The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-14
INDIGNATION MEETING
BY JAMES HARDING.

tired" called Mrs. Brill as she came
out on her back porch and slammed
the door sharply behind her.
Her neighbor, Mrs. Graves, looked
up in surprise, for Mrs. Brill was of
a most unruiL.ed demeanor ordinarily.
Sitting back on her heels in the
grass she abandoned her pursuit of
dandelions long enough to inquire
sympathetically. What wouldo"
Mrs. Brill's prettily frilled dust cap
fairly stood on end with Indignation.
I've been trying to get Raymond's
school by telephone for at least half
an hour. Yen know my sister and her
little boy are coming up for the day,
and, OF course. Raymond wants to
stay at home. Wen. he's in the en-.
tertainlne4t next week and | wanted
to tel Is acher he'll be absent to-
day and | wanted to find out about
his Costume. Put do you suppose I
could get that school? No, indeed!
And toll you. Mrs. Graves, the phone
service We have here now is some
thing awful There is a phone at the
! school, for saw it one day. There is
no number in the book and all
could set out of those girls was We
have ID record ] tell you our i'm.
provence association ought to get
after IL phone service instead of
putin r. any more fancy street
lamps.
Nov, MS. Hrill." expostulated the
wonlaa to doors away, who had sus-
pend i operations on her clothesline
to lislcn ard who stood dropping
grac, ally over the fence and rafting
the cio'hegpins in her apron pocket.
1T is,j The fault OF the telephone at
all; us the schools, or the school
board or something Listen to what
happened to me the other day.
Il wanted TO go down town early
and get at the sales before the bar.
gains were al picked over" related
the woman two doors away. 81 hur-
ried So that | forgot to take the pigs
feet OF he stove that were cooking
for ny husbands supper. He likes
them once in while and they have to
be fiNGd Just so in order to suit him.
These we're awfClly nice ones and
wanted TO cook them as long as posi-
BILE. On the car remembered that |
hadn't removed them, but the gas was
turned low. SO they couldn't burn very
soon. Well | hurried to the nearest
phone to call up Bobbie at his school
and tell him 10 run over at recess time
and turn out the gas.
"Eut do YOU suppose | got any sat.
isfaction? Well, | didn't. Oh. was
mad. Here | had planned on those
sales for month. you know, to get
some furniture and hangings cheap
for the porch. didn't half look at
what they had. just bought some
things in a hurry and then rushed
home. vas hardly in time either, for
those pigs feet were scorched.
'"iTheA my husband got mad. You
know, John is awfully particular about
what he eats. And I had to send the
furniture back because it wasn't at all
what | wanted.
She paused Il moment for breath
and to enjoy tie sympathetic COM
ments of her noig.bor. Then, with a
coluettish toss of Dor lead, she con-
tinued: We'll, jus, told John how it
all was. You see, my nv band knows
the sunerintcudent of this district
real well. Thy 80 down together on
tie 7:i5 train real often. So he'll Just
fix it up at headquarters. The idea
Of not being able TO phone to ones
own child in a City OF this size."
Mrs. Erill Nodded emphatically at
Mrs. Graves, who had gone back to
hunting dandelions. Though osten-
SHY talking to the woman two DOORS
away, she directed her next remarks
straight to Mrs. Graves, whom she
considered more or less a party to the
misdemeanors of the city school, be-
cause Mrs. Graves had once taught in
them.
That's just it." declared Mrs. Brill.
Now, in Splashyiile, where my sister
teaches, you can phone to anyone in
any school at any time about any.
thing. That's how il should be. Sup
pose somebody should die suddenly, or
break an arm or something. You
couldn't get word 10 the child in any
way here"
Mrs. Graves answered the accusa-
tim as she picked no the mutilated
dandelions preparatory to going into
the house. Surely, every kind of mes
sage SHOULD be given and to every
one of the thousands cf youngsters in
The schools Just because some one
might oie some time. 1t would take ,
s,veral clerks just fer that and the
cl"-ses would be continually dis
turaed. but what of that?"
Well" pouted Mrs. Prill, what do
We ray taxes fer
that's right" insisted the neigh. !
f." TWO doors away. Anyway, my
I'm hand's going to see about it."-Chi. !
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