So, as a promoter of schemes for the public good, Hubbard was by no means a novice.

His first step toward capturing the attention of an indifferent nation was to beat the big drum of publicity.

He saw that this new idea of telephoning must be made familiar to the public mind.

He talked telephone by day and by night.
Whenever he travelled, he carried a pair of the magical instruments in his valise, and gave demonstrations on trains and in hotels.
He buttonholed every influential man who crossed his path.

He was a veritable "Ancient Mariner" of the telephone.