The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-17

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men cnms Tbs has. however said 80
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withal for suitable hhetious Nora h,i
been trained IN q telephone mans h.Is
and knew her business.
There have been many instances Ia
which hanging have lecn stayed hy ts'a.
phone JuEt at the last minute Tho dav
has gone by when "a foam covered ho-.a
bearing q dust covered hder daShNs 10
mhdly With a r~crrieve from tho Goveror
% save n man with the moose already aiou.
his neck. The telephone docs ali su.h
work now and another picturesque story
for newspapers has gone by the bard
The Western episode 81 ~telephonins IN a
fort for troops has n counterpart IN another
direction, that Of the field n peaoe out
West there are TELEPHONE circuits In certain
remote sections where. daily newspaper,
do not come, and Il n the custom for tbose
on tho circuit 10 60 20 their telephones Al A
| certain hour, take down their recei vers and
listen IN III news OF the day as IL il read
In bulletin from a city miles and miIe,
away; IL Is long distance work. but ii ia
Probably the most noted instance oi hnz
i distance work occurs daily between Boston
and Omaha. A certain business housa
talks over that distance daily. 1t requires
the most expert operators and the message
are OF the whispering kind, somewhat faint,
but business worth hundreds Of thousandsd
dollars depends upon those conversations.
Talk between New York and Chicago ia an
every hour occurrence, but from Boston To
Omaha Is probably the limit which modern
long distance t~elephoning has reached.
1t Is said that the Gar has a telephone With
a m~icrophone attachment in his palace
whereby he listens TO the debates in the
Duma. While this has not been confirmed
q telephone official in this city said the other
day that 1t was entirely possible. He
added that II the Gar did not take ad.
vantage Of this opportunity to hear per.
sonally what the Duma was doing, 1t was
because Of the old adage that listeners
seldom hear any good Of themselves.
The question came up the other night
between two telephone men as to whether il !
would be possible for a Catholic priest to
receive a confession over a telephone and
to give absolution: A SUN reporter aAxed
q priest about IT,. He said:
II have never heard Of such an instance
although 10 is said to have occurred
Europe: but it is entirely possible. Inled
the Church has recognized the vaIdT
| Of such action.
'Take an instance. Suppose there
mine disaster, say in Pennsylvania, 1sre
the mine is equipped with. teleploes.
as many Of them are, and several lhers
are cut of hopelessly from rescue. i is
possible for them to talk with those d the
surface. / venture to say that %anysrest
would receive a confession and givabso-
luton in that way. The Church Iways
recognizes emergencies and, for iysef,
l should give absolution to a macut of
without the slightest question. ope we
shall never have to do it, but il sue a stu
alton arises there will be no dou; Of the
action Of any priest
While eating O meal in some restaurant a
man or a party Of men and woen may
talk with others at like functios or con-
verse on business with oficesor listen
to entertainments or speeches byelPhone.
And the end has not come yet.
Cupid has perched himself IN many q
wire when messages were gdag over II;
1t may be possible some day ever TO hold
funerals by telephone. The tnck Holding
the baby up to the receive so hat the
family physician may tell the kindd cough
he has is an old one.