New Britain herald., 1924-06-28

The party line. The attempt to get
 in touch with friend on important
 business. The failure to do so be.
 cause Nellie is talking to Annie about
 little Georgie's humps. The trys to get the line at the end of each min-
 ute, which succeed only in getting
 ones goat. The wild jiggling of the
 receiver. Listening in for a while Guess someone's gettin' on earfull eh. Annie ," The wild scramble to get
 the receiver on the hook. Embar-
 lassment The long period of waiting, two minutes. The phone rings anoth- CT number Someone else has the wire. Profanity Listening in. Eng
 list not spoken here. The receiver again lifted. Goodbye, goodbye" The shouted number, in company with q woman, shouting a different num- Der. Disgust,
 l The new car. The careful driving. l The worry about the dust which is collecting. The nervousness in traf- fife. Suppose it should get scratched. Don't lean on that door. You'll scratch the paint" The days work cn Sunday cleaning the bus up. The pride at viewing the shiny machine. The first scratch. The first dent. The first mud. The first crash. The care lessness. The old car. A new car in the spring, so why worry? The new car. Repeat paragraph until ex- hausted
 The amateur performance. The highly coored leading lady. The sckly looking leading man. The chorus of assorted sizes, shapes and degrees of homeliness. The half heart ed rendition of the songs. The girl .who speaks to the first two rows -alone. The man who forgets his
 lines. The titters. The collar that comes unfastened. The chlorine who trips The laughs, The frightened villain. The girl who sings out of time with the orchestra. The man who sings and forgets his words, hum ming, "dee-de da- -dum". The applause by loving mothers and fathers. The end of the show after more or less bad luck. The appearance of the cast in makeup so that no one shall miss seeing them. The congratulations.
 
 each member. of the cast.
 Baseball games in the summertime. Watching the teams warming up. Gold soda, peanuts, pop corn and cracker jack" The entering crowds The home-cooked bleachers. The player who gets sore at the crowd. The cat calls and jeers. The home runs. The wildly cheering stands. The sleeper in the stand who wants to know who made that hit. The de- cision. Kill de umpire" Pop bot ties, Quietus in the form Of minions of the law. The heavy excitement. The star pitcher. The stretch in the seventh. The tie score. The hot sun. The sun burn. The overtime game. The interest in the result. The stout individual who complains of the heat. The end of the game. Wow, that was terrible" But hen be here again show just as much interest in the game and have the same yer dict at the end. "Wow, that was ter rible!"
 Listening to the convention over the radio. The interference. The voice VI Ahh dHHOuntfT hiHlObl 0edf1 at a I time when a large moving van is passing the front door Static. Heavy accent on the static. In case that re- mark wasn't read, static. The shouts of the crowd. The noise created on general principles. The nomination speeches. Soprano tinges to the | voices of the orators flowing, sing Ing, bands playing. yelling, shouting, crying, missing, clappng, talking. etc, ] etc, heard through the microphone. The unintolligible remarks Of the an- nouneer. The attempt 10 get another station. tired Of the convention. Fail ure. Listening to the convention over the radio.
 Getting into full dress suit The nicely pressed trousers Newsnapor spread on the floor so that dust will not reach the legs of the frous. Balancing on one foot. A short dance, unaceompanicd. The finale fin an almost upright position on the arm of a rocking chair. The not-so- 1 nicely pressed trousers. The stiff front shirt. Studs. Putting si uds in the shirt. Mild precipitation. Not SD 1, bad. Wing collar. In front Of tbe