Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-22


minds me of the story of the sign
tackled to the wall just above the pull
pit in a church in the early days or
the wild west. reading as follows:
Don't shoot the organist. He's do
ing his best Don't kick against the
focal manager and the hello girls
DO hard They are doing almost as
well as they can under the circum-
stances. Put your kicks in against
the Southwestern Telegraph and Tel
ephone company for not providing bet
ter accommodations for taking care
of the patrons OF the Pine Bluff ex-
change The capacity is wholly mad
euuate to meet the requirements. or
present facilities may not be utilized
to best advantage. There is no doubt
but what there is great dissatsfac
ton among the patrons of the ex-
change, but protest against the in.
adequate facilities should be made
to the company SO strong that it will
provide better ones. 1t is reported
that the company intends erecting
building of its own the coming sum
mer on their lot at the corner of Sec
ond avenue and Walnut street, and
it is hardly probable that the COM
pany will place the present exchange
in the new building without increas-
ing its capacity so as to meet all de-
mands. 1t is also quite probable that
the company will net make any eX
tensve improvements or the present
exchange if they contemplate build
ing the coming summer. as it would
increase the cost of mOving.. am
disposed to kick on the service be
ing rendered In fact, | think did
the first kicking that Was done in
the newspapers. but | have been III
cined to put in my kicks where /
thought they would do the most good
-dSdlilSt Tie S0lllil pan. lOl liS Slioa2
dy" treatment of its Pine Bluff pa
irons. The old and ut-ofGate svs-
TEN and switchboard used is one
which makes It impossible for the eN-
change to respond promptly to all
calls during the busy part of the day.
There are many complaints to the
effect that the exchange girls are
discourteous toward substrib afs.
know that there are many subscrib
ers who are discourteous to the ex-
Ahange girls. use the telephone
very often myself every day. Not
many days ago called the exchange
fer a connection. The "heIo girl
was a little slow in responding, but
apologizcd by saying she was re
spending to calls ahead Of mine !
told her that il was all right and tia
her apology was satisfactory. Sac
thanked me for my courteous
response and SAID that there We're
many who did not know how to adj
dress Il telephone girl respeetfaiiH,
but spoke to them as if they We're not
human and wholly devoid of feeling.
| merely mention this incident to
show that there are two sides to the
question, and also to demonstrate
the idea that it does not aid sub
scriber in getting good service to
because she may not attend to your
calls as promptly as you may THINK
she should, because she may be de-
ing the best she can, and even i
she is lot. it doesn't make her hurry
a bit to abuse her. A telephone girl
can be lesentful.
The exterior appearance OF the
Elks theater could be very much I'M
proved if the rubbish in front OF the
building was removed. A little clean
ing up of the sidewalk and the street
wouldn't hurt anything at all.
Engand's peace motto is, BE We'll
prepared for war | think the bes'
means of preventing crime in city
and the best way to keep criminals
cut of a city is to have police force
sufficiently strong to look we'll after
the criminal element. The alderman
who conceived tie idea of reduclns
the police force to two chiefs, two
patrOlmen and Cow catcher ought
to be in the Arkansas legislature. His
present job as a member OF the city
council OF Pine Bluff is entirely too
large for a gentleman OF his ieSlsia-
tive calihre