Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-11
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Folks who study the emotions are
coming to the conclusion that there is
something dangerous about the tele-
phone-dangerous in this particular:
If a young man of impulsive habits is
at one end Of the line and young
woman at all firtatious is at the other
there is more danger Of their becOm-
ing serious than there would be if they
stood face to face.
Maybe it is something about the tel
ephone itself which softens the voice
OF the young woman and makes it
more alluring and seductive. Possibly
| it is because the mere fact that they
talk to a voice and not to a person
lends an aid to the fancy and makes it
run riot. Anyway there are a number
Of instances to prove that something
serious" has resulted from a tele-
phone conversation.
One of the most remarkable cases on
record is that of ''Mollie" Bogardus, a
! E'hello' girl of Poughkeepsie, and AL
bert Edward Tower, millionaire man
of society and yachtsman. Mollie
was not an exceedingly attractive girl.
Probably if Mr.. Tower had seen her
before he heard her voice over the
telephone he would not have given her
a second thought. For a long time
Tower had no other knowledge of Mol
lie than that he heard her voice over
the wire. People who know the two
o WI chn
speaks to you is nothing dissimilar
from the voice of an ordinary girl, but
when she talks over the telephone it
has peculiar quality which attracts
and holds attention Immediately.
Tower fell in love with the voice aud
now he is to marry the owner of it.
Not long ago business man mar
ried telephone girl with whom his
acquaintance started in scolding She
had committed that "unpardonable
offense" of which the telephone girl is
guilty occasionally, to the annoyance
of the subscriber. She had "cut him
off,
The lrate business man got her on
the other end of the line and pro,
ceeded to read the riot act" He de-
clared he would report her to her man
ager, and that he would see to it that
she was discharged. In fact, he
ranted much as busy, bothered bust
ness man would when something oc-
CURED which interrupted the smooth
course of his business arrangements.
To his surprise the hello girl apol-
ogized-sweetly and contritely she beg
ged his pardon for the offense, which
had been quite unintentional. Then
the business man was sorry, and he
said so. 1t ended, for that time with
the business man apologizing, and then
a mild filtration sprang up. The
business man and the telephone girl
met, and shortly afterwards they
were married.
1t is not always the telephone girl |
herself that conduers over the wire |
frequently it is the other young wo- |
man. There was a certain physician |
who had a rich broker as a patient. |
During the progress of the case it hap
pened that the condition of the patient
became such that the physician was
not required to pay daily visits to the
home, although it was necessary for
him to keep informed as to the in
valid's progress.
To secure this information it was de-
clded that he should call up over the
telephone and inquire of the brokers'
laughter. At first these calls were
merely professional. The daughter
-old how her father was getting along
and the physician directed the doing
II things for his comfort. AS days
vent by the doctor and the daughter
ound other things to talk about in adj
iltlon to the condition of the sick
nan-the condition of the weather, for
Instance, and the prospects for a pleas
mt week
Then gradually they increased the {
cope of their telephone conversations l