The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-04
JACK THE E|EPH|)NER'
RESOURCEFULs YOUNG MAN ANUS
ING HIAlSELFt AT EXPENSE OBJ
SOCIETY MATRONS
MANY women ARE pERPLExED
Plausible Conversation OF Unknown
Joker Has Already Resulted In
Several Annoying COmpIica-
lions I'm Exclusive Circles.

There have been Jack the Huggers.
Jack the Kisserse Jack the Clippers and
various other kinds of Jacks. It remain
ed for st. Paul to1exolve an entirely new
member of the Species. Jack the TeEe-
phoner has arrived He has thus been
christened by a bevy Of young matrens
ON st. Anthony hill, who speak his name
in excited whispers. Beyond that name
all is mystery, dark and forbidding mys-
terry.
AS Jack the Hugger's pet penchant was
the embracing OF unwilling damsels; as
Jack the KisSers particular weak mss
was frequent osculatory indulgences
with lassieS vino did net at all resemb e
Barkis; as Jack the Clippers favor t :
fad was the cutting from dark or sunny
head single tress so Jack the Tele-
phoners escapades have likewise en- In
the thieving line. Yet so delicate has
been the gentleman's method, SO nice a
sense has he shown of the aesthetic Mt
ness of things that che almost nes1tateS
before condemning him. But he is s eai-
ing the time of busy -matrors. He is
masquerading under false cCtors. There
is no coarse sentime ntality about thl
latest Jacks method of spprca- ne the
fair sex In fact Jack Only RESEMBLES
other Jacks in that the fair sex IS the
object of his singular rersecu, ion. This
POI |AN~ASA Oc@Oh SpCi1uS i41o I-AAAS IC4OPAhOAA
ing. In some manner he obtains tie
name of matron. learns someth -ng
about the family and then rings Up
us this Mrs. b? asks cultivated mas
culine voice over the 'lhone. If by
chance it is the maid Mrs. B. is sum-
moned. It's the '1ady Of the hos e'' or
nobody with Mr.. Jack the TelephCner.
The conversation that follows IS always
mystifying to the lady at the phone.
1nc- ic ,ie,i,, to 10
speaks like an old acquaintance ana
gllbly evading the sure to-be-asked ques-
ton, "Who is this RS mentions the latest
play, the last time he has had the pleas
ure of dining at Mrs. BIS home, etc. 1t
is Jack who invariably breaks eff the
conversation, leaving the lady at tie
other end of the phone in a condition
of nervous perplexity
He has such a nice, refined voice and
he is so evidently UP to date" said one
f1ustered matron discussing at a small
luncheon the audacious creature. When
he called me up Twas certain 1t was
Mr.. x, who was coming up that vefy
evening with his wife to have dinner. but
Mr.. x. said that he had never telephon-
ed"
Mrs B. had a more annoying expert
ence than that, ",irelated another matron
She and her husband We're going to dine
Wlun Mf. ana Mrs. A., WHO are their pest
friends, you know. Early in the after
noon the telephone rang, and Mrs. B. an
swered it. ''This is Jay." said a mas
culine voice. NOW Jay is the name of
MIR. A, but although the four are old
friends the women are not in the h<b,t
of calling their friend S husband by his
first name. However, Mrs. B. passed 1t
off, and after remark about the weather
the man said, I'm coming up to dinner
tonight. Will explain when 1 get Their"
and before Mrs. B. had time to mcre
than gasp the man rung off. Site was in
a dilemma. She waited awhile and then
called up Mr.. A. s office, but was tod
. he was out. Unf0r5pnately the AS nave
no telephone at the house When her
husband came hcnae she told him, ana
he suggested that they letter wait at
home. They did, but TO Mr.. A. appear
ed. The next day there was much teIe
phoning back and forth, and it was fina!-
ly made clear that Mr.. A had never tele-
phoned."
''Horrid creature" chorused the wom-
en- guests. "Who in the world is hep"
''And who, indeed?" queries many @ hers.