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Identifier: belltelephonemag19amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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There is a telephone made especiallyto fasten permanently on the wall;the desk telephone is still available ifone prefers that type; an outdoortelephone comes in weather-proof casefor garden, tennis court, or elsewhereabout the grounds. Indeed, if har-mony in the decorative scheme of any room is important, telephones can behad in dark gold, old brass, oxidizedsilver, statuary bronze, dark blue,gray-green, ivory, old rose, or Pekinred. If some member of the householdhas impaired hearing, the amplifyingequipment which can be connected toany telephone may be a real blessing.Developed to help the partially deafto use the telephone freely, it offersvarying degrees of amplification ofthe voice in the receiver, the loudnessbeing varied by a control button.While it is a permanent installation,it is connected and disconnected bythe flip of a switch, and the telephoneis always available for use by thoseof normal hearing. In the big-city one-room apartment, 252 Bell Telephone Quarterly OCTOBER I
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A PORTABLE TELEPHONE HELPS HERE Many hospitals are equipped for this service, which can bring cheer during lonely hours andkeep the patient in touch with home or business affairs a telephone doubtless meets the situa-tion fully. Double the number ofrooms, and you lessen the convenienceof one telephone; for if it is handyby the bed at night, it means runninginto the bedroom to answer it or tomake a call during the day, while ifit is in the other room, the ease andprotection of the bedside telephone islacking. Thus in a two-room homean extension as well as the main tele-phone may prove convenient; and thechange from one room to two illus-trates the point that, as the numberof rooms increases, so does the im-portance of having more than onetelephone. A home of two or more storieswhich has but one telephone is—as a generalization—not only inconven-iently but inadequately equipped.Better in every way is a minimum ofone telephone on the first floor andone on the second, not only to save

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