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NORTH SHORE. BREEZE 
15 
MAGNOLIA 
FOR SALE: One of the finest summer residences on 
the North Shore. 50,000 ft. of land and house of seve 
enteen rooms and four bath rooms and toilet, all moda 
ern conveniences. The grounds are beautifully laid 
out with plenty of shade, ornamental and fruit trees 
and shrubbery, flower garden and tennis court. 
Apply to J. MAY, MAGNOLIA, MASS. 
TELEPHONE TALKS 
Believing that exact knowledge promotes co-operation, the New 
England Telephone and Telegraph Company is publishing a 
series of brief expositions of some phrases of tele- 
phony, for the benefit of itself, and, as it hopes, 
for the benefit of all telephone users. 
THE ART OF TELEPHONING. 
Every day some subscriber asks the 
New England Company what he can do 
personally to get most satisfactory results 
with the telephone. The answer, put 
briefly, is this: Look up numbers be- 
fore calling ‘“‘Central;’’ be prompt 
about answering your own telephone bell 
when it rings; take pains in speaking. 
The necessity for looking up telephone 
numbers is obvious. With the rapidly 
increasing list of subscribers connected 
with each exchange, it would be im- 
possible for operators to identify every- 
body’s line from his name. Giving 
6c 23 : 
Central’’ the number you wish cor- 
rectly and distinctly to start with saves 
time and errors. 
The desirability of answering promptly 
is also evident. If the operator receives 
no response after ringing at regular inter- 
vals during a minute and a_ half or two 
minutes, she reports, “They don’t 
answer.’’ Evenata little inconvenience 
it is better to respond to the first call of 
the bell than to run the risk of losing 
what may be an important communica- 
tion and causing the person who rings 
youup, as well as yourself, distress or 
annoyance. 
Conversing well by telephone is some- 
thing of an art, but it is one easily ac- 
quired. To be able to talk clearly and 
agreeably over the wire is as positive an 
asset in business and as valuable an ac- 
complishment in social life as is good 
personal appearance in a face-to-face in- 
terview. Being invisible to the person 
with whom you are speaking, the im- 
pression you make depends very largely 
onthe quality of your voice when it 
reaches the other end of the line. 
In telephoning to a person in your 
own town you will get the clearest trans- 
mission if you speak in an ordinary con- 
versational tone. In fact, the tone 
should be a shade lower rather than 
higher than that you use in ordinary con- 
versation. For long distance talking the 
voice should be a little louder than it is 
when you speak to some one in the same 
room with you, but it should never even 
approach shouting, which causes the 
diaphragm in the transmitter to vibrate so 
fast that your words are likely to be 
jumbled when they are reproduced in 
the listener’s receiver. -If you cannot 
make yourself heard without too great an 
effort, signal your operator and she will 
do anything she can to remedy the 
difficulty. 
Pronounce your words distinctly and 
not too rapidly. A telephone conversa- 
tion generally lacks the pauses of face-to- 
face talk, so it should be slower to give 
a chance to catch the full meaning of 
each sentence. Above all, speak direct- 
ly into the transmitter, with your lips 
close to the mouthpiece, and ‘“throw’”’ 
your voice, that is to say, do not ** talk 
from the chest,’” which smothers your 
words, but force your breath from the 
mouth as you speak. The telephone 
instrument is designed to be used this 
way in order that it may be made to ex- 
clude, so far as possible, the miscella- 
neous noises within a building or from 
the street. If your voice does not go 
directly into the transmitter it will not be 
reproduced with full distinctness. 
‘“ Desk sets’’ are sometimes uncon- 
sciously misused in ways that affect their 
efficiency. They are likely not to ** talk 
up’’ properly if they are turned almost 
upside down in order that the speaker 
may lie back in his chair while he con- 
verses, for instance. The angle at 
BOSTON & MAINE R. R. 
In effect Oct. 7, 1907. 
TRAINS LEAVE MANCHESTER FOR 
BEVERLY, SALEM, LYNN and BOSTON 
624, £727, 731, f2z759, ||8 34, £839, fz9 35, 
/10 21, £10 34, f11 33a. m. f1243, ||131, £1385, 
2 28, f257, 419, ||451, £519, £642, ||6 43, 
8 19, £9.06, 9 49, 11009 p. m. 
W. MANCHESTER, BEVERLY FARMS, 
PRIDES and MONTSERRAT—f6 24, ‘f7 27, 
7 31, £759, 834, £839, 935, 1021, £10 34, 
f11 33, a. m. f1243, ||1 31, £135, ||228, £257, 
(419, ||451, £519, 1642, ||6 43, ||8 19, £906, 
9 49, £1009, p. m. 
MAGNOLIA, WEST GLOUCESTER and 
ROCK PORT-—f7 02, |f7.37.  ||907, £9 13, 
f10.14, 1053, f1142,a.m. +132, £308, ||3 07, 
414, 1517, 11522, £554, 1622, ||654, {7 20, 
807, ||812, f1021, ||10.37, £1214, p.m. 
TRAINS LEAVE WEST MANCHESTER FOR 
BEVERLY, SALEM, LYNN, and BOSTON 
fo,27, €730, |I734, £2802, 837, £842, £2939, 
10 24, £10 38, {11 36, a.m. 112.46, ||1 34, f1 38, 
12 21, 1300, £422, |454, £522, £645, ||6 46, 
8 22, £909, 952, 11012, p m. 
BEVERLY FARMS, PRIDES and MONT- 
SERRAT—(6 27, {730, ||734, 1802, ||8 37, 
8 42. £939, |10 24, £1038, f1136,a.m. £1246, 
134, £138, 231, £300, £422, ||454, £5 22, 
£6 45, ||6 46, 822, £9 09, ||9 52, £10 12, p.m. 
MANCHESTER, MAGNOLIA, WEST 
GLOUCESTER, and ROCK PORT—4658, {7 34, 
1903, £904, £1010, ||1049 f11 37, a. m. T1 28, 
£302, (303, £410, £512, ||[518, £549, £619, 
1650, £716, £504, |/808, fl018,  |/1033, 
G49 Wb Whee Tate 
+ Daily. f Daily except Sunday. z Boston only 
|| Sunday only. 
Detailed information and time tables may 
be obtained at ticket oflices. 
D, J. FLANDERS, C.M. BURT, 
Pass. Traf. Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt. 
Location of Fire Alarm Boxes 
Manchester, Mass. 
31. Electric Light Station. 
33. Telephone Exchange Office. 
34 Summer Street, P. H. Boyle’s Stable. 
41. Corner Bridge and Pine Sts. 
43. Corner Harbor and Bridge Sts. 
52. Fire Engine House, School St. 
54. Corner School and Lincoln Sts. 
56. School St., opp. the grounds of the 
Essex County Club. 
61. Sea St., H. S. Chase’s House. 
62. Corner Beach and Masconomo Sts. 
64. “Lobster Cove.” 
Two Blasts, all out or under control. 
Three Blasts, extra call. 
Directions for giving an alarm: Break the 
glass, turn the key and open the door, pull 
the hook down once and let go 
JAMES HOARE, Chief, 
GEORGE 8S. SINNICKS, 
CLARENCE W. MORGAN, 
Engineers of Fire Department 
22 at 7.45 a.m., no school at John Price 
Primary School; 10. 45 a.m., one session. 
22 at 8.00a.m., no school at any of the 
buildings; 11.00 a.m., one session. 
which the instrument works best is fixed 
by the thumb screw at the top of the 
stand, which allows some variation. 
Furthermore, the instrument is made to 
stand on a desk, table, shelf or some 
such hollow framework when it is in use 
and will gain resonance if it is so placed. 
