HELLO GIRLS FORM
NEW ORGANIZATION
Extermination Of Inane Ques
tions, Is Reason For It
Probably the majority of people
have never heard of the Society for
Extermination of Foolish Question
Putters. But the chances are they
will. ,if this bit of press agenting the
information operators, of the Southern
BeM Telephone company have asked
The Age-Herald to print, accomplishes
anything. /
The society was organized last (week
to cut clown the number of meaning
less interrogations. With new telephone
bonks overdue, the girls’ time is -wl a
premium and the f. q. takes up a lot
of valuable time.
East year there were many thousands
of foolish questions asked in Birming
ham alone. Mis* Magnolia (ioodwin.
chief of the staff, estimates, and opera
tor* for some time have been collecting
a few of tile choice ones, in a gray
volume, which is kept on the opera
tor’s desk
In it are such bits as: "Where can
T find the blind man who sells brooms?”
"What do you do for a sick cat?”
“How much does it cost for a cable
gram to China?” 'T want the big Dr.
Morland, .not the little one.” "IIow do
you address n. letter to the county
jail?" And these are really some of the
more senaible ones, they say. If you
took into consideration the hundreds
of other little "for instances" like:
"What time do you quit?" "What’s your
I name?" "Where do you live?" and some
I more cracks fit kindred freshness, the
i ii umber is increased to just this side
j of infinity.
