The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1908)

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 69 FOR Talking Machine Dealers POPULAR SIDE LINE OUR BIG 3 NOVELTY OFFER Consisting of three absolutely new novelties that have never been shown before. "IS JUST THE THING FOR YOU." OINE HUINDRED F»ER CEr\X. PROFIT Send for particulars. Costs you $3.00 and Sells for $6.00. We Iiave in preparation the greatest campaign novelty ever offered. Ask about it. DOOLITTLE & HULLING, IIVC, 1002 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. shows, to-day expurgated a film depicting scenes from Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Lieutenant Smith declined to approve the scene depicting the duel between Macbeth and Macduff. Another feature cut out showed the stabbing of King Duncan. The police also ordered out a scene showing Macbeth wiping blood from a dagger. The condemned scenes were -clipped out and then the film got the approval of the police department. POPULARITY OF THE MOTOR CYCLE. Makes That Line a Profitable Side Line — Ideal for Pleasure and Business — Practical Service to Which Motor Cycles Have Been Put. A hint worthy of consideration by talking machine men who are looking for something good is the following which is clipped from an exchange: "When a road vehicle weighing, approximately, 100 pounds, which requires only about two inches of road surface for its passage, which is controlled by a twist of the wrist, which is capable of almost unlimited speed, which can carry at great speed many times its own weight, which is marvelously economical, which levels hills as it climbs them — when a vehicle such as this becomes available its utilitarian side quickly must become apparent to the thoughtful man. This has proven the case with the motor bicycle. The forerunners of the machines of to-day were, of course, designed purely as pleasure vehicles, but so quickly was it apparent that the motor bicycle could be made to serve more useful purposes than the mere pursuit of pleasure that its quick adaptation to many lines of business followed as a matter of course. "Probably the earliest persons to realize the utilitarian value of the motor bicycle were physicians — those of the outlying and country districts. The old-fashioned horse with Its attendant expense of upkeep, care and worry connected with it, to say nothing of sometimes fatal loss of time, all influenced a decision in favor of the two-wheeled mechanically driven machine. Telephone linemen, whose work requires covering a great amount of territory, also quickly realized that the motor bicycle reduced the saving in time and expense to the tenth part of its former proportion, and from practically the same reasons has its use been embraced by hundreds of rural free delivery carriers. "And the great possibilities of the motor bicycle are but beginning to be realized, but the time is surely coming when the fire, police and other departments of the country's municipalities, to say nothing of the soldiery, must find it a great aid in their respective fields of operation. Policemen, telephone linemen, mail carriers, physicians, collectors, mounted on motor bicycles have ceased to excite comment, and on© manufacturer, realizing that fire departments must soon include motor bicycles as a part of their equipment is carrying on experiments along this line. To have a fireman at a conflagration long before the arrival of the engines, hose wagons and ladders, must many times obviate a conflagration that eventually might baffle an entire department. Already a complete motor bicycle signal corps is a part of the German army, and exhaustive experiments are being conducted in other countries. "The future of the motor bicycle is being determined conclusively. As a vehicle to further the world's work, its utilitarian progress, to become a potent factor in economic conditions of to-day and of to-morrow, its wide range of ulti mate possibilities cannot be measured. By its u;e is found the answer to many troublesome problems in the world of commerce, the motorcycle van for light, quick delivery, supplementing the motor bicycle itself, in a manner that must appeal to tens of thousands of merchants, both great and small." Far better is it to dare mighty things to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank among those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much. OUR MONTHLY REVIEW. [We solicit inquiries from our subscribers who are desirous of any Information in regard to paying side lines wliich can be handled in connection with the Talking Machine. We put you in direct touch with the leading manufacturers. When in doubt, write us, care the Side Line Department.] Niagara Palls is so well known and has been visited by so many people from all over the world, that views on post cards are sold in everj city on this continent. To supply this demand a well-known manufacturer has issued a special set of 20 colored views, among which are: "Horseshoe Palls from Below," "Whirlpool Rapids," "The Great Whirlpool," "View of the Falls from the American Side," "Ice Mountain at Falls," etc., 100 assorted to dealers at fl. * * * * A set of hand-colored panel post cards has just been placed on the market. The subjects in this new line are extremely high grade and have been selected carefully by expert artists; the GabeFs Automatic Entertainer "THIS instrument is equipped with twenty-four 10-inch flat records, from which a selection can be made, and both needle and record are changed automatically with one turn of the handle. "T^HE coin detector is constructed so that it does away with all iron slugs and washers. It also shows the last two coins played, thus preventing the use of ' 'bogus" money. ■"THERE is a great demand ^ for the "Entertainer ' ' because of its many advantages over other instruments having a coin slot attachment. IT is entirely automatic, and the movements of the mechanism are in full view, which is a great attraction. nPHE records are easily changed, and as there is a variety, it will furnish any kind of music desired. T-HE sound box is controlled and led horizontally over the record by a screwfeed attachment. Therefore, the record is reproduced more clearly than by any other talking machine on the market. HTHIS automatic screw-feed machine entirely avoids the record-fed sound box patent and all other patents controlled by talking machine manufacturers. IT is simple in construction, mechanically perfect in operation, interesting, instructive, entertaining, and profitable.'' WRITE FOR PARTICULARS TO TKe Automatic Machine and Tool Company 46-48-50 NORTH ANN STREET, CHICAGO