The Lamar register., 1913-03-26
INDIGNATION MEETING
BY JAMES HARDING.

ttred!" 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
Sitting back on her heels in the
grass. she abandoned her pursuit of
dandelions long enough to inquire
alphabetically, What would?"
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. You know my sister and her
little boy are coming up for the day,
ind. Of course, Raymond wants to
stay at home. Well, he's in the en-
tertainment next week and / wanted
to tell his teacher he'll be absent to-
his costume, But do you suppose 1
could get that SCHOOL, No. indeed!
And tell you, Mrs. Graves, the phone
service we have here now is some
thing awful. There is a phone at the
school. for saw 1t one day. There is
no number in the book and all !
could get out of those girls was We
have no record tell you our i'm
provement association ought to get
after the phone service instead Of
putting up any more fancy street
lamps"
Nov. Mrs. Brill" e1postulated the
pended operations on her clothesline
to listen and who stood dropping
gracefully over the fence and rafting
the clothespins in her apron pocket.
1t isn't the fault of the telephone at
all; its the schools, or the school
board, or something. Listen to what
happened to me the other day.
II wanted to 20 down town early
and get at the sales before the bar.
gains were all picked over" related
The woman two doors away. II hur-
risd 20 that I forgot to take the pigs
test on the stove that were cooking
TOR my husbands supper. He likes
them once in . while and they have to
b hxed Just 20 in order to suit him.
These were awfully nice ones and
wanted to cook them ~ long - POSI-
bic. On the car I remembered that
hadn't removed them. but the gas was
turned low. 20 they couldn't burn very
soon. Well. hurried to the nearest
phone to call up Bobbie at his school
and tell him to run over at recess time
and turn out the gas.
But do you suppose I got any sat
isfaction? Well. didn't. Oh. l was
mad! Here l had planned on those
sales for q 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. l was hardly in time either. for
those pigs feet were scorched.
Then my husband got mad. You
know. John is awfully particular about
what he eats. And I had to send the
furniture back because 1t wasn't at all
what I wanted"
She paused Q moment for breath
and TO enjoy the sympathetic COM
ments Of her neighbor. Then. with .
ooQusttish toss of her head. she con-
tinusd: well, Just told John how It
all was. You see. my husband knows
the superintendent Of this district
real well. They 90 down together on
the 7:46 train real often. 90 he'll Just
az It up at headQuarters. The idea
Of not being able to phone to ones
own child in . city Of this sizei"
Mrs. Brill nodded emphatically at
Mrs. Graves, who had gone back to
hunting dandelions. Though osten-
sibly talking to the woman two doors
away, she directed her next remarks
straight to Mrs. Graves. whom she
considered moro or less . party to the
misdemeanors Of the city school. be-
cause Mrs. Graves had once taught in
them.
that's Just IT," declared Mrs. Brill.
Nov, in Splashville, where my sister
teaches, you can phone to anyone in
any school at any time about any.
thing. That's how 1t should be. Sup
pose somebody should die suddenly, or
break an arm or something. You
couldn't get word to the child In any
way here"
Mrs.. Graves answered the ACCUSE
ton - she picked up the mutilatsd
dandelions preparatory to going into
the house. Surely. every kind Of mes
sage should be given and to every
ono Of the thousands Of youngsters in
the schools Just because some one
misht die some time. It would take
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