| Show GIRLS DO GOOD WORK I American Telephone Operators Now Serving in France Hundred Who Were Sent Over Giving GIvIng GivIng Ing Such Efficient Service More Will Be Sent To Wa To th the girls Irl from America now doln doing service as nt military telephone op operators In France more In training schools school here hero may soon he be added leaving n. n r re r e force of ot more on file out nut or of of about ap ap- The telephone I Is referred to n as a the nerves ncr of or the army and the some youns women worn n who have been hEen accepted d for this work have e uncle undergone one t tests ts as severe se se- severe e- e vere ere as DS those to which n soldier at the front Is subjected The telephone exchanges often are nrc only a It short distance behind the trenches and the operator must possess possess pos pos- sess ess both courage and calmness under dnn dangerous erous circumstances These girls said t. Capt 1 E. E J. J Wesson Wesson Wes Vps son who recruited the unit are going to astound the people over o there by their efficiency In Paris it takes from 40 to CO GO seconds to complete one ca call Our girls are ore equipped to handle calls caUs an hour Other reports that have reached the war department from France show that the American hello girl Is making good rapidly in a task as difficult t as Is Isto Isto isto to be found back of the tOO front line trenches The first group up of operators entered training school here on January 12 for tor instruction in advanced telephony They received practice In the largest New York exchanges and were then tried out at military cantonments The course urse included talks upon personal hygiene The first contingent sailed on March 2 Other groups sailed In March and I April and were stationed at nt supply depots depots de de- pots and debarkation bases In n addition to speaking both French and English fluently every ery one of 01 these girls has stood a loyalty test which proved that she could be trusted with military Information The uniform prescribed con consists of ot ofa ota a coat and skirt of at navy blue serge I shirtwaist of ot navy blue Palm Beach cloth and straight-brimmed straight hat of at blue felt feJt while the regulation orange and white cord carll on the left sJ sleeve ve is used moo to designate their rank ronk as ns operator supervisor su en- chief operator and so o on |
