The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-21
From Lucille S
Diary

Mothers small and perfectly unnec-
essary household economies annoy mo
dreadfuIIy Mt times.
I said to her one day recently that
I vished she would have our nickel
telephone taken out and replaced by
the unlimited service.
-As you nearly always use nay nick
els, = laughed mother. I DON'T see Why
you should care which kind of tele-
phone we have Seriously. dear.
think that II even n little money can
be sawed by using the nickel phone
we ought to do 1t checrfully-"
I knew 1t was useless to argue the
matter with mother any further at
idea OF securing the unlimited service.
I rarely abandon any plan on which
my mind Is set, for l think persistence
Is one Of the important elements OF
strength Of character.
That evening Just after dinner
Betty called me MP and asked mo to
come over and play cards
Il hope you haven't any engage
ment," she said. Tor Bob has brought
we would like to have little bridge"
When l got to Betty's 1 was sorry
I had taken the trouble to change my
dress Her invitation was very mis-
leading l had naturally supposed
that when Betty said Bob had brought
a friend home she meant n man friend.
and was greatly surprised to be- In
trOduced to n plainly gowned and
quite embarrassing looking woman.
Miss Clyde went to school with Bob
years ago and now she teaches In q
western college," whispered Betty
while l was removing my wraps. "She
10 very bright and charming"
Really" l murmured
Az we joined Bob and his old friend
in the drawing room I noticed the
telephone In the hall
"Oh. see you have the unlimited
service nowl" l exclaimed. I'm try
ing to persuade mother to have 1t put
In at our house."
What's the user" asked Uncle Bob,
good-naturedly. Whenever you feel
an excess of telephone enthusiasm
coming on, drop in here and help
yourself to our phone"
That's awfully sweet of you, Uncle
Bob" ! replied. 81 believe I'll avail
myself of your generosity now while
Betty Is getting out her cards and the
bridge table,
| slipped into the hall and rung up
Mr.. owen, who has been Ill for few
days. He appeared to enjoy chat and
We visited for quite a while. Then
remembered that l had promised to
pass the evening at Louise Erwin's
house, 30 l phoned her my apologies
for not going. There were several
others to whom wished to speak and
! was In the midst of conversation
with Arthur knight when Betty called
me.
Just a moment, dear" answered.
considerably. ignoring her petulant
tone
Now, you are surely through" Bet.
ty said, coming into the hall few
minutes later. "Bob's Tuning for our
bridge
Poor Uncle Bob!" laughed. He'll
have to be patient a little longer, for
I'm waiting for long-distance CALI
Betty left me without another word,
and In a minute more was listening
to the voice of Wisner Lee, whom |
had been lucky enough to catch at the
hotel in Cleveland where he Is just
now. told him about the new tennis
ganizing and asked his advice about
the kind of racket should buy. Wis.
ner is such a devoted tennis player
that he forgets all about time when
he is discussing his favorite game. As
he was SO thoughtful about the racket.
begging the privilege of choosing the
one for me. ! had not the heart to
break off the conversation.
1t was rudely interrupted by Uncle
Bob, who asked me with uncalled-for
sharpness If was going to talk to
that chap all night"
'Of course not" said What time
Is it?"
IT'S exactly 10:45 o'clock"
Mercy! ! must go home at once,"
] exclaimed
Why, we havnt had any bridge. -
protested Betty. land | was going to
make Welsh rarebit, Lucille"
Well I'll stay for wee bite of the
rarebit." l conceded. Then must
fly, You know how mother dislikes
having me remain out late"
Uncle Bob was extremely taciturn
all the way home. In fact, so short
and gruff were his remarks that was
sorry | had bothered to go to his
house. have not seen him since that
evening. but yesterday he told mother
that large bill had come in for long.
distance telephoning which he thought
would want to pay out of my allow
ance. When mother spoke to me
about 1t | said that | was simply as.
tonished at Uncle Bob.
why, he invited me to use his
phone any time | told her.
But he didn't expect you to talk to
Cleveland for over an hour" said
mother. II do wish. Lucille, that you
had not abused his generosity. II
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