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Owl-401d Names— A Suggestion. —By "The Extractor."
Telephonic Telegrams.
One, of my friends in the industry, and thank goodness I -number a good many, suggested to me recently that the value, of the Index to Advertisers in this journal would be greatly enhanced if we tabulated hi addition to th.6 telephone numbers the telegraphic addresses. This started a current of thought, as kindly auggestions will, and I explained to him that, although it may not. be generally remembered, tele'phene numbers can always be used for wiring purposes. Thus, if I address a 'telegram Davies, Sandbach 7, it will duly find its way to that dhe.ery, "ubiquitous 'person Mr. Charles Davies at the Foden wagon works, and if he seentj any bUsiness in it he will likely enough be on the doorstep within 24 hours, I drag his name into this because the siiggestion caine from him.. Therefore, as space is valuable and the list of advertisers" is on the increase, I will see that a note is made on the Index which will serve .to remind readers of this mostly forgotten Privilege. One feature to be borne in mind in connection with wiring to telephone .addresses is that the message will be coininunicated to the recipie.neoYer the telephone, thus saving time. Should the office be closed, it will be sent round' in the usual way. " There is, of :course, the .consequent lack of privacy,but then telegrams are seldom of a very private nature. : Not the First Time.
An interesting echo of the recent rhyming competition reaches me in the form of the acknowledgment of the cheque for the second prize. I give the letter in kill, as I think it will prove 'of sufficient interest. :
E. C. Cottages, Sean, near Dartford. 9th April,•1917.
Dear Sir,—I beg to acknowledge cheque for due guinea for which many thanks. On two occasions I have worked under the first prize-winner, Mr. Field, once as fitter when he was chief engineer to the Arrow Motor Bus Co.. at Fulham, and again as driver for Commer Cars in :Kerry and Torquay. I think the first five-speed Commer made, was delivered to Messrs. Bush, chemists,. at Hackney, and Mr. Field and I delivered this lorry, Mr. Field driving part of the way and I the rest. So, you see, I have been next to him on a previous occasion. Again thanking yeti, I am,. Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
T. W. AiYERSON. Goodyear Changes.
There is still another Field brought into .prominence. Mr. S. M. Field, formerly with the London organization of the Goodyear Tyre Co., has been appointed managerof the Glasgow branch of the same company vice Mr: D. Watson.
It seems paradoxical that Mr. S. M. Fiel.d should be succeeding in the tire buSitiess, and yet he is a tireless person with a Mark 'Tapley disposition. The .GooclYear Co. feel confident that he will continue his
success on the other side-of the Tweed. .
A still more important Goodyear change' is the joining up of its managing-director, Mr. P. a Saylor. He is now a captain in the Canadian Army Medical Corps, This is as it should be, because, as I wrote some weeks ago in a personal Sketch of Mr. Saylor, he is a fully qualified doctor of medicine.. He, is delighted, therefore, to give his help in the great work of healing in this sore time' of need.
Arctic April.
. One of the days last week was the first real taste of Rprin. There was a degree of warmth that gladdened the heart, one's step was more springy, and. I Went forth to my business calls, a good many leagues from London, with lightsomeness. ..0thex people, itowever; had responded to the call of spring, and throughout that particularday I did not find One solitary man at home, a Unique experience. True, I had not, on this occasion, made any definite. appointments; but the, unanimity with which all these people had disappeared was bewildering. I have had occasional experiences of alike character before thewar, but some explanation has . usually forced. itself on one; there was a -local race meetingor a conference or something. This time, however, I feel sure my people were sum-ply seeking a place in the sun.
The-re was that crumb of comfort about the recent wet, eold,,dismal old English phrase" awful weather" —one did save time by finding people at home.
• Olin Podrida.,
. The Motor Club in London serves, including the staff, 6000 meals a week.
Mr. J. H. Adams, of the Belsize Co., seems more than himself again after his recent indisposition Mr. J. Stevens, formerly one of the English 'principals of the Bosch Magneto Co., was in London on leave recently looking in the pink. He bolds a commission in the A.S.Q.