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Show A T MERCY OF TELEPHONE M n Business Men In No Sense Defenseless Defense-less to Imposition. Science makes possible new forms of Impoliteness. Why should u man, simply because he has n telephone be taken advnnlngo of by the othor man on tho outside, who wants to sell him Komothlng, or bpro him. or Importune, Im-portune, him In some othor way? And a way Important only to himself. The man who has a telophono is, lu a largo sense, at tho mercy of tho outsldo world. As It may he of tho utmost Importance, ho must always answer tho call, If ho tries to Inaugurate Inau-gurate a system whereby tho namo and huslnoBS of tho person who calls him up must first bo made known, then ho Is bound to offend somo one, nnd acquire tho dlsngreeablo reputation reputa-tion of a certain superiority and loftiness lofti-ness of which ho is by no means pulltv. He 'i In a sonso defenseless, t 1 ililH and all this, of course, Is duly taken tfiB Into consideration by the bad-man- ftjl nore.d person who calls him up; who. H It his victim wore talking with somo H ono olso In a room, would scarcely IH havo tho effrontery to walk up and tK break Into tho conversation; or who fl wouldn't force himself Into a prlrato jjB office, but who makes no bones St El gleefully Bitting In a neighboring- SB booth and compelling tho unfortunate i)H man to listen to him. jl Thus tho telophono hns brought Into dliH existence a now nuisance. Something ffl ought to bo douo nbout neutralizing ilB his pernicious activity. Life. ' |