Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1913 — Calling the Deaf. [ARTICLE]

Calling the Deaf.

“To waken a deaf person who wishes to be called at a certain time In the morning Is about the hardest proposition a hotel clerk runs up against,” said k member of that fraternity. ‘To ring the telephone is useless, because the man can’t hear. Knocking, for the same reason, is futile. Now and then a guest who has lost his hearing suggests that he leave his door open so we can walk right In and shake him, but even If he does appear to be dead game there are so many chances of somebody less guileless than ourselves walking in ahead of us that we can’t consent to that simple expedient. "It seems to me the man who can patent a device for waking the deaf is sure of fame and fortune, not to mention the gratitude of the brotherhood of hotel clerks.”