| Show TELEPHONE IN LONDON BAFFLES AMERICAN GIRLS when the american girl secretaries on tho the staff ot of tho the american delegation to the disarmament conference Conte renco arrived in london they discovered upon making their first call over a london telephone that the english girls were tel tall and not lopera operators tors and that they ther answered to the namo name 0 of exchange contusion confusion on we part ot or tho the american secretaries increased when the english said you are through which translated into american mount meant you aro connected and not as aa the americans americana sup supposed your time Is up please deposit another nickel or will you please hangus wo we will call you they discovered also that a central office la 14 an exchange in london and that the long distance office Is trunk exchange similarly tho the operating room in a central office Is known as aa a switch room la in tho the exchange and whon when a line Is busy the english says bays line Is engaged A do not answer report becomes there Is no reply and the attended pay station la Is designated a call office A call Is completed in tho the united states but it when calls calla are cancelled or uncompleted they are termed aneff ineffective c by the british informative information Inform atie on desk would be enquiry desk in tho the kings english and when in london 1 making a trunk call long dl di stace one books a call a practice incidentally that Is fast taking on a new significance in these united states as more and more mord long distance di stanco calls are completed while the customer waits at the telephone the common american variety ot of 1011 toll loll circuit used to such a groat great extent on suburban burban ou calls goes under the name of trunk in london and trunk in the U S A Is merely junction in england telephone operators in america and in most cases subscribers too always talk over a telephone but the british have a baba of speaking our operators cut into a connection by pressing a key on the switchboard in front of them and their counterparts of the british isles enter a connection tion charges are made tor for telephone calls in american but fees feea are the order tor for such congenie conveniences con venie U ce 8 in england and when a line Is out of order in new york it la Is simply not working in london |
