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Show of New YorkL York Lights o L . L . STEVENSON L.STEVINSON LSTEVINSON ! It lr : . teeins .eems eems teems , as If 11 It II were uuU only onl . ) rester yester resterday yesterday yesterday day when a group brrouP of ollK-ials ollK ials olhdals olhclals - . , engJ engi engJneers engineers engineers neers , , prominent citizens t i t ew.papeJ ewpapeJ ewapapel ew.papeJmen ewapapelmen ews : . > papeimen men and others gathered at 195 Hl5 193 Broad Broadway Broadway Broadway way , to witness the beginning of volcp voice volcpcomn1Unlcntion voicecommunication voicecommunication comn1Unlcntion communication over the Atlantic AU.1Iltk AU1Iltk . . . Nev Nevertheless Nevertheless Nevertfaeless ertheless transatlantic transathntfc telephone COD con CODversaUons conversations conversatlons versaUons versations are now merely a part of ofbusiness ofbusiness ofbusiness business and social routine . . 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She called him up from fromHollywood fromHollywood fromHollywood Hollywood frequently and not only onlytalked onlytalked onlytalked talked with with him blm at length lengtb but held her herpet herpet herpet pet dog to the tbe transmitter so that her herfrIend herfriend herfriend frIend In 11 I " " ' London could hear the Rnl ant Rnlmal antmal animal mal bark And a dog barking barh.lng barhlng . at $10 10 $10a 10a $ 8 a minute is somethinge something . e . S * . SThen Then Tben there was thit th'1t th1t that ' boy in London Londonwho Londonwho Londonwho who received a mail mall malt order catalogue cataloguefrom cataloguefrom cataloguefrom from a ' Chicago f'hicago fhicago house bouse . . , In [ n [ It U t was hst list hstcd listed listed cd ed a rifle thit th'lt thlt that ' cost $175 175 $375 375 $ S3 75 which inter interested interested Interested ested him very ver } ) much-so much so much - so much Indeed Indeedth'1t indeedthat Indeedthit th'1t th1t that ' he picked IHched up the telephone and andt'llb.ed andtalked andtilked t'llb.ed tllb.ed tllbed talked ' . with the tbe mall mail order house nbout about nbouttbe aboutthe aboutthe tbe the $375 375 $ S3 $ 75 rWQn ride rWQ rifle \ In \n n a $75 75 S75 $ j5 call N'tturallv Ntturallv Naturally Naturallythe N'tturallvtbe Niturallvthe ' tbe the telephone compiny comp'lOY complOY company ' cnde cndeivored endeivored Ivored to tocollect tocollect tocollect collect . . The boy boys boS's boSs ' s parents in moder moderate moderate moderate ate circumstances set up the chlm claim chlmthat claimthat clilmthat that a minor hid h'td htd had ' midc m'lde mlde made ' the tbe call wIth wIthout without without out authorittherefore authority authorit\ authorit \ ' , , therefore there was no norecponslblhty noresponsibility noresponsibility recponslblhty responsibility ; [ In n the end the tbe com corn company cornparry cornpany pany parry accepted the few shillings the hd lad hdhad ladhad lidhad had in the ban bank ) , . as a settlement in fulle full e . * e . e . eIt It costs $30 30 $ $ 30 to telephone to London Londonfrom Londonfrom Londonfrom from New York But It is consider consider- considerably considerably considerably - ably cheaper to telephone telepbone from Lon London London London don to New \ . iork ork The reason Is thata thatwhen that a * < when the contract was made b"tween btween between b"tweenthe betweenthe betweenthe " the American Telegraph and nnd Tele Tele- Telephone Tele- Tele Telephone Telephone - - phone and nnd the British post office otlice office.which officewhich , . which operates the English Cngllsh Engllsh wires wiresthe , , the value of the tbe pound was fixed fixedat fixedat fixedat at $5 5 $ Thus the rate for a three- three - - minute conversation onversl1t1on was-and was and was - and still sUIJ Issl Issle Is Issix -sle sle -sl sl - six " ( pounds But at the present rate rateot rateof rateof ot of excbinge exch'loge exchloge exchange ' six pounds amount amounf to toaround toaround toaround around $24 24 ? $ 24 So wise Americans save save$5 save5 $5 5 $ or nr so by cabling t.ablmg tablmg . to London and hav hay havIng haytug havIng Ing tug the tbe call originate orlglnnte from there Bur But BurtransatJnntJe Buttransatlantic Buttransatlantic transatJnntJe transatlantic telephone chirges ch'lrges chlrges charges ' can't cant can'tbe can'tbe can'tbe cantbe ' ' be reversed thp the British refusing to tocountenance tocountenance tocountenance countenance such a practice And Andsome Andsome Andsome some one gave as ns the reason thatLondon thatLondon that thatLondon London Is so 80 close to Scotlande Scotland Scotl.md Scotlmd . e . e . e . eJust Just a 1'lnc 1lnc lne line ' or so before leaving leavlDg heaving the thesubject thesubject thesubject subject of transatlantic telephone telephoneThe telephoneThe telephoneThe The best patron Is said snid to be James JamesJ J Walker Wallter , former miyor m'lyor mlyor mayor ' of New forkssho fork forkwho ssho ho Is sojourning In Europe but butwho butwho butwho- butwho butwholikes who- who wholikes - - likes to keep In touch with the thecity thecity thecity city where he be was once looked on as asa asa asa a heroe hero e . e . t . tOf Of course that tire tyre would go flat l1at In Ina ina Ina a part of the city where there wasn't wasnt wasn'ta wasnta ' a garage within blocks blochs and the rain rainwas rainwas rainwas was falling hard But flmlly fin'llly finllly finally ' n a small smallphce smallplace smallplice phce place was discovered and nnd the mechinic mech'lnic mechlnic mechanic ' In charge cbarge said he'd hed ' grab his tools and andgo andgo go up and fix the flat fiat A burly m'ln mln man manwith mmwith ' with Ith a Jutting jaw jav , and a hard face facehe , be he didn dldn t seem like one to be chosen chosenfor chosenfor chosenfor for a n stroll up a dark darh alley aUey When he heh'ld hehid hehid h'ld hld hid ' gatheied gathered gathcl ed his IllS tools he stopped stoppedSweetheart , ' S\\ S Sweetheart Seetheart \ eetheart will be awful lonesome if ifI ifI tfI I leave her here alone , , " he be said 'Mmd Mmd Mind 'MmdIf ' ' Mindif MindIf If i I take t.1).e t1.e t1e . ) , . her along ? " There wasn wasntany tany t tany any remonstrance at all , so he be wblstled whistled wblstledand whistledand whistledand and a little ) yellow ellow dog of very uncer uncerI uncerLain uncertain I tnln Lain nrcestr arcesto arcestry . } lea leaped ed into his armse arms e * . e * . e * . eOn On the wiy w'ty wty r ' iy to the car he . kept h.ept hept the thedog thedon the'dog thedog ' dog don dry dr , } with his coat , and before beforestarting beforestarting beforestarting starting to , work .orh orh . , , placed Sweetheart In Inside inside inside side "I I " think thank a lot of tint th'1t th1t that ' pup , , " he heexphlned heexplained heerplilned exphlned explained "Once Once " I had lead Qfty fifty grand grandLost grandLost grandLost Lost it In four man minutes utes in the marh.et marhet market marh.etcrash marketcrash marketcrash . crash Now ' I'm Im ' ' pretty well weU down- down downdon't downdon't down downdon't - don't dont ' average ten hours ' sleep a week weekbecause weekbecause weekbecause because I have bare to work worh all the time to toget toget toget get by A lot of my friends've friendsve frJends've frJendsve frlends've frlendsve ' passed passedme passedme passedme me up But S Sweetheart eetheart ain aln airs t , so I've Ive I'vegot I'vegot ' I'vegot Ivegot ' got one pal left , anyway , . 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