A young woman took down the receiver on a party line and discovered that the telephone was in use. “I just put on a pan of beans for dinner,” she heard one woman complacently informing another. She hung up the receiver and waited. Three times she tried, and then, exasperated, she broke into the conversation: “Madam, 1 smell your beans burning, “ she announced crisply. A horrified scream greeted the remark, and the young woman was able to put i her all.
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White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 373, 18 July 1926, Page 13
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81Untitled White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 373, 18 July 1926, Page 13
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