Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-11-21

, people. and | don't know their name
or number. You 60 out on the end of
the D. avenue line and take the road
lat turns to the left. and they
live up on the highlands. Can you
tell me who they are?"Still other ex-
amples of vagueness of inquire are
| these:
Have you a telephone on H ave
nue. that the call number is or the
last number is 81"
Il want two numbers on T-street.
One is upstairs and the other is
down."
Give me the number of the best
grocery store out on s. street."
Whats the number of new teIe
phone on o. street?"
Give me Mrs. Cook on O. avenue;
the telephone is in her fathers name"
That, in fact, Information" is per
sonally acquainted with everybody In
| town seems to be assumed frequently
by those who resort to her assistance
One subscriber wants to know the
Cemetery" Another would like to
discover if state attorney W Is In
the city today. Still another inquiries
for local "poetess whose first name
| begins with c." One demands "Give
me the name of hair dresser where
you don't have to make an appoint
ment, and give it to me quick, too"
1t Is something cs poser to Inform
| atom to have to reply to-"Do you
know Mr.. King whose coachman is a
| colored mann" Sometimes the sub
scriber who is behind such interroga.
| lions gets mad because Information"
cannot come to bis aid.
Misrepresentation, indeed, as to the
particular young woman at Central
is supposed to purvey leads to a great
many questions as to matters that are
quite outside the pale ofthe telephones
legitimate business, One person, for
example, wants to know If law has
| lately been enacted aginst sending
| souvenir postal cards by mail. Another
| seeks guidance as to which playhouse
1
Some seem to suppose that the ex-
change is kind of municipal lost arti
| Giles department, for a typical cues
| ton is Information, please tell me
the number to cali to find something
| that was lost" Another of the same
kind is this Can you tell me If a lit
tie round black purse was found in the
| car going to W. Thursday night?"
J, Again requests have been registered
for the telephone company to remove
dead animals
| One man would like to find out
when he can become a voter, another
how soon he can have a glass of
whisky sent up to his room. The pop
ulation of various American cities is
frequently called for. Requests for
telephone numbers in London or Ber-
lin are not unknown, for a surprising
number of people have notion that
telephone message can be transmitted
through the Atlantic cables. The
exact time of day is hourly in cues
ton; the result of the ball game, the
horse race or the prize fight, the loca-
ton of the fire, and the details of
railroad and steamer arrivals and de-
partures are constantly asked for and
are anticipated. Nor is it at all un-
usual for Central" to be asked to
settle bets, which is naturally rather
out of her line.
Receiving all manner of odd in
quiries Information" must, like all
good operators, be courteous, PROMPT
and accurate. Her work of taking care
of the legitimate and reasonable de-
minds of the public, which, of course
predominant, is exacting enough. For
this and for the numerous Inquiries
not strictly within the province of a
telephone company to answer, per
haps. but still so regular that they
have become a sort of matter of
course. every facility is given her in
the exchange. When one Of the odd
"posers" comes her way she has
sometimes to do as the rest of Us
would in like circumstances. On the
whole she deserves large share Of
credit and consideration as one of the
community's most used and abused in
Sti4utions.