her associates in the business are healthy, intelligent, American young women with whom she may develop desirable friendships, and the entire atmosphere in which she works is refined and wholesome.
The operator's development under the influences surrounding her in our employ is such that she is respected and held in the highest esteem on every hand. We are proud of her because of her splendid work and her loyalty, and because through her is expressed so effectively the strong and lasting spirit of service which is the life-blood of our organization. The great public respects her most highly because of her unfailing service and devotion to its interests, and because of the heroism she has shown in staying at her post in all kinds of emergencies. Such is the spirit engendered in her by her work and its traditions; such is the responsibility which she accepts in a way that has made American telephone service the envy of the world.
Just a word as to the telephone operator's qualifications. For telephone operators we need bright, intelligent, self-respecting young women of good character and reputation. The best of references is required. Applicants should have had at least a grammar school education, or its equivalent. They should have good health and no pronounced impediment or foreign accent in their speech.
In other words, we simply want normal young American women who arc earnest and reliable, and willing to apply themselves to their work. Nothing unusual is expected of them at the start, and we will supply the necessary training. Although older women are not necessarily rejected, those from sixteen to twenty-five years of age are preferred.