Show 9l b I II SI 1 i i ft I 1 t I it From L uc il e s Diary I9 I k 1 Mothers small and perfectly unnecessary f unnec-essary lionaoboltl economies annoy mo i dreadfully at tlraca I laid to her one day recently that I wished she would haro our nlckol k r i tolcpbono taken out and replaced by i the unlimited ocrrlcc j l As yon nearly always BIO ray nick blj P e5v lasgcd mother I doat BCD why r you tkaald earn which dad of tclo phone wo bare Scrloosly dear I l tirtak that If crcn a lllOo moucy can b + ij bo eared by nslnn tho nIckel phono wo ought to do It cheerfully k I know It was nsclcsa to argno tho t matter with mother any further at i I that time but I did not Rlro up tho i u Idea of securing the unlimited ncrrlcc + ° i I i3 I rarely abandon any plan on which t + l my mind la net for I think pcntlstcnco yr In ono of tho Important elements of r trcngUi of character 1kP That evening just after dinner Betty called mo up and asked mo to l p t coma over and play cards i I I bopa you havent any engagement engage-ment she said for Hob has brought i f tt i a friend homo to dinner tonight and I wo would llko to haro a llttlo bridget bridge-t t When I got to I3ottya I was sorry + I had taken tho trouble to chango my i I i 1 dress Her Inrltatlon was very misleading mis-leading I had naturally supposed I i 4 that when Hotly said Hob had brought M a friend homo sho meant a man friend and I was greatly surprised to bo Inf II troduccd to a plainly gowned andy and-y t qulto uninteresting looking woman car Alias Clydo wont to school with Hob tt t years ago and now sbo teaches In a t 4f western college whispered Dotty u r while I was removing my wraps Sho t > la very bright and charming ij4 Really I murmured Ir Aa wo Joined Dob and his old friend t y f ti ° p + i In tho drawing room I noticed tho 1 telephone In tho halL ri ii Oh I son you havo tho unlimited service nowl I exclaimed Im tryIng i fa R try-Ing to porsuado mother to have It put In at our houso Whats tho IIs07 asked Uncle Hob fLF a t goodnaturedly Whenovor you fool vii t an excess of telephonic onthustaum s tors coining on drop In hero and help i + yourself to our phones I phone-s Thats awfully sweet of you Uncle ni I Bob I replied I bollovo Ill nvall 1 g r myself of your generosity now while Betty In getting out hor cards and tho brldgo table I vi I slipped Into Uio hall and rung up I II + Mr Owon who has boon 111 for a few i t days Ho appoarod to enjoy a chat aud It wo visited for quite a while Then I I 1 remembered that I had promised to a puss tho evening at Louisa Erwltis house so I phoned hor my apologies yj s I for not going There were several others to whom I wished to spank and f t I was in tho midst of a conversation t j4 filch Arthur Knight when Betty called J t mo rj f 1 Just a moment dear I answered h considerately Ignoring hor petulant + 1 tone toneNow 0 I Now you are surely through Dotty N i Dot-ty said coming Into tho hall a few f r t IS minutes later Bobs turning for our l I t ll 1 bridge tn yr Poor Uncle Bob laughed Hell 4t have to be patient a little longer for Im waiting for a longdlstanco call xt Betty left mo without another word ith 1 t and in a minute more I was listening + to tho voice of Wlsnor Lee whom I i tl h had been lucky enough to catch at tho 3 I hotel In Cleveland whore he Is just now I told him about the now tennis c n club that some of our crowd are organizing If Via or-ganizing and I asked his advIce about lr tho kind of racket I should buy Wls nor Is + such a devoted tennis player t that ho forgets all about time when ho Is discussing his favorite gamo As t t r I r ho was so thoughtful about the racket I tt a begging the privilege of choosing tho a Vii ono for me I hall not tho heart to i4v break off tho conversation v 1 It was rudoly Interrupted by Undo g i ° Bab who asked mo with uncalledfor n sharpness If I was going to talk to r 4 d that chap all night e Of course not I said What time A Is ItIts e Its exactly 1045 oclock Mercy I must go homo at once s I exclaimed e + y Why wo hnvnt had any bridge y protested Betty and I was going to make a Welsh rarebit Lucile ° h Well Ill stay for a wee bite of the i i ° rarebit I conceded Then I must s fly You know how mother dislikes ah i having me remain out late e Uncle Bob was extremely taciturn r t nil tho way homo In fact so short and gruff wero his remarks that I was c 1 1 r sorry I had bothered to go to his t 4 house I have not seen him since that if d evening but yesterday ho told mother A 4 that a largo bill had come In for long dlstanco telephoning which ho thought I would want to pay out of my allows allow-s fit once When mother spoke to mo 1 t about It I Bald that 1 was simply astonished 4 as-tonished at Undo Bob Why ho Invited mo to use his t phone any time I told her 1 i nut he didnt expoct you to talk tot to-t r 1 Cleveland for over an hour said mother I do wish Luclle that you t i had not abused his generosity It makes mo very uncdmfortablc when L you dlspleaso your Uncle Ilob Well mother I remarked If you would allow mo to have the unlimited service put In a little unpleasantness like this would never happen r Mother Just sighed In that martyr like way of hers The men have come today to change g our phone It will bo n great comfort to have the unlimited service 3b t i |