noons
You eat out of it , some way -- I mean , it cooks things ter eat ; an ' Bess wants one . Gussie Pennock 's got one . ALL our eatin 's different , ` seems so , on the West Side . Ma has dinners nights now , instead of noons . She says the Pennocks do , an ' everybody does who is anybody . But I do n't like it . Pa do n't , either , an ' half the time he ca n't get home in time for it , anyhow , on account of gettin ' back to his new job , ye know , an ' -- '' `` Oh , I 've found where the dog 's head goes , '' cried Miss Maggie , There was a hint of desperation in her voice .