The Picked Army of the Telephone The whole telephone-using public is interested in the army of telephone employees-what kind of people are they, how are they selected and trained, how are they housed and equipped, and are they well paid and loyal. Ten billion messages a year are handled by the organization of the Bell System, and the task is entrusted to an army of 160,000 loyal men and thorough and the worker must be specially fitted for his position. Workrooms are healthful and attractive, every possible mechanical device being provided to promote efficiency, speed and comfort. Good wages, an opportunity for advancement and prompt recognition of merit are the rule throughout the Bell System. An ample reserve fund is set aside for pensions, accident and sick benefits and insurance for employees, both men and women. "Few if any industries," reports the Department of Commerce and Labor, "present so much or such widely distributed, intelligent care for the health and welfare of their women workers as is found among the telephone companies.' These are some of the reasons why Bell telephone service is the best in the world. One Policy One System Universal Service The Victor Talking Machine Company announces an important discovery The Victor Tungs-tone Stylus An improved, semi-permanent, changeable, reproducing records without changing. After searching the earth for The YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE THE TUNGS-TONE STYLUS until it wears out. When this takes place the stylus simply stops reproducing as a signal for a new one. There is no danger of spoiling the record, because, strange to say, tungsten is softer than the record, although its wearing quality is one to two hundred per cent. better than the hardest steel. We cannot explain why-it is one of nature's secrets-a phenomenon. We only know it is true and recommend the Tungs-tone Stylus to all Victor users. NO NEEDLES TO CHANGE is the chief nostrum of manufacturers of machines operated with a permanent jewel point, but the Victor Company knows what others will learn in time, namely: that no permanent Full Tone Soft TUNGS-TONE is a trade-name and was coined for the occasion. The new Tungs-tone Stylus is made in SOFT TONE AS WELL AS IN FULL TONE and can be changed instantly, just the same as a steel needle. The virtue of the Tungs-tone Stylus lies in a small cylinder of tungsten projecting from the end of a steel holder in which it is rigidly set. The tiny cylinders of tungsten reproduce Victor Records better than any other known material. Smooth, strong and full as to tone. The Victor Tungs-tone Stylus fits all Victor sound boxes. Manufactured Victor Talking Machine Tone Important warning. Victor Records can be safely and satisfactorily played only with New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the 28th of each month Vol. LXVII OVERLAND No. 2 MONTHLY An Illustrated Magazine of the West AND HIS CAVES CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1916 ON FICKLE HILL. Verse VIRGINIA CLEAVER BACON FRONTISPIECE. Passing an Old-Time Indian Village in Arizona PRAIRIE SCHOONER Illustrated from photographs. THE SACRED WOODS. Verse Illustrated. MODERN TREATIES OF PEACE THE CALIFORNIA CABALLERO CABALLO Illustrated from photographs. UNSTAYED. Verse THE GRAND CANYON AND ITS WONDERFUL ROMANY SONG. Verse NOTICE.-Contributions to the Overland Monthly should be typewritten, accompanied by full return postage and with the author's name and address plainly written in upper corner of first The publisher of the Overland Monthly will not be responsible for the preservation of unsoHcited contributions and photographs. Issued Monthly. $1.20 per year in advance. Ten cents per copy Entered at the San Francisco, Cal., Postoffice as second-class mail matter. Published by the OVERLAND MONTHLY COMPANY, San Francisco, California. 21 SUTTER STREET. |