The Phonogram (1901-04)

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202 “There’s lots in it,” said Smith, “and I don’t see why it isn’t a good thing. Of course mistakes should be guarded against. It would never do to let a man hear as he opens the door to go out, ‘I Don’t Care if You Never Come Back.* That might make him mad. Some such tune as ‘Linger Longer, Lucy,’ or ‘Some Day We’ll Wander Back Again,* would be more appropriate.’' At this juncture the music box in the corner struck up ‘ Where is My Wandering Boy To-night* and Smith, glancing at the clock, remarked that his wife would be waiting for him, folded up his manuscript and left.—From the Union , Manchester, N. H. A TIP TO MESSRS DENNETT AND CHILDS. C. E. Wettergreen runs a Phonograph in connection with his lunch cart.—From the Mail , Malden, Mass. PHONOGRAPIL WAS A SURE PROPHET. A prophetic Phonograph is the latest discovery, but it is hardly probable that it will be classed as an addition to scientific lore. Yesterday afternoon when two detectives walked into a Market Street Phonograph and Moving Picture Parlor with a warrant for the arrest of the proprietor, a Phono- graph howled forth in cheerful tones: “ There’11 be no show here to-night ” to a rag-time air of reckless mirth. “ I guess that’s about right,” said the detective. It was, and the raid went on.—From the Philadcphii Press.