Resents Long "Talk"
What is the proper length of a telephone conversation?
According to a Japanese shopkeeper in Woosung Road, a young American lady. exceeded the limit when she talked "for twenty minutes" fever his phone on Aug. 4 and he threatened" "legal action on. the grounds of slander and interference ith business az a consequence of a row he had with the lady in trying to halt her conversation, The lady said che pald 5 cents for the privilege of using the shop telephone to get in touch with her husband. As she was unable to reach him at once after the connection had been established there was delay and this, she said, so infuriated "the shopkeeper that' he seized her arm and tried to drag her away from the phone. "At the same time a Japanese woman om= ployed In the shop pushed her from behind, she said.
'The shopkeeper alleges that the 'American Indy' became abusive and reflected on his appearance. At any Tale the husband came round, alt Went to Hongkew Station anda bret report was made (o the Police hire Japanese newspapers In Shanghai took cognizance of the at-alr on Aug. 25, and Domet issued over two pages of matier about it
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