Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-13
We YOU READ
--LATEST EDITION
Of PHONE BOOK?
It's a Ringing Sensation Re-
pIete With a Great Deal of
Valuable Information.
HERE'S REVIEW OF TT
BY a. USER.

by n. OSEh.
Thei February, 1920, edition of "'Fhe
Telephone Directory" by the Central
Union Telephone Company is a ringing
sensation.
AS usual, this masterpiece jumped into
The ranks Of the best users, if not the
six best sellers.
1t is. being placed in thousands of In
dianapolis homes as rapidly as delivery
can be made.
The 1920 February edition is similar
in design to those of former years, but
features is the pink book marker. which
Telephone your Want Ads to The
Daily Times
and have them charged
Main $500"
Ion the reverse side OF The marker are
spaces for frequent telephone calls and
also affords plenty of space TO draw
comic pictures while waiting.
MANY SCENES BUT
VERY LITTLE PLOT.
From purely literary standpoint there
is very little plot TO the latest telephone
directory.
The scenes and characters change so
rapidly. and another literary objection is
that all of the names and places begin
ming with "a" are all together, and so
with the other letters of the alphabet.
In chapter "a" the story opens, quite
naturally in 1.-THE A. A. Letter Shop"
described as "pub stenog, SIT Board
of Trade, Main 1916" but before a single
character is introduced the scene shifts
TO the three As.
Now the three AS is described as:
A, A. A., Exports Company, auto
Access"
The reader is given the immediate i'm
preston that the pretty stenogra pher.
which should have been introduced in
The A. A. Letter Shop" has gone out to
buy some "auto aces"
All! THIRD LINE
IN CHAPTER A.
The reader rushes breathlessly to the
third line in chapter "A" and discovers
that the mystery has been shifted to the
A. B. c. Transfer Company" and i'm
&nediately the character rides in a taxi
70 "The A B. L. Rug Cleaning Com
pany."
~ The taxi ride is implied, as are most of
fhe actions and doings Of the thousands
nd thousands Of characters in this I'M
sua1 book.
Three more scenes follow, then al
Wire and Iron Works., and before the
redder gets over the shock the scene
shifts to the Aabbett Linen Service Com
pany.
8 Then hold your breath. the first char
&acter is introduced and is A. A. Albeit
described as "r 1901 South Talbot. Pros.
beet 1886"
II With this rather inadequate descrip-
ion, the reader is introduced to the
irst character.
TRGED TO CALL
y NFORMATION.
q Probably no more is given because
n the frontispiece Of the book all read
- FRS are urged to cali information" If
i Gditional information is desired by the
render
'# The final character introduced is Henry
~ Zwick and on the next page, 20S
be. scene shifts from the city of Indi-
lnapolis to the country
The general caption given the chapter
rSuburban Section" and the action
starts in Beech Grove, Ind, and the first
# haracter is 4 md"
There are many Illustrations, probably
OF tho work of great artists, but wildly
# lrstrating the characters
t'ne striking drawing Is found on page
Ne7ltEzsix Of the appendix of the novel
z1iled classified Business"
'fhe title of the sketch from life il
labeled
Have Your sagglng Face Lifted
w men IL Begins to Sag"
The picture probably is best illustrated
hen the reader looks into a mirror. as
suggested under the powerful pen
4 ketch.
HEN. THERE'S THE
n BATHROOM SCENE.
Another drawing illustrates bathroom
rene, but it is not sensational, as
be woman in the picture is not prepar-
pg to take a bath, but prepares her
aid for a shower
There are hundreds of other drawings
30 illustrate the scenes suggested in the
nrst twenty-six scenes laid in Indian
apolis.
The literary department as usual pre-
diets that the 1920 FEBRUARY edition of
e4Eeaephone Directory" will meet with the
largest demand in the history Of the pub
EAca&tom