AN EXTRAVAGANCE
It was very attractive and very high fashion. But sometimes desire is more satisfying than fulfilling the desire. The coat was very beautiful but it wasn’t practical; I couldn’t wear it very many places and it wasn’t tailored enough for my own style. You learn as you go along.
When I had enough money my dad took me to Tarnapol furri- ers. We made quite a few trips there before I decided exactly what I wanted. The coat I finally select- ed was a black Persian lamb coat with mink scarves running up the sleeves, complete with their heads and blue eyes. Two separate mink scarves wrapped around the hood.
Jan Pierce
THE BLUEBIRD OF SOMETHING
My mother always liked her children to entertain and we had been singing “The Bluebird of Happiness” in the car on the way to cousin Billy’s place in Montreal. Canada. So she asked me to sing “Bluebird.” It was a very popu- lar song at the time, especially the version that was always on the radio sung by Jan Peerce, a famous tenor. I must have been about 21 years old. I started to sing and after the first line I forgot the words. I started again, and again forgot the words. By the time I started the third time, the ladies man, Cousin Moe was lying on the kitchen floor laugh- ing so hard he couldn’t stand up. Since everyone was there, to this day everyone loves remembering how funny it was to hear me trying to sing “The Bluebird of Happiness” with Moe on the floor laughing hysterically. I forgot to mention the fact that Cousin Billy was a profes- sional singer and I never should have attempted to sing anything that night at her apartment. When will we learn! Even as I am writing it now I can’t help laughing till I cry. I don’t remember ever finishing that song.
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