Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-26
nYPocRlsY EXTRAORDINARY.
Astenishing Depi~x Cosver-.ssea Of . Pretty
Telegraph Operator.

.Asssnish,as psp,.x co.~r-.s,.a Of . r~,sy
Telegraph Operator.
Prom the New ycrk sun
A San reporter went into an uptown hotsi
tew days ago TO consult q directory. ID vs. az
an hour OF the day when everything is quiet
ana stu The only thing about the place that
seemed TO have any HE at all ~ss the telegraph
instrument IL was ticking away industrioasly.
ihe pretty Young woman who manipula,es the
MYSTERIOUS thing was working laboriousiy.
che was receiving q telegram for q guest Of
the hotel Her pretty shoulders were q trine
rounded 40 she leaned over her work and her
head was bent low.
The message was long and fun OF biz. strange
words, and the operator xho was transmitting
IL seemed to be in a hurry 20 finish. HI. mac.
seemed q trifie too fast for the Young woman
ana she was compelled 90 interrupt him con-
stantly. Each interruption or ..bress. !. a. m.
teiegraphers call It, apparently irrftated them
both The sending operator went bs,.k 20 the
point Indicated and started Of at a still more
rapid pace. But before he could make much
Roadway the young woman would stop him
again Every time sire broke she Appeared 10
be more out of sorts
The silent actions Of the two were 90 mo-
nounced that the attention OF the reporter who
was able TO read the mystic signals, was at
The young woman was In q rage. In. vsy she
ss.'e1 the Key told this 20 the experienced ear.
She u. Nd the message 20 denote that ID
mao peen correctly received. The moment sls
nsa flashed her individual align. which In the
VeieSraph business stands for the operator's
name, sne snapped back this sentence:
Say have Won time a. -, "a A,u.x
egg9' "' W ~ nA''-''u'0
Inc reporter walked up 10 the little cass
,a n,on neid the lovely creature, who was fash
IN. al. al
none OF her spleen 60 him. but talled IN .
quiet almost bashful manner. Her language
was that OF q refined. educated younr vomsn
one could never have believed that the remark
aoous tne hsrd-ooiled egg could have ema-
natea from her During the brief converse
ioh tne telegraph instrument clattered Al fire.
Jueht intervals The young woman talked IN
,he operator at the other end of the wire ana
listened TO the reporter at the SINE time.
from the expression on her face one vould
never have imagined that she vas nsy,ns tha
snghtest attention 60 what the little brass in
srunlent was saying. She talked in a refined
way 10 the reporter, emphasizing her claim 20
rennement by an artful. charming manner.
~ hae opeiA'ot. with whom some other trait
IN her character held a conversation ,imuita-
heously, she was Numerically opposite. The
conversation ran like this:
Reporter to Young woman-win Won Kindly
rush this message through
ioung Woman TO Reporter with an arsfui
smile and a slight dropping OF evelid.l-oh
an answer?
Reporter to Young woman-Yes, IL 4, doe,n,,
take too long.
Young Woman TO Reporter-n will no, take
long. viii tell the operator at the other end
'nat the gentleman Is waiting
one caiiea np the operator and sent the mes
sage, but didn { say a word 20 him about hur-
rying II through. After she had finished al,
looked up and smilingly said:
He says that he will rush vour mes..g.
right through"
- hank you" said the reporter
me young woman then began to write RAD
idiy. Very soon the instrument began 10 call
ner; Inc little white hand reached for the kew
and the 1.-the fingers caused this peculiar ser-
tence to Hash over the wires:
to land mash" SA~"'o
linen linen gisncins up at the reporter the young
was mistake"
Reporter to Young woman-Do you and "a
Pieasant 70 work In an hotel Officer
4. W. 70 h-oh, no, sir. On the contrary, il
very oisagreeable. One IL subjected 20 90
much discourtesy. We hardly dare 10 lool mn
from our desk for fear some one viii addre.s
US with a foreign question in order TO make our
acquaintance.
y Operator lwho wants to send . messase) 10
l. ;-Cut II and clear me.
w. TO Ooh, come Of You've been esS-
ing hshballs and are thirsty.
4. W; TO h.-And. besides. We are compelled
70 smell the dreadful odor OF tobacco. and fire.
quentiy coarse expressions escape men who are
partially intoxicated in our hearing. I some
stand IL.
Az TINS point several customers approached
Win kilograms, and the reporter left fnstruc-
tonsfor the delivery of his message and went
away away revolving this psychological question,
TO what extentY''