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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
SOFT ANSWER TO "HELLO!"
PATIENT COURTESY GOES FAR TO MAKE
GOOD TELEPHONE GIRL.
HERBERT LAWS WEBB DETAILS THE THINGS
CENTRAL OFFICE RECRUIT MUST LEARN

HERBERT LAWS WEBB DETAILS THE THINGS A
CENTRAL OFFICE RECRUIT MUST LEARN
AND HER CHANCES OF ADVANCEMENT
Just how the calculation is made 1: is scarcely
worth while TO show here but II Is probably not
far out Of the way to that at the present time
about out of every fifteen hundred young
American women Is telephone operator. AS the
use OF the telephone service is rapidly increasing
this proportion Is steadily going up so that tele-
phone operating claims a fair place for itself
a vocation for women. II is work for which
women particularly we'll fitted. That
found out In the early days Of the industry.
At first boys and young men were put to work
at the switchboard. But Young America is not
easily taught to be either civil accurate. and
telephone operating In Its early days was accom-
panied by many unnecessary difficulties. There
only other TO try. recourse was
had to the gentler half Of mankind not without
some misgvings on the part of telephone man.
ayers, who thought that machines needed men TO
tend them. But girls that is. most girls are
naturally polite and soft-spoken, and polteness
and soft-speaking go long way over the tele-
phone. Also girls. In spite Of the perennial Jokes
in the comic papers written by men, be
curate when they taught to be and are made
to keep it up by judicious supervision. SO the
girl replaced the boy, and great was the inn
provement that the telephone girl promptly be-
came an established institution.
That she is the right person in the right place
is not lnfreauenty brought to the mind OF
those who have never been accustomed to any
else at central" by the occasional experiences
has with the pert office boy young clerk who
often appears at the other end Of ones telephone
line.
Just how the deft-fngered young woman at
trail. who presides the critical point in net
work Of hundreds OF thousands of miles OF wire
and makes myrads OF combina tons a day. with
only rare error arrives at her position may be
shown by a description of the working Of the
traffic department of the New-York Telephone
Company one of the largest AMI Oest-organized
telephone concerns in the country.
HOW TO GET A POSITION.
pany's organization responsible for the operation
OF the subscribers lines and to the superintendent
of this department the embryo operator must d.
rect her steps. Few applicants have had previous
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02

MRS. L. VANCE PHILLIPS, on Ceramics.
Mrs. Phillips Is a teacher Of this art and Is
anxious TO be helpful to women who may desire
to devote their attention to ceramics as means
Of making living.
MISS LOIS KNIGHT, on Engraving
Business. Miss Knight is practical engraver
on advanced lines. For two years she worked
eight hours day, being the only woman among
seven hundred workmen. Last year her name
attached as engraver to seventy thousand
illustrated catalogues representing wholesale
and retail silver houses of New-York.
MISS ALICE ]. HANDS on Women Archi-
tects. Miss Hands is an architect trained in the
schools Of New-York. She writes from expert
ence CLEANED in the construction of model tene-
ment houses and suburban cottages.
MISS MINNIE TUMBLESON BROWN. Of
the Equitable Life Assurance Society. on Women
as Life Insurance Solicitors Miss Brown is one
Of the most successful women solicitors in the
business, in which she was pioneer, having
begun eleven years ago.
MRS. NJ f. RANDOLPH, on Women AS Tele-
graph Operators Mrs Randolph qualified as
an expert telegrapher in 1862 in Massachusetts,,
and was appointed manager Of the Pearl-st.
office In New-York in 1864, which she controlled
eight years; then she became manager Of all
the telegraph offices in Newark. n. j. Since
1884 she has been In the office at No. 1875 Broad
way, this city
PROFESSOR S. S. PACKARD. Stenog
raphy. Professor Packard is one Of the oldest
and most successful business educators in the
United States.
MRS. lone A. VAN GORDER. on Women in
Dairy Work Mrs Van Gorder was conductor of
a. creamery In South America. where she gained
her experience handling one thousand COWS and
riding over the pampa in daylight and darkness.
MRS. LEDYARD STEVENS, on Housekeep-
ing Mrs. Stevens is In charge OF the Bureau
of Social Requirements of this city.
MRS. EMILY s. BEACH. on Professional
Equestrians Mrs. Beach is riding teacher
who spends the summer iastructing pupils at
Newport and the winter in giving lessons in
NeW-York She believes that a woman Is as
able as a man TO teach the art Of riding horse
well.
MISS BESSIE AMIN LOSEY, on Taste in
Trimming Hats Miss Losey is teacher of MILL
merry at the Young Women's Christian Assoca-
ton in East Fifteenth-st.. this city. where her
experience as educator and business woman
enables her to be most helpful TO the young
women under her.
HERBERT LAWS WEBB. Women in the
Telephone Business. Mr.. Webb. Of the Metro
politan Telephone Company. explains minutely
the duties OF a girl who wishes to make sue
cess in the telephone service.
MISS MARY TILLINGHAST, on House Deco
ration Miss Tillinghast who has made sue
cess In this branch Of work, gives great encour-
agement to women taking up this work Miss
Tillinghast superintendent the decoration OF the
Savoy Hotel and assisted in the decoration OF
The Vanderbilt mansion.
THEODORE L. DE WINNIE. on Women
proofreaders This great authority tells the
c,f,cu,ties attached to securing an education in
this line of work, and praises women for efforts
already made.
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her the work. She can then become a night oper-
ator. day operator expert subscriber operator,
a trunk operator senior operator, supervisor
an assistant chief operator, and finally CHER
operator the executive officer Of the exchange. An
increase Of salary goes with each promotion, until
finally respectable figure is reached
HOURS OF DUTY.
The comfort of the operators is we'll looked after
The hours of duty OF the day force from
O'Clock TO g. and Of the night force from o'clock
to T. The day operators have a halfh hour relief
for luncheon, and relief Of about twenty
minutes in the morning and in the afternoon. so
that the periods of actual duty at the swtchboards
are we'll broken up. The night operators have
three hours relief during the night. At every ex-
change commodous quarters are provided for the
operators. consisting OF a wel-htted cloakroom.
dining room and reading room. with generally
sick bay for the accommodation of those tempo
rary indsposed. In the dinngroom. which Is In
charge Of a matron. tea and coffee, boiling water.
ETC. are supplied 10 the operators free of charge;
The reading room is provided with magazines and
daily and weekly papers so that the time OF rest
need hang heavily on no ones hands
The regular operating force Is drawn on ire
ouentIy nowadays so refined are the subdivisions
OF the telephone service becoming TO supply oper-
ators for the numerous brancn exchanges INA, .nas
havs lately sprung up all over New-York so large
Is the use OF the telephone service in many ofnces
and buildings that no arrangement OF ines enning
in single telephones can adequately deal with IL
The remedy is found in the brance excnange. a re-
production a small scale OF the regular telephone
Exchange small switchboard Is installed In the
premises and connected by a number OF lines to
The nearest main exchange. and from the small
au,,tchboard branch out lines to the different Of
Aces or departments to be served. or course. the
switchboard needs an operator. and naturally the
best operator to get is one faInllar WIN tne "oh
ING of the general system. So all over New-fork
YOU will find branch exchanges. In large ohices OF
all kinds. in banks. hotels and apartment- houses.
where the switchboards. which deal with pro-
dieious amount of telephone service every day are
presided over by deft and trim graduate OF the
New-York Telephone Companys traffic department
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degrees. After a period OF instruction and obser
walton. which generally lasts month or so, she
takes a turn at night duty under the wing OF
experienced operator and gets practical
knowledge OF the work. After about three months
careful tuition and training OF this sort. with
coaching from an old hand, a beginner is usually
qualified to take position at the switchboard
where the work is light, and is then enrolled as a
regular operator. After that her future Is In her
own hands. and her progress depends on the rapid
ity with which she acquires sufficient knowledge
OF the details of the work become expert
capable of handling busy position where calls
for all points Of the compass rain in thick and fast
from to o'clock every working day. Applica-
tion GOODNESS, patience and quIckness will soon
bring the operator who has properly mastered the
rudiments OF the work to this point
AS vacancies in the day force the most
competent night operators are transferred to day
work. beginning at first with light positions. and
working up gradually to the buster positions IN
trusted to the expert operators What are
known as trunk positions where the operation
OF the trunk lines that join the different exchanges
together is controlled require the most expert
operating steady stream OF traffic flows here
from morning till night. and it requires GOODNESS Of
head and qulckness OF and eye to keep pace
with the rapid-fre demand for connections that
pours along the lines throughout the business day
HOW PROMOTIONS ARE MADE.
From the ranks of the regular operators promo
tions are made through the grade of senior oper-
ator to supervisor. The supervisor has general
charge Of a certain section Of the board. watches
the work OF the operators In her division, helps
out any one OF them who gets into difficulties Sc
cures strict attention TO the work from all hahds
and preserves discipline and order. At each divi-
sion of the board the most competent regular OPP
orator Is appointed senior operator. and the senior
operator takes charge when the supervisor is away.
The next position to supervisor is assistant chief
operator. OF whom there several in large ex-
change working under a chief operator. which Is
the highest position In the operating force except
that Of the manager OF the exchange. who is cap
tain OF the ship and belongs to the sterner sex
The chief operator has general charge of the whole
operating force Of exchange under the direction
of the exchange manager. who is responsible for
the efficiency of his exchange to the superintendent
of traffic.
SCOPE FOR ADVANCEMENT
From this brief sketch it will be seen that the
budding telephone operator has quite a scope for
advancement. She is taught her profession by her
employers. who pay her a salary while teaching
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02

MISS MARIE SEYMOUR BISSEL1. on Vocai
Music Miss Bissell has for several years been
leading soprano singer in New-York cnurches
and conductor Of the Sorosis Vocal Club. she
has trained such sololsts Sarah King Peck
Louise Fay, Julian Sterling and George Hunt
Ellsworth.
MRS. KATE s. CHITTENDEN, on Piano
Playing. Mrs. Chittenden is a lecturer In the
Board Of Education course in this city on the
synthetic system OF teaching instrumental
music.
PRESIDENT THOMAS HUNTER Of the
New-York Normal College. on Women Teachers
DR.. Hunters opinion on the work done by In
structors Of the young is OF general interest
He makes plea in favor Of equal compensa-
ton Of men and women for equal work
MAJOR j. 3. POND. OF Women in the Lect-
ure Field. Major Pond is the veteran lyceum
manager who has made dates for many Of the
great women lecturers of the last thirty years.
MISS ADELAIDE HASSE, Of the Aston Ii
brary. on Women Librarians Miss Hasse con-
Quoted the first training class In connection with
public library In this country, and made the
FIRST attempt to collect for the United States
Government file of its own publications.
MRS MARGARET f. sANGsTER. on wo-
Of "Harper's Bazaar" She gives valuable instruc-
struction to the novice and helpful suggestions
10 the initiated worker on all periodicals.
MISS MARY f. WILKINS. on Requisites for
Authorship. Miss wilkins is a famous story
teller and deneator of quaint characters. who
gained her reputation by persevering in the face
OF many dscouragements.
MRS. MARTHA MCULLOCH WILLIAMS. on
Magazine Writing Mrs Williams is journal
ist and writer OF Southern stories. who describes
the technical part OF the work OF writing for
periodicals. and tells what not to do.
DIR. HARRIETTE c. KEATINGE. on Women
In Medicine. Dr. Keatinee is a member of So
rosis and one OF the most energetic women doc
tors OF New-York City.
MISS l. H. SUTLIFFE, on the Trained Nurse
Miss sutiffe is director OF the Training School
OF the New-York Hospital
DR.. MARGARETA A. STEWART. on Den
ustry as Profession. DR.. Stewart is o practis
Ing dentist Of twelve years experience. a gradu-
ate OF the Philadelphia School of Dentistry a
postgraduate of the New-YOrk Dental School
and has taken a degree as a practising physi-
clan
MRS. w. G. JONES. on Success In Stage Life
Mrs Jones has been before the footlghts for
sixty years a child. girl and woman. and was
leading lady at the old Bowery Theatre when
mat theatre was considered the best in town.
She was the original Eliza when Uncle Toms
cabin was played for the first time in New
iork City. Afterward she took the part OF
Topsy. and at different times played in all the
STOCK companies of forty OF fifty years ago.
MRS. ELEANOR GEORGEN. on the Study of
dramatic Art. Mrs. Georgen has been for thir-
'een years teacher Of the technique OF action.
eiocution etc. in the American Academy OF
Dramatic Arts
MISS EMILY HUNTINGTON. on the Art OF
looking. Miss Huntington Is teacher IN the
Ne"-fork Cooking School. one OF the pioneer
Instructors IN the culinary science and an au-
'nofity on the work already done in this branch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
S~F>n&f
COMPETENT PROOFREAnERS.
EDUCATION IN MANY BRANCHES NECES-
sARy TO THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE.

EDUCATION IN MANY BRANCHES NECES-
sARY TO THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE.
In regard 10 the business OF proofreadng. allow
me TO put in my protest against the assumption
that proorreadng Is a trade that can be acquired
IN n few weeks or months by any one who mas
fair education. II is a mistake TO assume that the
principa duty OF a reader is the correction OF errors
OF spelling and punctuation There are scores OF
graduates OF colleges-men OF learning and ability
uho have unsuccessuy tried TO read proof In book
houses-who will certify 10 the correctness or my
assertion that much OF the knowledge required OF
a good proofreader is not taught In the schools
Neither is 1t laid down In books. and II can ne
acquired only by practical work when the student
Is Young and willing TO do the drudgery OF ltera-
ture
I make however, objection TO the employment
of women as proofreaders. Our house has women
readers and is we'll pleased with their work. They
have also the approval and often the commenda-
t,on Of exacting authors They are successful be-
cause they have been trained as typesetters ana
have qualified themselves by continued reading and
study after work hours.
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women those each field who are best quhed to @ hs
preliminary training; second of the work. and third the
cases ALL the writers are women VINO nave All
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testimony of with whom brought
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the relief work OF various feature all but entirely
the history civilized nations The women these rene bodies
bookkeeping
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spectacle the above would have been forever mpo
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the need time money and strength IN eaoh walk
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these columns the best teachers the ways ana means
and hint how to accomplish the seemingly I'M
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launched the pursuit OF one these VIII be useful guides breathe
encouragement ugger along difficult road and show inspiration to
everrenewed effort
The invitation speak The
subjects has called forth hearty from
quarter following contributors printed today
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
PEASANTS FIGHT
 TURKISH TROOPS,
Eight Thousand Ottoman Regulars Engage in Con- fIicts, and Have Occupied and Burned Four Villages, Causing
 COnSternatiOn.

ATHENS. Feb. 6.-Sanguinary con- fiicts continue between the Turkish troops and the peasants in Thessaly. It is reported that the Turks have oc- cupied several villages. and that a hun dred persons have been killed.
 LONDON. Feb. 7.-The Athens corre- sp0ndent of the Times says. The Turks. after severe fighting. have occupied and burned four villages in the Agrapha district. In the north of Acarnania. about midway between Arta and Do Enolso. Eight thousand Turkish troops were engaged in the conflicts.
 n IS reported that in the neighbor- hood of palaetastron the Turks were repulsed 4 panic prevails among the inhabitants Of the neutral zone. The Greek outposts have been strengthened. and the situation is omin0us IL Is probable that the Cretan question will be dropped until the evacuation of Thessaly has been secured.
 The Coustantinopie correspondent of the Mall says: The candidacy of Prince George of Greece for the xoveFnorship of Crete and the Cretan question gen. erally have been sbelved for the pres ent
 The suifsn's progress through stam- bout was magnificent spectacle. There Nas ng disorder
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07

Hinkle is not willing to commit his ves- sel to the fury of the storm now raging on the Pacific. Reports from Ft. Can- by station are that the wind off the coast is blowing seventy-five miles an hour and increasing.
 The pressure ef the public tc serure accommodations on the Alaskan bound steamers almost brought disaster to the expedition at the start. The soldiers had not seen their quarters until the steamship was ready to leave port When they found that ali fifty-ona of them had been assigned fo a low room 20x95 feet between the decks they re- monstrated. The quarters assigned were on a level with the water line Fifty-one men were expected to spend five days there. Separated from them only by piles Of freight were fiftyhorses and many dogs.
 compromise was finally suggested by which the soldiers were allowed to roll up in their blankets on the floor Of first-class parlors and saloons. The cabin passengers gave unanimous con- sent. Al Astoria the quarters deserted by the soldiers were quickly filled up by new passengers.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
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 T don't know why I did 1t. I don't know why I did it," he said. so sadly. so hopelessly that all who heard the words felt that the man had two sides to his nature. He certainly did not simulate grief. and 1t seems hard 10 be- lieve that the man who committed so shocking q crime could feel such poig- nant grief. At times he was overcome with a flood of memories that almost crushed him. Then he would recits any little thing in mitigation. as # it relieved his troubled spirit, as when hs Eohhiugly said "I tried to save Susie after ! did is. 1 went and got a doe tor." For moment e seemed as B the nan told she truth when he said bs gss sns and faA uf resnerse while he sat hoillnE bts asinE sistsr'a hand. Aftes heisH aas tala. ai ihs very aut- ses uf the uFnceeslinEs. fhat hs Nas un- Ger ng ts..Esfia1 ta HFeak fhef ae threats wnail eg waso and na rewards aHtrft he aaf t 1ntfrfanf tHf aft. lialian. Eat 2 staa { arl ffFe ae i eia naskf voluntary tllfesE.ea tEat { ara agiily sna fkst 5 -Tauf fs confess HleQt better laat night after talking Co the repogteTs."
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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-07
MAY TRY TO STOP
 THE RELIEF TRAIN.
Canada Sending Mounted Police to the Yukon to Prevent the American Expedition From Reaching Dawson Without Paying
 Customs Duties.

SALT LAKE, Feb. GA special to the Tribune from Butte. Mont, says: Information received from Lethbridge. on the Canadian boundary. is to the effect that great excitement has been caused there by orders received from the Dominion Government that every man of sie mounted fStsifce4 hold iIiinseif in readiness to proceed to the Yukon at a moments notice for temporary duty Superintendent Dean has re- eeiyed notice to go to Mcleod to re- iIeye Major Steele, wha was ordered to the Yukon and had Ieft for that place before the arrival If the second mes sage. Five men also were ordered fo the Yukon and left yesterday.
 The orders. which were received by wire by the officers in command from the division. are said to be due to the existence of serious trouble between the Canadian and United States au- thorities in Alaska relative to the at- tempt by the Americans to get provis- ions into the Yukon free of duty, osten- sibiy for the relief of distress, but in reality for sale to the highest bidders.
 VICTORIA. Feb. s-The steamer Queen left this morning with ever 50o miners for the Yukon. She sill be foi- lowed tomorrow by the Danube with over 2oQ more. Over loo miners licenses for the Yukon district were lrsucd yes terfay and aimost as many teddy by the Collector of Customs lie has As. sued over agtE daily since the llccnses hnNe arrived
 a party h1s been ofEaniEed here "a rafrr an egEisinr Hnffa ftsHs ou fhe ffastaiiraea River fg ui8 taAs Cd large eiee1 fsisn8sf sinallar so sh. se
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 Fne cylinder Wfn ts faAa~ nter ar teF spr af bulll s.elga kegHcaghsn sfN he made ss the next session of the ioeai legislature Eer a taaflcs fes fastaay from Observatory iule1 to Cl"nora. to connect with the TesIin Lake Railway This win give a route from the coast tsN Damsey <rlI in Canadian territory.
 ASTORIA Or, Feb s-The steamer Elder. on which is the Governments Kiondike relief expedition. after ad- vanclng hundred miles down the Co- iumhla River. Is tied up here. Captain