scarcely a day goes by nowadays without sore-one assuming the authority of inquiring why you had your window open at exactly midnight last night, why you let a crack of light appear between your curtains, why you make a trip into town every morning at such an hour. The intimation is always that you are being watched, so don't try anything funny. Fortunately we are still free to tell such nuisances tọ go to hell One came up four flights of steps tonight to inform me that light was showing from my window.
I was talking with the heiress of the Anheuser-Busch millions recently and she told me they had not only lost all of their cars and horses and are obliged to ride in trams and busses, but that their estate has been practically taken over and in addition to having their staples and outhouses used for storage of military equipment and grain, they had received 42 refugees from the western frontier zone for quartering and have had to give up all except one or two rooms, which are still allowed for their private use.
The biggest bit of sensational news ioday was the announcement that beginning next month the butter ration will be increased from 80 to 112 grams, although the margarine allotment will be reduced in the same proportion.
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