On Reflection

From the manse window

- by Maggie Ingall.

OH, no not again!" It was the summons causing Dot to grumble, for this was the third interruption that morning. By the time she returned, we'd lost the thread of our conversation.

"It wasn't even urgent," she moaned. "If it rings again, I'll ignore it.

"I often wish the telephone had never been created!"

I wonder how many of us would agree.

We know it was invented by Alexander Graham Bell or at least that's the textbook answer.

The more exact answer is that several individuals were working on the subject at the same time, but Alexander Graham Bell happened to be the first to patent the idea.

It's rather appropriate that there should be some argument on the subject, for I'm sure that Dot isn't the only one to have mixed feelings about the invention.