TELEPHONE ADVANTAGES.
For long a Parisian merchant had .sot j his heart on a telephone. • When at I last it was installed, in his office, lie was as plo.ised as a child with a new toy. He rang up anyone on any provocation. "You have no idea," he said to a friend who had looked in. ''how well it Avorks. . Noav ,are you free this evening-'" The friend said he was, and accepted an invitation to dinner. "Noav," said tho oivner of the telephone, "you see what a convenience this little machine is. X ring nj) my Avife a.nd tell her you are coming, and aa'o will have something good for dinner to-night." There Avas no difficulty. The would-be host rang up and told bis Avifc the glad tidings. Then, lending one of the receivers to Ms friend, "Just put your ear to it for a moment, and notice lioav clearly you can bear the voice." Very clearly, indeed, did the Avoids readi the guest's ear: "What in 'the Avorld do yon mean by inviting that awful bore!"
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10719, 12 October 1912, Page 4
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178TELEPHONE ADVANTAGES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10719, 12 October 1912, Page 4
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