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The history of the telephone (1910)

Casson, Herbert Newton, 1869- · Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co. · leaf 194

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ver the rush of women into the businessworld was an unmixed blessing, it was when theboys of the telephone exchanges were super-seded by girls. Here at its best was shown theinfluence of the feminine touch. The quietvoice, pitched high, the deft fingers, the patientcourtesy and attentiveness —… … THE HISTORY OF THE TELEPH&NE they were more careful; and they were muchmore likely to give the soft answer that turnethaway wrath. A telephone call under the boy regime meantBedlam and five minutes; afterwards, under thegirl regime, it meant silence and twenty seconds.Instead of the incessant…

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