The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-01


receive to some subterranean dungeon
where the beautiful gifts will be cast
to await the fatal day when the holo-
caust will take place that will rob them
OF all their pretty presents.
Telephone girls in Chicago receive as
many presents of miscellaneous KINDS
as do their sisters in San Francisco or
any other city. Perhaps more.
These presents generally take the
form of flowers. boxes Of candy, and
books, though often there are other and
more valuable gifts, and, as one of the
telephone girls said one night last week
in hushed whisper when speaking on
this subject, land there was one girl,
| girl with bright auburn hair, that sat
right next to me, and she had an awful
pretty voice, and honest, once she got
a diamond ring. Cross my heart and
| body II she didn't"
| Merchants send the telephone girls
| presents whenever the fancy strikes
/, them, and it is quite the thing for bus
| mess men of all kinds to remember the
girls at Christmas time.
| Services Are Remembered.
! Telephone girls are often in position
| to render some little service to the pa
| irons of the line and sometimes these
| services are remembered and little
| present sent to the girl.
| The '.hello" girl sometimes plays the
part of Dan Cupid. There was young
| man on the South Side who had been
| denied the pleasure of calling upon the
young woman whom he adored, or even
seeing her at any time or place.
The young woman had been forced
to give her word to her cruel parents
| hot cho nnt no
and, like the dutiful daughter that she
was she kept her word.
i But she had not promised not to talk
to the young gentleman over the tele-
phone, and so the young man was in
| the habit of calling her up several times
day.
Stern papa was at home much Of the
time in the afternoon, and so the tele-
phone girl on that circuit, who had be-
come interested in the lovers. used to
call up the house herself when the lover
would ring up. If papa answered the
telephone girl would merely say sweet
ly, Testing the line, please" and that
would be all for awhile. But after
awhile the telephone girl would call up
again, and then If the young mans
sweetheart answered. the telephone
girl would call up the young man and
l
hearts delight.
Silk Dress and Candy.
| Parental objection was Withdrawn af-
ter awhile, and there was a wedding,
and the telephone girl received a silk
dress besides a set of books and two
boxes of candy.
The telephone girls say they don't
quite see how Mr.. Sabin will burn up
| -
clined, which is still matter of con-
lecture.
when my presents come" said one
girl, 'Td like to see Mr.. Sabin get hold
of them. If he can beat me to them all
right he can burn them up, but don't
see how he is going to do it.
whenever any one sends me any
thing it's the last thing I would think
of to drag the present around the office
and tell everybody about it.
II simply take it home and enjoy II
there. So how would Mr.. Sabin know
anything about what presents receive
don't believe that story about his
burning up presents, anyhow.
Presents are only sent to telephone
girls as rewards for being obliging, and
courteous, and oatient, and all that; and
I think Mr.. Sabin would like to see as
many girls as possible get all the pres
ents they could, for it would show how
much the customers of the telephone
company appreciate the service
Presents Her Own.
. "My presents are my own,' said an.
other girl, land I'd just like to see any.
body burn them. Why, I'd have Their
arrested for arson. Indeed I would. Tn
going to keep right on receiving every.
: thing that is sent to me, and I'm goine
: to keep what get, too.'
Mr.. Sabin's secretary said that such &
: thing as burning up the presents re-
: ceived by the girls was not contem
plated.
: "Just the same" said one of the girls
IF anybody else ever calls me up an(
tells me that I have been a real nict
: little girl and that they are going t.
|: send me present I am going to tel
them to please send it to my street ant
number and not for a million dollar!
bring it around where anybody in thu
burning story, but I don't propose t.
|. take any chances"
: Butte Girls Indignant.
< AS the clipping was handed back t.
: the Butte girl she began to talk, ant
the way the Chicago telephone superin
tendent was denounced was caution
: I'D never stand it for minute,
said the young woman. 'The idea O
< taking presents away from girl, jus
because she happens to be employed il
a telephone office! I guess not
From source considered AUTHORITATIVE,
+ it may be stated that the Butte girl
will never lose presents that may b.
! made to them by patrons of the com
| pany
!. ALWAYS IN A HURRY.