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the Capulets just at the time that
Juliet was due to awaken.
1t is indeed fortunate that undertake
ers in those days did not undertake
as they do now. II they had. it would
have robbed Shakespeare Of an excel
lent plot. AS it WAS. they had love-
ly funeral, with a brass band and
everything.
Telegraph service in those days was
more uncertain than it is now. The
operator spelled Romeos name wrong
and he heard from his valet that his
wife was dead. and believed him. He
departed by night for Verona. and
hfed him to the tomb of the .Capulets
There he found Paris strewing flowers
on Juliet's grave, and when Paris at
tackled him Romeo dispatched him
neatly and expertly. Then he rushed
into the tomb, and without stopping
to investigate, drank a swig Of boot
leg whisky and died Of wood alcohol
poisoning.
OF course, it was hard on poor Juliet
to wake up and find her husband and
her might-have-been husband both
dead. She committed suicide, using
Romeo as a pillow to fall upon.
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Becoming C01ors.

1t is not difficult to select colors for
hats and costumes that will harmoniss
with your hair, eyes and complexion n
the matter is given some thought. For
instance, one should know that bright
purple or violet can only be worn By
those who possess clear compilations,
free from any yellow or sallow tints,
and the same applies to rose pink and
turquoise blue. Bright green or light
chestnut suits the red-haired gffi. while
another shade in which she looks well
IL that which exactly tones with the
color of her hair and must Be unrolieved
except for touches Of white Both black
and white come within the sphere OF
the owner Of red hair. especially for
evening wear. A blonde with q pink
and white completion can wear q oDia
and clear white in the. evening. Dru.
nettes should cling to soft ivory shades
and discard pure white. A brilliant
complexion with dark brown hair ana
eyes can swe,r bright rose pinlu and
SAKE blues. which would b impoGuihao
Il the coloring were les vivid
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days Of telephonfng the telephone
girls were boys"

girls were boys"
One Of the first boy operators en-
ployed in Washington was Benjamin
H. Stinemetz, now a merchant. The
exchange was then located on the top
floor of the Evans building. Stine-
metz. who was a. schoolboy of four
teen. went on duty each afternoon
at o'clck and conducted the ex-
change all by himself until 10 o'clock.
when the Office was closed for the
night, and the city of Washington,
telephonically speaking. went to bed.
In speaking of the time when he was
the only telephone operator in WASH
ington, Mr.. Stinemetz said business
was SO light that he found ample
time each evening to study his lessons
for the following day.
It is asserted by international ex-
perts that Washington, D. c.. is now
the most laxative" city in the world.
There is not much room for doubling
this assertion when 1t is realized that
the hello girls of Washington handle
an average of 100000 calls every day
In the year. That's 100000 calls
every month, and 108,000,000 calls for
the year.
There are two hours out of the
twenty-four when the most talking
takes place. Between and 10 in the
morning every wire in Washington
fairly huns. That is the hour of the
day when the business and profess
sional men, and the governmental
departments clear the decks for the
days work and put their multiplicity
Of plans in operation through the
well-nigh continuous use of the tele-
phone.
4 \ 4
THE other unusually busy hour Is
from 6 to in the evening. That's
the exciting period of Washington's
social life, when thousands of en-
gagements Of all sorts are made for
the evening. and, Of course. few
broken.
These are the hours when the phone
operators work at top speed, every
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smote him! why not go disguised?
You couldn't tell q Montague by MS
calves. and he could wear a mask.
So Romeo procured q ticket. by some
devious Machiavellian method, and
parked his high one-horse power
fiacre in front Of the Capulets front
door. No sooner had Juliet spotted
her darling husband.to-be. who had
been all picked out for her by her
family. She was surprised to find her
intended so comedy in figure, and she
developed an ambition to see his face
Romeo, likewise. liked Juliets face,
and wanted to see more Of
But hist! Some one interrupted the
sentence. Capulet trod on Romeos
pet corn to see II he might be a Mon
tague ans take offense. Romeo took
the gate instead. and began to scheme
around to see S.,1iet on the OF.
After the ball was over Romeo
scaled the Capulet wall and ran into
Juliet doing . lonesome ave scene on
her balcony. BY the ligEt~ Of the
nightingale whistles he proposed to
her, and she took him At face vh.ue
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the audience Then Prof. Bell, being
ready for actual experiment, put his
mouth to the telephone on the stage
and spoke to his assistant in Somer-
Vile: Mr.. Watson, Mr.. Watson. are
you ready"
1.-THE vibrations that came into the
professors ear from Somerville drew up
his mouth into a pleased smile. and he
announced to the audience: He says
he is ready Mr.. Watson. when will you
begin?' Again he placed his ear to the
mouthpiece and announced: He will be-
Gin now Then all the audience wera
as still as II they were to hear through
open air all the way from Somerville.
Prof. Bell listened at his instrument,
to be sure the sound was coming. and
switched off the music into the other
instruments apparently as If he were
turning on gas in a theater. In an in
slant the strains of America were
heard; not loud. to be sure. but dis
tinct, without doubt. When Prof. Wat
son, or whoever it was that sang. had
ended. the audience showed their appre-
citation by hearty applause, and Prof.
Bell asked il he could give them some
more. After a moments listening the
Portuguese hymn was plainly heard. 1t
was not announced what would be sung,
as the New York audience, few even
ings since, was informed what to ex-
pect, and there was no imagination to
help out Just then. at the end of the
hymn, the professor sprang to the Provi-
dence telephone, for there was q culver
in the atmosphere about it which let him
know he was wanted. After a moments
talk with his friend at the other end
of the wire, forty-three miles away, he
informed the audience that Signor Brig
noli, who was singing in concert in
Providence Music Hall, would sing for
them. So they listened. There came a
faint culver from the telephone up over
the left shoulder: then from the mouth
piece Of the one in the middle Of the
hall came a sound as If some one. a
mile away, was being srnothered: then
it swelled; then faded almost away,
and its end was as uncertain as the
line between daylight and darkness. 1t
was hard to tell where the sound ceased
and the silence began. But the audi
ence applauded. 1t was great thing,
at least, to even hear Brignoli sing in
Providence while they were sitting In
Boston Music Hall. Further converse
ton then took place with Providence
which was easily heard at the instru-
ment.
/. s"The second part Of the lecture then
began, Prof. Bell explaining his expert
ments with instrumental. electric cur
rents and vowel sounds After this came
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seen about . line between Chi1dren's
Hospital, west, between 18th and 18th
streets? They are talking of having
one"
THE first circular distributed was
/. goryeously printed in red and
black. reading as follows: '"The Bell
telephone for cheap and tnstan-
taneous Communication by direct
sound. The speaking telephone OF
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell has now
attained such simplicity as to render
1t universally available for public,
private, social or business communi-
cation. Neither battery nor moving
machinery used. No skill needeo.
Only the voice Of ordinary converse
ton and attentive listening are ref ef
quired. 1t conveys the quality 90. OF
the voice so that the tone OF the
person speaking can be recognized 4.
the other end of the line; 1t enaose ;s
the manufacturer to talk WIN =
factory superintendent. the physic;,an
stantaneous communication between
the main and the branch once. .ne
home and the store or once, 'ne
country residence and the et3oie
any part of the grounds, the mouth
of the mine and it's remotest Work-
inrs-in fact. between any two points
miles apart. ..a
"Patent rights have been granted
for the Bell telephone In the Oniteo
States and foreign countries, ana No
Infringement will be allowed. me Tel,
ephone is now in practical use on
many lines in every city in the Uniteo
States. The length Of these INES
varies from a few feet to tnirty
miles. with from two to ten stations
on each line. Conversation can pc
readily carried on between stations
forty or fifty miles apart. If the wire
connecting the telephone is not hung
near those on which heavy batteries
are being used. Telephones are
leased for $40 per set $3.50 for each
station) per annum, payable In ad-
vance. Magnetic calls are sold for
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mothers daughter of them handling
from 600 to 500 calls per hour. To
the uninitiated that might not seem
like much OF a task. Those who think
that way. however, can easily con-
vince themselves differently by trying
to stick an arm outward or upward
500 times in an hour. They will weary
of it in about seven minutes. The OPP
orator must not only do that very
thing for an hour. but she must
maintain the temper of a saint all the
while she is doing it.
A big fire. threatened riot, the
stalling of the street cars or the sud-
den going out of the electric lights
are occurrences that invariably cause
telephone users to unanimously grab
up their instruments and try to get
central at the same instant. Then is
when an operator needs a centipedic
equipment Of hands and more ears
than can be tucked beneath an ordi-
nary crop of side puffs.
One would naturally suppose that
the genius who invented the tele-
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phone would be offered all kinds of
free service and never as long as he
lived be bothered with telephone bills
on the LIST Of the month. DIR. Bell
had that particular courtesy extended
to him for a few years. but when the
telephone system OF Washington
passed into a new ownership the pro-
lessor was courteously Informed that
his free telephones would cease.
The following diplomatic document
the telephone company explains the
changed conditions in the telephone
experience of DR.. Bell:
1.-The lines furnished to DR.. Bell
were extended to connect his house,
1900 Rhode Island avenue, with the
Hubbard. Mr.. Grosvenor. Charles J.
Bell and rPof. NJ. A. Belt, in George
town; and an additional line from
1900 Rhode Island avenue to the lab
oratory; and the arrangement made
by the agreement dated April l, 1881,
was continued until the lines were
transferred to the National Electric
Company, December Is. 1888. when
my authority to continue the service
without charge ceased. Notice of the
change in ownership was given to
Prof. Bell and he was asked to sug-
gest some satisfactory plan of paying
for 1t. On the 9Th Of April. 1886, he
proposed to pay rental OF $50 per
year, CONNIE ncing January i, 1884,
which was accepted"
In the spring Of 1877 DR.. Bell was
the stellar attraction Of the George A.
Jones lecture and musical agency of
Boston. Mass. The Boston Daily Adj
vertiser Of May 5, 1877. contains the
following sensational report Of DR..
Bells first lecture and telephone dem
onstration at New England's center Of
learning:
There are more things in heaven
and earth, Horatio. than are dreamt
Of in your philosophy" and Horatio
would have accepted it without ques-
ton had he been in Music Hall last
evening to hear the experiments on
the telephone by Prof. A. Graham
Bell and his assistants. The weird
ness and novelty were something
never before felt in Boston, and the
probable great usefulness Of the in
vention made the technical explana-
lions interesting.
"Ex-Gov. CASTOR introduced the pro-
fessor, who acknowledged his presen-
tation to his first metropolitan au-
dience. and then proceeded to relate
the history of the telephone discovery
before he took 1t up. AS long ago as
1887 Prof. Charles Page Of Salem dis
covered the transmission Of sound by
wire. and from that beginning.
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By H. O. BISHOP.

, A PPARENTLY one Of the tough
{. "a est jobs any man ever tackled
t1I within the confines Of the Dis
trfct of Columbia was that Of
trying to persuade people to use tele-
phones. This era Of persuasion &C.
CURED a little more than forty years
ago. Immediately following the SEN
.sational invention Of the telephone
by DR.. Alexander Graham Bell. The
central figure of that interesting Ma
tfonal Capital drama was a man
named George c. Maynard, who Is
looked upon as the pioneer Of the
telephone industry Of Washington. He
was the general manager of the first
local company. 1t was during his
managerial regime that the first tele-
phone was installed in the White
House.
Judging by the contents of yellowed
letters and documents recently found
in an old wooden chest that had been
stored in an attic for forty years.
Maynard had anything but easy sled
ding in convincing business men and
government officials of those long-ago
years that telephones were useful
contrivances.
Maynard circularized the city, and
during the years 1878 and 1879 kept
a solicitor named Warren Choate con-
'stantly on the go, calling upon peo-
pie in an effort to get them to in
stall phones. Here is one of Choate's
daily reports
Executive Mansion; not in. John o.
Evans; order inclosed. c. F. Peck,
evidently misunderstands the spirit
sof the exchange; says he expects to
use Mr.. Evans box; you ought to see
him some time and disabuse his mind.
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hZ Afu,eyordnf,

thought Juliet. II land one good man,
and another follows"
Aloud to her snortfng father, she
responded in true American fashion:
Nothing doing. Pop. I gotta date
with the manicurist that day."
Her father exploded.
"Graze where you. will. you shall
not house with me-" he smiled at her.
Romeo. on his way home, ran into
a bunch of his friends in a restaurant.
having a table d'hote feed with some
Capulets 1t all started when one Of
komeo's buddies had shouted. What
made Paris Green?" and another had
answered, Romeo" This in itself
wouldn't have been SO bad. II by
stander had not rejoined. What did
Romeo? Romeowed what Juliet"
At this juncture two swords flashed
on the surface, and the undertaken in
the rear hastened out to buy a new suit.
When the casualties were numbered 1t
was found that Tybalt. Juliets cousin.
had fatally carved Romeo's buddy Mer-
cutie. and Romeo had spitted Tybalt
and beat 1t for the tall timber. The
Prince Of Verona ordered Romea BAN
fshed from Verona.
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For New Year Hostess
Partisan Sandwiches.-Take one-hs

Partisan Sandwiches.-Take one-half
cup of finely chopped raisins. one-haif
cup of finely chopped dates. one-half
spoonful of orange or lemon Juice and
one tablespoonful of mayonnaise
dressing. Mix all the ingredients to-
gether, adding more mayonnaise. IL
necessary to make a mixture that
will spread easily. Spread between
slices of graham or nut bread and cut
in half-inch strips. Pile up I'm log
cabin style on a doily-covered plate.
Ribbon Sandwiches.-Cut some gra-
ham or whole wheat and white bread
in thin slices and spread with soft
ened butter Put two white and one
brown. or two brown and one white
slice together with cream cheese and
orange marmalade. Butter the middle
slice on both sides and mix the cheese
with enough milk to soften IL. Press
the sandwiches together and cut In
strips for serving.
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speaking telephone that was destined
to become the carrier of the spoken
word for the millions and to be an
essential factor in the business and
social life of the civilized world. In
the summer of that year DIR. Bell ex-
hibited his telephone at the Centen-
NAL Exposition at Philadelphia, where
1t won the recognition of the scien-
tific world
The telephone instrument which DR..
Bell deposited in the patent office at
Washington with his application for
a patent was the prototype of the
millions of telephones which are serv-
ing the world today. The modern Bell
telephone instrument is its lineal de-
scendant. There have been many
changes in the telephone instruments
and the Bell telephone of today has
many ancestors, each embodying the
same vital principle. but each a pro-
gressive step toward greater utility
and economy in production. Since
1877 there have been in use fifty-three
ers and seventy-three types and styles
of transmitters. The modern Bell
telephone set has 100 parts.
ON January 1, 1877, ten months
~ after Bell had been granted his
original patent, there were only 1888
telephones in use in the whole coun-
try. They had been leased in pairs
or loaned to individuals by DR.. Bell
and his partners. All the telephoning
was over single iron wire with
grounded circuits. The ringing de-
vice was crude and transmission poor
and uncertain.
Electrical science was then in it's
infancy. The system, the apparatus,
the methods-an entirely new art had
to be created. by the Bell telephone
pioneers. FroAp the very beginning it
was realized That the great task
would require the highest scientific
and engineering skill attainable, and
SO for over forty years the pioneers
and those who have succeeded them
in directing the Bell telephone de-
velopment have kept the brainiest
men they could find hard at work
studying the thousands of problems
that have arisen in. the growth Of the
new art. From Atheir work has come
vast improvements In the telephone
itself, in its circuits and auxiliary app
paratus, and in methods of operation.
The tremendous telephone develop
ment in this country, where there
are twelve telephones to every 100
Of the population. Is not confined
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in spite Of the misplaced eyebrow that
registered . moustache. But Juliet
had been we'll trained. She told him
firmly but gently. ''Romi, II you haven't
got matrimonial Intentions, take your
big foot often mine"
They were married quietly the next
day at the cell Of Friar Lawrence. and
Juliet returned home to receive the
She must be married to Paris.
TT never rains but It pours,"
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SIS each. or leased for IS per annum,
payable in advance"
. This circular and the soliciting ef-
forts Of Maynard and Choate evidently
brought forth good results. Shortly
thereafter another fancy circular was
printed which contained glowing tes-
timonials from prominent users Of
the instruments. The following are
some Of the commendatory praises:
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ROMEO AND
JULIET

vF a little Montague hadn't thrown
a dead cat over the Capulet fence,
the gentle city of Verona might
L have been spared a front page
story. Mrs. Capulet called the health
official after Mrs. Montague, and Mrs.
Montague never spoke to Mrs. Capulet
after that time. Pretty SOON Papa
Montague and Papa Capulet were
mixed up in the fracas, and after that
it was Capulet vs. Montague whenever
the twain met.
. Romeo Montague was a young strip
ling, just out of college when our
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Romeo stuck around till nightfall
and then went to break the sad It'd
tngs to Juliet. before leaving the city.
den of woe to Friar Lawrence, who
was a regular adjustment bureau for
domestic problems. Friar Lawrence
told her the best thing to do was to
play dead. ana he presented her with
4 tsaspoonful Of mandragora as
sleeping potion. He sent Romeo .
message to como and rob the tomb Of
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Senator Window. called. but he was
out; left circular and asked the ladies
TO examine it; promised to call again.
George Taylor. will order 1t after the
holidays; must show you the plan OF
his home. DR.. Busey, will order 1t:
wants Georgetown communication
especially; has talked with several OF
the physicians about it, and they are
generally going to take 1t; have you
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!, story opens. With three proud whis-
rksrs on his neither lip. he boosted an
thair of the heart with professional
heart -smasher. a grass widow named
,ReSaline. He was grooming over his
!, unreQuited affections when he heard
that the Capulets were giving a COM
ing out ball to their fiapper daughter,
Juliet He knew Rosie would be at
the Capulet blowout. but how could
,ae go when his family had been point
Idly invited - stay away An AdeA
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When all the Capulets and Monta-
CUES and the Prince Of Verona and
fortunate affair they were all sorry.
The rival families signed a treaty Of
peace. but a lot Of good it did poor
Romeo and Juliet. We should re-
member their sad fate and never use
harsh words when our neighbours
child throws tomato catsup In our
child's eye.
toopyr.she 1saoa
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The mileage Of the phone wires in
Washington has increased from 1873
to 100000 miles. In Washington today
there is one telephone for every five
persons. lightweight thousand phones
are now in operation, and there is an
increase Of about 1000 annually.
Today II requires almost $500 en-
ployes in Washington to conduct the
system. Twelve hundred of these en-
ployes are woman operators. The an
nual salaries Of these $500 employees
totals $3,500.000. Back in the early