Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26

A0HIS is going to be about the
way OF a woman-one woman
and many women-at tele-
phone.
Therefore, naturally, 1T Will
have a good deal to do with the Path oi
Indirection and the Circuitous Course
Recently the undersigned was very
anxious to use a telephone for ABOUT
minute 1t is rare thing for him 10
want to use q telephone. This, however,
was one Of those rare occasions.
It was at suburban restaurant or
roadhouse in a city not near Washington.
The present writer had repaired to that
suburban restaurant or roadhouse many
for the purpose Of evadmg worA-.na'
is to say, he was inoustrlously r.aiu
in the task OF laying oo"h OH
job Of work. ~.
lob of work. instead Of going to the SUI
urban restaurant, and that ne snouIo ctr
tainly not have been doing so unworthy ~
a thing as trying to lay down on Joo
has nothing to do with the story.
After a while. however. at the SUD
urban restaurant. We became cOnsclemSe
stricken The job OF woI s rke Gu hs
We became acutely conscious that we
were soldering on the Job. This renee
ton detracted some from our pleasure
and joy. +,a
man who wanted us to do the 1oo OF
work. and who was awaiting It's COM
nletion. to explain to him-that Is 10
saw. we desired to tell him how IMPOSE
BILE it was for US to do the 1oo Wienah ~, uns
snecified time though, really, there was
nothing whatever impossible about H. eX-
cept that we were loahng
These facts are related solely for the
nurpose of indicating how important IL
was that we should have had the use
Of the telephone ON that occasion.
The only telephone in the suburban
restaurant was of in corner OF the
main room. 1t was an unbootheo te!e.
nhone. We started for 1t, hxlng up anu
nolishing our explanation to the man
waiting for our work as we spec 1or
the telephone.
Our speeding didn't get us anything
worth mentioning There was a feml,
nine person in a burnoose tur1an al" ~.
other things Several feet ahead OF us:
and going strong in the direction o!
the one telephone. by the time we got
fairly under way in the same directlon
Consequently we were whipped be-
fore we began. 49,
We were DESTROYS OF getting our man
ON the phone just as quickly as posi-
bile for it was q SATURDAY nan noiiudy.
and we were afraid that he would peat
- from his Office before we had chahce
to unload our skillfuny contriVed eN-
PLANTATION upon him.
Therefore we were pretty IeveriSh
when we saw that the lady with the
hurnoose turban and things had peat
ns to the one telephone by all or two
feet. che
She smiled gloatfully at us when she
saw that she had beaten US to II, ana
she took down the receiver with an AT
of unrestrained triumph.
we stepped back respectful ais
lance and began to walt. Shed only be
oa1Iine for taxicab or something. We
raf,acted. and then we'd be able to un-
coil our little over-the-wire narrative
tn our man in mitigation or our loanng
when we ought to be working.
She got her number very promptly.
Her numbers name was Gertie.
"Oh, you poor dear" said the lady
with the burnoose turban to Gertie.
do you mean to tell me that you're
staying at home on such gallorious
day as this? Isn't 1t an outrage! How?
He doesn't care to go anywhere. and he
keeps you penned up In that stuffy fiat?
Deed l wouldn't endure 1t any longer.
Gertie-'deed I wouldn't
The undersigned. perceiving that 1t
wasn't going to be a taxicab call or any
thing so easy as that. stood on the other
limb.
"we're having a perfectly grand time
out here at Mansewooden Inn,' said the
lady with the burnoose turban to Gertie
at the far end of the wire. "And, o-o-h,
such lovely dinner as we've had!