THI MAMAU MVTi MtlMIIT, N. Y,
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FRIDAY, IMARCH 20, 1914
PnblbiMd TocMl'in »n«l rri«l«y» lor
TRB NASSAU POUT PCBIIffltlNO COMFANT.
M-t4 Sootb Orovc Street. Pr«eport. Nauao County, Nrw York-
BAND W. SUTHEBLA.VD. Editor J AMU r STIL£6, buslncw Manaicer
8UBSCRIPTIO.V TERMS
ONE YEAR
SIX MONTHS
THREE MONTHS
ONE MONTH
$2.(0
|1.4(.
I .71-
.26
DVCBTI8ING RATBS ON APPLICATION
Appliaatl<ni for rmry »• «««>nd cIsm matter at th» Pent Office at Freepor^, L. L, N. V.. paodin*.
AP aammuntratinn uliould oe a<ldrea*c<l u. THE I^AMflAU POST.
Main Offle* rrtrjmrt. h. t.. N T.
ManhalUn Office. 8 B'»lcm«r St., 16th Floor.)
Branehc* at Val.^y Stream. Lynhrook Bast Rockaway, R<Kk»llle Ontra, Lon? Baaeh. Oce«n Si<l*, Haldwin, .Mrrnck. fl-li- mora, Wantaah, Seaford, Uefopneail and .Mm •olA. Telq>boDe «1 Fr<^por
RICHES IN LAKD
According to Dr. Joseph Cacca- vajo, who ia recogn"zed as the higheat authority on population and statistics of the Metropollt.in District, the percentage of In- crease in popuL'ttion in Nassau County for pericds of ten years since 1870 haa been 15 per cenL, from 1870 to 1880, 20 per ccnL, from 1880 to 1830, 24 psr cent., from 1890 to 1900, and 35 per cent. from 1900 to 1910.
He predicta a 51 per cent in- creaaa for the ten years end-ng 1920, and 73 per cent increase for tha tan years betv/cen 1320 and 1930.
The great growth in Nassau County is on the, South Side.
Growth spells opportunity.. Free- port ia the centre of growth and likewise of opportunity. A con¬ servative investor in property any¬ where from Lynbrook to Massa- pequa, who buys at fair value and la able to hold that which he buys, may ba sure of a safe and profit¬ able investment.
No better time to buy a home than in the eai-ly spring. No com- munlty will give you a more cor¬ dial welcome than Freeport and Its neighboring villages. From Tho Nassau Post, Feb. £0, 191
ROOSEVELT, L. 1.
It Is always advisable lo name ¦¦ toyra after a man who Is alive am kicking. You never can tell what In may do. Take the case of our neigl boring village ot Roouevelt. It is jus now divided on the qncstion ot chang Ing its name,- which it took with mud glee when the eminent leader of tb« Progressives was a Republican anc the occupant of a high and mighty of flee. ^
Qrover Cleveland once said that ii was safer to wait until the finish-marl; bad been made to a man's record be fore his name was placed over a pos office door.
We do not hear of tho people In anj of ibe numerous Washingtons, Lifi coin's, Jacksons or Jeflersons plan nlng to change the names of the town
M it is a fact that the authorltleii of tha town of Hempstead, under the town law are not given full authorli> over the town's waterways, then should be no loss of time in seekini; •nd securing laws thht will give it^er.. •uch authority.
It seems almost beyond belief that th* town may not proceed with need •d work on its water side the same us tt does along its highways.
»ly .Qt Toods- on hand. I<ong Island farmer's are as essential to N«w Tork &s the railroads. Solatlon of tbe mar¬ ket problem could, with perfect satety be left to a man ohoaea from this iH'eal source of supply. I The legislation which the OoTemor 1 irjres is in line with his agricultural i t(olicles, which call for the estabtisb- I liient oC a system of rural credits, land I aaaks and a marketing commission to ict as the consumer. A bill providing .or the Governor's recommendationf. .las been introduced.
"the recommendations are patterned tfier a system of produce auctioning vLich has been in vogue in France foi I number of years. The tJovernor be iieves It will help In giving the fanr.ei .1 fair return for his products and will nsure a better quality of foodstuffs i'or the public.
Still, tbe Important thing Is to place he work of the commission in the •aads of a man who la directly 11 ouch with the producer and who .vuows the needs of the farmer In ro atlon to markets. Regulating and improving the ser ice ot selling farm products is essen ially a post for a Long Island mai .vho knows, not of a city man wuo uiuluf he knows.
VAum: products at axtction
The Governor's special message urg ing the legislature to enact a law pro Tiding tor a single beaded food and market commission, whose duties -would be to encourajie the establish¬ ment of local markets for auctioning the products of the farm, ought to be carried Into effect before the closo of the session.
The commissioner should be a Long Island man. NaaSau County ia pnt- par«<^ to suggest a number of names. Tbe markvt problem touches Long is¬ land mors closely than any section of I tba stata. New York City, according to aiHborltfitiTe staUstlos Is practlcal- Ij a baad-tomottth community. .It is iHtaaat* whm it has a taiMlar bu9>
JUiXICE iOR GREECE
Contributed to The Nassau Post and
Published by Request.)
The wholesale and Inhuman slaugl.
or of the Mohammedan population
uriag the Gieco-Turkish war, foi
jv,ed by appeals to the American put
ic on beiialf of the suffering and
tarving hordes of Bulgaria, ha?
njiistd a protest from Greece againsi
lie accusations ot wholesale atroci
ics, murder and rapine publicly am
.liicially, fraught against it by Bui
uia in an effort to excite sympathy
nd most ot all, to distract atienlioi
rom the proved and acknowledge!
1 rociUes committed by her troops.
By declaring themselves the victlmf
• it tlie perpetrators, of unspeakabl'
iiiel'.ies and wanton destruction, th'
:i;lgarians liave sought to put the shot
n another's foot. Their activities ii
:e broadcast dissemination of deifi
:atory literature concerning th« '
fieeks have reached every countr;
>a earth. In America they have beei
i\en unwarranted publicity and cred
.—unwarranted In that the dreadfu
osults ot Bulgarian ferocity are a mat
'T of public record. Tho Greelcs o
uiieiica are righteously Indlgnant-
.ley have not asked help from an;.
ilior country for their destitute thou
ands ai_home—they have co-operatei
.1 Birenuoua self-sacrifice to suffice t(
'lesc pressin.? needs—but they do de
.land and expect common justice am
' fair hearing from the American peo
!e.
Tlie Greeks contend that no Euro ean country could have commitlei r permitted such deeds as Bulgari, 'as set to her credit. The Bulgaria: dshop of Drama issued a forceful pro "St against the deeds ot tlie soldier: f his own country and tire newspa ern aro full of admissions and evei JoaHts' that are hair-raising. Thf eudish fury of the Bulgar is poculiai > ilia race—tbe Taitar. He is of tht ame stock as the Huns and vandals liat overran Europe—ferocious, blood nad, and whose boast and glory is var, torture, pillage and rape. At his loor alone lies the incredible slaugh- er of a hundred and fifty thousand on-combatanl Mohammedans—women ind children—drowned, burned, shot jr bayonelted In bis gory advance gainst the non-combatants of Greece. \'hen the armies of that nation were Iriving him from Macedonia. Like the i'artar that he Is, th Bulgarian slays vhn victorious, from sheer lusts ol laughter and national enthusiasm, vhen defeated, he raped, tortured and lew iu sheer hysteria of revenge. The Greeks are the outposts of Eu- opean civliizalion of which Greece, .ertelf, was the mother. Never li. .11 her history has she shown evidenct^ if Tartar brutality. On the contrary, I nalional spirit of force and idealism, i respect for the laws tbat were even be expression of tbe aspirations of he wiiole people, have from time to ime been hers. Her armies fought against an army barbaric In its meth- jds—she fought beside an army even more luhuamn—yet she conducted her ampaign according to the rules of ivarfare laid down by the nations of 4urop&.- Is her honor to be be¬ smirched ? is ahd to stand by and per- aiit her racial soul to be dedied by .laluniuyT
Bulgaiia now Is awake to her dis¬ graced position among the nations. Shall she be permitted to endeavor to clear tier garments from the stain of innocent \biood by heaping fais* ac¬ cusations upon her {laithborsT The three hundred thousand Qriraka of America call upon th« milUons of Americans: -^"Glve th*
PRIDAY, MARQH M. 1*14
, tmm.'. iJ
Measuring Cooseriatioir by Telephone; Rockville Centil ¥ "Mffit Talkative"
Unique Distinction of South Side Village Disclosed by Interesting Tests "Street Discourse and Social Intercourse Not Over Wire- Eliminated in Computation of "Counted" Talk
Entirely apart from Us numerpu*. cUd varied disiincUons, Kockvilie uenire is actually the must talkative village ol all Long Island—ti'minaUng, ot couiiC, that porUou of iho Greater City to me Westward, indeed it con- «eri>es more in a biucjie day than many places do In a weeii, and yet it is nt)l coasidi^ied guasipy. Most oi! iis talk lo of uomesUc, social or buninefis im- iionan'e, uuu, all of it charjicd lor at laies uxid by a great coriioralion thai exists soleiy lor tiie piupose of en- .;ouragiug urst and lueu legiUatlng jouversauon.
In the Classification of the various /iiiaces of liie South Side accordmg .0 tue degree of tiieir laUaiiveness, .t waa uectssary to consiatr vaiioub Liiatiers, The promiscuoub u'lk ot the oireel could uoi be taken into account, ...either could couversaiions at the post juice. U would re(;uiie u, dounle- jdted ilav.ksuaw wiiU i sycue ears lo ooUipute Ihe discourse al mt^bliivs ot 'aou" clubs, aad no co;p6 ol siaiiati- jiaus could ever deieiiuiue wiiii ac- juiacy lio;v much had been said al any gaiiicriug of a lauies guild or oewiiig circiB. Yet il was of inieresi .0 kno->v which one or two villages ol .riouiaern Xsas^au Coiuily taJK.s the .aOBi by actual count.
It v.as early clelfcrmiued that the velepiioae (and tte lerm is used coi- .ecuveiy ili order mat uoue of its in- aicale Uiechauisius may be -icluded) ..aa Iho oue a/eiiue ihiough which a .ally todld be k^pt on social inler- jouioe. Aud t.'ie tiguies oiaaiuable, j-/en in tho hrst iweuiy-lour hourb .i-ere amaziug. They disclosed that liockviiie Ceutrd led all of iis sisiei .illages of lUe SouUi aide bj a com .oriuuio margin, wiiii l-'ieepoit a me- iiocre second.
In a single day from these two vll- .agca there vscrs 24,0Uu cousersaUout. j»tr liie icicyiioaes ot liiea^; two vil- .ao«'> aad lacif envnous, 'iliis wai^ aunutj Ihe last eevere snow siorui,. lue ielep|ioue ajjpareiuiy eerved In a miilucapaciiy. in one of ^'leepoiL'tv jubi giocery stores ilieffe were liineiy jului betore ten o'cloclc and aii of them ,vere ordci-s. 'ihe baker, bu.chci, dry- juuuii mereliaut, shoe maa, coal dual- jr, aud various others uiei the rush jf bublucbs by wire, it was a busy ..iuy lor ail of liieui iu oae way or an other.
The tabulation of talk w-ie contln- acd tor leu mil days wiiu amazing ji^iccco;:. 'iue people uf Koclv\iUe Cen- ,.ie aiid placed couUc^uuus to ii cou- ¦ ersed yu.uuO times; iu Freeport there .-.eie some i>j,'JUO lalks aud the ex- jiiauij«,s of omer disiritU Utreaboais .voiiicu LO cayaciiy. U %vas estimated .nai one opeiaior han.di.cu i'l;> calls in a siUt^le miu'uie liunufa' a rusii hour jn oae ol the days.
ThOijgood people of ilockvUie Centre and I'leepori, us weil as oiuer viliageb jf lUe tjuulh Side, can scarcely realize low talk eouuls up. Tliere are more lUau il,oui/ i,eople in the lormer village, .;ppro.\imaLeiy l.i'uO oi vuom have tei- dpiiuuc;^, aud use ihcm al least live i.imcs iu eacu day, ou au average. Ii all had phoues, the esUmave is ven- .ured that there would be 2-:,000 con- versalioas in a B'ngie twfenty-foui aours aud if the 7,0J0 residents ot i<'reeporl were all equipped with them it is a safe guess that there would be oomethiug over 35,UuO lalka recorded >v'iih the sun's selling.
During the iulerestliig tests Free- i)on aud its viciniiy registered 50,001; .lonversaiiona in ten days from 1,600 phones, or au average of 3^ calls to every phone In each day. And In vVaniugh 224 telephone subscribers .alked 5,270 times or an average ot ^wice daily during March to date. In ileiiipsiead village the average wai> iOur culls to a phone aud <u Garden vjiiy three calls. In the latter place, aowever, iiie.coaversaiioos -n'ere many ^f them with distant points.
Ko more inieresiiug task was ever .inderiaKou ihau that of counting alks. It is an arduous work and the demands-upou time are great, but cer-. lainly It is a labor that carried «ith it a reward of its own. The partlcu iar tests, incidents of which is the ;>LU-pu&e of this article lo i&ll, begin at the faieful hour of midnight, where considerable talk n^ver poimted., gins.
A wife niayhtp desires to be con¬ nected wlik the Hole', the num¬ ber of which ahe does not know.
"Operator," ahe snaps, "Give me the Hotel. I'm looking for that hus¬ band of mine. He's a beast! Here
minutes she calls again to reassure herself that the dining room clock which says 1.10 is not lyin.^.
It Is possible that there will be twenty of these caUs in a single night.
: In tonteq^Iatjon of evening. 1 A new foi'oa of operators reUare ! those vbo hare worried out tha eight wltb a rubber sump and stacks upon , ataibks at yellow tickets upon which ! are recorded the day's business. It is I these girls who negotiate the big . count. They answer and connect : calls from the time they enter until the ; evenin^i whistle. It is a race to "plug" I out the lights. The courteous sub- {dcriber is invariably bandied with j ^aie. He is a sought c&Uer. I It Is probably of interest to many ; .vho use the telephone to know just i ATiiat happens when the receiver '¦ .eaves tbe hook and why ihe telephone
omitting Saturdays, of cour'-.e. There I operator answers Immediately there- are always more on Saturday nights ; alter. It is the working of a compli- than at any time during the week. ¦ caied electro-mechanism that opens But there are calls that continue I i-he path of conversation. The rising
well Into the night. The garages do a land office business between one and thrde and tbe doctors have to re¬ spond as many as fifty in the wee small hours. There are a few report¬ ers calling about at unseemly hours and then there are the calla that can¬ not be coimted coming from distant places, principally the city. Every¬ body knows them.
The local telephone rings with a long steady ring, and a distant per¬ haps wavering voice says, "Zat y— y—you, de—de—-dear? Wo—wo—ell zis is m—m—me. I'm w—w—way d—
receiver hook makes a contact with a ^'rounded wire; a battery flows over a ciicuit through a relay or electro magnet; the relay operates; another contact is made that groimds another uailery flowing through a miniature .signal lamp which Is lighted and the operator erceives 'he signal.
By a method in wuich she haa been schooled, the operator takes up a cord —one of a pair, the back one—and in- .^eris in a "jack" just below the light the light that indicates your telephone >^aul. The "plug" is a brass tipped anangement in which three wires ler-
d—down he—here In the ci—ci—city, f'^i'^"^®- This operation causes the re- I wa—wa—was de—de—la—yed an— I ^ay to be released and the light goes an—and ml—ml—missed the la—la— i o^^- Then a, "listening key" Is thrown last tr—tr—train. Au but I'm co— i ''¦"d t-he tamiilar "Mumber Please," co—comin" ho—ho—home in the me¬ mo—morn—mom—in'. Su—su—re
comes over the line. i
I If a local number Is wanted, the frout cord is used to counect with I .luother local phone, the number of j vvhich is indicated on the board. If Ihe number be one with a leiter at- Lached, the ring Is made by means ol a selective ringing key. For a dis- > Laui call the process Is longer and : more complicated. But in eilher in¬ stance when the call Is concluded, the iiauglng up of the telephone receiver upsets Ihe balance of the circuit over v.'liich there has been a converttatlon aud the operator is apprised of the lact that it is .cleared again by a light Hashed in front of the ch'orda.
The lights appear with rapid Irreg- uliirity of a revolving beacon at sea. ihe operaiois swing lo an increasing
I'll be beck in the mo—mo—morn— mom—^in' . All ri—right, d—d—dear. Thank a—you."
The interrogation is generally the signal for the local battery to open are. And almost invariably the con¬ versation lags no further.
Have you been drinking again? I'd be ashamed of myself. Wait 'till I set you here. Be sure Its the first Lhing In tli« morning. Oh, this is terrible—terrible ."
"I'm sorry, de^—de—dear. 1 met—"
"Don t say another word. You've gone just far enough. Good By!"
The Freeport telephone Is "rung oft" suddenly, and the operator makes the customary Inquiry, "Are you waiting?"
"Huh," says the befuddled eolce at i auiuber of calls with every advancing Ihe other end. "Are you Ella? No? j aiomeals of the moraiug. The house tia-has 8-s-6he go-go-gone? Well, th-1 ^vife calls the grocer; ihe druggist is th-that sallright. Mu-much-bllged. : busy preparing prescriptions phoned Gee, she-she-slie's mad." | lo him; the butciier cuts his meat in
The calls that have been counted ' i'-ccordanco with orders received by and the conversations that have been , ^vire; the hardware man fills a me- added up to this hour of the morning ! cLauical direction from a voice In a ire limited. They do not exceed sev- ' distant place in the village or district; anty or perchance eighty. On Salur-' ihe garage manager orders a car wash- iay nights It Is different, to be sure, ' ed at the order of an owner by phone, out that is generally an extraordinary ^ ihe telephone controls Us little world evening. | of activiiy. The conversations all
In the usual run of things four op- count. There are more and more as arators In the two larger exchanges t.he noon hour approaches. At eleven it the district are sufficient to handle the flooding of activity is at its height, ill the talks with ease. And unless And then comes a respite. A church 'here Is an early morning fire things hdl sounds twelve In monotonous move along smoothly In the exchanges. ! clangs and the noon train from the The count lags until, say four o'clock ! city steams into the station. For an vhen the time seekers begin to awak- hour tbe telephone relaxes. There sn. The alarm clocks are beginning; are few calls. People are eating. to buzz.
Ifehed tLelr sf||ilwlc|isif and the wea- tbar is ncry^oiideiTa for soda.
•X}«t H* -«*— patijr J. one asks f(i)P a iffMjtif^ ofllc^ and th« dsei^ baago vaica o( a south answats.
"Hellfib" sha aayi «(iXUy and eCeci ively as possible.
"Hailo," is the unsaspactlng reply. 'Who is thia?"
"Why this Is the office of —¦ ,"
come Bibe answer, "How are you?"
'Ob, I'm all right." replied the otber "How are you?"
"So. so. Say listen, nave you heard
Ihe latest WeU She'i* anu
he ¦ ¦ . it's coming oU ne^i
month. What do you know about that?"
These conversations usi longer tuan ordinary business talks, yet they count but one. Anoihar girl is talking wiiu a young man in another village aboui a forthcoming function to which she wouid like to be taken. Tue yooub man appears to be reluctant but iinaiiy (and It is out of pu°e courtesy) Ut "lalig" and the lavitalion foilowa. Two oUice assistants, both girls, are dis- cuMing a dance and certain "peaches (the lerm apphed to men berej woum Doth have met. The coav«r!>auou ubed not be repeated. It bas beeu ueard a hundred times. The Iellu^^t> <vers "just grand" and the time wa^ -just grand," and every inciueui oi uie evening Blood oui iia.e a vviiOie ttveniug in itseix.
Tu» count lags again In tha after¬ noon unill foui- o'clock with iha regu¬ lar business of suburban commimiiieb. rneie la an occasional call howevei and most conversaiiona are very lung. X'Ue women are engaged in atieraoou aocial discourse by leiephuue. Euch of them counts one—uo more.
If the afternoon's record has been sliiail, it is no iudica-Jou mat It vMii uui ue large in iu«i etuning. >io lu- ueed. At n\e o'clock liiti ru::u ot iigiiib IS agam appaiMui. Taeie la a bcuir> amoug the gins beiiiud lae boaids uuu lue iLuouoiuuou&'.NuLuber.plea&e .'' rings Ihrougn lae lutiu louiu. 'lae lime for "daiiug up" lor tiie night ai- livus m the uadbl of lUis atioi-rush ol calls ut liio cisoc ol busiuejtb.
On debouaire young woman calls her admirer lo Ikt him know that il will be impossible for her to see him that evening, she having just received an invliaiion from a moie favored young man to accompany him to ihe Lueaire. The telephone lecorded tne two calls, one to her aud one trom her. Auoiher youih asks a girl with whoLi iiO Is pariicuiarly friendly lo accom¬ pany him to the "movies." His ob- servaiiou Is that tliey (the piciuib:^) are great. He gives her u.e eaLiib program over the telephone, leils something of the person noi of tiio act¬ ors aad finally clinches the "uate" witn that appeal—"Aw, come on! It's a great night and the moon's out." She consents ot course, not so much because of the "movies" but this Uo- meo and the moon aeem to hll tha bill when there's nothing else In slKhi.
To the girls who lives In the su-
line i^iOQe for her own us«.
It is after the time when lorecs av* engaged however, that the real count¬ ing ot the eTenlns*B dicoursa lmtii> There are calls from the village cloba :o tbe'Vlliage homes and excuses and pleas. There are numerous conraio 7JiilonB between met and maidens and ong discourses In which tha topics ot he day are discussed.
Tbey all count Before eight o'clock ;here are something over 6,000 ia vockviUe Cenlre with Freeport run- .ling close for second. It Is in the liter hours before midnight tbat ;iockvilIe Centre speeds up. This may iccouni in some way tor tha numarous luarriaces In- that village. i
JUNIOR MECHANICS APPEAU
Committee of Arrangementa for Stata Convention lasue General Appeal. The general committee appointed by Freeport No. 57, Jr. 0. U. A. M.. to irranie for the stele convention ot :he order in Fraeport next Labor Day, .las issued letters to all the members of Ihe local Council re.juestlng eoa* .rlbuiions of |i each to help defray expenses ct entertaining the Stata ot< acials and delegates. The committea mienas to make tbe stale convention ihe best ever hold In tbe career of tha organi.-Taiion and will need consldera* ble money. J. Huyler Ellison is chalr> man of tije committee and his expert* mcc. coupled v.iih the ualimited an* Lhusiasm he usually displays in cou« lection with buch affairs. Insures suo> cess uf tue plans.
JOIN IN "GO TO CHURCH DAY'
Lutheran and R, C. Church Pasters Co-operate With Other Freeport
Clergy Tho "Go to Church Sunday" moTO> ment which the pastors of the Meth¬ odist, Presbyterian and Episcopal Church ot Freeport have joined to¬ gether in tor Sund.^y, April 5, has been augir.ontcJ by the cooperation of Faiiicr Boyle of the Church of Our Iloiy Redeemer and the Rev. A.' C. Karkau, pastor cf the Lutheran Church.
The uniting of Failier Boyle and Parlor KurU-.-^iU v.Kh liie movement compleio:. the circuit of vllla;,'e churcI;o3 in a special observance of the day. Each cliurch will hold .-ep- ara'.e services to make the day one of special c'u.ervunce.
To Continue at Crystal Lake Mrs. A. E. Frost, owner ot the Crys¬ tal Lake House, who had partially t.ompleied arranr,eiTi£n;s for leasing the pop-al.-ii- lioitoliy to .Vew York city iiartits, has concluded that her inter- ei;l v,-ill be btr.;t tKin; er\ed by continu¬ ing the icanasement ot the hotel her- '•eU as Bho bas fo.'- n.,nny years past. Ilor many f.-lc.ida are pleasod to know of her dolcrmlr.aiitin to continue.
i've been waiting since half past eight olelock for soma -ice cream." ' if tbe iVIlssus doesn't find him at the drat placa, she tries aevaral others; calls the club or clubs, spaaka o'f his Bulgartaaa habits es a card player, etc., maff fin-
ouNugr; wa aakiMOjr JTMT iHBtlM.*' aUy oivaa itp. Tbw wltU*
It Is the most nattiral thing in the world for a man who must get up at 3, certain very early hour to awaken intuitively a half an hour before—per¬ haps longer. Generally he doesn't look at the clock. He knows that it is nearing his rising time. He doesn't ever go to sleep while waiting. On the contrary he lays there and suffers. It seems Uke a week.
When the clock finally begins Its monotonous buzz, there is a scurry to ! get to it. The ring comes as a reward { for patience. The early riser is sat¬ isfied. He shuts it off, and then in { perfect contentment he reclines again j for a few extia wlnkfj. I
He doses oft, possibly for ten min-' i^s. Then he calls on the telephone , f he had one, to confirm the correcl- aesB of his alarm clock. i
"WiU you please tell me the time?" I ae asks. I
The operator is always obliging. It ' Is exactly 4.30 o'clock she says pleas-1 ontly. With this authenUcaled know- j .edge he lays back again for another | Joes, only to awaken with ten or fit-: ¦een minutes. He reaches for the i ^hone at his bedside.
"What time did you say it was, op-1 drator.'^' be asks sheepishly.
"Why it was 4.30 when you called !
before," comes the cheering reply, >
But now it Is 4.50." j
The total ntmiber of talks Is greatly i iugmented by these of early morning. { There are conversation betweeh aia- { bles and butchers and grocers and dis- j oouraing with representatives at the i markets. Still the time-seekers are In Ihe majority. They call, sometimeb four and fire times, often questioning Che accuracy of the information they recei ve^
Tba counting that lamed throughout the night begins to become brisk after tbe aoB atraaks its horisontal rays from the eastward. At seven there ^u'a wires tbat fairly bum with the trtcUoA of oontlnued usage* and be¬ fore eight tbe awltcbboard preaentB. Uie appaaraaoe of a street scene along anUm^ ee Um ii«M» ua taraai «b
Ch-jrch r-".iir a Big Success. Succefcfcfui in every feature the fair burbs oft the mainline of the railroad ' couduclc-d I y tlie Ladles' Aid Society or transfer points of the trolic-y il sue ' and the Ladles' Auxiliary of the Rock- has a heart has a leiephoue also. And I vjile Cen'iro Pic-sLyuriin Church, she Bhould keep within ear shot oi itjl-.vhich c1os«^a1 Wednesday evening at- at the ringing time. There are SOJtraLttd hundreds ot patro.nd. Dinner many of hiese conversations in the ! and s;i;-;)er .-.•ere Served and many ar- But this condition'does not continue j course of a week that it almo.^t be-' tic^ei; oiie-ted for pale. The iadloa for the half hour brings a round of j hooves every girl who is old enough j wcrl;cd • n'.ln:;la=tlcally for the auc- conversation tbat certainly swells the 1 to follow a regular Wednesday night! cess of ilio c .e^it aad the net proceeds giand total. Stenographers have fin-I schedule with success to havo a party ; were hlgljly tuU-ifaciory.
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