. Popular electricity magazine in plain English. lephone company and theperson with whom you talk. It is notsufficient that one or two of these dotheir work properly: the co-operation ofall three is necessary. Another important point in the tele-phone business is this: The service mustnever stop and there are numerous in-stances of telephone operators calmlyserving subscribers under conditions thatwould try the nerve of fearless men; in anoperating room threatened with fire andfilled with smoke, they sit at their postswith fine self-control, trusting to the man-ager and to the firemen. Always
. Popular electricity magazine in plain English. lephone company and theperson with whom you talk. It is notsufficient that one or two of these dotheir work properly: the co-operation ofall three is necessary. Another important point in the tele-phone business is this: The service mustnever stop and there are numerous in-stances of telephone operators calmlyserving subscribers under conditions thatwould try the nerve of fearless men; in anoperating room threatened with fire andfilled with smoke, they sit at their postswith fine self-control, trusting to the man-ager and to the firemen. Always willing to meet the demands ofunusual traffic caused by special events, to work the unusual hours, such as eve-nings, Sundays and holidays, many andvaried are the qualifications that go tomake up the telephone operator of to-day. VERTICAL ELECTRIC TOASTER The vertical electric toaster has a newfeature in its construction which willinterest the particular housewife. Thistoaster may be used on an uncoveredtable without fear of damaging the finish. Vertical Toaster of the wood. This will be good news forla femme de menage superieure who hasalways been careful to put asbestos matsunderneath hot dishes and who wouldunder no circumstances put a cookingutensil upon a polished dining roomtable. The protective asbestos mat hasbeen incorporated in the base. This handsome little device is said tobe highly efficient and therefore moreeconomical in operation. This efficiencyhas been increased by a reflector at thebase of the toaster and the insulatingasbestos board prevents direct heatradiation or conduction. It has a recordof 6000 hours for toasting. During his stay in Paris, Sir HumphryDavy was conducted over the great •Louvre, but famous pictures did notexcite his wonder. He hurried throughthe galleries merely remarking to hisguide on an extremely good collection offine frames. POPULAR ELECTRICITY and the WORLDS ADVANCE 1207 AN ELECTRIC PARTY Father was away for the day and verybusy in
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