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Show 11 . - -.-" -PHONE AID TOMATRIMONY. Girl with One In Her Homo Alwy Popular with Young Men. It is needless to say that tho telephone tele-phone Is a great Institution, says tho Utlcn Press. It has long been an nb solute, essentlnl in every place of business. busi-ness. Just now thcro Is a groat In crease In tho number of phones In private pri-vate houses. It Is posslblo to talk with pretty much everybody at his or hor home-. Tho companies aro evidently evi-dently endeavoring to boom that branch of their business, becauso they aro advertising extensively. Tho othor day a St. Louis papqr had a big display ad at tho top of which was a picture of an attraqtlvo young lady telephoning and represented as saying: say-ing: "Is that you, Harry?" Tho text boneath It Includes this statoment: "It is a well-known fact that tho girl who has a tolophono Is tho girl who has tho most friends and consequently has tho best time." ThlB appeal to tho young people Is ndrolt and doubtless will servo to make tho St. Louis exchange bigger and busier. Tho parents who have marriageable daughters will do well to consider this Ingenious contrivance and modern aid to matrimony. It Is something of a bother for a young mnu to call or oven to write a note asking tho young lady to go to tho theater, the-ater, go for it walk or drive or a ride to tho park, but If ho can transmit the messago by telephono It is nn easy way of making nn nppolntmont. Many a delicious messago Is tele phoned these days and thero Is rcdS6n to bellovo tho Btatomcnt mado by tho St. Louis company. It applies, of course, with equal forco In every American city. Tho young ladles for whom a life of single blessedness has no chnrms aro not exactly buying a lottery when thoy hire a phono. They can get much pleasure and comfort out of it as thoy go along, for it Is a constant contributor to convenience, It Is worth tho price, with tho enhanced enhanc-ed matrimonial possibility thrown In as an extra Inducement. |