The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-10
Her new CAR
BY JOHN CoWAN.

The woman in the old style seal
skin sack settled herself more COM
fortably in her street car seat and
pursued the conversation where it
had been left off.
mo. / don't envy Emma her cleo.
trio car in the least" she repeated
firmly. I'm perfectly willing that
other people should have all that's
coming to them. though the land
knows what right Emma Ankers has
to an electric when folks that are her
betters don't own even = wheelbarrow!
Why. that woman-say. you know
Emma and l used to go to school to-
gether! Yes. we did. I've known her
all that time. and | guess what l
could tell you about Emma would keep
me busy some time!
"Why. didn't l do her algebra prob.
lens for her. because | felt sorry
that she was such dummy? And
the times she's borrowed my Latin
pony! And then she was graduated
with honors. and everybody said how
smart she was. l kept still don't
believe in telling things on friend
! and if Emma was satisfied to deceive
| every one that was her lookout. I do
F, think she did it mostly so as to
stand we'll in julius eyes. He's the
! one she married. you know
"Oh, yes. julius went to school
there too. and was the most conceit-
ed creature, though how he could be
! otherwise with Emma and all the 9TH
| ers chasing around after him as they
did! Maybe some of the rest of US
could tell thing or two If we want
ed to, and II Emma knew what a
narrow escape she had from not be-
ing Mrs. Julius, she'd shivered in her
boots! Not that I'd have taken Ju.
Illus if he'd been offered to me on a
silver platter, but he made it plain
enough to me that could have had
him If I'd wanted to-! Little dried
up shrimp that he is! Why, he never
had brains enough to make even a
decent living, and if he hadn't inherit.
ed all that money from his father
Emma would be riding on street cars
! ike the rest OF US.
ITS perfectly funny to see her
with that new electric. She lives on
the next street from me, and every day
she goes out Of her way to trundle by
my house, and she looks out to see
II I'm watching. They're paving her
street, you say? Well. she could just
as we'll 60 down the next but one, and
know she goes down mine on pur
pose to make me jealous. but, good
ness knows. there isn't jealous hair
in my head. My husband earns an
honest living and doesn't have to live
on some one else's money, and I'm
proud of it. guess he'd buy me ar
electric, anyway, If I made a point
Of it, but I'm no hand for show. II
rather save up for my old age an(
take trip now and then. l asked
Emma point blank the other day why
she didn't go to California this win
ter as usual, and she said because the
weather had been SO mild, but guess
know They can't afford 1t aftel
being so foolish as to buy an cleo
, trio!
, Emma actually came over one da!
and said she wanted to take me To-
ride, but was too smart for her
. guess wasn't going to sit beside he
, and have her crow over me In tina
superior way of hers and try to MAKE
me feel that I was a pauper! No
, me! just looked her in the eye ant
said: Thank you kindly, Emma, bu
l haven't time. Besides. I'm going on
, her new $4,000 limousine they've jus
! imported. Is that your new car
Why, it's really quite nice looking TO
just a cheap little electric! l dom
, suppose 1t will last very long, blu
you'll enjoy it while 1t does, I'm sure
OF course you don't 60 to many par
:. ties, but it'll be nice to carry thing
home from the grocery and the mar
} ket!'
II guess I rather took the wind on
J. Of her sails. for she just opened he
mouth and shut 1t again without |
I word. She needn't think she did sucl
t a wonderful thing when she married
:. julius! wouldn't like to be an,
l mans second choice just because h
r couldn't get the girl he wanted first
did you ever notice how funny
Is that some women seem born t
ride in electrics and others never fl
in? Emma seems that kind. Sh
l always looks to me as II she was tn
D cook or chambermaid sent out on al
. errand and not quite comfortable Sh
shows SO plainly that she isn't use'
4 to riding in an electric. Anyhow, IL
bet anything 1t was secondhand on
t when julius bought it. because he
awful tight with his money. Sh
: needn't put on airs with it!
"As for me, hope she enjoys her
self with that car, poor thing! Sh'
: has little enough else 10 enjoy in life
] married to a shrimp like julius. No
Emma's electric car doesn't make m