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102 THE PHONOGRAM. The Phonograph Appreciated. We are glad to present to the readers of The Phonogram the accompanying cut, showing the room of the Senate reporters ofjdebates in the Capitol at Washington. The corps consists of Messrs. D. F. Mur- phy, E V. Murphy, Theodore F. Shuey, Henry J. Gensler, D. B. Lloyd and A. Johns. These gentlemen, who stand at the head of the shorthand profession, have used till king machines for three reads his notes into the phonograph, he , is never stopped by questions, never asked | to repeat a sentence, and lias always the ; assurance that every word which is en- j undated will be faithfully reproduced. “ It would be impossible for the most expert stenographer to produce a faithful report at the high rate of speed at which matter is frequently spoken into the phonograph. “ I think it is perfectly safe to say that by the use of the phonograph at least J Headquarter* Senate Reporters of Debate* In the Capitol, at Washington, D. C. sessions of Congress. Their appreciation of the value of the phonograph cannot be better shown than in the words of the chief of the corps, Mr. D. F. Murphy, who is admitted to be the most experienced and skillful stenographer in the world. He says: “ Dictation to the phonograph requires less effort, and is altogether more easy and satisfactory, than dictation to the short- hand amanuensis. No -matter how high the rate of speed at which the reporter twice as much copy can be turned out in a given time, and in better shape than by the use of the most skillful shorthand amanuensis. So indispensable has the phonograph become to the business of my office, that the wonder of myself and associates now is how we were able hereto- fore to get along without it.' A very simple little publication may strike a popular chord and have a’wonder- ful run. H