The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-10
VISIT THROUGH LOCAL
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
Scene Of BuSt|e and Activity
That Bewi|ders and AWeS
the Visitor

The Guth ie telephone girls do
get desperate at t:meo, but as yet
have no reached the stage of action
q certai metropolitan CD Oklahoma
town recently took II seems the
girls were daily being annoyed by
some of their patrons dealing ont
abusive language when little hitch
in getting correct parties occurred,
or for some other eason matters did
not move along like clock work. The
hello girls" hold an Indignation
meeling and procured the services OF
q llrsl class s,enographer, 10 whom
they repeated all unpleasant out
burs y while fresh from the lips of
the N0ud-be tyrant A daily huIe-
tin WAS issued and as Il result the
language Of thc community N once
made 4 noticeable imp oyement
Many Unpleasant incidents.
There Is no one who viii deny The
fact thai the hello girls" have their
uonbes perhaps more unpleasant
incidents confront them than IN Al.
other classes OF The WORKING glrf
Bn on the other hand how wise they
do grow and II for one minute they
should so far forge, themselves as to
diynlge bit OF spicy juicy news
passed over the wlres-7wel where
!. would end no one can say-pcf.
haps IN divorce up In The 400, per-
haps an unforgivable quarrel between
aweelheatts Yes, society folks
would hit II here. too, for things are
not always what { ~ seem
"lnforma.ion' Knows Everything.
information, or as She IL some.
times called the know everything
81 h. Is BY the majority of people
supposed 20 be walking encyclo-
pedia Judging from the variety Of
questions put to her Only q few
days ago man in this city called
for information and requested that
she tell him how TO make devlled
eggs The young lady, equal TO the
occasion and thinking him TO be a
bachelor. proceeded tu divulge from
her store of knowledge The proper
ingredients required--a pinch OF salt,
another pinch OF peppes and two
pinches of mustard, with a few drops
OF vinegar sprinkled on the mixture
with, OF course, The warning not to
forget the eggs.
Right here we wonder II the real
motive OF The said gentleman was not
mlsconstrued and the sweet voiced
operator lei golden opportunity
slipw did she not send he sweet
reply oyee the wires-'1 will a.cr-
devil your eggs for you.
A Visit Through the Telephone Ex.
change.
Have you ever had the occasion to
visit your local telephone Office? DO
YOU have any conception as to the
arrangement OF the many different
telephone lines and how II Is made
possible that you can talk from
yonr home to LOO different tele.
phone subscribers in and around
Guthrie. One visit through the OF
fee viii give you good idea how
/ this Is being done and will be OF
great benefit 10 you.
FRS, you enter the terminal room
where the large lead cables iermi
nhAff lufaP NdDlth toutdlu lIDHl - ~
400 pairs OF small copper wires. eacl
clearly insulated from the other, ant
: IT IS through these lead cables tha
all lines enter the telephone build
4 Ing Il Is here that all changes o
switching the lines and numbers arr
made and where the electric eur
rents are furnished for the rhiginl
and the talking
Each telephone line has an ind
vidual lightning protector which al
lows the lightning or heavy electro
currents % pass out into the ground
thereby protecting the telephone
and the swItchboards from seriou
damage that would otherwise occur
In the Operating ROOM.
From here you pass into ihe opel
aiing room whore you find man
young ladies' busy answering III
many hundred calls lhat are give
daily These glrls are actually 70
!, busy 10 even notice you ana abor
all you hear is Number, please" a
, up and down the switchboard fror
one end OF ihe building to the other
The lines are SO arranged on III