New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-30
I" YESn BY TELEPHONE.
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY INVENTION
IN THE SERVICE OF CUPID.
A YOUNG MAN FROM INDIANAPOLIS GETS The
AFFIRMATIVE ANSWER TO HIS SUIT oVEK
THE LONG DISTANCE WIRE FROM
pROOKLYN.

BROOKLYN
Cupid has found one more device TO neip MN
out In his ch-making The little scamp ""'
always known to be fertile in resources ou'
there has existed supposition that he "a
rather conservative In his methous ai'e ~
and wary cf modern appliances In MS ia'eo'
photograph. In fact. he was Represented as w.
ing the same suit OF clothes that ne n"" %
when he was known only to the GREEKS ""D
was called Eros,and over his shoulder was 'h' 0"'
the same old culver with a new stock Oh 'he s"'"o
old arrows and the same old Do" ms
broken line OF victories was due 10 MS ine'"'1
Of attack his energetic pursuits ana MS Se'e'o
terms Of unconditional. but always "oie "
less voluntary, surrender.
But a. the nineteenth century advanced a'''
he began to note the onward march ol ''''e
he ton heoame more liberal He never ialu
aside his culver and his bow but ai'e' '"e'
dore tbeir work he became more tolerant oi
-, ,aaas and IN course OF time was willing
70 trust his messages to the hands OF the ioo',
man. That experience proved a most su0.
ono and he has now made another aoN""0
n.h,ch bas outcIassed all his previous strides
c,onairg within arms reach of his desk anu
oa,. for usage at any instant. Is telePho"'
~ tho most modern type. He used TINS hi"e-
,oortb century invention for the first ume io'
hus,ness purposes several months ago. pu' ''e
story of the all-important incident mas '''
crept out. Here it is:
NJ and Mrs E. T. Gilliland have pleasant
and attractive home at Pelham Manor in''
had very good friend In the person vi ''''
Ethel May Bishop young woiha" VIM w
been educated in English schools ana "AS 'e'''
in all the arts that make womanhoou a'' raw.
For three years or more they nave peen e'"N ~
have Miss Bishop call their home her owl"
caoroo u CASTOR is n popular and well-to-do
vounp business man of indianapolis. Charies
w Price of No 233 Garfield Place BrookiSh' 10
a mutual friend of the two young people anu IL
duo course of time he introduced them to each
other Mr.. CASTOR is good friend OF MI "''''
land and when two years ago Mr.. CASTOR came
70 New-York for few weeks he was weicome
guest at the Pelham Manor home. There MS
acquaintance with Miss Bishop rapidly ripeheu
into something much stronger than an ac-
ouaintanceship II not love at first sight. It
was something closely akin TO II. business
duties in Indiana polls all too soon brought about
a parting which was made less intolerable by
a lively interchange Of love-laden epistles
Finally one Of these messages came from Ind
annapolis which longer than the rest and
more earnest. 1t contained an old, old story tod
with many exclamation points, but ending with
an Interrogation point. Then the young woman
decided that she had to go Ito town, and there
was no comfort for her until she had hurried
TO New York and then to Brooklyn and into the
office of w D. Sargent. e-p:esident OF the
Teephone Company at No. 16 Smth-st. A re-
quest was made for the use Of the wire for
message TO indianapolis. The vice president Is
a confirmed bachelor, but he knew as well as
man could what the trouble was. because he
was a friend of Miss Bishop. and had heard OF
the young man in the case. And he knew just
what to do. indianapolis was rung up ana
the young man was found. Just what might be
said Mr. Sargent did not know, but he knew
that It would be said only for one person. so
he left the young woman in full charge OF the
room and stood in awed silence outside until
the door opened and his fair visitor Indicated that
she had delivered her message.
"Oh Mr. Sargent exclaimed the nervous
Young woman, with a blushing face, do you
really and truly know that George heard me
and understood when I-I-said-y-yes? You
don't suppose the telephone said anything else,
do you?' gasped the fair questioner
Mr. Sargent assured her that his telephones
never cut up any such tricks as that, and Miss
Bishop left Brooklyn for Pelham Manor only
about half-satisfed that the new way was as
satisfactory as the old.
But the yes reached Indianapolis just as the
sender sent II from Brooklyn, as subsequent
happenings proved. Cupid is now said TO be one
Of the best customers of the Telephone Ex-
change on Tuesday there was a pretty we'd
ding at Pelham Manor. and Mr.. and Mrs. George
B CASTOR will soon be at home in indianapolis
to receive the congratulations Of scores OF
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