The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-01
,,aep As ALARM CLOCKS.
-. 10 Which Telephones Car
Be Put.

Be Put.
..-..u,ing a telephone exchang
o,e morning recently, the wri
amused to hear an operate
.,,v "Halloa! Halloa! Are yo
1s that you, MIR. Brown? ST
pa .t Time to get up. What? NJ
ee "s last? Not much. Don't be lazy
- e. turn out, goodby." The operate
s ,s"e up the receiver, answered
que ~ CALL" and after she had fin
took the opportunity Of in
s '.;re If she reused many sleeper'
s means of the telephone
H.rsrtainly," she replied, with a
.oubat lofty smile at my ignor
I'VE call up several people who
,'..,o to rise early, and the number is
leasing every month. You see, the
ssore is much more effective than
y ordiuary alarm clock, which stops
49, minute or two, and then, if
=. haven't awakened properly, the
s.,ces are that you'll fall asleep
~, With the telephone that is i'm
..e;b,e for we simply take the re-
r,ver off the hook and the instru.
S.,t at the other end will ring and
M until the party is bound to an.
ser Telephones in private houses,
:. YOU probably know, are increasing
:, tremendous rate, and many Il
.,einess man ha his phone placed
;. table near his bed. Then, OF
.,urse. he can talk to any one he
ssos without troubling to get up.
AS vet we do not raise a great
amber Of sleepers by wire, though,
!. said before, the number is in
.,.asing, and in time l should say
~ 'phone will knock the old fash
,0,ed alarm clock entirely out of the
isid What do we charge for thus
nusing a subscriber? Why, nothing
h.,oud the cost of the call We are
my too glad to do it, and we seldom
mike mistake. Any one who wishes
n be awakened in the morning, how.
res early, has only to look in at the !
nchange or ring us up, state the hour
h desires to be called, and he may |
M perfectly certain that precisely on
me stroke of the time he has men,
toned his telephone will ring, and
untinue to ring until he answers it.
The first time we were asked to
vske UP a subscriber we did think it
/ BIT novel, but | am sure We didn't
cypress any unusual surprise. The
Nnteman who made the premier re-
guest was lawyer who lives in the
rburbs, and who declared that he
ms always losing his train and con-
equently much good business through
rersleeping. He was a bachelor, and
Is there was telephone in his bed
Dom he rang us up one day and asked
I We would contract to call him every
lorning Except Sundays) at 6
clock
Hes a pretty heavy sleeper and
metimes | have kept his bell ring
ls for five minutes before hearing
im growl, All right; I'm up One
lrning, just for fun, | called him
, a second time, about quarter OF
! hour after he had answered the
rt call, and, if you'll believe me,
: had gone back to bed again! But
. was grateful for the interest |
ok in him Gas he thoughD, though
said he couldn't imagine how l
md out that he had returned to his
d. dare say he does it pretty Of
. Il we only knew.
What kind Of people do we wake
BY means of the telephone? Well,
sorts. They are not all men, eth T
several women being among our G
aons There is one lady who has 1
% for rising at o'clock every Il
anlng, summer and winter. What =
does I'm sure l don't know, but l
No an impression that she is a
1'6 and gets through a lot of work
me breakfast. Another lady-a a
doctor, as l found out O.
sntly-I rouse at 6 every morning, H
the exception Of Saturday and il
nay Whether she sleeps longer m
0Ose days, or takes her chance r;
saxlng, | don't know, but we have "
m]unctions not to call her on o.
nornlngs mentioned. Tit Bits. pt