Evening star., 1923-10-26
TALKS and TALES
With and About
CAPITALS GUESTS

case OF the automatic telephone and
switchboard. for, according to c. c.
Bulkley, chief counsel for the Automatic
| Electric Company Of Chicago, manu-
| facturers' Of the original automatic tele-
phone, who is stopping at the Hotel
Arlington, after a twenty up
hill tussle, this thoroughly perfected
labor-saver has come into it's own.
You know" said Mr.. Bulkley, as he
laid down his paper, when Alexander
Graham Bell first demonstrated that
the telephone was practical. ne and MS
associates had no easy time convincing
the public that such was the case, and
at one time 1t was all they could DO 10
secure sufficient funds to launch their
organization. Ridicule, derision and
skepticism were encountered at every
turn, but this only Spurred them on and
as result the Bell Telephone Com
pany is known throughout the world.
For years the automatic instrument
has been opposed and subjected to this
same deriSion and ridicule, and from
none more than the Bell Company, but
like all wide-awake concerns, when the
Bell people realized the practicability
capitulated and today our company is
hard at work fulfilling $2S000,000 or
der contracted for by them, which
I means that the time is not far distant
1
| every corner of the land"
1t was learned further from Mr..
| Bulkley that had ii not been for the
| insistence of former Postmaster Cen
eral Burleson that the automatic tele-
phone be continued at the port of
| Norfolk during the busy days of the
war the company marketing the in
strument would have gone bankrupt,
| and another long period would have
elapsed before the self-worker ap-
peared.
Like most notable inventions the
underlying principle of the automatic
telephone originated in the brain of
! q poor man, a small-town undertaken
| in Kansas His idea was feasible, but
| his means of obtaining results were
| impracticable, and, like many other
such world revolutfonizers. his work
| fell to other hands for perfection.
| "McAdoo and Meredith. and Victory
| in 1924" is the newborn slogan that
| is sweeping the middle west, spread
| ing through the southland, and soft
ly creeping. like the wind through
a field of grain, over those conserva-
] tive old commemorative that line the
Atlantic seaboard. Or at least so
says Fred w. Mcintosh of Cedar
Rapids. Iowa. newly appointed east
,, ern representative of the Yeoman In
l
ization with branches in every section
| of the country.
| Mr.. Mcintosh will establish head
quarters in Washington, and make
| continuous thrips through his large
| territory. which stretches from Que
| bee. Canada, to North Carolina and to
| Ohio In the west. When pressed for
an opinion on the political situation
| IN MS nome state at the Hotel Wash
| tngton. the westerner smiled and said:
| IF you mean from a democratic
standpoint it's McAdoo and Meredith,
and let me tell you right here. friend.
| I'D Meredith can corral millions of
\ votes out our way. The former Sec
retary of the Treasury is strong. too,
| In our section. He has California,
| Nebraska and one or two other far
western states tied up, and as the
south will naturally stick. he only
| needs a bit here in the east to make
his nomination a certainty, for the
| middle west is back of him strong"
| How about the other crew. Mr.
| McIntosh?"
"Oh, President Coolidge will run
| away with the nomination. There
! Is little else talked out our way by
| the republicans. They like his man
| ner. his record in the Boston police
strike appeals to them, and ali told
| they feel he should be given every
| opportunity to make good" and so
/ saying the insurance man slipped up
| to the Kiwanis meeting on the roof
! of the hotel, as he is a member of
| the Cedar Rapids branch of the or
| ganizatfon.
! Flashes from the west, telling of
the boosting lproclivities of such
communities as San Francisco. Los
Angeles, Portland, Greg, etc, have
evidently reached the good folks
around Williamsport, Pa. for accord
4 T or
president of the Smith Printing Com
pany, who is at the Hamilton, SIS, 900
will be expended by the business men
, OF the oft-styled garden spot" of the
| Keystone state to let the world know Of
| its wonderful beauties
| We realize that just sitting back
and waiting for visitors is a nom
paying proposition" said Mr.. Smith.
| You think of the marvellous scenery
| around Williamsport and surround
| ing country, especially since the new
Susquehanna trail has been com
pleted, it would be nothing less than
selfish not to let the world know"
Asked how the grand old republi-
| can stronghold regarded presidential
possibilities, the Williamsport man
placed his finger to his lips and
winked. We all admire President
Coolidge exceedingly, but then, you
know. we have governor-there
may be a rift. I will say, however,
that time is the greatest rift-mender
known. and 1t might be that when
the convention is called to order
everything will be as lovely as a
spring day in May. The old state
will be In the republican column no
matter who leads"
| Gratifying reports from such old
| reliables as the Burlington, Great
Northern. New York, New Haven and
Hartford and other lines have al
| ready been reproduced in this column,
and now comes substantfation of the
healthy condition of the country's
carriers from none other than the
mighty New York Central railroad.
for, when seen at the New Willard
Hotel, c. c. Paulding. vice president
and counsel for the huge company
reiterated practically all that was
said by officials of the above men,
toned roads.
Yes. it has been a banner year
for almost all railroads of the coun-
try" said Mr.. Paulding. NO strikes,
no serious hold-ups by labor to mar
progress. and with millions being
spent for the maintenance of way and
equipment, never IN the history of
the carriers has such prosperity been
enjoyed"
Such doggedness and determine
tion to go right ahead displays a
wonderful spirit of patriotism on the
part of the American working man,
for all seem to appreciate that now.
concerned to put their shoulders to
the wheel for the common good and
leave personal squabbles behind" ad-
ded the official as he lit a cigar.
Mr.. Paulding said in conclusion
that the New York Central was do
inc r11a of hor,