The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-07
WOMEN OF THE WIRES.
ruzY KNOW ALL OUR SECRETS
AND N4VER TELL.

With Great heao LOT rlgureS-Iney
pa+,ently Submits to the Foioles,
[gbims and Protests Of Hard
Headed Pubic.
From. the Nei0 York World,
Tick-a-tick! Tick-tlck!
The hands of the big clock in the West
arm Union Office. Broadway, pointed to one
.niDute of high noon, yesterday, when a
.,oryous. errstic business man fairly leaped
throuyh the public entrance to the receiv-
inc room, and, rushing up to a desk,
rrsbbed a pen and proceeded to stream a
e.osmodic shower of ink on one of Jay
Gould's yellow blanks.
ABR he gasped, glancing at the clock.
uUbat-what-well Pm blowed if | haven't
,orootten our own house number! Is it 1926
~ 9629 Hum. Beats ali Never knew it
n fail-especially when a man wants to
catch a train"
Then bright idea flashes.
"Ahr he calculates. fluttering his bit of
v.llovy paper between the iron bars of the
little den of the three receiving clerks,
.here's telegram to my wife. I'm in such
an Internal worry that-thatn-
The woman inside glauCes at the message
moment. "You have given no address, ="
sbe saws in low voice.
,.That's lust like it, ma'am. II really
am unable to say whether it is 326 or 362
Bnt I'm sure of the street, and thought if
Won Rad a directory handy you might-see9
I'm in an awful hurry to-day and"-
He flashed out of sight, and the clerk
went straight 70 the big directory and din
oantly fshed out the home-nest of this care
worn. careless man of business, so that his
Hannah might know that he would be de-
tanned at Yonkers throughout that day.
Wnie that woman was patiently search
ing out the name her two assistants were
b1sily engaged with long rows of patrons,
who auttered their bis of yellow paper
directed to ali parts OF the earth Yet the
girls never seemed to hesitate at any ques-
ton or rate, toll or mileage. checking with
accuracy aud dispatch kilograms to distant
states apparently familiar With the in
tricate and multiple details of tho exact
charge to the 30, 0JJ offices in various parts
of the union.
The girl has finished her search, and in
the three seconds freedom that follows she
settles down in her comfortable chair and
looks out between the gratings CT her pen
i at the ever-changing crowd in the lobby.
Here comes a customer now. Three thou
sand times and over in eight hours the clerk
Directs each message through the same
routine. Let us see what it Is like.
His bit of yellow paper swings through
the grating and falls before the womans
hand.
How much" he says.
/ No answer
ITS for Philadelphia" he suggests.
NJ answer.
What is the rate to Philadelphia he
ezclGims, tapping on the glass with his PEN
Il Gil aud scowhng.
Y The clerk returns to life at once.
Philadelphia ten words, 20 cents; each
additional word. cent. Twenty cents,
please"
He hands over the change and is about to
move of
"Whet is your address, pleaseW softly in
CURES the girl, pencil in hand to note the
Information.
What's that?'
Your adore. g."
~ hat do you want to know forf"
TO protect your interests"
How sol"
'in case this message is not delivered, for
any reason, we will inform you. What is
! your address, please"
The man grins. 80, they know my adj
dress all right enough; the message will be
received without fail. No; would prefer
not t, give my address in Now York city
ii IS 7 important anyway"
That settles 1t for him. .....
The clerk now takes his message, marks
the me it was received to u minute, say
a l3:3p. IN. for winch purpose q small clock
"a stands right before her ON the desk, then
makes a brief ontry on the receiving sheet,
and a second later, zlp!-the bit Of yellow
haSaGttered out of sight in pneumatic tube
connecting directly with the blg operating
ICONS above. All this seems simple and
M Ases but moment or two to tell and even
less to execute by the skillful receiver. Bat
# IT'S work calling for the exercise of a great
fund Of diligence, cOnsecrated by a patient
& Submission TO the hundred and one foibles,
vexa ions and whlns of erratic humanity,
laiy streaming Ia their sheets Of yellow the
thousand bangs, pains or pleasures that visit
TIE hearts of mon.
THE SISTER COMPRESSOR OF THE WIRES.
lstood for q long time yesterday at q con-
7ealenJ point of van age and watched the
Wes2- humanity before tho RECEIVERS win
dow.
Down in the crowd were men and women
VI VI every degree, Of every rank and station.
Ih'se wlo could wrote their own kilograms /;
t.os9 who could not write found On agent
o' the company ready to u1dertage this im-
III por'ant mission. Those who did not under
stand English were directed to the CONS
PehYs Interpreter. who, they say.
eau huenly translate for Spaniaris,
portuguese Dutch, Germans. G., eeks i,
ana Danes, to say nothing OF
hoid'ng pleasant conversation with strag-
ger from Yemen, Hodeldn and Sheik
& Aoiiao inel who inquired about the crops;
Ineh mo wrote to ask about that little hill ;
nien who penned lire to Eliza; men who
saio they couldn't leave the town; men
VINO thought they'd better leave the town;
iueh VINO wanted to leave but couldn't; men
WHo could 60, but wouldn't; msn who
Il walled peaches; men who wondered why:
.H aeu VINO sent congratulations; men who SAID
sne hlo. Igase mus be forecloSed; men who
Satd the money would be forthcoming: men
mho 'HanAed heaven they were alive; men
WOO found consolation in Wishing they
we're dead men who said: "My children.
oleSS youi men who wired; stop the
Soua1re';" men who starved and
begged for funds; men who asked If the
Vaoy's teeth were cut; men who said
uaae was dull; men who limited of
murder, robbery and Canada: men who
.uSperod OF ireland, dynamite and the
auierlcau hog; men who burrahed Tor din.
Set men whose stomachs were empty: mon
uo would take the next train to some
"ee'e; men who said: MY darling: ~ men
"uo SAID GU Internal villain" men who
io- -. KISSES; men who sent curses; men who
sned; men who wept; men whose words
e Re" but tender; men whose words
NY snarp and thorny; men whdsafd; God
rs you, you dear young clippers: come
ra auS ana receive papa's blessings" men who
s.aed IN acid: If that dude ever comes
ys. again will kick him into the unborn
w W.. wretched, both of you" There
w. women 10 the crowd, too. hut when a