Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1917 — When Timid Becomes Ferocious. [ARTICLE]

When Timid Becomes Ferocious.

The telephone was undoubtedly invented In order to place small, timid men on equality with their more aggressive fellows. It is the great leveler. Many a meek, crushed Individual, Incapable of asserting himself at close quarters, gives, when’ talking lnto a receiver, so close an imitation of a roaring Hon of the jungle that experts are deceived. No man by taking thought can add cubits to his stature, but he can do It in a couple of minutes by talking in the telephone. The smallest member of the Boganny troupe of acrobats feels as tall as Jess Willard after he has hurled a few home truths into the receiver and hung up in time to foil the scorching come-back. —Telephone Topics-