NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Telephone Talks 
Remember: One fare for the Round Trip—for the 
the message and the answer. It may cost a little 
more—but so does the Twentieth Ccntury Limited. 
A Chain and Its Links 
In telephoning there are three links in the chain that con- 
stitutes ‘‘good service’’: 1. The person calling. 2. The oper- 
ator. 3. The person called. 
No matter how much any one or any two of these links 
do to develop good service, the result is determined by the 
measure of co-operation of the third. A chain is no stronger 
than its weakest link. 
If the person calling fails to consult the directory and 
gives a wrong number, the operator inevitably repeats the 
error. If the person called fails. to answer promptly and the 
caller leaves the telephone, naturally ‘‘there is no one on the 
line.”’ 
Being human, the operator—the other link—is liable to 
err occasionally, but careful analysis demonstrates that she is 
not fairly chargeable with many of the difficulties frequently 
ascribed to her. 
If Link No. 1 Gives the Right Number and Calls Distinct- 
ly, and Link No. 3 Answers Promptly, the Telephone Company 
will be responsible for its part of the chain. If no higher mo- 
tive actuated it, the motive of economy, or self-interest, would 
suffice. 
From any Pay Station you can speak to any one of 425,- 
000 telephones in the territory of the New England Telephone 
and Telegraph Company. 
If he is not a subscriber, a message will be sent at your 
expense to ask him to come to the nearest Pay Station. 
New England Telephone 
and Telegraph Company 
Boston Theatre 
Seldom in the history of the Bos- 
ton Theatre has a larger audience 
greeted an opening than that which 
attended to witness the Boston prem- 
ier of Wagenhals and Kemper’s 
latest and best dramatic ‘offering, 
‘““The Greyhound’’ written by Paul 
Armstrong and Wilson Mizner. ‘‘The 
Greyhound’? came to Boston’s jaded 
theatregoers as a refreshing novel- 
ty. It has all the thrills and excite- 
ment of a powerful drama with the 
relief which comes from genuinely 
funny comedy and characterization. 
The four crooks who dominate the 
story go about their work seriously 
enough, but the authors have drawn 
them in such a unique way and sup- 
plied them with such laughable but 
thoroughly natural and characteris- 
tic dialogue that their nefarious 
scheming is attended always by 
spontaneous laughter on the part of 
the audience. The attractiveness of 
‘‘The Greyhound’’ comes from the 
fact that although its main story 
deals with the plans and ways of 
criminals it does not-introduce any — 
low bred people, but moves in an at- 
mosphere of gentility and _ refine- 
ment; even the archcrook himself, 
who is known as ‘‘The Greyhound,’’ 
being a person of exquisite manner 
and most gentlemanly speech and 
appearance. The setting of the play 
on a great ocean liner adds to its in- 
terest and permits of much novelty 
in scenic display. The cast is a very 
large one comprising nearly 50 peo- 
ple. 
Good Work of the Motor Boat 
Muffling Association 
That the Massachusetts coast will 
soon be thoroughly freed from the 
nerve racking and ear splitting noise 
of the power boats is evident trom 
the continued activity of State Of- 
ficers Grady, Daley and Nelligan on 
board the Motor Boat Muffling As- 
sociation cruiser ‘‘ Kasagi’’. The cam- 
paign to exterminate this nuisance is 
in full swing and arrests are still 
being made and will continue to be 
made until the owners of power boats 
realize that the State Police mean 
business and are determined that 
every boat now in use shall comply 
with the law. 
The ‘‘Kasagi’’ has already yisited 
the harbors of Winthrop, Nahant, 
Marblehead, Salem, Beverly, Man- 
chester, Gloucester, Rockport, Lanes- 
ville, Annisquam, Newburyport and 
the Merrimac River and _ arrests 
have been made in Salem, Nahant, 
Gloucester and Rockport. 
One peculiar feature of the cam- — 
paign thus far is the fact that at 
many places scores of motor boat 
owners have personally visited the - 
‘‘Kasagi’’ with a request that their 
boats be tested to see if they were 
complying with the law, and most of 
them have expressed a ready wil- 
lingness to install whatever muffler 
may be needed. 
Following the completion of this © 
strenuous campaign along the entire 
North Shore and Merrimac River, the 
‘“Kasagi’’ will shortly visit the South 
Shore where a repetition of the raids 
will be made. 
With Captain Hird successfully en- 
forcing the law in Boston Harbor, 
and Captain Proctor of the State 
Police Boat, Lexington, doing the 
same in Buzzard’s Bay, only one re- 
sult ean follow and that is the ex- 
termination of this pest and the 
quieting of our shores and harbors. 
