11 JANUARY T944 U S S PRAIRIE,

DEAREST M-RY,

SHOULD REALLY

FEEL LIKE A

HEEL FOR NOT GETTING

A

THIS BIRTHDAY GREETING OFF SOONcR lN 0RDER T0 f!'IAKE PROPER AkRlVgL 0N THE pRopERDATE. tN FACT, I D00
VERY HEELISH.

FEEL

ylELL'
FULLY
IIJITH

YOUR

A REAL LIVE V0TlNc REPUBLICAN

GOPSTER. NEXT YEAR

N0W. AFTER
SUCCESS-

ALL THESE Y[-:ARS DAD CAN RELAX CONTENT THAT HE FIAS

RASSED- ANOThR

CAN DO I T AGA IN
MARY,

ME, BUT THIS IS TFE TIME FOR US TO MAKE J|,ERRY,

TiqJENTY

BEOAUSE THE BEAUTY

0F THI FAi!'llLY HAS NOi/J REA0HED Tt{tctENT

-AND FROM NOI|J ON A! INFINITUM- AGE OF

ONE. YOU HAVE

YEAR

ALSO REACHiD TIIE YEAR THST MILTON MA'E IMMOIiTAL, THE

THAT SINGLES EVERY HUMAN AS AN ADULT AND MAKES
TWENTY ONE YEAR OLD LOOK DOWN UPON

TIT

BLOOMING

HIS

YOUNGER PEERS AND

SAY, rSCi-iAM, KIDS, TgDAY

AM A

MAN(WgUnru)t.

lF

YgU THINK

Y0UR GETTI'JG OLD N0l,'l, JUST TRY AtlN T0UCH YOUR TOES THIRTY

Tllvihc, cHEcK uR c0NillTl(JN,

THEN tllHEN Y0UR F0RTY TRY

lT AGAIN,
AN

AND THEN DEOIDE JUST WHAI IHLHELL T-HEY I/EAN BY tLlF-E uE(,lNS

IIT FORTYI. TFE GUY ,,HO THOGHT THAT UP MUST

THIS F0RMER TRASH,
L I FE, UNE rr I TH

HAVE BEEN

DESCIPLE OF BENARR MAC FAD]]EN. ANYWAY, AESREGARDING ALL

l/lJtb,H

you THE HApptEST ytAR 0F

SURPii

y0uR
AND

ALL TiiE PLEAS;:A,,TR IES Ai,iD

ISES

succESsES A G|RL CAN HopE

FoRe

THAT

tN

AN0T|-ER YEAR yOU

CAN LOOK BACK AND BE SECERE I N THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE CROSSL! THE THRESHOL.D OF. WOMANHOOD .rri|TH HIGH FLYING

0-,L0RS,

FTAVE

FlR,\,tLy ESTABLISHED THE BEACHT-EAD AND

ARE

SUCCESSFULLY PUSHING ONWARD INTO THE SECRET FUTURE.

DAD HOL|DAYS,

WROTE TODAY

TELLING ME ALL ABEJT THE CHRISTJJAS

REAL

frl= SN0il AND THE FOUR FEET LONG tclcLEs. A

'IHITE
CHRISTMAS. Tg8 IlIM AND
REAL

BEAUTIFUL zuT COLD

I,IOTHER

lT linS A T'JUOH 0F THt

ToGETHER ONCE
JJORE SPEND I f\G QU

T'il),lG- "AVlllG i,l:'tirl,;L[ i:A,irl.-y

ALoNE t'{lTH
FA I RLY

AGAIN, zuT Nof'J THEY ARE ALL

IET
EVEN I

NGS

I NS

IDE THE I'/ALLS THAT

Ecl-i0 0F NOISY EVININGS, F00TBAi

L fiATeHES 0N Tl-iE HALL I.;PSTAIRE

slir I flG

0R PIANO AND tADl0

iv

xm

vtl

rH A

BAN!

REHEAFSAL.
ARE

IGUESS THE EVENINGS ALL 0F US,,,llSfj THE fuiofjT, THOUGH,

THE
SU

irlAY

il VEN I NcS

POPP I NG CORN

|/UNTCH I NG AI)PLES ,

LlSTF,li ING T0 CliAFrL[E iiAeAFiTHY

0f, ilDlE

CANTOR-

ALL lN

FR0ilT

OF A CRACKLING FINE BASKING IN THE iIARIITH

ff

IT g8B AND
OF

THEN FINALLY THE SLEEPY RETFiIAT TO CLIAN SI.iEETS- LOTS

BLANKETS TO CRAWL

UNIf,R. ALL PAST PUT NOT FOFGOTTEN;

JUST

THINGS TFiAT CAN 8E RELIVED t]Y US

IITH OUR KIDS.

T0 tlRtTE TtDt T00,
You

IID
KN0l!.

BETTER SIGN THIS OFF- HAVE

REI/EI,,|BER, HAVE

S|iVELL HAppy B I RTHDAY.

LOTS DC I ouo

OF

Tl l.S

YLAF.S YOUIJC;Efi II'iSTLAL

lS TFIE Tliy'i- 0F yEAtt TtiAT

()F ON:..

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