MOTHER AT THE ’PHONE

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 January 1925, Page 3

MOTHER AT THE ’PHONE

LITTLE GIIIL’S IMITATION

“BEASTLY UiONINCi TO 1>0.”

Children from three to seven years are usually most interesting, but as most parents know they are at times very embarrassing. A curly beaded littLe maid of about five had been taken out by her parents the day before Christmas Day, and was. returning on a crowded tramcar to the Wellington suburbs (says the Times), the little one the proud possessor of a toy automatic telephone. Suddenly the kiddie conceived the idea of calling up one of her mother’s intimate friends and after operating the automatic call, said: “That you, Nan?” The precocious youngster proceeded with the imaginary conversation as follows: —“Oh, I’ve a bit of a headache. Just the usual. What! No. I can’t come this afternoon. I've the beastly ironing to do, etc., etc.’ ”

The passengers on the car were by this time convulsed with laughter; the mother, whom the little one had so inrecent! y “taken off,” became very much confused, while father, although appreciating the humour of the thing, was not too happy owing to his wife’s discomfort, and he soon pulled the hell, and the family party left the car before the end of the journey. No doubt the child lias received further instructions upon the propriety of telephone conversations in traincars.