Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-17
TIE TELEPHONE GIRL.
Her Side of tho Case CONSIDERABLY
Stated by IL Reporter.

nor Nitc OF inc tuSo CONSIDERABLY
Stated By IA Reporter.
From the Albany Journal,
The telephone girl is an interesting crea-
ture, and she knows a great deal more
than You imagine Shei is pretty-ofcourse
she is--she dresses with nice taste, and if
the dyspeptic old fossil who il wont at
times to scold her over the telephone for
some trivial thing, such as switching him
on to an undertaken when he wanted To
speak to some one at the bank, could only
catch glimpse of the smiling face nt the
other end of the wire, he would feel that
he deserved thrashing for his conduct.
And he would. too.
The telephone girl is n girl of the period
She can rattle OFT an abundance of slang
upon the slightest provOcatiou, and If occti-
sion requires II can give expression To some
curious comments on matters political
The tact that She constantly hears old
Dash, who has held Office since the days
of Andrew Jackson, talking with some
other veteran, is the reason for this.
She can tell you if she wants To on
what night last week young De Smiths
baby was taken sick with the collie,
ana how the worthy pater could not be
found, bu, was finally discovered with u
congenial party indulglng in the fascinat-
| ing game OF draw-poker. But she won't
tell YOU this II she Is sensible girl-which
she is She could also tell you The circum-
stances which led TO hot words over the
NiIf tiillllS III Nut NtlI-h llbNU merchant
calling the gray-haired banker can old
! skinilmt.' She has heard the storekeeper
asking his customer for n little money on
| that account, and she has caught the reply
| OF the former to the effect that he would
| call in the morning. She catches the faint
| chuckle, too, and knows that the store
keeper will have TO wait n little longer.
She won't tell You anything of the kind
! but n not AFRAID TO conLdentially give Won
scme points concerning Brown, the young
| broker, who is considered lady killer of
| the first water. Brown has bored several
of the girls To death with his attentions.
The other evening he rang, and when
answered, asked In a confectionery voice if
the dear one would go take some cream
with him. But the night operator was at
the instrument, and ho was quite amused.
! Raising his voice until il reached fOrtts-
| SiglO he cried RATS" and the shock was
| SO great that he could hear the instrument
! drop from Browns hand and knock against
! the wall.
Poor abused Brown.
! The exchange room of the Hudson River
! Telephone company on Broadway is where
! 10 girls chew gum and chatter all day long
| What noise they make! They are seated
AT long table, and occupy high revolving
! chairs. The switchbord is directly in front
! of them, and they make connections hy
! pulling plugs out and putting them in
| different places. The telephone receiver
| hangs from the ceiling, and need not he
\ taken in the hands, as it is supported, and
| the transmiIiers are of the Edison Blake
! pattern.
There are now about l,500 subscribers,
! and each girl takes care ofl0O. This seeus
| like great many, but aiter IA little practice
| they become very expert, aud can handle
| their work easily and well.
Naturally, one would think that the tele-
/ phone girl would grow sour-tempered as
| the days roll by. but she doesn't and its "a
| wonder too. There is that plaguey old
! busy body on number blank, who gets
| angry ii she isn't accommodated i'm less
! than 10 seconds, and then there is that
smart young man who is always dispensing
complaints, tspdsrly asking about the lair