Uncanny System of Mechanical Brains to be Introduced into Central District:
Result of Success in Eastern District Some three years ago, a party of; local pressmen were taken round the Shanghat Mutual Telephone Co.'s automatic exchange in the astern District, were completely mystified by all they saw, in spite; of the energetic efforts of experts to enlighten them, yet convincingly impressed by the simplicity of the system in actual practice, as teated by themselves, Accordingly, they' eft and wrote very nice things tout automatic telephones,.. and some little while later were the subject of much sarcastic comment by enraged Eastern—subscribery who, when the aystem wis put into' general use in that district, did not find it what they had been Ted to expect. It would be *of Tittle avail now to explain the faure of the trouble, but it was not the fault of the Telephone Coy and. once they had put things as they) kad arranged to have them in the inning, everything went smoothly and has continued #0 to run.
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