Besides the appearance of the first robin there are other harbingers of spring this morning, buds are beginning to pop out on the trees, housewives are beginning to pop out of houses to shake dust mops, even the great Gildersleeve pops out to get the morning paper instead of sending Leroy.

There was a minor crisis at the great Gildersleeve’s when nobody wanted to part with their old belongings after Birdie had cleaned house then Birdie got upset so the water commissioner decided the best way to smooth things over was to take everything to the rummage sale…