Show f Y f 1 UZZLE FOR FOE JIMMY KNEW HE HAD ENGAGEMENT BUr BUT WHERE 1 Young Man Popular With With the the Fair Sex tad Had s Really Pathetic Tale to Tell but It It Was Largely His H Is Own Fault Two T Two Hours of Hard Work Awfully sorry old man cried D DAwson Dawson DAw- DAw w son hurriedly but I cant can't stop a min min- ute In an awful rush Got six cale to make between eight and half p haU-p past half past st ten r It must be painful to be s so popular popular popular lar was the ironical reply Painful Its It's a downright shame shamel That's what I 1 call it What Well I 1 dont don't care if It I 1 do old man man Perhaps Perhaps jt t one will help me see it through The two wandered wandered through th the pe near near nearest r rest est gilded glIded door and Dawson told his pathetic story Say did you ever notice the differ difference ence in a womans woman's voice when she s talks over the telephone and when she sh uses the same vocal chords in in ordinary conversation It seems they cal ca'l up all the silvery notes the moment they put their mouths to a tra transmitter and what hear at the other ther en end I is a a sweet cadence a rippling of purling purling waters a dropping of molten gold gC a of soft breezes and all that sort of thing They seem seem to realize that there is no vision 9 of their their 19 ely faces to charm you and all the fascination fasci- fasci fasci nation must be conce concentrated in 11 t l voices voices voices-aud and aud they put it it there thre That's why all aU feminine voices voices except except Centrals Central's Cen Cen- sound sound alike alike over the the wire They hey are are all all the essence of concentrated honey honey- Now you can recognize almost ost any masculine voice t the e mome moment you you put the r receiver celver to y your ur ear ear r-b r but t. t t the a. a voice feminine feminine well well that's my trouble trouble trou- trou trou trouble ble anyway This afternoon m my office boy happened happened happened hap hap- to be on an errand and when the telephone rang I foolishly answered answered an- an it When I I. I have an office office boyto boy boyo boyto to o guard me me I I always always' make mak would be would be telephone t talkers llers reveal their identity before I will ev even en g go go to the phone Hello came in notes of sll silver ver over the wire Hello I 1 answered cautiously j Is that you Jimmy s Y Ye Ye-es Ye es I 1 replied this is Jimmy Well dont don't t you know me came I Yes This Is Jimmy the answer in golden tones of ot of- of surprise sur sur- prise Your voice sounds so so different different I 1 murmured non non Why Jimmy the came purling waters reproachfully I thought you said I 1 was the only onty girl who ever called you up at your office Oh Ob Jimmy Jimmy Jim Jim- Jimmy my Now as a matter of fact there are several only girls you know liDOW You understand how it is Is old man You were unmarried and and er er fairly good looking once yourself I thought forthe for forthe th the flash of a second and then I answered answered an an- enthusiastically It t i i t Oh Oh Is that YOU de dear r What's the matter with your voice HaVe HaYe Yap got a cold Youve You've no notion how un unnatural nu- nu natural it sounded But now I 1 reco size you you There was as a little rippling laugh at atthe the other end of the phone a doubt doubtful doubtful ful little laugh and so very good good na natured na- na as it might have been And still t couldn't catch on n. n All right Jimmy came the dulcet dulce answer The purling brook h had d frozen but the waters dripped musically over th the I ice e. e O Of course e I believe you ou II I wanted to say that you must come up to to night I have something very im- im important im important to tell y you you You simply Y mustn't make any excuse for youve you've got to be here You bet Ill I'll be there sweetheart I answered fervently And nd then she ai answered sw red Naughty naughty to talk so sentimentally overa over over- a aphone phone and rang off oft Now the question question ques ques- tion lion is where am am I I to be There are about about b ut six Ix p places lC th that t t I cap cap think of that might be- be be right right and and Ive I've got t ta to- get around to ev every every i o one one unless less I happen happen hap hap- pen to hit bit the right I arly in the the- pm game game |