The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-26
COMPANY HOUSED HELLO GIRLS
nrDN,r LET THEN 60 HONE FOR
ItR THEI NiGHT STAY.
me, were Escorted to the Nearest Hotels
fhlef operators and NIatron> thnper-
onlns Them. and Merry Time They
Had at Their Employers Expense.

oplng Them, AMI Merry Time They
Had at Their Employers Expense.
Tho dsv shift Of telephone girls in the
h.,se. Of the New York Telephone
con,nanv. about 200 in all, didn't get home
y, su last night They were qunrtered
+, seyerl hotels, properly chaperoned, and
,bo company paid for their meals. The
i'd themselves weren't asked about It,.
Tbav had 10 spend the night "a the guests
n tbe company, and they made the best
Of
A. the storm grew worse In the after
,oon and reports began to come in that
Tho cars and the railroads were having a
Iot NJ trouble. the officials Of the telephone
oompany decided that there was pretty
GOOD chance that good many of the girls
IN tba night shift wouldn't turn up.
Calls were coming in lunches and the
oomnanv cou'dn, afford TO take chance
an being short handed IN the evening So
general order was sent out that all Of the
Ssv girls would he housed in hotels near
he exchanges last night. as the guests Of
the company. after they were relieved.
7, was announced that this prcCaution
~ss taken because some of tho giIls might
No, be able ~ plough their way through
he drifts Anyway, enough girls who
Lad worked all day were retained in the
svenine 70 attend 10 all Of the switchboards.
All the afternoon inspectors from the eX-
char res we're out arran ging for hotel ac-
comnodntions. When II came time for the
girls 10 quit work they were escorted in
fatches chaperoned by chief operators
and matrons 10 the hotels, where they
we're fed and nut to bed.
Tho girls took II a. n good deal Of picnic
and raised such a chatter in the dining room
-, u wi
M Almost all Of the girls had been re-
iiayed from dury hv g o'clock so they had
10 spend the evening entertaining each
other The official chaperons kept pretty
close watch on them.
The Westminster Hotel at Sixteenth
street and Irving place, was the abiding
Mace Of eighty-three girls from the Chelsea
and Gramercy exchanges. A delegation
from Broad and Cortlandt. 100 strong, was
divided tstween the st, Denis and the Hotel
Albert The Herald Square and the Cos
mopotan housed lao girls from down town.
Thirty girls from the Madison Square
central were housed in the Gilsey. smaller
groups were distributed in many other
obstetrics.
In Brooklyn the same plan was followed.
None Of the girls who had been on duty
during the day was allowed to go home.
The company wa MT bit stIngy with its
hospitality. The girls had the best rooms
b he had, and in no case were more than two
elrl put In one room. They were allowed
10 order anything to eat they wanted. and
the company paid. In fact, there We're only
two things 10 mar the fun. One OF them was
that they were not allowed to talk TO persons
In trousers other than the walters The
other was that they didn't have their
nighties with them
The delegation that put up at the West
Minister had a fine time. They arrived
IN bunch just after o'clock and chartered
In the dining room in way that woke up
The stsid old house Dinner over. at about
s o'clock they adjourned to a parlor on
the ground floor, where there was a piano
The instrument worked overtime for about
two hours and everybody joined in the
ohorlses
Some Of he old time guests Of the hote
who haven't gone 10 bed later than o o clock
b. years broke their rule last night TO share
the fun.
A. the He aid Square the girls had fully
a. good time \ piano was found on he
second floor there and it took a lot Of
punishment,
Al the St Denis most Of the dodgers
were late in ARR wing. "a they came from
the Cortlandt exchange and were obliged
10 remain M their posts to put through
lthe rush Of Jersey calls which 90 through
THAT exchange
= Manager Lawrence of the Gramercy
-hangc. who was at the Westminster
keeping an eve ont for the comfort of his
TEMPORARY wards said that only about 80 per
cent. Of the girls due TO 20 TO work in the
evening appeared Their places we're filed
by operators vino had been at work all day.
These girls put in the night at the SWITCH
boards too, but they got double pay for
the extra hours and day off to-day at full
pay besides. Not much kicking was heard
Manager Lawrence said that few girls
who lived near the exchanges or close to
the subway we're allowed to 90 home Mt
the end Of the working day Those who
we're sent TO hotels, no said. felt assured
that their parents wouldn't worry, be
cause the company had notified the families
OF the girls Of their whereabouts. either
by telegraph, telephone or messenger.