Ogden Daily Standard | 1913-10-18 | Page 9 | Why Girls Make Best Operators

WHY GIRLS PMKE 1 BEST OPERATORS Chicaso. Oct. 18. C W McDaniel. ho has been in the telephone busi-nc4 busi-nc4 ever since lone distance talking became practical. Id addressing ihe annual meeting of the telephone association, as-sociation, told why girls were u-BtltUted u-BtltUted for boys as operators Because they were lacking in patience pa-tience the boys rvere supplanted by the "hello girls" within two week- said Mr. McDaniols, w ho was In a Kansas City telephone office when lonv distance talking firbt became practical. 'There were four boys in the office." of-fice." ho said "On a day when it t-eemed as If every subscriber wanted to talk over the lines at the same lime. I walked irto the switchboard 100m and llGtenecl "One of the boys was working feverishly, fev-erishly, when suddenly he blurted out: "'Wait your turn, you crazy idiot" "Right then I reached the decision that we would have to get girl operators oper-ators if c Wished to keep our huv-nes; huv-nes; We hired the slrls and the trouble ceased." oo