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He says it’s like learning shorthand. “You keep on working and practicing
until it becomes second nature.” His four years of mechanical drawing and
two years of woodworking crafts have, no doubt, helped him considerably.

How to Get the Doctor

I

F YOU will look in the classified section of your local telephone directory,
you will probably see at least one “Telephone Secretarial Service” listed.
These telephone services have developed during the last few years because of
the demand by doctors and other professional men and women for a
telephone arrangement which automatically takes incoming calls when the
subscriber is out of his office.

For instance, if you should call Dr. Brown and he is out on an “emergency
call” there may be no way to get in touch with him unless his family can
manage to handle calls for him. However, if he has subscribed to a telephone
secretarial service the call is automatically relayed to the office of the service
and relayed to the doctor or given to him when he makes his check-up.
Doctors may arrange to call the Service at certain intervals during the day to
pick up incoming calls or they may arrange for a relay of calls during the day.

While the service is extensively used by doctors, other professional men and
women or those in small shops have found the service valuable. Frequently
the business of a contractor, an interior decorator, or a commercial
photographer does not warrant a full-time secretary. By making use of a
telephone service, he can leave his office or shop on business and know that
any important calls coming in will be handled.

A number of people have started such a service in a small way and built it up
to where it makes an excellent income. The Telephone Answering Service of
New York City, for instance, now has about eleven branches in addition to
the general office. This Service also has arrangements in other large cities
whereby the same name is used for directory listing in order to facilitate the
use of the service.