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The Phonogram (1900-10)

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* i OCTOBER 1900 169 JER-RY An Easy Ofie in plain words for the Children, See the pic-ture of the cat on page one sixty-eight. His name is Jer-ry. He is a mix-ed drink. Why ? Lis- ten, lit-tle ones, and I will tell you. Jer-ry is a he-cat. A he-cat is most al-ways call-ed a Tom. But the name of this cat is Jer-ry. a Tom-and-Jer-ry. So you see it is Ha-ha! When you are old-er you will catch on quick-er. Jer-ry has just spi-ed a Pho-no-graph. It is play-ing a vi-o- lin rec-ord, and he thinks it is Kit-ty call-ine to him. See his tail. It is a call-ing to him. sure sign ed back. See his eyes and his arch- to think. He don’t know just what Some vi-o-lins sound nice- ly on a Pho-no-graph, like-wise some cats sine ver-v dole-fiil-lv. I don’t cats sing ver-y dole-ful-ly. know which it is in this case. Look out Jer-ry. If you are not care-fill, a boot-jack or a soap-dish will plunk you in the slats and you will lose your in-ter-est in talk-ing ma-chines. i !