Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1923, Page 5

Busy Week for Operators [ Of. the City’s Telephones ‘2,000 Young Women on Duty During Period of General Gayety Successfully Handle 560,000 Calls a Day. Washington's streets, lobbies and pleasure places give the impression J‘that this week is one grand holiday for everybody in town, and it truly| 1s—with some exceptions. Forsaking the bedecked avenues,| the crowded hotels and persipiring | crowd: there is in certain quiet, cool, business-like buildings of the| city enough real. hard work going on | to belie the ®elief that everybody is celebrating. Among these places are the telephone central offices of the city. While nearly everybody else | has been parading or watching a pa- | rade. 000 young women were work- ing at boards, handling calls a day—about 60,000 the city's telephone switch- | telephone | or 30 per cent | requests that stumped them for the time being. Some of the Inquiries. Among the inquliries yesterday were these: “What must 1 do Shriner?” “How do I get to Washington's Monument? I can see it, but I don't know how to get there.” Where can I rent a horse?” “My boy has got lost. Where can I find him?" “Can you tell me which grandstand my gon is sitting in? I know he's in one of them.” Early last Sunday, when the switch- i bonrd was having one of its few dull moments, 2 woman called in to in- to become a more than usual. For several of the hottest hours during the last few \ days the flood of calls has been double—even more than double—the usual number of those perfods. Speclal “Shrine” Switchboard. During these days the plans of the ! telephoné company in establishing a special “Shrine” switchloard, to han- dle all convention matters, are bear- ing fruit. Forty-six people at the Shrine exchange were Kept busy ves- terday handling “Shrine” calls and giving information. More than 30,000 calls were handled at the switch- * ®board, many of these being for in- formation and therefore demanding much more attention than a mere re- Quest for connection. Ten operators are on duty at the “Shrine” {nformation switchboard, @nd as soon as a caller, asking for “Shrine,” makes known his desire for information, his call . one of these young women. The girls have done remarkably well in handling the inquiries, It is stated, but it is true that in the past . few days they have had numerous Banquet to New By Exchange of Felicitations Elated over the success of Washing- ton's greatest conclave, a supremely thappy group of Shriners, with their wives, who constituted the guiding genius of the stupendous program, gathered about the banquet board at Hotel La Fayette last night, in honor of the new imperial potentate, Con- Jrad V. Dykeman of Brook and gave vent to overflowing hearts of tribute, congratulations and pralse. It was the occasion planned for the new imperial potentate and given by the Almas Temple Shrine committee. In the presence of that committee, Past Tmperial Potentate James S. Me- Candless, the new Imperial Potentate Dykeman, and the successful con- testant for imperial outer guard, Clif- * ford Ireland of Illinois, who one day will no doubt be imperial potentate, the tribute went around for all Wh\? aad worked so faithfully toward mak- ing the convention a success. Answers Congratulations, imperial potentate, in re- congratulations upon his to the supreme post in recalled that he had been The plying new to n Shrinedom, present at the 1900 imperial council| ssion in Washington, when already Harrison Dingman of Almas Temple was t imperial potentate. Imperial Potentate Dykeman accepted the of- | with full appreciation bilities. pledging him- f to an administration which would it especially that the money buted for the support of the| s for crippled children went direct to that end. | * " Addressing the presiding officer ot the evening, Leonard P. Steuart, | potentate of Almas Temple and chairman of the Shrine committee in charge of the convention, Past Tm- perial Potentate James S. McCandless expressed the feeling of the nobility over the convention in five eloquent words: “It has never been better.” Personal Thanks Extended. “I want he said, on behalf of o thank the you personali FROM THE MINARET BY DIXON MERRITT . Says Uncle Sam'l “Well, that camel And those he brought with him are wild. Each evening they A sun's distance, I'll gambles There's no counting the smiles they have smiled. They've lavished their money; A few have been funny, The rest have been And sweet-clover honey 1s sour by the way they've beguiled I found that I couldn’t stay riled. Me. “They trample my They flirt with my lasses; They've taken my house and my bed. ‘They've pageant: They’ve shrill-seranaded Till a thought isn’t left ¥rom Nile or from Jordan Or xome other far den, They brought Allah’'s garden - Which, begging their pardo) Some crities thought gaudy, and said It obscured my white pillars nd willows And oughtn’t to be there, they said. Through linde: But I've learned to I think 1l just shove it To the Mallway and keep it, by Ned:” Says the camel To Uncle Sam'l, ‘e thought that the But the way you have roasted And all but crisp-toasted us Makes us think probably not. You've turned on the showers And drenched all the flowerd Of fabric-bullt bowers. But, Allah, your towers Are fairer than dream of Karnak! Though in flame and white smoke here, We've met our own folk here, And, somehow, rou've tanght us the knack Ot thinking we own ft— You give and don’t loan it. Farewell, sir—we've xot to §o pack. We'd like to reside here. . Though we may not abide here, We'll take the first chance to come back.” is switched to o take this opportunity I Tmperial Council | | quire what time the imperial poten- | tate would arrive In the city. She | was told that he was due at 8 o'cloék | In the morning. At 10 o'clock she | called up again and said: | “Tve been waiting here over two | hours and he ain't shown up 3 | What are you going to do about it Not All Are Freak Queries. | However, the freak questions are | rather rare, and for nearly every one | of the many thousands who makes | known his query the girls have a | ready and a satisfactory answer. | They probably know more about the | convention and the fun and the ar- rangements than many of the Shrin- {ers themselves. They have been | equipped with complete programs, | registers, lists of headquarters and | similar data, besides being well post- | ed on the locations of important and | interesting places and how to reach | them. | " The young women who directed the operation of the special “Shrine” central office are Mis A Vallas, chief operator, ard Misse Gladys Roberts, Esther E, Jones, Al- | Iyne M. Brown, Elsie P. Kunis, Irene Schmidt, Madeline Curtin, Flora Gutman, Grace Miller, Juanita Ter! Alice Kennedy. Lillian Wildman and i Janet Dunne, supervisor: Chief Marked | for the wonderful work all have done toward making this conventicn a | great success. It has never been bet- |ter. The decorations are the most | artistic T have ever seen anywh | The entertainment from first to | has been lavish. T never had | attention in my life. | “It will never neover be forgotten I hope I can come here again, just te tell you over again how much | we appreciate all you have done. We | can never thank you enough.” {""The past imperial potentate a | expressed appreciation for the “sp |eial service” bodyguard, headed by | Juck Slye, which accompanied him | personally’ throughout the conv | tion. Illustrious Potentate Steuart was | | presented with an elegant past poten- | tate's jewel from Almas Temple by Imperial Potentate Dykeman, who | praised the chairman of the Shrine | committee. “This is an indorsement of your administration,” said the im- | perial potentate, *a token of esteem {from a lot of fellows who know you | well. Glory be to the modest fellow | they love #o well. Leonard, you are |an efficient potentate and a lovable | tellow.” IKismet Potentate Responds. Clifford H. Bradt, potentate of Kis- met Temple, responded with a toast |and a song to the new imperial po- | tentate, who is a member of Kismet Temple, and of whom the potentate said, “We love him from the ground up.” i Clifford Treland, new imperial outer | guard, who is in line to be imperial { potentate in 1934, if custom is follow- | |ed, expressed appreciation for his | election and related a funny story on the election of the mew imperial po- tentate to the position of outer guard, rears previous. Y potentate Steuart of Almas thank- | ed all who had contributed toward | making the convention a success, p: ing special tribute to Harry Standi- ford, exeoutive secretary of the com- mittee and a past potentatc of Almas. | ™Potentate Steuart, leaving the ! panquet before its conclusion to start the parade of the cvening, turned over the post of toastmaster to Wis- dom D. Brown; first vice chairman of § the Shrine committee. t such | ramble sunny, raded, in my head. love it. desert waw hot, | warfure THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, Respond to Call of “Shrine” REPULSE ARCRAF ATTACKS TONGHT Demonstration on Potomac Near Memorial. r the benefit ef Shrine were unable to attend ti aireraft operation Wednesda of the parade, the which anti-air y because demonstration in weapons are br gether will be repeated tonight o'clock over the Potom south of the Lincoln Meme As a signal announcing the of the hostile air fe red-million candlepower se of the anti-aircraft section, ¢ tillery Corps up the ers, the ant| craft batteries open ing fire immedi e come within range. The batteries of t fare service will then phosphorus smoke & in_the direction of th S The smoke bombs, which will fired from the trench mortars from the river bank. will burs: the Potomac, a by the vari-colored lights proje. from the anti-aircraft searchiigh This demonstration will be the mo.s spectacular and realistic yet = and will mark the finale of the official Army program for the cntertain of yisiting Shriner: PISTOL CLUE MYSTIFIES. at Al pproach one-hu rchitghts Had Been in Buenos Aires. TAMPA, Fla rounding the revi cene of the killing of H. M. « rs, said to have bee Bennett, jr., wealthy Chattan. Long Island. N. Y was deepened today the manufacturers shipped dircct to Aires, Argentina, in 1917 Testimony at Bennett's prelimin hearing. which resulted in his bei held in’ $20,000 1 Be second degree howed used a .25 A hours later, after the pol a thorough' search, a .32-caliber gun containing three cartridges, one of which had been exploded, was found Inside a \\'r\’n» sereen that closed the oorway of a newssta ear where Caruthers fell. e Bennett also is being held in $2,000 pending settlement of the question of whether he will be extradited Atlanta, G of he men at Bast Lake Count: tober 19, 1919, in which ceived broken jaw ADOPTS FLEMISH TONGUE. v Club e two re Taught in One Language. BRUSSELS, June 8.—The Belgian senate, by a vote of 92 to 46, decided that Flemish should be the language used in all courses given at Ghent University. At the same time, how ever, the senators voted, 72 to 6 that certain courses could be taught in_French The senate last March rejected a bill to convert Ghent University into an exclusively Flemish language in- stitution. OPIUM TRAFFIC REPORT. State Department Announces League Committee’s Resolution.’ adopted by the advisory committee on natlons was made public without com- {ment yesterday by the State Depart- ment. This was done upon receipt of an offi- cial text by cable from Representative American delegation which attended the committee session at Geneva in a con- sultative capacity. - It is said that the Chinese remedy for smallpox Is to make the patient beat a drum. If he can do it he is all right. Formerly they used to beat the patient to cure him, but civiliza- tion progresses, even in China. $3.50 Philadelphia $3.25 Chester $3.00 Wilmington AND RETURN SUNDAY, JUNE 17 SPECIAL TRAIN Eastern Standard Time. Leaves Washington (Unlon Station) AM. Arrives Wilmington 10:05 A.M., Chester 10:25 A.M., Philadelphia 10:50 A.M. Returning, leaves Broad Street St tion 7:30 P.M., West Philadelph 7:35 P.M.. Chester 7:56 P.M., Wil- mington 8:15 P.M. Tickets on sale Friday proceding Ex- Coast Artillery to Repeatl | This belie Ghent University Courses to Be! A summary of the resolution recently | the traffic in opium of the league of | Porter of Pennsylvania, chairman of the | | o ast Ar- | = Gun Found After Tampa Tragedy | saliber pistol. About five | ice had made | to answer charges grow- | ing out of an alleged attack on two | ( | LIMIT ON CANDIDATES. {Honduran Liberals to Have But|Quit Work in Buenos Aires as Pro- Wit gm0l | CHAUFFEURS ON STRIKE. test. BUENOS AIRES, June 8.—The chauffeurs in Buenos Aires and Mon- tevideo, Uruguay, together with some rs and certain clements in other it work v lay in pro- zainst the e ition to Ar- entinfa fr U vy of Ramon ilveyra, a Spaniard, who escaped from’ custody here while being held on a charge of causing the death of a woman in a bomb outrage. Communist and labor leaders in the two cities are endeavoring to bring on a general strike, but aside from the inconvenience caused by the i rtage, industry in both ent on practically as usual. police here arrested several chauffeurs for alleged intimidation. The men decided to remain on strike until midnight tonight. who never | —_— 4 may put Cancer is unknown in Tunis and ' Abyssinia One Man for Presidency. 2GUC greement » that tr andid; Tonduras, June 8 believed to be prob- hall be one lib- for the presidency in ch a successor to is to be chosen. risen in consequenc d he attended by ister, ¥ 1k Morales: ez and the four liberal tes now in the field the conference Mejia Colindres ced his withdrawal from the \d appealed to the other liberal to do likewise in favor of r President Policarpo Bonillas. en't you like s no bad habit Mr. Wig bal unions, sident test snference hy He | doesn’t even low 1 tot 34 MEN It Will Be All Over Town by Tomorrow Night The Good Word will be passed from man to man that the best and most reasonable Cool Palm Beach Suits are at George's. Genuine At THESE PALM BEACH SUITS HAVE HAD SHAPE AND GOOD FIT BUILT INTO THEM. WE HAVE THEM_ IN ALL THE POPULAR SHADES; LIGHT AS A FEATHER AND COOL AS A POOL. 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