European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Today s crossword it pays to Tell Oil and then some by Russell Baker they say Frank Sinatra is Cross As a Bear about having an unflattering Best seller written about him and i Don t blame him. Kilty Kelley. The Book t a Ihor was originally going to write that Book about me. She would have Loo if i had gotten Huffy us Way Frank did and refused 10 cooperate. Fortunately years of experience in dealing with scribblers Bis taught me that the Only Way to get mercy out Oft Crais not to resist but to Tell them everything and then some. So when Kitty phoned and said "1 want id the Lowdown on that business Between Yon and a Gardner i said come Over right away Kilty and bring several tape recorders because i be been itching Tor Yean to Tell after two or three hours or hearing me be absolutely honest about Ray relationship with yet Conover Kitty needed Strong Coffee to revive her. When the came around she said so it was your childhood lust for Octta Conover that led your Mother to the unscrupulous behaviour thai made you hopelessly corrupt i had to Tell Kilty she was missing the nuances 1 had not lusted for Yetta Conover. We were Only in the seventh Grade Al the time and in those Days lust was not permitted until High school. True Yetta and i had arranged a rendezvous. We were to meet for a saturday matinee at the Horn theater on Pratt Street in Southwest Baltimore. Was Ava Gardner to make a personal appear Ance i winked at Kitty s question. Why ruin development of a powerful lust theme with the squalid fact which was that Only the police would have dare make personal appearances at the Horn theater. The Crux of the tale 1 noted was that Yetla and i never kept that rendezvous because my Mother snooping in my Pencil Box had found Yetta s note. No son of hers she declared was going to meet scar let hussies in the sinks and stews of Pratt Street. This is a Long Story said Kitty. But imagine the Shock of discovering hut my own Mother would go through my Pencil Box and read my what about you and Lana Turner said Kitty. Kilty Kitty he was missing the whole Point of this sordid tale my Mother was a Reader of other people s mail. I began witching my Mother. Sure enough when we visited relatives she would pick up postcards and quickly scan the messages on the Back to tee where people were vacationing and whether they were having wonderful limes. When i Taw tint my Mother was tha Melesi about i too began indulging the vice. Before leaving High school i Wai so Good at it that i could read letters lying on desks 20 feet away without fascinating said Kitty. You moved with t rough crowd that didst hesitate to use muscle to get ils Way i you bet i did. You want me to talk about the ruthless wimpy i guess but first let me finish about the mail next time Kitty woke up 1 was telling her about wimpy whose Muscles were so fearsome that even the Kimpinsky Brothers would t tangle with him. Would you believe i was saying As a Flicker of consciousness appeared in her eyes thai when coins fell out of my pocket who did you say no. That other name Frank Sinatra you re a Prince said Kitty racing for the door. Fortunately she was gone before she could Grill me about the time i met Wilma thrum at the legion Hall for Bingo and afterwards showed her How to twirl a key Chain. 1 would t want my children Reading that kind of thing in books c mow of Mpr scrip. J Tom m Avail Memder Ivl Mitty i wswer1retort 40 avenge 41 Star rate45 glided 4 adam1 on48 Canada 01 potato part 12-5 Page 18 the stars and stripes Friday. Now mar 6.1960 ecu Fristam setting Hwe toph3ne
