When playwright
Charles MacArthur
first met Hollywood starlet
Helen Hayes at a party . . .
he was eating peanuts.
For Charles it was
love at first sight.
He nervously offered the
famous actress some of his
peanuts.
As he put some peanuts into
her hands he blurted out,
“I wish they were emeralds.”
After many years of being
happily married, Charles
bought his wife Helen an
emerald necklace as an
anniversary gift.
When Charles handed it to his
beloved wife, she said,
“I wish they were peanuts.
