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+ ' By Ruthe Stein she waits and prepares a three-year-old daughter, _ me checklist of all the calls she Mercedes, along. ‘You have - There seems to benoway has to make that day. “I . to do something to keep the to beat the current gasoline think it would be marvelous children busy. Otherwise ctisis. So, many of San jf | had a phonginmycar,” they g0 crazy.” The other eS PETES TB aoe ohn ppt we Te Nome oe ae “she said with a, sigh. day, Mrs. Hotle solved the ‘ women ‘have decid D blem by buying Mer- . And, while she’s doing‘all pro y buying : . . . they may as well relax and Mailliar iso- cedes “a very big ice cream Con . enjoy it. HS eed yoga snencies, cone.” , : . a! » The common gas station line can be agonizing, but som 3 That means, fire of all “1 do t things with my neck Mrs. James Walker IIT | , ot being prepared an er. T guess Ipro- gels Up early 50 aNS En OF tive’ sary, but “nothing 10 | “~~ (unlike the poor Costa: Me tong, long lines. vide entertaimment for the in line by 7: 3% am. andbeat -heavy.' oe eee woman wie bad to wait : Mrs. John Ward Mailliard Test of the peopleinilne.” out the other cars. It’s 100 sry take all my reeding . ' hour and 42 minutes t TT] “uses to or; . After several weeks of dark at thathourfor needle; 4.215) end my letter writ- ~ eause no one would let h -out) ahe found people we delighted to let her out far very busy life.‘Fearry bourdong lines for gasoline, point ar reading, “so 3 get sng said Pisabelh Sper, er wor they could move up @ nok *. ground with me a folding Mrs. James Holle proclaims My day organized,” Bh vor Pfau, file thing that has lots of dif- RePSell resigned to tt. “I just said. <To"oein't like to waste . ferent papers in it. There read a book or do needie- ideation Metra, time. “I might even take my . * One way to get gasoline seems to be some literature point,” she. said, admitting considers lucky that’ needlepoint, although it's a to make friends with yc » to read for every board that that: sometimes it's hard t0 che has found lines where litile hard to do with all that - local station attendant, .s Vm on. concentrate. the wait is only ahalfhour. ‘stopping and starting.” : ° « the day may not. be J ~, away when he is as indulg -‘as a woman’s hairdres: *. or decorator... or ‘Most of -the women grt that, at the least, people + start’ patronizing one stat * and take the time to lei .the attendants’ names... . ). Mrs, Walker has establi ed a somewhat personal «lationship with a station -tendant in San Diego, wh she: lives part-of the th . “This man hates the wo: ‘However, some people hates slightly less. If _ Bante at you, you ki "you're in good. ‘At. le » you re e, going to. eet ‘to. Mrs. Mailliard also de.’ She has also had to face She takes along something . Road signs party invitations while the problem of taking her exciting to read like a detec the Piat paruculay ee ; a eS rns 3 7 t zines, to ‘find out about other people are managme, : and old cookbooks that she ~ . has never had a chance to. 27 look at. . However, she. ‘ eautio et, . “you have to pay atten % .;.or else ee ay eae ZS ..2" inte” line.” She’ has found _ there is, definitely’ a pecking ‘pa ~ order. “If anyone tries. to horn into ‘line, there’ s hell to: _ ‘pay. People start shaking - + their fists and honking \ _ ,berna” |. i -. a The other day, after walt-* +, ing tn line for a half hour, . . "Mrs. Pian .got. up to ine * didn't have the key to ae i. ” have bought tires le “the gas task on her Pinto’ ‘ 4 —ies_they didn’t need jus station wagon. “It was mis- aia elias ia make friends with an at dant. - me: try,” she recalled. ‘From 2 _"apw on Um golng to wear it 7 Mrs. Metealf has cut Friendliness is one th “ai yond niy Dock, clone to my 2 ‘down on-her driving bribery te smite anothers