Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-02-15
TELLTALE TELEPHONES
A DEVICE BY WHICH OPERATORS ARE
DETECTED IN FLIRTING.
Every Sew York Central Office To BE
Provided! with Monitor Desiz''-
How Ie works and the Graf
flying Results.

| New YORK Herald
| In few days every central telephone Of
fee in this city wal have q monitor desk in
it. and thea the dapper clerk and the blue
| eyed maiden with the Tnoclsug bird voice
must look out for squalls The monitor De k
WAS invented by Sir z i. Ecliert, chief
operator OF tie Metropolitan Telephone COM
pany. All the eIrls say he IS real horrid,
AMI the clerks are p.Hiug for his personal
gore
\ reporter has semitic monitor aa5,. which
is operated in the New Street exchange. In
long narrow room, A2nkei by great shin
Ing brass svitcli-L1arls, SAT fourteen or If
teen pretty girls. Litllo strips Of uTa75
crossed themselves On each dainty mead AMI
held q receiver 10 each LETT ca..
liz this manner 10, i.tG ear was devoted 90
the public AMI tbs right ear t. tins company.
A coliu,el cAatter.ns aud .durnurinS, ac-
companiei by s!accato embellishments on
the part OF number OF small boys who
pulled AMI pu- ilsi m scores Of brass Plug,
supplied sound enough 70 confuse even the
average hotel clerk Aud YET there was IN
atmosphere Of regularity and order that was
surprising. - the head # the room sat
Munger Thompson in front Of The monitor
desa, wi,h a receiver fastened u his left
bras switchboard and q series of annuucia-
tor flaps.
Now" sid the manager, you see | csn
watch every girl IN the ro0Ig. The instant 1
suspect any girl is flirting with sub,criber,
or carrying on personal conversation With
an operator in another exchange ali / have
u do Is 10 place piug in the swift board.
in tie hole ire pondiug win her wire.
and am in family Connected with the CIR
cult OF which she is talking. She has no
mean oi knowing that ! am listening. AMI
yet / can hear ali that i said Oh 10th sides.
| can listen To as mach Of It as | care TO, and
then | can say Come off, or Take a drop.
and both iartes hear ne In this manner
no girl VIII dare TO irtteF away her time. Tor
She dp-- not know whether size is talking di-
rectiy INTO my ear or not. There Is another
advantage in the monitor iess. Ii = sub
~crIDeC complains about bad service or a
ouzzinS In the wire, OF Q broken trans
mItter, or about anything else he chooses
the gIrl simniv switches him on 10 my in
strunent, and without leaving my seat can
find uut what Is the matter from him, ex-
Plain the trouble, and then order the remedy.
Nou can not ina CINE what 2 saving of time
| and trouble AMI what q wonderful sentinel
this monitor .desk Is. Sit down AMI listen
yourself
The reporter stuck tie transInitJer to his
ear AMI sat down.
-Al there. Central" came p voice.
What do you want." responded another
voice
Whats the color OF your eyes. CentraiY7
None of your business What do You
waut:7
~oa, ecu siddy little thing, you are just as
cruel "a, eyer.
'Yoa mon are so raIe.7 mu,nurei the
seconI voice.
Il really believe y0ur eyes ara black. I've
ma l. = he. w-tl friend 4 mine that your
frs zane is Jennie. isi,T
oh, my"
Then tier, .gIs .,uI laughter in which tie
reporter ioi",i. T. trained crr " the op-
orator detected .s vi,.ict oiss caus,d by the
reroric.'- Lns.ts-. aal pretty. CENTRE
lite daIasci, Uat d. % caau SEN feet away.
lookei around a. h.ra with Elu-h.nc cheeks.
Chief Op-ratur L.a1tt stood by ard
lau ,hsI loudly. IL va unconscious of
what had HAPPENED, bat xxi ,cat.y had strong
SusnirIya-.
w can catch them every ti.l.a, he said
Il :. - worked t. monitor a.-t1m oa the
Regular telegraph WIN. 80 t.,as C. -! break
in and li-teI 20 'ha- IVES ,,oi,s On .e.sacn
the operators AZ any taas. Tie mere
knowleI g that lAc mon s. u g. in tE- rom
wiz check any future .aaifnr un1a the
wire