Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-31

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8 pie-eatinS contest. and
sadie-There amt no class to
chewing gum that way.
Mame-That's what always say.
II You want to show that you are
real lady and used to the best So
ciety. you want to chew your gum
quiet and calm and diEniTied.
Sadie lcomplacsntlyl - That's
right. Honest. Name, the things
that goes over this wire certainly do
make you sit up. Looks like to me
that there aint nothing that happens
In the whole world, from birth TO
death, or Joy TO sorrow, or love to
hate, that / don't listen to at some
time during the day. Why. it's got
20 l don't take no more interest In
going to the theater. What they are
doing on the stage seems sort OF hat
BY the side OF what I've been listen
ing to ell day. and as for reading
books-why, when / get through
with this job II ! just tell what /
really know about folks could
write enough novels to all one Of
them Carnegie libraries. and every
one OF them would be a thriller, too.
Only most Of 'em they wouldn't let
60 through the malls,
Name (enYiously) lit must be ex-
citing.
Sadie (depreciatingly) oh, so, so.
You get 30 used to 1t that you sort
Of lose interest after awhile, but I
tell you one thing. Name, being the
giri ct the switchboard amt no mat
rimonial promoter, and ii them suf-
fragettes Is foxey they'll do a lot OF
canvassing among the telephone OPP
orators, and I'll bet every hello girl
In town will Join 'em.
Name (curiously) How's that?
sadie--well. being telephone OPP
orator shakes your faith in man.
Honest to goodness. Name, you don't
know what double-dyed Williams and
champion liars men are until you
have been in this business. That's
straight. And some OF the stories
that they hand to their poor deluded
wives over the phone Is enough to
make you sick, It's like trying to
take in blind body. and what gets
me 10 why the women stand for them
e well as they do.
Mame-The telephone Is a great
thing. ! don't know how we ever
got along without 1t.
Sadie (cynically)- don't know
how married men ever did. It's one
thing for man to try to put over
an excuse when his wife has got him
nailed with her eye and another
thing to sing It over the wire when
he Is about i've miles on.
Mame--( giggling) ~ bet it's SAT-
or for lot Of 'emi
Sadie That's right. But you had
oughter to hear 'em. got so that
! can tell BY the sound Of a mans
voice when he calls up his wife when
he Il going to give her a song and
dance about not being able to get
home to dinner. Ordinarily, they are
sort OF gruff and crisp in the way
they speak, YOU know. but when
man is going to hand his wife a few
that won't bear investigation, why
his voice gets like sugar and oil
mixed. On, know 'em. I've got
their numbers, all right.
Name (admiringlyl--I bet you'll
sadie-sure. You had ought to
hear 'em spiel. Sometimes it will go
like this: ''Is that you Angle Face9
Can YOU hear me distinctlyP didn't
know, because these country tele-
phones are generally on the bum.
Say, sweetheart, / bet you can't
guess where ! am? No. am away
out In the country; just walked two
miles across the worst road you ever
saw to telephone YOU not to wait
dinner or 20 sit up for me. You
Know the boss has got that bug In his
head about my being the wise guy
about automobiles and so he asked
me II couldn't go-as sort OF
favor to him, you know-out with
him in his machine to see II could
ind out what was the matter with
II. Something the matter with the
carbureter, or the spark plug, or
something like that. Course couldn't
refuse. Boss invitation equal to
command. you know: and besides. we
would be home by o'clock sure:
but we got away out here and the
blame thing blew out 3 fuse and
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