Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26
A WOMAN
USES THE PHONE

Deed. my dear, I've eaten till I'm posi-
lively stupid, and as sleepy as can be
besides
The present writer wished that she
would fall asleep, but she would not
I'VE had a chicken dinner you know,
Cert, and, mercy sakes. don't they know
how to cook chicken out here! l hate tc
make piggy of myself, but honestly !
couldn't help it,
We switched to the other limb in order
to rest.
And there are such nice people out
here today that honest, you ought to be
here, Cert" she went on. turning quite
frequently to bestow gloaty glances upon
the undersigned. ''Who dye suppose is
here? Eddie Foy, Isn't that grand? He
has, lovely lot of pretty women at his
table. but he isn't a bit pretty himself,
of course. do you think so?"
There were chairs near the tele-
phone. and so we couldn't sit down and
wait while the burnoose-t urbaned lady
continued to speak Of the lack OF pull
chritudinosity Of E. Foy until she had
O. hung around and waited for her to tire
We should have known better than to walt
for q lady at a telephone to tire; but
that is what we foolishly did.
And the breeze out here is perfectly
Gorgeous. Cert" she went on, rubbing
it in on the pal Of her bosom, whose
husband. it appeared. wouldn't fall for
the take-her- out on Saturda y afternoon
thing. 'Out on the veranda it's blowing
a perfectly lovely. balmy gale. and the
trees and flowers and things look so
pretty! It's a shame you couldn't come,
deed 1t is. I'd just like to shake him,
that's what I'd like to do!''
Far be it from the hereof writer. but
when she mentioned shaking folks.
VI oh
SOS to rest the other elbow on the tele-
phone and proceeded.
I'm wearing my new turban, Cert
she said, continuing to dart amiahly
land 1 like it so much! I'll try and drop
by tomorrow and show 1t to you. It's a
cream -colOred burnOOse, you know. with
six folds, and I've the dandiest aigrette
on it-got 1t at a perfectly silly bargain
day before yesterday. They were just
giving aigrettes away at Coopamaker's
day before yesterday, and thought sure
you would know about it and be there
couldn't see you. Of course. I came near
buying one Of the aigrettes for you. but 1
was afraid perhaps you wouldn't like it,
and I couldn't use two, you know and SO
l didn't"
We asked passing waiter if there
was any other telephone around the plant
The waiter shook his head pityingly. for
he TOO, had been listening to the tele-
phone trivialities of the lady with the
turban, and we fell sure he felt for us
in our anguish. If walters. that is. really
feel He said there wasn't another tele-
phone within four miles of the place
where we happened to be standing nrst
on one-er-limb and then the other.
The burnoosed lady heard the waiter
tell us that, and she smiled V1Vaclously
when she heard it. and showed many
cleaning shark-like teeth-anyhow, they
looked shark-like to us-and went right
on telling Cert all about 1t.
"I am so glad called you up. dearie."
she went on 81 didn't think 1 would
find you at home, at that. for it is per-
fectly hideous to think of the way you
are cooped up all the time and I thought
sure you would get out. somewhere on
a lovely day like this. but just thought
I'd take chance, anyhow, and I'm so
glad! Tell me, Cert. have you had that
one-piece foulard made up yet?'
Business. here of the undersigned
moaning like timber wolf caught in
a. steel trap, and business also of him
striding up and down and tousling per-
fectly good hair and waiting some more
The 'phone-fest about the making and
manufacturing of the blue foulard lasted
for about ten minutes. The burnoosed
lady. it appeared. believed that a "
shaped yoke should ornament the front
of that garment, whereas. as one de-
rived. Cert considered that the yoke
should be square in cut. And so they fan
con, for all Of a good little ten minutes.
The burnoosed lady's voice became
husky, which was a hopeful sign, and
several times 1t really looked as If, after