Nancy Classics by Ernie Bushmiller for March 17, 2018

Good thing there’s a big demand for pen wipers.

Ah, those drippy fountain pens.

And why do I sew each new chapeau With a style they most look positively grim in Strictly between us, entre-nous I hate women.(“Anatole of Paris,” Danny Kaye)

Why didn’t Aunt Fritzie help her with it?! I guess she was in bed drunk again

“If it doesn’t suck ink from a bottle, it isn’t a real pen.” My fountain pen repair guy.

If at first you don’t succeed, give up.

I’m not quite old enough to have done the inkwell routine, but we did have the cartridge version. They usually worked, but when one DID explode, forget a pen wiper. That requires walking through a car-wash!

That dress looks like what some women wear to those innumerable Hollywood awards shows, that always get shown on “Extra” the next day.

Looks like Nancy is a “sew-sew” kind of seamstress. Yeah, I’m cringing at myself too!

Nancy forgot to buy a pattern.