane. I had a wonderful experience. I went canoeing once with a fell on the moonlight. Just when we got in the middle of the lake he stopped paddling so I said, what's the idea of stopping?

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