The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-09
Listening In Or Foe

as there are any girls who like to ask a mans advice and look 80 impressed when he gives it. I'm awfully fond of Jean, but her husband always lays down the law about everything and lots of times it is about things she knows more about than he does. Of course, being her guest last week I had to sit and listen to his words of wisdom.
 First of all, he offered to get my ticket for me from their town to Alices, where I was going to stay a week in order to be her bridesmaid. I told him I wanted to leave at 10 in the morning in order to arrive at in the afternoon, which would be conven- should come then and she wrote that she would meet me with the car. It was all nicely arranged, but when John went to get my ticket he decided that it would cut my visit a little short at Jeans, and he got a seat on the parlor car of the train that left at 4. It was a slow train, but he said he knew I wouldn't mind reaching Alice's at mid night since she could meet me with the car He didn't, tell us of the change until just before we were ready to leave for the 10 o'clock train, when he called up to say that he thought we'd enjoy visiting for a while longer and had bought seat on the later train. As it Unopened Jean had been invited to h,,k zha
 "So Jean and I stayed at her home and sat around until time to go to the train. I had to telegraph Alice and when arrived had to wait an hour in that tiny country station because she had not received the telegram until just before I arrived and it took her an hour or more to drive to the depot.
 And Jeans uncle was just as help full as her husband.
 Il was packing my trunk" Loretta continued, when he came along the hall where it stood and, seeing the tray full. closed it for me-"
 That certainly was good of him." said her brother. Trunks are hard to lock-
 Mine isn't" declared Loretta. Tt has a snap lock. 1 had laid my purse
 
 stairs, and that got locked in the trunk with all my keys in it. My things weren't half packed, and I could not open the Yale lock. He said the only thing to do was to saw the lock out and get a new one, but while he was hunting for a saw I found a locksmith and got it open for a dollar. A new lock would have cost $4."
 
 "I am afraid Jeans uncle hasn't much gray matter"
 He's president of the engineers so- ciety in his town," Loretta said. But he wasn't wise in everyday things. Jeans brother was almost as. bad. He found was going to send my washing to a woman who would get it done in two days, so he had his Chinaman take my things, as he was always quick. The washing had not come back when I left, and had to give Jean the post age to mail it to me afterward."
 Certainly a smart bunch of men " exclaimed her brother. ''I don't won der you are glad to get back home to a brainy brother"
 "They all of them think they are very smart, too," said Loretta. But they just aren't, I had to thank them for their great kindness, just the same, so they still think so. When l was ready to leave Jean telephoned up again and said he had arranged to have my trunk sent right to Alice's house, so should not have any trouble at all"
 We'll" cried her brother, that was great! What was the matter with that2"
 "Oh. nothing much" sighed Loretta, pinning on her hat to go out. "1 had to pay $2, that's all, when the trunk was delivered, and if he had let it alone could have taken it for nothing in Alice's car"