Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-08-03
EVERYDAY MOVIES

Taking the Family FISHING: nee'
Bill Smith, tell him have heard or
dandy fishing spot, suggest VIZ take
Families and 20 ne1t ievdning, agreed
Get some new hooks and sinkers
meyer can .fini any after last FISH
ing trip,. ya api Mifes, .aower bed
hunting fish worms, get rev..
Borrow neighbOr's minnow seine,
4nRissus calls up Mrsk1... makes ar
rsn gemept about eatsS (peanut but.
III sandV3cileG btskp salad, dexiled
; eggs, 'nd1efy III h. Next day''ae
! an m.) getvhR nddtg some more
4 fishing wdfuS. sGet none. .Gss to
Office, workg little while. happen to
think liver might be all right for
bait, call up butcher and order liver
Dictate two or three a1etters,
happen to remember hAyenf sRny
thermos bottle, broke one st.sum-
mer on fishing trip, call Up store and
order one. Dictate another lettSk or
two, then remember loaned fisk}ng
poles last fall, order couple. go
to lunch, wife discusses what she's
going to take along to eat; (don't
seem to realize this s fishing trip
and not a long distance eating.
..match) E. Finally break away and
get back to Office, get started to
work, then remember hip boots up.
stairs packed away In big chest. =.
Call wife. ask her to hunt them up
+. Says she's got a plenty to do get
ting lunch ready (been working all
day on that darned lunch). Dictate
another letter, grab hat and start
collecting sinkers, hooks, poles, sane,
liver, etc. go back to office to sign
letetrs. Telephone rings, wife says
she forget eggs, wants dozen
brought home right away, send eggs
to house. Sign letters (now
o'clock), Bill Smith calls, says he
will he ready to start at 4:3O, call
wife, tell her to be ready by 4:3O,
she says she can't do it, baby has
mt awakened from nap. Grab hat,
jump in car and start home, happen
to think may need gasoline, get it.
also two quarts of oil, also gallon
water in radiator, mechanic says
battery needs distilled water, net de-
lay % minutes. Get home, enough
stuff piled up on the front porch to
grub, blankets. OvercOats, cushions,
etc. but no fishing utensils. no
boots) Suggest better leave part OF
the household goods home, as only
going for few hours outing. then
dodge behind car just in time to miss
a murderous glance. Baby wakes
up. cries, mother dresses her, cries
some more, get junk all packed in
car, baby still crying Start toj
pick up Smiths (Gawd knows where
they are going to ride; tenders aren't
strong enough). Happen to think
forgot fish worms, Mrs. S. can't fish
with liver UghD or live bait. go
back after worms, happen to think
OF boots, but haven't room now.
Get started; (16 miles to creek) 30
minutes late, travelled miles. hap
pen to think left thermOs bottle in
town, clipped off IL miles, Missus
wouldn't have come "and brought
the baby" had she known it was so
far. Arrive at creek, Missus sug-
guests we eat first then fish (and
only about an hour and thirty min
utes till dark nOw). Nope, fish
then eat" baby cries, Missus says
she is hungry, ten minutes spent get
ting household goods, eats, etc, out
Of car, start rigging up fishing tackle
.Missus discovers missing thermos
bottle insists go to nearest farm
house and get pail of water. OBJ
ject (when we goin to fish?) baby
cries, get back with water (45 min
utes till dark, nOw).. Bait lines ana
set them, eat supper, forgot plate.
flies are thick, baby cries, baby
knocks over pail of water, cries.
flies are sticky. Have another
deviled egg" forgot napkins, baby
cries Start to lines go minutes to
fish,, creek bank muddy, cork gone
off one line, another under snag, fin
ally pull it out, got turtle, lose
hook, put another hook on, bait it. >.
Missus hollers, "YE-E-E. l got
fish," nOthin' but craw- dad, Mrs.
S. catches perch about size of good
sized gold fish, insists on keeping 1t.
take it off line. put in sack, rebait
hook. Dark, take up poles. wind
them, pick up sack with one perch
fish, bait, poles, etc, start up bank.
lose balance, slip, turn half over,