The news couldn't be better, Miss Blue, for I have not put an anchovy atop a swipe of cream cheese on my favorite garlic melba toast that I have not thought of our dear friend Melba, proud and entering into a new life of Golf. Although I will admit that the news is disturbing, for the golf course and its clubhouse offer up all kinds of popular drinks for those needing to celebrate the day of golfing. One Orange Blossom too many? A cause for concern. . . .I shouldn't run on like this, Miss Blue, keeping in mind that little Fanny will need Melba's clear-eyed loving attention as she recites the clever elocution pieces .  Why, I recall my favorite pieces - "The Blue Wart" and "Oh Joy, I Wish I Could Be A Boy." Everyone just adored me when I did my recitation, swaying back and forth, enunicating just right as I emphasized and pleaded and paraded around the room, so long ago when I was just about the age of Fanny. If I can be of any help, Miss Blue, just ring me up - I have saved my old Elocution Notebooks.

And now I must rewind the Cuckoo Clock and take the bourbon cake from the oven, Pearl