PLEASE REMOVE TOOTHPICKS.
Before Asking for Hotel Telephone
Girl for a Number.
"There is a practice which I wish some men would cease," said a telephone girl at a public pay station yesterday. "That is of coming up to the desk, blowing a cloud of smoke in our faces and then asking for a number. Worse than the smoker, though, is the fellow who comes up with a toothpick in his mouth and asks for a number between picks. One fellow, the other day, had a quill pick. The way he picked and talked was not pleasing in the least. Yes, there are unpleaant occurrences even in our work."
