EXIT THE TELEPHONE GIRL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 416, 27 January 1909, Page 9

EXIT THE TELEPHONE GIRL.

According-to American papers a'system has States in • connection; with - the ser- - .vi.ee. 'Which'- dispenses entirely .'iviththo. employment of girls.':- automatic tele- : ' ; pbope', ; ;,which. is inpw.-/said.' ; to;; berdoirig cmi:;St 1 ? ;X ; -.satisfactory: :work;:in^aUchcities as I J ca £o> Columbus, Dayton, ..Los Angeles, Grand Rapids, Lincoln, and many other cities '-. than: Wellington.— The chief . feature ,_about>_tho.., automatic that': the subscriber; may; TOnnect.:with any; number he ■ without calling" in,-.tjie,.aid of another : : Mr'soii', .^represented;..'hiostly -.in; this ; country ttie tclephone flirl;',-It .is:only a year or , -'wM-- we ■ dispensfed with the second ; nngp; (the brio' giveii aftor being ; switched - "U^er.wanted), but with,. the, automatic . rill. ui.'it'otic lias to -do is to PU! I down' tie lumbers on a dial- that make' U P. that ono ■ be/desires, to connect with, the. ..switching-, up being done -.autdmatically at a centrAl exchange. : Having nulled down a ;.number,; th_e:iatch-that;is;.maninulatfid is'let .go,; for.;.it; is ,thevbockward spring that does the work; not-.the. forward one (which would be'jerked.'driwn at various -speeds- according to tho, mood of the siihscribor). ■'= lii this way . m^cVahiq^l.iiii^e.nnity;-displaces-human! effort. Having pulled'down the number required, the .subscriber.presses, a; If. the number is' iiotvengagcd he is answered at;'ohc<v'but : jf the contrary is the case a."trap contact" : l's. provided;.which 'causes a. buzzing sound iri- ; dinr'ting that the: linmber is engaged.. ; i.'-vQiti' nnjijlxjrß.' in"" are' arranged in cronnsiof WO. .t'l finite automatically the CconnOction .-is-, traripferr(;d. 'from^' ione, to ..theother.: by !whirh jrj)nner;it is.possible to fit, lip a - statir»i'.:with 100.000 : subscribers,.'.or . any nnmher.for Uint mntier. . ' .

■ Tlie »ntppjatic:.t«lop!jbr<('has long ady'ancod th«rjcwrimo-nfat- stage/ /intl it Om.i'y. only bo: .oftinno-before tlio, public of the;; .ttopi inion will Ksvp +o - rintr;'iv'. ,sad.:good-. : bye.to. the:..oLlir»ing. telephone girl/. : . \.