HUSBANDS HEARD BEFORE SEEN

Evening Star, Issue 20636, 8 November 1930, Page 15

HUSBANDS HEARD BEFORE SEEN

TELEPHONE EXCHANGE ROMANCES . LONDON, October 30. Strange as it may seem, there ar# girls who hear their future husbands before they see them. They are not members of an American organisation or Oriental sect—they are just British telephone operators. During the past three months 120 Post Office telephone girls have resigned in order to marry, and a ring on the telephone has preceded the ring on the linger in many cases. ’ , ■ 3 The department very properly regards this record as an adequate answer to those subscribers who say they can find no charm in the operator’s voice. On the other hand, cynics in the department aver .that the marrying.girl is really only changing one supervisor for another. , , , There would be many more telephone romances in Rendon, a Press representative was informed, if the girls were not handicapped by the fact, that it is necessary to change their duties xrc* ipiently in order to avoid strain and monotony. Subscribers in tins way lose touch with many owners of charming voices. , ~ Girls in the provinces have a slight advantage over Londoners in that their duties are more regular. And the result is that more of them in proportion marry subscribers.- . Even august and haughty supervisors are known to have found romance in this way. But, whether supervisors or. operators, all have to resign on marriage. Still, in addition to acquiring a husband, they get a wedding, gratuity from the department if they have served some six years. That, anyway, the cynics will admit, is some compensation.