The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-15

the street car whom they do not know"
l parleyed
They would have to be very, very
young to be as foolish as that" replied
the mere man smiling
Perhaps you do not look at them
and give them chance to thank you,"
| volunteered Il recall that the other
day a man proffered me his seat and
never so much as glanced in my direc-
ton. l suppose he was furious that he
had to give 1T up, and didn't want to be
thanked. He probably went home and
related to his family that he had encoun-
tered one of the army of ingrates that
you speak of when as matter of fact
| | was bubbling over with thanks-only
he wouldn't look and let me say So"
II give them a chance all right was
the reply Il look straight at them and
| say:
Madame have my seat and madame
takes the proffered seat with more haste
ofttimes than dignity, and without even so
much as a glance in my direction, and
leaves me looking expectanuy at her
naughty and averted head"
II can't understand it, l said re-
| hectively, "for Birmingham has always
been noted for its polite women and brave
men,"
And while you are writing about this
street car business, why don't you adj
wise the members of your sex not to call
their men friend up over the telephone
during business hour1?''
why, l didn't know they ever did," l
averred.
We'll, they do and loads of them, too"
replied the grouchy man. Il have mesl
| friends who receive from to 20 calls
day from their female acquaintance.
Perhaps they are justified In taking the
| liberty l defended. "A woman wouldnt
dare to do such thing unless man had
told her she might"
Not at ALL" he demonstrated Some
men know are so hampered by their tel
that they have actually instructed their
Office boys to say whenever 1t is fem
mime voice at the other end of the phone
that they are not in"
Like ladies when they see an undesir-
able caller first, through the front door
glass;" 1 suggested
| IT have man friend said the grouchy
one. who is very proud of the fact that
the girl he cares most for in all the
wide world has never yet called him up
over the telephone at his office. He was
| relating this to me the other day when
the phone rang, and when the Office boy
told him he was wanted he came back
looking very sad. and l suspected that his
ideal had been shattered~ So l asked him.
He replied that the young woman was
very Ill and had commissioned her maid
to say that she could not see him that
evening and had taken the liberty of
| phoning to his office as the only sure
| means of catching him."
What on earth do women phone
about?" I asked
| "Oh, various things was the reply.
THE other day, for instance, l was so
busy that l wouldn't have stopped to go
to my grand-grandmother's funeral, when
| was summoned to the phone. 1t was
visiting girl had met the night be-
fore. and she began by saying;
4" Just thought I'd call~you up and ask
you how you are feeling this morning.
Isn't 1t a lovely day? Wish we could
| spin out In your aato for while Are
| you coming out to see us this evening p
And bushels more just fike. that
"Ionor bright. IL that SOP inquired,
skeptically.
Honor bright" he -affrmed.
And how many girls do you call by
phone during the day." | asked.
Only one--I don't have to call the rest,
they call me--she won't" he iighed
you are pocket edition of MIR. George
Bernard Shaw, and you are merely re-
| peating that gentleman's statements as to
men and women | protested.
Il am merely relating my own expert
ences." said the grouchy Llan. as he
picked up his Panama and made ready to
leave. Write something about these
things, please. and I'll be your debtor for
life!
But l was sunk In such woe at the
iniquity Of my sex as told by this mere
man that I could not reply 1t the mo-
ment.