Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-20

Nov TeEk Hun.j
Ihomas A. Edison Il sIichtsy deaf
Some tins SEQ thers appeared ID s.
L01M paper m aooouuf of an iuyeuffon
~ Nj. Ls0 Enrich. the former Secrs-
tufy Of Ne Humane SCcisty, designed
20 enable deaf persons 10 hear. III.
knrfleh thouRht be had accomplished I
Rrsas work fos humauity, and sent 1
sampie 70 Mr. E1isOa-s a correspondent
0f the 6an, Who kAd read description
q the lnventaOn, wrote 10 ask what Mr..
Edison th0uRht Of its and. In order 10
md out what Mr.. EdisCn shouQat Of il,
= San reporter mounted six 6iChta Of
stairs in the laboratory of the Edison
EtectKio Lieht Company, 1t Ayenue B
and 6eyenteenth street.
Mr.. Edi80n was found AMID d rnaxa Of
teieRrAphic, te1eph0nic, electrical ilium-
| mating and other apparatus in q big
room smelling strongly of acids. He
has grown little stout since he came to
New York 10 live, and his always good
natured fnce hooked even i0liier than
when he used 70 ncrenm jokes infs the
phon0graph 70 hear them echoed back
BY tbs turn Of = crank.
l came TO ask how yon like the Siu-
vention Of Mr.. Enrich" the reporter
SAID.
Well. 10 tell yoa the truth, / have
not had time TO try il. =
Not time? Why, should thinkaon
would be in . hurry 70 remedy yoar
deafness.n
. There's where you make great
mistake. don's want 70 be cured
Don't want to be cured OF deaf
nessyn
:. !. .csrtsinly G { ain not. Iwsuldn't BE- cured
Do you mean to say in earnest that
vo1 prefer TO be deafss'
Exactly. You SEQ, am NOT very
deaf. There are lots Of things don't
want 70 hear. Now don't have 10 hear
'em.r
What, for instance7r
We'll, cars and carts and licensed
vendors IN the morning. Thsy don't
trouble me at all. My poor wife used
20 be kept awake all night when vs first
moved 70 New York. The contrast with
the quiet of Menlo Park was very
great. She never got accustomed to
the rumble Of wheels. But, a. for
me, could sleep ssundiy through Il
ail.s
Anything else yoa don't want to
hearY''
Lots Of 'em. II is wonderful, when
there is that is not worth hearing.n
What else?''
:. Borss.r
Reporters9''
" Not always; bat some people will
talk ON and on. Now, il is 30 hard 70
talk to me that they get tired and stop.
That se a 0raaf a6vanfnua -
" But you cannot hear the yoice of
any one through the telephone, can
youg'
.Don't want to. Did yeu ever talk
through the teiephone7 Then you know
what il 10. So do !. send some other
fellow TO do my talking, and don't need
10 ait half an hour at time, saying:
Halloar What's shat?' Who are ycur
Keep your ear shere,' and all that sort
of thing. II wasn't deaf they would
keep me at y. Now they keepsome other
fellow at it,
. But oan you hear the click Of tels-
graphic instfument?n
YES; that is sharp sound, and
am used to IL. ! can hear all | want
to-
anything else you dom. want to
hear2''
Well, / make very poor juror. You
see, / cannot hear the evidence, and |
don't get summoned ON the Jury. Then
| should be exempt from the draft in
case Of ear; couldn't hear the orders of
the commanding officer. Seer"
How about the thsatersY"
There | confess there Is little dis
advantage. cannot hear word Mary
Anderson says. All plays are spectacles
10 me. But the advantages are so
great that | can stand the disadvan
tages."
aAnv other things you are relieved
from heariney"
"Yes; political speeches.
"Any other unwelcome sounds ex-
cludeds"
"Yes; cats. They may fiirt all night
and not disturb my rest. l don't have
70 waste any bootjacks or bottles on
them"
"Any other advantagef''
" Yes; plenty. / find my ewes are
much stronger. have worked twenty
years at night and not hurt my eyes.
Compensation, you see. One organ
makes up for the loss On another
.Then you think somebody ought TO
invent something that will make people
deafg'
aJust little deaf--as deaf as am
so that they can hear all they want to
hear, and not hear what they do not
wish 70 hear. For instance, need not
hear man when he wants TO borrow
money"
What Is the best thing In the appli-
cation Of electricity, Mr.. + ison?"
"rhe funniest is the new process OF
ma king fneaudesceut whisky~