The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-24
GETS A TIP FROM
CONFIDENTIAL ADVISER
CensuTes Him for Using "HOw-
Darcy e-yOu-Ca|I-Me-Up"
Tones

He came into his office hui riedly
took off his coat, laid aside his hat
rolled up his sleeves and seized the
telephone n tasR
Main naught double naught" he
said in loud, ringing tones, as if com
manding a gang Of laborers to "pul
together
Central calmly repeated the mum
her.
That's what ! said, was his blunt
-eply Then, between grints, to his
confidential adviser, as he lighted a
cigar and frowned:
/ Whoever invented telephones, any
how? or all the exasperating, idiotic
nerye-racking instruments of torture
| they're It. Never tried in my life to
Get number when | was in hurry
that | didn't have to wait at least sew
enteen minutes" i.
Began Shaking The Hook
His confidential smiled comfortably.
The other, with the receiver at his
eas, began shaking the telephones
hook. Then he swore.
"lt's all the way YOU 90 about it,"
the confidential adviser said finally.
1--WE known you twelve years, Billy.
Your family is one of culture. In
most cases no one has better man
ners than you--but at the telephone,
well. there's only one word to describe
em-they're rotten"
Billy grunted and hung up the re-
ceiyer, His confidential adviser con
tinued.
"ln the first place, | never saw you
in a good humor at the telephone, and
even when you talk to me over the
wire your attitude is one Of man
who has it in for the world in general
ard me in particular.
"ln your business you probably talk
more over the telephone than you do
anywhere else. The company's sub
bcribers are your clients Yet how do
you receive them? Usually it's Hell
10, in tone that seems to say, How
dare you call me up?'
Speak In An Ordinary Tone"
AS billy" was writing letter and
apparently not listening, his friend
went on, sldncing at a telephone dr.
rectorys
Z" Speak In an ordinary tone with
the lips close to the transmitter'
There YOU are. That bit of advice ap-
pears in nearly every telephone book
in the land. If every subscriber OBJ
served this rule the aggravatlons Of
telephone use would be eliminated. lf
every user of telephone was a piece
of we'll oiled machinery there would
be no mo ragings over the wires.
tirst 2 piece of machinery would take
down the receiver and tell the ma
chine called central the number. The
machine, which answered the call,
would reply in we'll modulated voice
1he voices would all be in an ordln-
ary tone because they would be regu-
lated as to pitch and could not change
Of their own will.
But the users of telephones are
rersons--most like you, Billy A man
gets up in the morning with resolu'
tion TO speak gently over the tele'
phone. When he calls another man
over The telephone the conservation
may be satisfactory But before long
lie is liable to talk to man who does
rot answer politely The fine resolve
soon disappears. When he is through
someone else calls him. He has no
oil for his voice so there is still som,
harshness in it, In a minute he has
he next man talking in an uncommon
tone, TOO Before long there are hun
deeds of men and women. all angry
and most of them talking over the
telephone
The Right Telephone Voice
Il USED 10 have a telephone acquain-
tance named Calligan, who was or
der clerk for a large supply company
His chief duty was to receive orders
over the telephone. 1t was pleas
ure to talk to Callgan. He had just
the right voice for telephone-not
too loud. nor too low--bui pleasant
resonant toues that carried well. His
hello In answer TO call was one of