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she has slowly and imperfectly, as yet, recovered.
On “ election night ” the demand upon operators is, of course, unusually heavy; and several of the female operators at large centres state, that, for some days after, their sense of debility is great. In two cases the periodicity was notably disturbed by this or any other unusual requirement of the work, just previous to the time of normal recurrence.
It not infrequently happens that sickness of an operator, or other contingency, requires the transfer of a young operator from her usual post to one of greater responsibility and more exacting duties; and in such cases the operators are quite liable to find that a considerable disturbance of their periodical function occurs. Whenever a young operator is transferred to one of the chief offices, especially if a person of nervous temperament, the increased responsibility and nervous agitation (unless a person of unusual confidence and poise) will not infrequently occasion a disturbance of this character more