Mr. Jenner. About when was that?
Mrs. Tobias. Well, that was just maybe a short time before they moved out of there—that could have been a short time, because they weren't there too much longer after that. It was in the evening and I had such a hard time talking to her myself, it seemed to be harder for her to grasp or to understand English than it was for me to her, so I said to her, "Mrs. Oswald, Marina, can you read English?" She said "Yes"—and I went and got a tablet of paper.
Mr. Jenner. You got a tablet?
Mrs. Tobias. Yes; I did. I went over to the desk and I got a tablet and on this sheet of paper, you know, I took a pencil and I put on there, "When he gets home give him a good kick in the shin." And she just started laughing. She read that—she could read that, and she read that, and she thought that was real funny, and she said she would, so she came back the second time.
Mr. Jenner. That evening?
Mrs. Tobias. Yes—she never did find him. She called—she must have called lots of places, but, of course, spoke not in English.
Mr. Jenner. When she made these telephone calls, she always spoke in the foreign language?
Mrs. Tobias. She never spoke in English.
Mr. Jenner. You never heard her use English over the telephone?
Mrs. Tobias. No; only when she would try to talk to me and I would see Mrs. Oswald every day. She would have a handwashing, you know, and there were lines in the back.