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Show ls$hgiarui tho- .business, of- operating tcicgraph wlrc. liaS;,.bccn to -a great ; extent ex-tent placed jnthu haudspf young ladies, vyhA 0it it a .Verygrccalccmploymctit Tho inland ,dcpartme;it of thd fElcctric Telegraph Cc4iipnny.in London -now cm ploys ouo'hun'drcXpnog' ladie?f,who receive re-ceive and transmit the messages from all parts, of tU$ TJilitod, Kiugdom. lhel room la which . they are engogetl is lolty, 'spacipns, aud.admirably lighted .and vca-tilated, vca-tilated, Auumbor of long, tables, aro placed across tfic roomt nt3n wtiieu Jtlu ins(ruments'are,pVaccd4 ail attepdaut being be-ing sealed, opposite eaclt one. There, is one table for lAvcrpool,. another for mvp Ulicstcr, a third. forJBinninglmm and Glas gow, and i on ,for oil the principal a towns. "When not engaged at the instruments, instru-ments, tho girls employ themselves with. 1 needlework or reading. The room is in charge of a matron. The. compensation ranges from IQs. to25s($2 SOto$0 t) I per week. A period of six weeks 15 suf, iicient to learn the whole process of telegraphing, tele-graphing, bnt longer practice is required to impart efficiency and rapidity of execution. exe-cution. Tlierc is a kitchen in winch the ypung ladies cook their dinners, and a servant to wait upon them, with a lava-- lava-- tory and other npplianccs for their corn ' fort and convenience, The accesslo the room is by a staircase cxclnsiycly dovotcU i f the ladles1 'and no TicrriOtf of the ruder sex is npoii, any account admitted into tbeir d'epajftmciit except upon a special order. I'o the honor of the "fair sex,' tho-cxperimen t has proved to bo a demon. stration that the proverbial incapacity orj Women to keep a secret is a great un-: truth. Oftlio thousatuls.of lmporfnnt so- crets wlilcli niust yearly come to tlic knowledge' of these youhg Indies; not ft; single one has. over transpired, ilany ot the fair operatives arc closely related to individuals distinguished in literature, 1 scicncQ and art 1 , |