THE TELEPHONE 
Manchester Has one of Best Ex- 
changes in the Country 
Telephone development in) Man- 
chester during the past four years 
has been rapid so far as improve- 
ment:in system, service and type of 
construction are concerned, Manches- 
ter has shown an average growth in 
the number of subseribers during 
these four years. In 1911 there were 
256 subseribers and at the present 
writing there are 358, showing an in- 
crease of 102 for the period. The 
Telephone Company has given this 
town the very best in telephone 
equipment. It was but a little 
more than three years ago that the 
service rates were reduced from 10 
to 20 per cent. It was less than 
two years ago that the telephone 
company built a new central office 
_and furnished it with the latest type 
of switchboard, This new arrange- 
ment gave Manchester subseribers 
the benefit of divided ringing sys- 
tem on party lines as well as new 
common battery type of exchange, 
Which eliminated the necessity of 
signalling the operator by turning 
a crank. The company has, at con- 
siderable cost, placed many miles of 
its cable underground, thus replace 
ing the overhead construction, 
This work has made possible the 
removal of 194 poles and there are 
8.085 miles of copper wire under the 
streets of Manchester at the present 
time. 
In ‘ Manchester, as well as in 
other exchanges where the popula 
tion increases in the summer season, 
it is necessary for the company. to 
provide many extra facilities for the 
additional summer use, there being, 
however, but a sheht change in the 
number of summer subseribers from 
year to year. 
Another detail to which the tele 
phone company has of late given its 
attention is the establishment of a 
public pay station at  seattered 
points about the town for the hene- 
fit. and convenience of the non-sub 
seribers, These all-year-round pay 
stations have increased from five in 
1911 to fourteen at the present writ- 
ing.; ‘There are, of course, a few 
summer pay stations installed, for 
the most part in hotels. One im 
portant addition to the summer type 
of pay station was made last sea- 
son at Singing Beach upon arrange- 
ment. with the Town of Manchester 
Park Commissioners. This was 
found to be an excellent location for 
the accommodation of the many 
people who visited the beach. 
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A Cool Soliloquy 
Oh! The Boston Arena Rink, 
Is the place for sport, I think, 
lor rain or shine, the skating is fine. 
l’ll therefore hurry henee, 
Kent skates for just ten cents, 
I’l] have a lengthy skate, 
And stay out rather late, 
I’ll cut the figure 8, 
And make them say I’m great, 
Or land upon my pate. 
Porhaps the Manager, Mr, Lougee, 
Will Jamp me up, when he will see 
My graceful curves, and smile on me. 
To a paid engagement he may agree, 
Like that of Herr and Fraulein Muller, 
Then I will be ‘The Foxy Quiller,’’ 
On runners with any respectable ‘feller, ’? 
Who’s heart is not in ‘‘tiefen keller.’? 
I'll be there in style on hockey nights, 
And stay till they put out the lights, 
‘Then Ill come home with movements quick, 
Go right to bed and sleep like a brick, 
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AQUAL SUFFRAGE NOTES, 
Kh. Walter Lougee, man- 
ager of the Boston 
‘Arena, which is a million- 
dollar reereation and en- 
tertainment enterprise, re- 
cently challenged our Bos- 
ton advertising expert, 
Mr. Francis M. Chase, to 
write an advertising 
rhyme for the Arena. The 
challenge was quickly ae- 
cepted and the accompany- 
ing lines won the wager. 
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also. been made 
along the lines of private branch ex- 
changes, the Maseconomo Hotel and 
Missex County elub both having in- 
stalled one of the most modern type 
Progress has 
Perhaps the most important Suf- 
lrage news of this week is that 
brought by Miss Mary MacDowell, 
within the past year, 
Considering the size of the town 
and the number of telephone users, 
it is doubtful if there can be found 
wnywhere in the United States a 
more up-to-date telephone exchange, 
Orville Harrold at B. F. Keith’s 
The great American tenor from 
the Centruy Opera house, Orville 
Harrold, will head the bill at B. BP. 
Keith’s Theatre the week of Mareh 
Sth, surrounded by a great bill of 
headline attractions, ineluding Wal- 
ter ©, Welly and Bessie Wynn. Mr, 
Ilarrold is famous as the man who 
made “‘T’m Halling In Love With 
Someone’? the big song hit of 
Naughty Marietta, when he starred 
with Trentini in this operetta. Tle 
will offer an excellent. program of 
popular numbers. Walter ©. Kelly, 
the Virginia Judge, comes from a 
long run at the New York Winter 
Garden; and Bessie Wynn, the lady 
ce 
of the Waste Commission of the city 
of Chicago. Miss MaeDowell spoke 
at a joint meeting of the Women’s 
City Club and the Women’s Muniei- 
pal League, in Boston, on Monday 
evening, on the subjeet of civie work 
and human welfare; and she testified 
that the women of Chieago, in the 
short time sinee they have had the 
vote, have been able to accomplish 
for the health of that city what it 
was impossible to do before they 
were enfranchised. She gave the 
strongest possible argument for 
Woman Suffrage, and many who lis- 
tened to her with respect were anti- 
Suffragists. (Whether they are still, 
| cannot say!) Miss MacDowell also 
addressed the annual meeting of the 
Boston Hqual Suffrage Assn, at 
luncheon on Thursday, and it is of 
interest in Manchester to know that 
on this same occasion Mrs. Wm. 
Sturgis testified to the real worth of 
Nqual Suffrage, which she experi- 
enced for many years in Colorado, 
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dainty of vaudeville, has a series of Mrs. Sturgis herself is the best pos- 
new and catehy Songs, with SOME sible argument in favor ot the 
beautiful gowns. Babby Matthews, woman voter! li Recs: 
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Al Shayne and their big company 
of pretty girly will present ‘‘Dream- 
lnnd,’? an imaginative comedy in 
three seenes laid respectively in 
Chinatown, Egypt, and the Bowery. 
Er Quite So, 
Lydia-—When Jack met Billy and 
me out walking, T found it very 
hard to conceal my dismay. 
Alice—I imagine! It’s so hard to 
conceal anything with the present 
style !—Judge. 
To Earn a Night’s Repose 
‘Yes, sir, my ’usband ’as been 
very poorly. ’EK’d to give up his 
job as nieht watchman beeause he 
suffers so from inso-mania.’’ 
A Bad Turn 
Scott--How long were you away 
on your wedding tour? 
Mott-—Too long; it developed in- 
to a leeture tour, 
