Woman and The Wire.

It must be understood that all the foregoing refers to men. Women appear to be better equipped for blind talking, undeterred by the limitations of time and space. No doubt woman, with her shattering logic which knocks spots off the man-made article, contends that speech and sight, coming from different addresses, are not necessarily interdependent. But it is more than likely that she is grateful even for a telephone, when the alternative is talking to herself. Not that women talk any more than men—they only talk longer. It was the future Mrs. Bell who hounded on poor old Bell to produce the telephone; but there must have been occasions, later, when he sat, with his face sunk in his trouser cuffs, moaning, “What have I done?” The different attitudes of the sexes towards the telephone are reflected in their respective approaches. A woman says: I want to ring up Mrs. Nonstop-Babble about her operation.” A man says: “I have to ring up old Bullswool-Blah about his gout—darn him!”

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