A TELEPHONE WITH “SOFYS” IN IT.
A well to do but unsophisticated farmer was in London lately and brought with him his wife and daughters to see the sights and do some shopping. Among other places they visited the draper’s, and,, after wandering around for a while, the party came to a stop, near the elevator. One of the daughters was the first to discover the elevators moving silently up and down, receiving and discharging their cargoes of passengers She pulled her father’s coat sleeve, and in a tone that was audible to the clerks in the neighbourhood asked : ‘ What’s that, paw that thing going up and down with sofys in it ?’ ‘ The old man gave the elevator a long, calm, scrutinizing stare, and exclaimed : ‘ True as you live, it’s a telephone ! The first I ever see !’
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Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 25, 15 September 1894, Page 10
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137A TELEPHONE WITH “SOFYS” IN IT. Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 25, 15 September 1894, Page 10
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