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Show POLITENESS AND TACT OF GIRLS. H Tney had the division superintendent on the M carpot tho other day the industrial commission fl of a neighboring state had; and they wanted him H to explain why ho didn't employ men instead of women as telephone operatives, especially for H W the night work. And llio superintendent told l J tliem thai young men oan not bo used in lolo- I 1 phono exchanges, because they lack patience, m ! politonoss and tact. Ho added that girls almost H universally possessed those qualities. The young man interprets a complaint as a Hi ! challongo, and "goes back" at the offending H i patron. Tho girl employs that "soft answer I which turnoth away wrath." Tho young man Hr shows his weariness in his tono, and his nervous frazzles by impatient responses. Tho girl H Hashes her "number, please" as fresh at the end H of a gruelling day as she did in tho morning. H The young man wishes ho could punch the H head of the unreasonable man, or "cuss out" the H still more unreasoning woman at tho other end H. of tho lino, but tho girl scorns to forget both of I them tho instant sho makes the connection and roaches for another plug. Her state is barren of all records from one contact to another. The boy accumulates tho effect of offenses, and tho I quality of his service suffers in consequence. HI You can't make a good telephone oporative HI of a man. It is as impossible for him as pitching HI a "fadeaway" would bo to a girl. It isn't tho HI only thing. which the sterner sex can't do, cither. H And telephone switchboards arc not tho only Hi place in which women provo themselves super- H ' ior. For, whatever their occupation and where H i ever they are, women are more tactful than men. H They are moro patient. And they possess some H mysterious quality which enables them to bear H moro of pain, and of weary waiting, to preserve courage under trying circumstances, to show H fortitude where men would confess surrender. I It is tho quality of woman. Tho whole telephone tele-phone business would bo useless without her. And sho was just as necessary before the telephone came. |