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Show ILL8 OF TELEPHONE GIRL8. I Customary Salutation . Constantly H Rings In Their Ears. BJ ' "Whon a central operator hears BJ somebody crying 'Hello' to her on tho BJ street, nine times nut of ten she lg- H nores tho greeting," said a tolcphone ' BJ expert. "Why? Because she takes the BJ salute to bo a -delusion. , - BJ "A girl who, day after day, hears H 'Hello, hello,' dinned Into hor cars, BJ and who Is constantly responding H with 'Hello, hello, hello,' In timo BJ grown to hear nnd ropcat tho word H mechanically; and when Bho leaves 9 her work that, word Is still ringing BJ In her ears, Sho can hear people say- H Ing 'Hollo' to her on all sides, but fiO tho greotlng of tho real thing Is so I confused with the ghosts of dead In- .y bor that shu seldom notices the first it? salututlon ol a friend. 'fcjij "And did you ever know, .by tho 'fl way, that nlno out of ton persons S who habitually use tho tolophono hnvo fZ what wo call 'telephone ear'? In Its IjLi ilrst stage tho telephone ear becomes jr'i acute and sensitlvo; but after Jong jtf uso tho hearing becomes moro or less 'fP blunted, and half tho complaints " tgalnst poor telephone service may .,' bo attributed rightly to the 'tele- -M phono cnr." Try It somo-tlmo. If you , habitually use tho .right ear, next t $X timo use tho left -nd see It It Isn't -jM twice ns satisfactory. It Is n good. - -IjC plan for' thoso who uso tho telophono MS; much to frequently switch oars. This W keeps tho hearing equally balanced, vftj ind might wnrd off a porraanent deaf- ness." ;gf |