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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1928.° o "h‘e g:é?seé" a"'siiade?“aé‘::n&';: VIEW OF THE SWITCHBOARD AT THE NORTH EXCHANGE Sh - Aaynard Mratemgs o .| . o~ Y " Lcmt pcop!e in the establishment of S % | telephone lines as a means of com- | 2 ¥ = rrlmmcntlon between various céfi(g‘s in g o . 4 i | the city was with the Unite tates % Capital Had Flrst Telephone | Government. The records of the com- . / . | pany show that “by July 1, 1878, he % - 3 i 1 had installed re than 119 electric- Line Installed as Private | speaking Lilep’ll;gng& between various e | Sovernmental offices INC. Wire in 1877. | _ Business men in Washington, who at | The_Store All Gifts | first had taken little interest in the new | for Thrifty Feie 1316 1326 seve]\th st-N- U U. e e e means of communication, realized its January Reductions on Coats and Dresses 25 & 29ZFur-Trimmed Coats; Public telephone service in Wash- | phones between their offices and ware- | Newest $ Al Styles Sizes and Colors 16 to 50 :x’fi‘ogml”l'«hvd its fiftieth milestone | Roues’ and stables. The Capital, half a century after| List of Subscribers Given. installation of the first switchboard | ith| the increass in the miimber MI The more you have shopped the more you will appreciate the wonderful savings this sale offers. Coats that are cut in the latest fashion, luxuriously trimmed with system, with its handful of subs s, ystem, with its pandful of Subscribers. | private telephone lines there came i 1 150090 | demand for intercommunication such a: hanMsome furs. Materials of the best and colors that are most desirable. “vr\r;lfh‘w D ifirn o J\’:fl",": | was then in use in a few other cities bout h" first l’\f [)(‘(‘(‘n'b(’l’ On October 1878, a group of citizen signed a petition sponsored by Mr. M Models for every type, the wrap-around for the vounger miss, the silhouette style for young women and the more conservative for matrons. Some with was_crude ecause ¢ E of Ot | nard whereby they agreed to becom be .lu e of lack of effort, but br‘z‘:lu.\c sub W ngton Tele- ’ choker collars, others with crushed crown and still others with long shawl collars. Many have fur- industry was in its cy. Ao Torm of Sommunication and peo. | Bhone Exchange ot one year from the | date of its organization. The subscrip- | trimmed cuffs. Good serviceable linings. Sizes from 16 to 50 in the assortment. ‘!‘)K‘d!‘\:‘d \n;illwrl themselves to its usf‘;i"on o it $10 and $12 NEW Silk Dresses $4:95 ne Installed in 1877, | The names affixed to the list wer> The original of the telephone in | R. Beresford, 523 Seventh street; Wa The styles are direct from some of the leading de- signers, the materials, including such favored weaves Washington came with installation of | Nailor, 1326 E street; W. W. Johnstow, as— a telephone line between the office of | M. D. 1307 F street E. Childister, the chief signal officer of the Army|Ph. D. Ninth and H streets; A. M. Gib- Some idea of the busy interior of a modern telephone exchange can be obtained from this photograph taken in | lk Crepes, Satin Crepes, Silk Tweeds, Fancy Figured Effects or Prints, Gold and Silver Metal and Fort Whipple, now Fort Myer, Va., | Son, 1342 Corcoran street; N. V. Jef- | the North Exchange, showing a part of the switchboard there. Each supervisor has charge of seven operators. in October, 187 118 months ‘after | fries, McPherson square; R. G. and E. e e i Brocades and many others. All cleverly developed styles in the most popular colorings and combina- S .‘L Ingersoll, 1417 G street; Middleton g Prof. Alexander ‘Graham Bell had re- | % {85900 J800 8 SORRC, - Sames | of the telephone system in Washington | The 2.000 mark was not reached until| telephone users now make In excess ‘of tions. Sizes 16 to 44. Kaufman's—Second Floor R O P R R CR TR e ¥, ”’f“fi,:,"“m}’;‘u“." '(“n‘,‘,]f"f,",’i"pfl"\,’f‘& OO T et e Suirtie, | June 30, 1883, there were about 900 tele- | after January 1, 1897. Today Washing- | 600.000 local and 16,000 out-of-town D b, ac. | Earle & Burdette, 700 Ninth street. phones connected with the switchboard. | ton 1s served by 13 central offices, and | calls dafly. . Chesapeake | This was the beginning of the first | ncepesovs | central office em in Washington Exchonge | and in the early part of December, e | 1878, a 24-wire peg switch was in- b stalled in a room on the first floor of 1423 G street northwest, with six lines connected to it. Burnet L. Nevius, now residing at 204 East Underwood street, < the | Chevy Chase, Md., operated the switch- nd time | board. He started working as a mes- v Tt Was imstalled | senger in Mr. Maynard's office Sep IV the Tate George C. Maynard, a teleg- | tember 17, 1877, and later became chief | rapher and electrician, Who Secured “a | operator ‘and still later superintendent | | of operators. Mr. Nevius resigned from | license as agent for the Bell Telephone Co. in Washington and vicinity. | the company in 1908 to go into busi- | Mr Maynard, in writing of the his- | ness for himself. 1 f the first telephone Mr, Nevius was the only telephone | Washington, concedes the establishment | operator in Washington at_the time 0 u a' "esen a es of the. first telephone exchange system |and continued to serve in this capacity to New Haven, Conn.' This office was until the switchboard was moved to | placed in service January 28, 1878. what Mr. Maynard termed “the perma- ( | nent _central office” which was estab- e s s S s e —best bought at The Mode from selec- To quote Mr. Maynard further: the Autumn of 1877 an embryo tele- | ing at 1420 New York avenue. ‘This xchange was put in npera}mn ;xchangedwas installed o‘;\ a petr}rlnanfint to f . t - d t t t ashington. The agent at that place (basis and was operated as the Na-| l s e Yomming fron bis | tiona) Telephonic. Exchange. l 10ns of mamntained excelient assoriments office to various po\nts used principally From time to time improvements in for the purpose of familiarizing pros- | the system were installed, and it is in- pective patrons with the capabilities | teresting to note from the records that of the system. | the first “hello girl” made her appear- “One of these wires led to the Capitol | ance in 1881. Miss Mary Lloyd, now Louno'ing Robes o) Tuxedo - Building and another to the office Dier( Mary Newhall, was the first woman ‘The EW Emng Star,” Mr. Maynard | operator in Washington. fecords, “In that Year Congress as- | On December 3, 1879, the exchange | ouneg uit S Siss sembled in special session October 15, | was superseded by the ational Capita! and very soon after the telephone agent, | Telephone Co., which had as its presi- | an Ue uits after ¢ rable persuasion, induced | ddent Gardiner G. Hubbard, father-in- ool et i ke an enterprising Star reporter, stationed | law of Alexander Graham Bell. S R ; F e S a? meer(‘:):pno;f' during Pihe sessions of | When the Chesapeake & Potomac % Th"_ range of prices meets your purse's inclina- {formity to the correct Congress, to try the plan of sending the | Telephone Co. took over the operation tion—with exclusive effects and surprising values— mode; and fitting Comgress, oy e e from Welsh-Margetson, Lnudo.nf:x]sn leading do- with individual ac- mestic makes—in Silk, curacy. X & \ Rayon, Flannel, etc. o l B 3 N B A ode Tailore Christmas $10.75 to $150 $38.00 Time and N\ 8 it Tailored at Fashion Parl: . pedi pecia $68.00 ’ ’ g Boys’ and Girls o S ot i 8 AR o Christmas Shoes ~ ‘ 4 Brocaded Robes, Shirts z & . . (N g v gl silk What's more practical than a gift 2 T $15 00 e s of shoes to the children from ek ‘ Nt oot ; 3 Brocaded Robes Poplin. 66 99 \\ AL R with siklin $10.75 $2.95 ing e J ! i : Mode special English A 1 AW 3 broadcloth shirts; neck- Santa’s Good News! &% Our Entire Stock of ;34 Fine Toys Reduced Do not wait uitil the last minute to setectyour toys—Buy now while the assortments are good and take advantage of this opportunity to save sub- stantially on on]v high-grade toys.” Remember, . erything is included in this reduction sale. Kaufman's, Basement Umbrellas { GLOVES for Gifts — N Gifts _— e ¥ m ported ’ Gleria. Um- | | | brellas, fancy e iwith faney )"l'dflsi‘agfl v em broidered ber - fini 1andles, tips ) Lot b and ferrules § cuffs; & 11 Wanted | wanted shades 160 | Wby 98 | 7. 105! Kaufman's, First Floor “ Chamosuede Gloves, with ~ fancy cuffs, also slip-on e o 1 Men’s Gift Neckwear Chamosuede Gloves, all 59¢ No wan ®an have too many ties—choice of beautiful ) $ 1 ‘asited styles antt Colots Imported Flannel band or collar-attached. Robes, Christmas Novelties : : e $10.75 $1.95 ‘Z /% Free With All il 5 stripes .. % ; Plain radium silk; sepa- 2l Sl N ; French Lounge rate collar to match, ¢ % Suits—silk gz - - = ¥ o5 coat and qao .$7.50 trousers . - s ® Misses’ & Junior g Misses’ Child’s Plain Toe This model in tan calf or ; Blucher, $2.95 AT L L o Extraordinary House Coats In tan elk, patent leather and leather heels, 1115 to 2, u 00. aull cilfskin with senuine Spartan 215 to 17, $5.00. AR D Neckwear These coats ap- Goodyear welt sewed voles» rubber . . - s oF e peal for their cor- heels. All sizes, 5 to g rect tailoring, as 9 66, TS 9 ported 'and domestic e BOYS Gridiron Shoes z weaving; exclusive well as their sensi- Boys' Storm Fiehters : andexquisite pat- ble character—and Sloe 1 . ¢ terns, fashioned in represent the best bzes 1 to 6 1 S sha S. gErcIayy Shane of the best makes. Featured at— $1.85 $6.75 to $35 Other grades, in- Collegiate overwelght _osk High' cut, made in tam or cluding Welsh-Mar- Vidost Jeather sole. Goodvear Wing- foot rubber heel. made of pli- black elkskin leathers with rub- getson of London. et S i bl berized sole and waterproof welt- 1 10 6, $4—Others up to $7.00 ing Tull gusset tongue all the $1 to $6 Ja(«‘kets 4 way up, and a Jack Knife and . Hish Shoes {2 Match ab MO . pocket on the side Eriotly ol . = . 2 . 7 Children’s Gloves, boys cut silks, mogadores and Susquehanna Silk and Wool L Plain colors, stripes and figures, in every wanted coloring. TIOR3 oot of g i 50¢ Kaufman's—First Floor * Kaufman’s—First Floor Gifts Girls Will Like Gifts Of Sli ers Fur Collar Coats | views e ) 1 PP : $9n95 H‘:'}nv:::ussztiy[l’ge;i colo‘rs- able padded sole and heel. sizes T to 11, A wonderful buy for the girls from 7 o 14 vears of age_ Clever styles of uxskin -or Stewart's . Bolivia Cloth, in tan, brown, blue, Fur-Trimmed § ,19 green. All with fur collars, some | /°° R Takits with fur cuffs. Nicely lined and well tailored. For women—purple, blue, P P H v gray, etc. Hand - turne Girls’ Rain Sets, $3.69 Soles and rubber hecls. Biaes Another gift for the school girl— 4 to 8. stylish leatherette coat with hat to match. In red, blue, green and tan. sl 2 5 in rich satin fac- ings. Hosiery 30 Silk and wool—in For the in-between youngsters, a high I smart patterns; and shoe in tan or black calf or patent leather. unusually good qual- Smart 81, to 11, $375; 1% to 2, $450; 20 to g . ity. Jackets 8, $5.00; AA to D width. M $1.00 Fancily boxed. Sizes 6 to 14 years, Men’s Everetts Girls’ Dresses, $1, $1.98 | 3nd Romeos Just the dresses the girls want for school wear—pretty plaids, prints | opTonkid uppers fexible and checks some in ensemble styles. heels. Sizes 7 to 10, Sizes 7 to 14 years. 2 > Kaufman’s, Second Floor Kaufman's—First Floor For Some One on Your Gift List! ue Crane” Silk Hose : We can think of no other giit that would please the fem- inine hcart more than a giit of silk stockings, especially “Blue Crane,” as there are no other stockings that will give such service, nor do we know of any that are sold with such a lib- eral guarantee, all of which means that they will outwear any other stockings. Perfect quality, of fine gauge pure thread silk, with double sole, heel and toe, also the new improved toe guard reinforcement. Fashioned foot and back, and in three lengths—short, me- dium and extra long. The guarantee of a new pair for any that rip, run or tear is by far the most ~ liberal guarantee given any silk hose and makes them easily the best value at $1.00 - a pair. Buy them in half dozen lots_for Christmas gifts—we box every pair in a beautiful gift box. A The Mode-F at Eleventh ‘ The color assortment includes: 310-312 SEVENTHAINW, A Nu Tan « Beech Tan Dust Rose Nude Sunset Boulevard French Nude Pastelle Tea Time Galoshes and i Tea Rose Mauve Taupe Nut Brown Other Rubber 2 | | Manon i Grain : Pawnee French Beige Porcelain Honey Beige Footwear s Gun Metal Lichen Gra: % x--'rf.-e: s n-!: 'lur m.d" ot To Protect Young Ankles on Stormy Days with collar, cuffs and pockets trim- med with silk. Mark Cross $10-75 95c S Gloves Children’s Slip- pers; blue felt, exclusive with us in red trimmed. e 3 Washington. The Double. Hans and Gretch- ¢ make the world pre- Faced en picture on toe. n fers—and a glove for every hand for Clotile every Tiny tots’ Bunny 3 'P,Cg”“ $3050 Slippers: ~ sheepskin ningat .. with collar and 105 fo 5305 e 2 cuffs in contrasting iy lip to$2.05: dc- i il s ras cording to’size: for Special — British- i bie. ciildren, me ol Tl and women. made Pigskin Gloves —the fad of $3,75 the season.. $9 llp " 4 v colors. Ry

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