Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1909 — THE TELEPHONE GIRL. [ARTICLE]

THE TELEPHONE GIRL.

The telephone girl sits still in her chair and listens to voices from everywhere. She hears all the gossip, she hears all the news, she knows who is happy and who has the blues; she knows all our sorrows, she knows all our joys, she knows every girl who is chasing the boys; she knows of our troubles, she knows of our strife, she knows every man who is meah to his wife; she knows every tlm.e we are out with the boys, she hears the excuses each fellow employs; she knows every woman who has a dark past, she knows every man who’s inclined to be fast; In fact there’s a secret 'neath each saucy curl of that quiet, demure telephone girl. If the telephone girl would tell all that she knows It ’ would turn half our friends Into bitterest foes; she would raise a small wind that would soon be a gale, engulf us in trouble and land us in jail, she would let go a story (which gaining in force) would cause half our wives to sue for divorce; she could get all the churches mixed up in a fight and turn all our day into sorrowing night; in fact, she could keep the whole town In a stew if ehe’d tell the tenth part of the things she knew. Now doesn’t it make your head whirl when you think what you owe the telephone girl.—Ex.