IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE WHAT WOULD BECOME BEVERLY’S SIXTH - SEVENTH ATTEMPT AT CONDUCTING A SUCCESSFUL BAT MITZVAH...SO VERY MANY HAD FAILED.
AND HER HALF-SISTER, NAUGHTY BETTY, CONVINCED BEVERLY THE MAJORITY OF THE FAILURES WAS HAIR-RELATED. BEV’S HAIR WAS A FRIGHT...PERHAPS MORE SO THAN A SECOND-HAND SYNTHETIC DRAG QUEEN WIG...
RUINOUS ATTEMPTS TO MOISTURIZE AND CREATE BOUNCE HAD BEEN FUTILE ...AND PERPETUAL BACK TEASING HAD PRODUCED A TANGLED, SPLIT-END NIGHTMARE!
BETTY GUARANTEED SHE COULD GIVE BEVERLY A PERMANENT USING SMALL DIAMETER ROLLERS ALONG WITH SOME GENUINE HAIR EXTENSIONS (AFTER ALL, BEVERLY ONLY HAD ABOUT TWO INCHES MAX TO WORK WITH)...
BUT, LO AND BEHOLD, IT HAD BEEN THE HEAT WAVE SUGGESTION WHICH WON BEVERLY OVER. GOOD LORD, IF SHE HAD ONLY HAD INQUIRED ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE PROCEDURE; WHAT THE HEAT SOURCE MIGHT BE.
BUT, DID SHE?
Donald Roller Wilson, Passover 1938
oil, 9 1/2 x 20 in.
Passover 1938, A surprised Seder, but observed at noon on the second day follow...
PTG02215
$25,000
Donald Roller Wilson, The Children Had Planned...
oil, 16 x 12 in.
THE CHILDREN HAD PLANNED AND ORGANIZED A TALENT SHOW WHICH WOULD BE PRESENTED AT THE END OF HARVEST TIME. ALL THE NUTS WOULD HAVE BEEN GATHERED, CRACKED, PICKED, SORTED, BAGGED AND DISTRIBUTED. THE SHOW WOULD SERVE AS AN OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT; OF A JOB WELL DONE...
THE CHILDREN WOULD PRESENT THEIR TALENTS IN TEAMS OF TWO. NAUGHTY BETTY AND HER LITTLE HALF-SISTER, INEZ WOULD PERFORM A GRAVITY DEFYING FEAT IN WHICH (HOPEFULLY) INEZ WOULD BE SHOT FLYING UP THROUGH THE VERY TOPS OF THE TALLEST PECANS.
BOTH GIRLS HAD AGREED THE TECHNIQUE WOULD NECESSITATE BETTY CHAIN SMOKING - INHALING DEEPLY AS POSSIBLE, THEN EXHALING - IN THIS CASE, BLOWING - AT CLOSE RANGE, HARD AS SHE COULD, ACTIVATING THE PROPELLER BLADES OF INEZ’S BAT MITZVAH BEANIE...
THEY PRACTICED FOR ENDLESS DAYS, AND AT ONE POINT, SEEMS INEZ DID BECOME ELEVATED FOR A QUARTER INCH, OR SO...WHO NOSE?
THEIR FATHER ENJOYED WATCHING, BUT HIS HOUSE WAS TOO REMOVED FOR HIM TO ENJOY WATCHING THROUGH HIS WINDOW, SO HE PARKED HIMSELF ATOP A NEARBY STUMP, DISGUISED AS A GARNISH.
THAT’S WHAT HE DID!
PTG03683
$28,500