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Show NO LONGER A TOY Thirty years hbo tho tolephono was a toy. Today more than threo thousand oung women In the states or Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Now Mexico and Arizona make their living operating oper-ating tho telephone exchanges ror ono company, not to spoak or tho thousand or so others who aro employed In private exchanges. Tho Mountain States Telephone Tele-phone and Telegraph Company, which operates In these states, maintains a training train-ing school Tor tolephono operators and tho orriclals or the company say that tho courso ritting a telephone operator Tor her duties Is equal lo tho course or study In many schools ror mental Improvement. The racully or memory Is very highly trained and the raculty or attention Is developed In the telephone operator as In no other occupation. The operators also acquire a ralr knowledge or the electrical apparatus used In the telephone circuits and altogether develop power or mind Tar In advance or the society young women whoso hardost task Is rigur-Ing rigur-Ing up bridge scores or compiling lists or Tashlonablo calls. |