Show 5 The Hello Girl Girls GirlS S S As Asa Heroine s i iBy a A. A By Sophie Irene Loeb C 1912 i by hT The me I ItOM Buffalo cornet comes word that Miss FROM F Lillian a telephone S operator b 1 by her presence ence of ot mind got police to the thc homo horno of or some peo- peo plo pic on a n four party lino IIno and k 8 saved cd two lives li The Tho girl who answered a call from this line Une heard a 0 woman cr cry Police Po Po- lice and no flO more It se seemed that th the woman had bc been n dragged from train tho the i telephone by b an nn intruder The rIte girl devoted herself to the tho call And though there thelo was was not nothing hill to show t immediately which telephone on the theline theline line Was open from her records sho ho quickly learned that all till four tour wires in one ono locality She Shio telephoned than three minutes min ruin an nS alarm and In Iii less les utes the police automobile was on the scene No 1 MEDALS l. are awaiting the young oun woman woman- nor does docs she he EXPECT an any nn She els she has Just done her duty as ono one to another Certainly It was not her DUTY In tho the strict sense sene to act lct the part of ot the female yet et sh she did not prove pro defective in this thle ts only one record of at MANY ANY and ItIs It s is not the only on 1 heroism that those hello girls ar are ca called loll upon to perform Tor they are re confronted with you 1 0 and ne all tho time And tho the thome me limes without number that we C snappily toll them just juet what we think of them in an n Impatient moment take no little heroism to COMBAT For mark you this arm army of girls m many ny thousand sirens lr ng Is well vel disciplined disc disc- and not allowed to answer back Tho The breaking of such sueh rules would practically COl cost copt t them their po po- po Mabo you ou dont don't think it takes 1 Co The New ew cW York Won nearly a n hero to be a telephone girl Of or course thero is the side side side- perhaps the inattentive c girl who doesn't get your part party hut But you have lu recourse You lou can an RE RH- REPORT PORT her Sho She doesn't report you ou And the wl wise e telephone company hasing having has hav ing Its ear car clo close o to the grindstone knows Imos tho the heroic tendencies NECESSARY SALtY SAllY to make mako the efficient op operator Thus the t h requirements that die che be bo in good health and not less than tl five fet tall tali must have e a grammar school education education edu edu- cation bo be aWo llo to read rall and write rapIdly rapIdly rap rap- Idl Idly and have no detects defects of sight or hearing are points well taken In placIng placing ing lag this gala galaxy of or girls on the thc firing line Una of ot your our call So that when you hear Number please Just picture that kind of a girl girlon girlon Irl Irlon on the other end Patience is one ono o of her virtues for she has much talk to listen to Thousands of or questions she hc is In asked ask asle- ed to answer such as us Do you 1 0 know lenow tho the best place to take m my do dog Fill Fido 0 who has hns as the pip or What hat is the best railroad to take to ille or or Find Mr John Joness Jones's sisters sister's aunts aunt's cousin cO whose address I have ha forgot- forgot ten Though talk is fg cheap cheap talk Is And many are afflicted with the tho disease Of Ot course courso you rou will say that it ft Is her DUTY and she sho Is PAID for it H. 4 However it Il would behoove us to be a abit abit abit bit gracious to tho the hello girl in the For who knows when the day may come como or th tho night perchance when a l signal of ot distress from you ou will set all her wits n quiver to give you Oll some somo outside s service r I |