TELLING RUTH THE NEWS "Yes, it was a busy two weeks," declared Arline Thayer, "and yet, oh, Grace, you can't possibly know how slowly the time has gone.

I am sure I could live all the rest of my life on a desert island if I had the Semper Fidelis crowd with me.

Of course, Ruth helped a whole lot, but you know Ruth isn't a butterfly like I am.

She has had so many cares and disappointments that she isn't as gay in her wildest moments as I am in my ordinary ones.

Besides, it was so hard to be sure that I was doing and saying the right thing.