The Phonogram, Vol. 1:1 (1891-01)

% 26 , THE PHONOGRAM. a means of measurement of language and under- standing not peculiar to any means outside of the actual presence, or the next best, the telephone. It is superior to the telephone in some respects, doing away with the irrepressible “ Hello ! what is it ? What? What's that? Eh? What did you say ?** and like proverbial telephonies. I have but one opinion to express of the pho- nograph. and that is that in the office which has any important business it is simply indispensable. The working of the instrument is a scientifically demon st rat til fact, and not a problem. The master - in* and getting control of the machine depends sim- ply on the operator , and a man of ordinary intelli- gence , with proper instruction, can operate the sitfne very readily. . In making myself familiar with the principles on which the machine works, and the construction of it, I can readily excuse any failure of it. because I know it is not the fault of the ma- # chine. * I have been asked, 4 * What are the uses of the machine ?” My answer is that I am daily finding new ones to pul it to. It is a stenographer, at once accurate and confidential. It is a pleasant communicator of business matters, and affords a means of training in dictation, in making terse and grammatical statements, in conversation, or in propositions to a court, or in speech-making, and particularly preparing for both, ahead of the oc- casion. 1 use it not alone for my important cor- respondence: I use it also for taking sfatements from witnesses,, and from my clients in their cases, and my advice to them 1 register, and file away the cylinders. I should say that its uses are'illimitable, and every day it presents a new use to the operator or renter of the machine. Respectfully yours,. Rout. L. Mattingly. The United Firf. Re- 1 nsli|\nce Co.. zS to 40 Nassau Si.JCiiy. New York. Srar. <>. iSijo. The New York Phonograph CoiN. Y. City. Gentlemen: « V. We have been using the phonograph for sev- eral months past, and we find the instrument of great service and well adapted for the* purposes of office use.* The absolute accuracy oAthc dicta- tion in every case is a feature which renders the phonograph an improvement over the ordinary shorthand notes, ami which we greatly appre- ciate. Yours truly. (Signed) Wm. Wood, Manager. Atlanta, Ga., Ocr. i, 1S90. Georgia Phonograph Co., Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen : Regarding the phonograph. In an old fairy tale a certain giant possessed a wonderful en- chanted harp which, in obedience to its master’s commands, could discourse the sweetest of music, and. when occasion demanded, it could talk. It used to be that children listened, wonderstrickcn, to the marvelous story, and felt a reverence for its magic power. Hut its glory has departed. It is a thing of the past. That curious little instru- ment on my library table—the phonograph— makes the most startling of mythological fabrica- tions sick with envy. What will it do? Listen. Will you have music? It needs no word of com- mand. only a touch, and the rarest music the world has produced entrances you. The voice of a friend ? I see the tears in your eyes as you hear the pathetic little story as she told it. The laugh of a child? Of course you cannot help laughing, it is such a contagious ripple. If you care for the children's voices, hear the baby say ** If I should die before I wake.” He will know, when he grows to be a man, how he used to say, "s’Now I lay me down to sleep.” What do we think of it? It is a part of our family: we couHT not do without it. It always responds cheerfully to our call; ‘entertains our friends, and serves to drive dull care away, and helps to make us better from day to day. Surely if its merits were more generally known your company could not supply the demand for ibis most wonderful invention of the 19th century. Yours very truly. F. Ji. Shepard. Reading Notices. * * ’* We call attention to the advertisement of The llolhc Medication Company, 88 Fifth Avenue. New York, which appears in,this issue. This Company, we understand, has !>ecn or- ganized for the purpose of placing upon the mar- ket Toilet Preparations and Remedial Agencies manufactured under the personal supervision of their own physician and chemist, a practitioner of over twenty years’ standing in this city. As most of them have been used by him for many years, in his own practice, and always with bene- ficial results, and as none but the purest ingre- dients are used in their manufacture, the Compa- ny’s preparations should command the confidence of the public. We are informed that ladies calling upon them will receive valuable information as to the proper care of their complexion, this particular depart- ment being presided over by a lady of large expe- rience in these matters. * * * * * * The demand for reduplicating ma- chines. which has within the last few years been very large, has brought into the market a number of machines designed for this purpose, all more or less practical and useful. We have examined the merits claimed by each, and the result of our experience shows the one with the greatest com- mercial value to be that known as the Edison Mimeograph, manufactured by the A. H. Dick Company, of Chicago, New York, and Philadel- phia. The Mimeograph is an improvement by the renowned inventor, Mr. Thos. A. Edison, upon his earlier invention, the Electric Pen; and, in a word, we can say the machine is simple and cleanly in its operation, and marvelous in its ac- • coinplishmcnts. It is capable of producing, in almost unlimited numbers, fac-similcs of any • handwriting or typewriting, music, drawing.sketch or design, and that with wonderful rapidity. * * *