Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-18
BY THEIR RINGS YE
SHALL KNOW THEM
ELEVATOR BOYS SAY
UP-AND.DOWNs MOTORNEERS OF
OTTAWA CAGE CLAIM THEY
KNOW PUSH BUTTON TOUCHES
OF EVERY. TENANT.

by their elevator rings you shall
| know them, if you are an up-an-down
motorneer.
People who ride regularly on the
elevators throughout the city are
easily recognized by the opera
tors through their ring. A canvass
of the elevators this morning, show
ed that in each instance the person
that accOmmodatinely manipulates the
levers that shoot from floor to floor.
in the large buildings, can easily rec
ognize everyone by their ring, if it
varies in the least from the ordinary
elevator touch.
Elevator rings, lust like voices have
a personality, If its in the ringer to
ont. A buZzer rang as the reporter
was taking ride with one of the OPP
orators this morning "That is Mr.
Blank" said the operator. "His office
is on the third floor, and he is down
~ TIN lobby" As the elevator de-
scended downward a second ring was
heard. "That wasn't hi mthat rang
the second time, it was another person
who toched the same buzzer. "Sure
enough when the cage descended,
there stood Mr. Blank and woman
both waiting. They left the elevator
at different floors.
@4'-s' T0u serit's tiIis way said one
elevator hov, "You get to know people
by the different way they ring Some
of the men who have offices in this
building never touch an elevator bell
witout ringing it two or three times.
They will give three tiny short rings
or just bearly touch the button twice,
or will give one long and a short
ring, or will have other ways of ring
ing so that you can always recognize
them"
women ring much the same as
men. | can't tell the difference be-
tween a childs and grown-up per
sons ring, but when any one is in a
hurry they usually ring two or three /
times, at intervals of a few seconds |
each When they are angry before :
they reach the bottom, they often ring
two or three times, without giving
the elevator a change to reach their .
floor"
His experience was much the same /
as the other operators thruout the .
city. One young lady operator, ex-
planned that she knew several of the ,
tenants of her building, by slight pc
culiarities in their rights "People I
who ride on elevators are generally
polite and very nice" she said, that .
depend on the treatment they receive
from the operator, but they are con-
siderable as general rule.
81 can usually tell a child" said
third operator, "when they get hold of
a buzzer they usually keep their fin
ger on il until the elevator reaches
their floor He also reported that
he could tell many Of his regular pass
engers by their ring.
"Yes, know many of the tenants
in this building by their rings" said
another mo, don't believe there is
a difference in a mans ring and Wo-
mans ring, and while in some cases I
can tell that it is a child who rings |
am not always able to do So People
touch the buzzer more often when
are in a hurry. | can't tell you how |
KNOW Tue IlllESs VI AOul oNb SulhN VI
them touch the button more than
once, that is habit, but tere is
and you come to know the
rings"
"IIl show you how it is when people
don't consider the others in the build
ing said one operator stepping out
of his cage. "They put their finger on
the hutton. nress il long and with
much strength. "The sound carries
thruout the entire building. | am in
the cage, and can plainly hear the
slightest touch on the button, like
that" he said giving the button a
light touch. Sure enough the signal
registered true and loud enough to at
tract the operators attention. But
some of them will ring like this" he
said, demonstrating the act with a
mighty buzz, land you can hear it
clear down to La Sale street" The
reporter agreed.