The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-02-06
THAT HELLO GIRL.
SHE EXPRESSES HERSELF FREELY ANc
IN PICTURESQUE LANGUAGE.

IN PICTURESQUE LANGUAGE.
Tells Her Impressions. Drawn From Ex.
pericnce. with the Brutcs and the Jays.
She Is Rather Too Fresh to lie Taken rs
Fair sample OF the Phone Girl,
1t took u long time and much trouble,
but at last the reporter did personally see
and talk with II telephone girl. In what
exchange she works, whether she Is tall on
short, light or dark, chows gum or lives
In New York, the reporter will never di-
vulgc. That girl talked under pledge
Of absolute secrecy ms to her identity, and
nothing can nor shall be said which will
disclose anything more about her than the
fact that she is an experienced operator
and has worked in n number of the ex
changes. The meeting WIS brought about
by diplomatic third person, and the hello
girl knew that she was going to be inter
viewed for the purposes of this story
That was n little unfortunate, because she
was very shy Of her information, to begin
with. This wore off after bit however,
and Miss Hello at last plainly showed the
satisfaction she felt in freeing her mind ON
the subject of the person at the other end
of the wire Then she talked with II great
deal of vigur, animation and refreshing
candor
why. say" she said after her conf
dcnce had been won and she felt that her
identity was absolutely secure, ''if only
knew men as | meet them over the wire,
l would believe that thoy are all brutcs
and some Of them also jnysl Why, say,
they talk about our being fresh. Well,
we amt fresh long, If we ever are, be-
cause you're called down too quick by the
manager or his assistant IL you get fresh
over the wire But there amt any ont
got n bag of salt to sprinkle ON the people
who talk to us. 1t doesn't seem to make any
difference how much u man uses the telc-
phone, he never seems to get any sense in
his head about it. Now, just Tvs likely rs
not you have telephoncd and scolded
central because they couldn't give you the
number you wanted When central has
rung up number for you, or rung up
tho exchange where she Is going to get
that number she couldn't do any more If
she owned the telephone company. But,
say, that doesn't make any difference. Nine
men out of ten, nine times out Of ten, will
begin jawing us because we can't get the
connection. Then if we try to explain
the manager and "a lot of them do 1t too. -
"But you said some men in addition to
being brutcs which is more or less ia.
miliar fact, are also jays. Now, just how
are they jays by telcphoneY' the reporter
asked.
/ Miss Hello responded: why, say,
didn't you ever try to get comic with d
! telephone girll That's what lots of mer
| do, and they are more fun for us thar
| pay day. | don't mean business mer
| down town or any men while in their of
fees, because they are generally talking
| where people can hear them. But when
/ worked in an exchange where we wer,
| central for a lot of residence telephones II
! seemed as II every man who rang us NJ
had nothing else to do but get gay.
1--WE have lots Of fun with men who ar,
talking through their house telephones ant
who always get comic If they have to wal
for their connections You have no idei
how much we get to know about thos'
men, and the kind of houses they live in
and even just where their telephones ar,
located And you can tell when there il
any one in the room with them too.
remember one night when 1 had told I
man to please wait he began to get comb
| right away. i was onto him, and begal
stringing him just little bit, you know
because the night manager was out of tn
office, and l had a chance to jolly him
little. l could tell from his tone, even be
fore he began to talk silly, that he wa
alone In the room, and pretty soos he be
gan asking me about my nights off am
if l wouldn't like some tickets to a roo
garden. Suddenly his voice changed, an'
he began yelling like cross bear Hello
central! | say, you, CENTRAL Why don
you attend TO businessf' Why, say, knew
what had happened just as soon as he di
that. His wife had come into the room
and l laughed at him over the telephone
and said: Ask wiley how she'd like t
have you send me those roof garde
ticketsr Bang He hung up the receiver
and l knew just as well as l was aliv
that he had got ratified and was afraid hi
wife might hear what said, although W
were half mile apart, That happene
lots Of times. Say, wonder what make
4 SO many men ask telephone girls what
the color of their hair When l was 1
that uptown exchange, I'll bet hundre
different men asked me that question afte
they had called up central and had t
wait. It's lots Of fun to jolly the guys
but of course you can only do it in tn
smaller exchanges, where there is no as
sistant manager and the manager is some
times out. OF course you can keep up
jolly for some time by just making al
| swers that seem all right to the manage
If he happens to overhear you, because h
can't tell what you are answering"
, Women Why, say, they're the sau
ciest things you ever saw. If they can't &c
the number they want right away, the
begin to scream and shout and threaten
and mostly wind up by saying that tn
nasty old thing isn't any good, and han
up the receiver just about the time 20
want to give them their number
do we listen muchf Why, say,
think that's an awful foolish question
Do you suppose we have any time to lii
tenn On the level3 Well, say, on the leve
then, just because we are hello girls, W
are human beings just as hard, and If
is at night, and we are not very busy, an
] something very interesting is goin
through, or we hear a voice telling SON
one that he won't be home until late o
account of being busy with the correspond
ence to go by the next days steamer, an
then a little later hear that same vol,
telling very different sort of story
some one else-why, say, of course wei
human"
And thus prattled on that Miss He'll
She was a young person of an observal
nature, which makes 1t all the more III
fortunate for mankind that at the concll
sion Of her story she added the RENAL
| with which sha had hpu1lp-that ~ 81