The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-03
MRS. DALE MAKES UP HER MIND
BY Susan Ellen Dodge


ness one hot, July evening.
"Oh, so, so" was the non-committa
reply.
Anything wrong?" asked Dale, ad
ding from the experience born .
three married years, that is, NOR,
wrong than usual?"
Ed" came the apparently irrele
want response, would you consider
entering a business firm that wrote
their letters by hand and used neither
telephone or telegraph"
Il don't know what you're driving
at but do you think I'm crazy? You
might as we'll ask me if I'd walk five
miles to work every morning when
l have the chance to ride by paying
my fare!"
Il thought So" commented his wife
darkly.
What on earth are you getting at?''
broke from the wholly mystified Ed
! who found it difficult to follow this
strictly feminine line Of reasoning.
Simply that 1 got thinking things
over today when the water heater
went on strike and refused to work,
the maid did not show up, sending
word she was sick, and 1 had to re-
fuse a matinee treat because / knew
could not possibly return in time
to get your dinner"
"Well, you have had tough day OF
It," condoned Ed who was naturally
of a warmhearted disposition. ANY
thing else, or have 1 heard the
worst?
Judge for yourself. The landlord
called about our renewing our lease
and said we did not care to. We are
moving!"
WHAT"
Moving" repeated Mrs. Dale calm
ly, as IL it were an every day affair.
Might I enquire" asked Ed, with
thinly yelled sarcasm, "just where
fore and where to-"
ED, old dear, because l knew you
wouldn't expect me to attempt to run
uOlllc dAy lOA6Cl IL q hOupO eho'
isn't even wired for electricity and
where l have as uphill grind in en-
deavoring to make us comfortable as
you would have in trying to carry on
business without stenographer, tel
ephone and telegraph. You justly
said you'd be crazy if you tried it.
1t is equally crazy to live n place
where am dependent upon indiffer-
ent maid service and old fashioned
housekeeping methods.
why, today 1 was looking over
some of the wedding presents we put
away because we could not use them
and I found a number of small cleo
trical appliances that I'd give my eye
teeth to be able to use this minute"
she ended passionately.
Edgar, Dale did some rapid think
ing. After all, why not move? He'd
never particularly liked the house but /
the neighborhood was both good and
to business. He'd taken
,ut lease, more or less indifferently
n the beginning. And there you were.
He gave a shrill whistle and shrug-
red his shoulders, foreign habit he
lad acquired when overseas with the
\. E. F.
Where do we go from here?" he
arolled gaily.
"Oh, Ed, you are dear to take 1t
Ike this. No wonder you're COM
ort There's new apartment house,
he Annandale, that is just opening
p. 1 went through it today. We
an get small apartment for no
lore than we're paying for this
ouse. They believe in service from O
lie word go. If you want hot water, a
lst turn on your hot water faucet. {
IS always on tap, pretty nearly at {
oiling point, any hour of the day or l
light. The kitchen has electric ven l
lators and there are three and four "
outlets in every room so S
lat you can use all the smaller an n
iances you could possibly wish with n
1t unscrewing lamps or festooning S;
Tres all over the place. It's the best S;
ired of all the places I visited. al
ent to a half dozen" w
"Whewl Didn't suppose you knew A
lything about electricity, or that you 81
uld tell a convenience outlet from a til
rden hose" her husband announc- rs
ST.
Edgar Dale, you ought to be VI
hamed of yourself. How could any ~
e help but know such things, now De
avs, if they read the newspapers" ie
e retorted, pointedly, if ungrammat- OIL
lily. "To be sure, it's been long re
ne bearing fruit, perhaps. But I've co
pit my eyes and ears open and all u
e seen at the movies and read in Vi
papers and periodicals seemed 10 ~
ss in my head today when that an
i'd did not show up and the land nc
d did. %
I just suddenly made up my mind -.
t ought to spend only about three ,
IFS on the housework, that 1t was
lish to have, electrical appliances
az idle because we were in house ~.