The sun., 1899-12-16
HELLO GIRLS ON A FR0LIC.
CENTRzLD GETS UP A Snow IN
BROOhLrN ASD ENJOYS HkRsELF.

Programme All Carried Out Except eth,
New OPERATOR" which n Cynical Cor.
poration Sat On--"Mndgo Fox" Made
Everybody Happy, n She Did Work Late.
1.-THE operator is a little slow In nswerina
your ring at the telephone to-day, she has
good and SUFFICIENT reasons for being sleepy.
There was q telephone operators entertain
ment and reception at Prospect Hall.
Brooklyn. last night. II was arranged BY
the operators from as far south as
Tottonvils. as far north as KinRsbridRe. as far
cast as CoAey Island. and a. far west as New
ark. 1t BEGIN at quarter past O'Clock. over
came is i6ertla about midnight and was In
rorId ac'iot shortly before The Sun went to
press
The entertainment part Of the programme.
as 1t was originally planned. was TO have
ended with the first and only perform
nnce on any stage OF the one-act play,
THE New Operator" It was written by
operators. 1t was staged BY operators. II
was to have been acted By operators. But IL
WINS not. The higher authorities Of the tele-
phone company heard some things about tho
play and set to work to discourage It's produce
tion. They gave as reason that they
thought the play would not elevate
the public opinion OF tho telephone girl
This intimation was repelled with soorn and
derision by the author. the actors and their
friends. Nevertheless. 1t was considered dis
Greet not to oppose the company openly
1t was given out In the gossip over the
wires that the entertainment was In the
hands OF the private exchange operators"
that none but private exchange operators"
were to be present and that all tho actors In
the performance were to be professionals"
hired for the occasion.
hn har NJ ri t,ra
who gathered at Prospect Hall last night
was truly remarkable. There were at least
ten, girls for every, private switchboard
within, radius OF ten miles OF tho
Some 5 hcm wore sSrf IT Tets ,hsas Sar
down tholr back The hail was big and thero
weren't GTitc enough Of n, hsm e h Il They
tprivnte exchanges. Of course and giggled by
groups when the performance pleased them.
the hall all al tn" time. One One was. Is Joe @ here here
Ss,;" and The answer to Il was Invariably;
n would ask %SS edo DOING H
Name and out OF corner would come the
women and the boys into fts Of JOY. The pro-
fessoqae trcal vaudeville profes sionals) who
show learned these things In the course OF tho
evening and gained great appreciation for
so many OF lstacles were thrown In tho way
ment announced at midnight, that 10 was
impossible TO present II at that late
the soulless and hard-hearted corpot alton con-
trolling the destin inies OF one OF the young per-
sons had refused to let her OF ahead OF time
for the furthsrnnce Of her theatrical am btions.
The performers to whom parts in the play
had been assigned were Introduced to the
audience. one by one. under the names set
down In the programme. The audience. which
familiar wah the face appertatnlng to tho
energetic pounding OF feet
The Brooklyn trio, who were to have oper-
ated the switchboards In The New Operator"
and sung tho while, tried to sing Annie
Laurie" Tho piano man got on the key aud
couldn't get back, The trio went In search OF
T. with remarkable results. The audience was
impolite enough to smoker. AZ last some
Pull out that plug" and the trio retired in
u was Just about midnight when tho young
woman named on the bills as "MadRe Fox"
apd who was to have enacted tho title
role, Of the play. overcame the 'ob-
.,sslss%% n, heSstpiOss Sss ,ssma ,ssmisr,ea e and
room. 1hisTed Ssr-eH into 'a' nutfy n blue la dsns.
stage. She sang three rag.tlms songs Her
methods were original but expressive; she
was sinuous person but convulsive
II the management had not rung tho
curtain down the crowd would have
been yelling for more recalls at this minute.
and the entire telephone service Of the metro-
The floor was cleared for general dancing
and the gathering was reinforced by the oper-
ators who had Just finished work.