, 1877-03-18

on the stage, but think that any
critic would allow that the' little lady
wiso took the part Of Mark Twain's .sSociahle
Jimmy" and the husband and wife in - Betsy
and Are Ont, - has some OF the essential qual.
ihcatlons which help to make successful act
ress. At I'LL events, without these qualifications,
| an actress WAS never made, which summing m
IS as great compliment as need to be paid to
the little lady whose name seems to ct her 20 20
Ali the telcgraphc scientists OF Boston are 5ust
| nowin little fever Of excitement over Prof. Bell
| and his telephone. Ills last performance sur
est and delight any one. 1t seemed a very biz
| thing aud = very big story when Salem was
/ said to be talking audibly to Boston
along little wire. But the other day Prot.
Bell, on his way from New York to Boston va
Providence, stops in The latter place and adjusts
his marvellous Instrument And presently from
forty-three miles away comes the distinct soun3
OF a human voice to the waiting listeners By thu
telephone In
THE PRov1pEScE PRESS OFFICE.
INCHES long, coil OF insulated wire, and ths
telephone tube, the whole carried by the Pro-
lessor like satchcl by shawl-strap, do Won
understands" communicated an enthusiastic
observer OF the working OF this wonder It IN
said both bv the Professor and his assistant that
this last test between Providence aud Boston ID
the most satisfactory Of any up to this time.
The first trial was failure owing to tho
conflicting Of currents, the telephone requiring
only the most delicate OF vibrations, anil tho
ordinary power. therefore, in use in the general
office Of the Telegraph Company in Providence,
where 1t was applied, overwhelming the delicacY
Of the telephone apparatus, and producing ONLY
u confusion Of sounds But when the manager
Of the Atlantic Il Pacific line connected his Of
flce with the private wires Of the Press Com
pany, ut the request OF one of the editors, cut
ting out every relay on the line between Provi-
dence and Boston, the triumph began, for tho
telephone is really worked BY the most delicate
vibrations, and it is the action Of thia
gnration sog upon the IN MAGNET that pro-
thoroughly established With the Laboratory in
Boston, brisk conversation was carried on be-
tween Prof. Bell aud his assistant, with scarcely
more delay than il in the same room, the voice
from Boston reaching the Professor Of course In
d lower tonc,-a it were. the tone Of distance.
HOLD THE FORT
Was played in the Boston laboratory and heard
distinctly in the Providence Office, Ande what
seemed the best test Of all to the little audience
coughing OF the assistant was heard. It was
one OF those commonplace facts which brought
The accuracy OF the test to closer realization.
In the face OF all these facts, one's imagination
|s |s inclined to take airy flights, and fancy
she time when, along d little wire,
9ne may establish communication with the most
1istant friends, and from MIME to California
.hlt-chat may hT at the convenience OF the par
les interested, for Prot. Bell SAYS that distance
S no bar, but only tho conditions Of relays,
tmospherc. With these all right we can snap
ur fingers at distance and be IS so*iable with
ur friends as 1t they were at our elbow. And
7 tho time We get used TO this, what ne1ts
We thought awhile ago when NC put on our
ast train and sped over our forty three dividing
lilies in an hour we had accomplished agood deal;
ut now, II we tan talk rs Il across tho tea-tab1e
yer torty-three miles OF space, why not $40,