Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-18
TELEPHONE GIRLS
HAVE COOP CLUB
BIRMINGHAM OPERATORS GIVE A
RECEPTION TO THEIR MOTH
ERs m CLUB ROOMS.
PLAN A GREAT SUCCESS
All Profits Of the Club Are Used for
Entertainment and Decorating
Rest Rooms.

Birmingham, Ala.-Every mother
whose daughter is at work would like
TO know the conditions under which
she works, the opportunities for ad-
vancement and would like 10 be able
to visit the institution and see these
things for herself.
The mothers of Bell telephone oper-
ators enjoy this privilege. Not only
that, but they are invited to come
in a body and are entertained with
music and refreshments, and are urg-
ed to inspect the operating rooms and
other quarters and to make sugges-
tons for improvement.
Recently the Coop Club OF Birming-
ham, Ala, rendered a reception to the
mother of its members. The Coop
Club is composed of the operators Of
the Bell Telephone company in Biz
mingham. The club has complete
charge of the retiring rooms, rest
rooms, dining room and kitchen,
which the company has provided for
the female employees.
All the meals are served under the
direction Of a committee and the prof
its are used by the club for its en-
tertainment and for adding to the at
Effectiveness of the rest rooms.
The company furnishes the matron,
cook, cooking utensils, light, heat, Chi
ma, silverware, ice, seasonings, coffee,
and tea. The committee makes a
small charge for lunch, which is Of
ten less than car fare and care -
taken to see that each days menu
contains wholesome, nutritious food.
Every operator is enthusiastic over
the plan and the mothers receptions,
held at stated intervals, are often at
tended by more than two hundred
mothers who are equally interested
The mothers visit the operating
room and see their daughters at work
learn Of their progress and know that
they are as comfortable and well cared
for as if they were in their own
homes
In all of its exchanges, the Bell COM
pany provides attractive rest rooms
for its operators and in the larger
cities there is also dining room and
kitchen conducted under the supervis-
ion of committee of employees.
The result of this plan has been to
increase the efficiency of the service,
maintain a fine esprit de corps and to
keep the young women happy and
comfortable while at work.-Adv.
Sentiment Favors Tax Law.
There can no longer be any room
for doubt that the tax equalization law
passed by the last legislature is grow
ing in popularity all the time and that
any effort to make of it a campaign
issue next year is more than likely due
to fail. The result of Judge Harris
trips throughout the state to educate
the people are becoming so evident
that even those who were most hos
tile to the law are being brought to
see the necessity of it.
The Judge was in his office, after
visiting several sections OF Georgia.
He has recently visited several coun-
ties in south Georgia, and is great
ly pleased over conditions, generally,
as he saw them. He is especially
gratified over the farming conditions.
This year, he said, has been a remun-
erative one from the standpoint of
farming, and especially to the Georgia
farmer. The farmers of Georgia have
been blessed with perhaps better than
an average cotton crop, for which
they are getting fairly remunerative
prices, and the unusual season has
made it possible to gather the crop
in the best of condition. The corn crop
is an excellent one and altogether the
farming operations have been success
full. South Georgia appears to me
in splendid condition.
Eggs Sixty Gents Dozen.
The women Of Atlanta are aiding
the department of justice in trying
to figure out who gets the 100 per
cent. profit on eggs which are sold in
the country at 80 cents and cost fifty
or sixty cents when retailed in the
city.