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Show Cesfl lea me By JANIS STUART All 'of mankind's needs can be met with phones telephone in the bathroom. Now at this point, a husband would be feeling pretty sorry for himself if he didn't have a phone of his own. No4 one knows why, because all he ever gets to do is an-swer an-swer and fetch whomever the call is for. If he does get brave enough to attempt a call, the line is always in HL'' .'' Hit'' ' W'!i. '!?. 1 No 1 problem. !' Today's creative telephone makers have come up with a solution even for dad. A mobile telephone could be installed in the ol Buick. Of course, it would look better in a new Ferrari or Corvette, but if dad plays the role just right, he could talk on his phone as he drives down the street and act like he is so rich and busy he hasn't, had time to up-date his car. I'm sure that the current inventors inven-tors and researchers will go on trying try-ing to find things to make life better, but I think" with all the wonderful.phones ,thaUwYe,.been created, we-should be able to find real happiness now.' THat 'is; until some jerk finalizes that stupid phone with a screen that shows what you look like when you an-, swer. Build a better mouse trap, better yet, build a better telephone and the world will beat a path to your floor. While there are lab technicians who work from dawn to dusk to create vehicles to . take us to the moon in the year 2010 and research scientists who are striving to find, the cure for the-' common cold, someone has already come up with something that is . really, useful , to mankind, a telephone. ; f . Ah, you say , the phone was in- e vented many years ago by T. A. Edison; Yes, I say, but that was just a phone. I'm talking about the . uluuiate communication device. No longer do we have to put up with a little black instrument that rings primly when it needs answering. We now have phones that chime, " sing and play music. - Today, telephones can be the item a room is decorated around. Theycan teconyersation pieces even when they are not in use. The modern decor can be completed with a personal touch that definitely wasn't available in Edison's day. In the home of my dreams, certainly cer-tainly not the home of my budget, the front room will have a phone that is made of white marble-looking marble-looking plastic with decorative gold dial, and stands on a three-foot high pedestal. How could anyone enter a home, see a phone like that, and doubt that the residents had class? In an attempt to stay with that classy look, the dining room will have a phone shaped like a grand piano. Heaven knows it will be the only musical instrument used in this family besides the stereo. ; The family room will have to be a little more practical. Since the television either captivates , or. . anesthetizes the viewers ,in our home, I would have a clear, see-through see-through plastic, phone with a bright neon light surround the base. The light flashes when the phone rings, offering a slight chance of getting someone's attention. Actually, I pretty well have my family trained not to ignore the phone anymore. They have learned to yell, "Hey Mom, the phone is ringing." Moving to my young son's room, I really wouldn't have an option. He knows the gumball telephone exists and swears he could talk clearly on the phone even with a wad of gum in his mouth. He has Often demonstrated this to me. - The bedroom for an older son would require a phone shaped like a lady's shoe. It would represent the closest thing to an art piece that the . boy has ever seen. . There is no explanation for the next room. I want a Mickey Mouse |