joy-of-the-loom

Updated: May 6, 2025

"Say, Max, guess why I think you're like a rubber band." Classic Delphi was never more ready with ambiguous retort. Behind a stack of Joy-of-the-Loom bed-sheets, Max Meltzer groped for oracular divination, and his heart-beats fluttered in his voice. "Like a rubber band?" "Yeh." "Give up." "Aw, give a guess." "Well, I don't know, Miss Sadie, unless unless it's because I'm stuck on you."

Fannie Hurst - Humoresque: A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It