“Pass On Good Stuff”
Rosati-Kain High School on Lindell Blvd., was not too far from where my Aunt Irene lived. So, in the 1950’s – I would go after school to see her.
I do not know how the school and their transportation system work, today? My guess is that all the children through High School – are all bussed at tax-payer expense – which I feel is wrong.
When I was in High School, if you could not walk to the school, you could buy at a discount a “student’s” bus pass. So, going to Rosati-Kain was miles more than I could walk and so I had to have the “student” bus pass. What was good about having the bus pass, was that between certain hours of the day you could ride the “public bus or street car” for “FREE” – and only after the alloted time of dsy – you would pay an additional amount. So, riding the bus was just great for me!
Aunt Irene was glad to see me and would always collect items that some of the tenants in her apartment building were going to throw out. There are some people who do not wear the same clothing more than two or three times — and may not have even been washed or cleaned – so with Aunt Irene doing the expert cleaning of the item – it would always look as if it was just purchased.
One such time was a woman living in the apartment building and she worked as a shoe model. She would be given some of the shoes she would model and guess they were not what she liked and gave them to my Aunt Irene to give to me, I picked these boxes of shoes up, on one of my trips after school and was anxious to get home to try the shoes on and see how I liked them?
Well, when my Mother saw the shoes – she said , “NO way you’re wearing those ‘High Heals’ – You’ll have to get rid of them!” That didn’t bother me , since I knew of a second-hand-dealer – and that’s just where I took the shoes. Since they were practically brand new – I received money for the shoes and was “tickled pink!”
After that – I had learn a lesson — Never refuse something that someone else does not want – can not use or not able to wear! – Every thing in life has to be re-cycled some how or some where ! – and Thank goodness for “Second-Hand Dealers!”
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