Father Lets in the Telephone By Clarence Day

Clarence Day was an American author and cartoonist. He was best known for his 1935 War - 'Life With Father'. He was born on 18th November, 1874 in New York city and died on December 28, 1935 at the age of 61 in New York.

He first joined New York Stock Exchange and became a partner of his father.

Clarence Day joined navy in 1898 but developed a crippling arthritis and spent rest of his life as semi-invalid. This stay-back at home for arthiritis enriched him as a writer.

Introduction Father Lets in the Telephone is a part from the auto biographical famous work of Clarence Day Life With Father It has detailed humorous episode of his family life centering his domineering father This also became a popular television serial during the period 1953 1955 This episode tells us how a telephone took an entry into Clarence Day s home Summary A telephone or a phone is a tele communication device that permits two or more users to use it During 1890 a smaller type of telephone was introduced and it was ready to use but nobody cared to install it at their homes People ...

1.
Initially when the telephone was invented and ready to use people did not care to install it.
a. True:
b. False:
Give reason for your choice.
2.
How did the telephone company try to lure people to install it in their homes?
3.
Give three reasons why the narrator's mother did not like the telephone?
4.
How did the narrator's father react after the telephone was installed in the house?
5.
What made the narrator's father finally say,"I will have the confounded thing taken out"?
6.
Fill in the blanks with these words from the passage in order to bring out their meaning appropriately.
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Friday Afternoon Composition and Comprehension

Radha Kunjappa - Oxford University Press

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Father Lets in the Telephone

Clarence Day

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