Show Boy Phone Operators Prone to Profanity It IK Is bard bord for tor the x present resent generation generation generation genera genera- tion to 0 Imagine a wearing swearing t telephone operator r but Miss Mary fary Beatrice Kenned Kennedy Ken Sen- ned nedy New News Yorks York's first rat woman exchange exchange ex ex- ex- ex change operator says she got lot her er Job because the company camp was wu tired e of f firing fir fir- ing lag Its swearing boy operators In those thoe days day subscribers subscriber u used ed to come cornel down to the telephone office to light the Ibe operators who at sworn bad at them and the the company become became became so tired lUred ot of the numerous c complaints s that it finally replaced the j boys bors oy with young women Mi Miss s Kennedy recently celebrated her forty fifth th anniversary she baving having hav hewing ing entered the service In 1878 In those days das tt she says subscribers had the habit of calling up for tor all sorts of ot Information They used to ask How much are eggs selling for Calling a number was unheard of Subscribers SubscrIbers' would simply ask for forSmith's forSmith's forSmith's Smiths Smith's drug store or Jones Jones' grocery or this or that building or such and such a lawyer or merchant I used to work from eight in the morning until until until un un- un- un til six at night I lived In Jersey ersey Cit City To get to work I took a horse car to t the e river dver ferried across took another r horse car and then tilen walked up six flights of stairs It is different now isn't it I |