XVI 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1913 



Fairy Magic — Telephone Reality 



A tent large enough to shelter his 

 vast army, yet so small that he could 

 fold it in his hand, was the gift de- 

 manded by a certain sultan of India 

 of his son, the prince who married 

 the fairy Pari-Banou. 



It was not difficult for the fairy to 

 produce the tent. When it was 

 stretched out, the sultan's army con- 

 veniently encamped under it and, as 

 the army grew, the tent extended of 

 its own accord. 



A reality more wonderful than 

 Prince Ahmed's magic tent is the Bell 

 Telephone. It occupies but a few 

 square inches of space on your desk 



or table, and yet extends over the 

 entire country. 



When you grasp it in your hand, 

 it is as easily possible to talk a hun- 

 dred or a thousand miles away as to 

 the nearest town or city. 



In the Bell System, 7,500,000 tele- 

 phones are connected and work to- 

 gether to take care of the telephone 

 needs of the people of this country. 



As these needs grow, and as the 

 number of telephone users increases, 

 the system must inevitably expand. 

 For the Bell System must always 

 provide a service adequate to the 

 demands of the people. 



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Mayne and K. L. Hatch. New York: 



American Book Company. 1913. Cloth. 



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Productive Swine Husbandry. By George 



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