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THE PHONOGRA “ We will also concede," went on the theorist,.‘* that ■>, v *'• • *J'*7 « 4 * v '* ^ •' '* >• .w ; • t > *» • *• * • 1 i v" my other friend is a judge of reasonable resourcefulness who is desirous of expediting the work of his court. ** It was the judge’s turn to wince, but he said nothing. “ I myself," continued the theorist, “will also pose as a lawyer. We will say that I am the attorney for the plaintiff and my legal friend is the attorney for the defend- ant. We come before the judge and express ourselves as desirous of a speedy trial of the cause in which we are inter- ested. The judge, however, has a case on trial, and if he were an ordinary judge he would hem and haw and look over his docket and either insist that our case take its regul- ar place on the calendar or set it for trial on the first Mon- day of the second month from date. “It wopld then be discovered that either I or my legal friend had another case coming'up before another judge at that rime, and there would be all kinds of trouble arranging a satisfactory date. But it is conceded that he is not an ordinary judge, and so he would inquired there were, any witnesses to be examined, and, bang assured that all that was desired was to argue a point of law, lie would say : “ ‘Gentlemen, prepare your case by Phonograph.* “Thereupon I would go to my office, and at my leisure would roar my argument into a Phonograph, carefully working in all the inflections of voice and oratorical tricks that I had planned, to bring out my points in the most convincing way. I would be able to do this in my own rime, when it would not conflict with my other business, which, of course, would be a great boon to me. The cylinders containing my speech would then be sent to the ( Continued on page