The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-20
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"Say, girls" said a short-haired, curly
headed blonde to several of her companion
operators in the telephone Office ON Cort-
landt street Saturday, sit looks as il we will
have to give up our business OF making tsle-
phone subscribers miserable and turn our
attention to the type writer for a living"
A chorus Of "Why soI" came from the
perspiring faces of the pretty operators in
ths speakers vicinity.
Didn't you girls see by the morning
newspapers that some crank has invented a
machine that will do away with central
Office operators sltogetherp queried the in
dignant little blonde Some of them had
and some of them hadn't. For the benefit
of those who hadn't read the startling news
the indignant one started in to explain 1t.
Subscribers rang and rang and shouted.
Hello, Central!" but they were allowed to
bury themselves in graves Of profanity until
the somewhat hazy explanation OF the new
invention had been made.
"WeIl, you see, girls" said the disguised
one, as she pushed back her dripping curls
from her face and gracefully mopped it
with dainty lace handkerchief, "a man by
the name of Stronger, l think it Is, who
must be brute, has -"
"Of course he is" shouted the excited
audience In chorus.
HAS invented a machine that will enable
subscribers to call up whoever they want
without consulting US. Did you ever hear
OF such thingp
A few wads OF chewing gum were shifted
to the other side Of several shapely mouths.
The concerted action was followed by an
other chorus: "Well, l should say not. The
very idea"
"This machine is in the shape of a dial
with needle revolving over its surface by
- tr,A ~ aln cal
Near the periphery of the dial (whatever
that is) are the ends Of the wires from the
circuit, and the needle makes and breaks
connections with these. The needle, which
works automatically, is governed by the
operator at the telephone.
"Placed on top OF the battery board OF
every telephone is a row Of keys. The first
is release key used to throw the teIe-
phone out of circuit The next key calls
for the unit numbers. the next tens, the
next hundreds and the next thousands, and
so on. Where the subscriber wants to call
up a telephone-say 315, for instance-the
release key is first pressed. The hundred
KEY is then pressed three times, the ten key
once and the unit key five times. AS the
buttons are touched the needle of the dial
registers the number" said the lecturer, as
she gesped for breath and again mopped her
forehead with the dainty piece of lace.
''Well, / declare" was the next chorus.
A red-hsired, freckled girl, who had
listened attentively 90 the description Of the
new invention, bat had not taken an active
part in the ejaculatory chorus, then
spoke up:
apparently we are booked for dis
charge before long, girls. but we can COM
fort ourselves with one thought, even in
this hot weather. Subscribers are In our
power yet"
"Well. should say they are," chorused
the injured innocents.
Telephone bells we're ringing at every
STATIC watched over by the indictments by
this time. The curly haired blondes started
to hum, "Siug Again, Nightingale" The
others took up the chorus. When the
song was finished they took pity on worn
| out subscribers and condescended to connect
them with the numbers they wanted after
| three or four wrong connections.
If you don't get what you ask for over
the telephone now you will know the reason
why.