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...Sixpence in Her Shoe, McGinley...
...PHYLLIS McGINLEY has become, perhaps to her own surprise, the literary protagonist of the point of view that the keeper of the home is the most important woman in the world. So this week's cover story about this remarkable American poet focuses sharply on how she lives and works at her pre-Revolutionary home in Weston, Conn. Boris Chaliapin, a Connecticut neighbor, painted the cover portrait from life and used the house and grounds as background; Boston Bureau Chief Ruth Mehrtens spent five days there as a house guest and constant interviewer. Out of this close view...
...Hello," says Phyllis McGinley Hayden. A pause. "Yes, this is she." Another pause. "Well, I just got out of the bathtub and I haven't any clothes on . . . Oh!" With this exclamation, in which delight and dismay mingle, she cups her hand over the speaker and shouts into the hall...
...dear," says Phyllis McGinley to Goldman. "I'm getting an honorary degree at St. John's University on Long Island on the 13th. I don't know whether I could get to Washington on time. On the other hand...
...Phyllis McGinley: You dried-up old hag. What would you know about woman's natural instincts? You never even had a baby...