Miss Field sang "Kathleen Mavourneen," and the Queen thanked her by telephone, saying she was "immensely pleased." She congratulated Bell himself, who was present, and asked if she might be permitted to buy the two telephones; whereupon Bell presented her with a pair done in ivory.
This incident, as may be imagined, did much to establish the reputation of telephony in Great Britain.

A wire was at once strung to Windsor Castle.

Others were ordered by the Daily News, the Persian Ambassador, and five or six lords and baronets.

Then came an order which raised the hopes of the telephone men to the highest heaven, from the banking house of J.S.Morgan & Co.

It was the first recognition from the "seats of the mighty" in the business and financial world.