The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-16
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Prom TIE Afsnts Constitution
Editors Constitution Your issue Of last
Sunday contained a synopsis Of Mr.. Eli
sons article In the Nsfb duart-Ia E'rirlr
giving his statement Of the practical uses
Of the ph1n1criph. lilo rcpcats what has
been stated cditoria.ly by the Ncw York
Hgii, that The phonograph viii DO the
work 81 the stcnpgaphcr. aud will dis
place him. That y what the article means.
When this statement is malc il l. time ior
s,eno-raphcs TO rcply, Il any answer can
b. made.
The machine has been sklliully advcr-
usOA nhAs tho prestige Of the inventors
gryai naine Prominent mcn here. and
evnilcmen clnnoc,cl with the pr.s,, have
bccn invitcl 70 the Electric club.r01ms.
whcrc experts have exhibited tht machine
and zeal1usy stated and advocated its
practical usas Not few newspaper men
have wed with each other in praiing
the wonderful performances OF the phnno.
gruph. stating that Il would report
interviews, public meetings and court
trials, that PATHS songs would hc r1ound
from the machine hy street cornct hrni,,
and that it would report Ia drunken huI-
bands the next morning their tones oi
The previous night
Some of these statements are paid nAvCr
uscmouts Il h not diihrult 81 account
tur the others Tho monograph - per
haps the most a-t"n'sOinc ui Alr WILSON
creations People who hear u lind thyi
judgment swept away v b. wonderful
work Asa insult they jump 90 the coz
clua9n that thus' who exhibit the ml
chine arr rJfrrCi boo tIuir claim ih1' 10 wi
tupplant uhc Shorthand umluuvn.s Tia
inlUr that as 20 much h1s h,rn uuur tl 70.
tound The practical usp oi thc phuuugmpl
IN this respect stands proved
The writer hus waited iUr slmc ainnogta
phCf or shorthand association 90 prrsru
20 the public The practical objections 9,
the machine. The rrIl FcupgI iphrIs ap
too busy, End too conscious ui srruufy. q,
waste time in answering q claim that the,
know u absurd. , hey know that a.,
phurUgi1ph viii never Dust Murphy from
the senate, nor Bishop from tpr stool
oNchhu.u. 50 with the official cour
sicnogfaphets Who Wryzilr With ukW
doNn hioS,n EnglIslt. aud s'rushtru uu
the tangiu, slevih Of llNYyTr. witness lui
judge, often tslO1g Hu 40 once. Tbrs
experts know ttst stormy mryilus.
convention, Al Important office interview
ur even iggal ifr.ur' ur sermon. rIuuu
los"o, To- tarnud ~ thc phouu.G ph
ihlrgh Na7u c.Dsly questioned. is ~
hml"r' .I' dH not d1im ihis. Bui % /
ven r1i,I 'r.Hy stated that tIH srrUul
ton VI tu, ,h9,thaii l,n7rurrsfs yuI 4,
Eunc. Eleven y,1.alFl I examined uf
phOn0grayh ~ then ,,Ilt.I by Nh
Ellison 81 IN,niE .s,cnld H.D.t Do wi
voted NoidTf hy thr public. boot %,
adapted io practical usss have can
iully examined toe "pru,yici' phuu
graph, uoN un exhibition Hi the lIp.'r
club 10 Twenty Ha.Cuul strict u Dos NHr
surprisingly improved Eut mvHirtiil
has cun,lr,sl me that Ii wall not dIspIa,
Tie shprilH1i amanupnsis.
Tie r.i-uTa are
j. Bcrau.c u il nCrc machine. and
such has defects that cannot be- rrmrlIy.
IL Ia io9 complicated, viii iis mbb,
hose mouihpi-vc, Boz discs aud needles
use unic,hniriI ulmDl, iis herring tai
ndiustor- and additional uar p.prra. sluu
multiplicrs, lathe knife. electric aii1rI
mcnis, waK register slcuycs. Wins. batter
boz and weight. And Dc tone D. 10. iuat
tinot and m.ialic. II cuuct i.tibyp
into u TIE beauty ul tGg music
not preserved; It's reproduction o. Ike th.
OF ycntnlloquisL II I have seen al
machine well handled By two or three
the gcntlemanly efp~ns in charge Of !
exhibition here, u cannot bc relied on
oil times 10 even iijistncily punoun,
oil words and sounds talked into IL. niue
less TO give back with Photographic fdclii
all the tones OF a voicu that has been us,
direct into lis mouihpiocc. not Ia SON
other portion 81 the room. Tie sound
och.likc, oitou sluucd. aud fails la cxac
nos Of reproduction.
II Is not sufficiently portable.
lh wax sleeves, ON which the Dict
ton u recorded, AMI rs ! am iniormc
costing 20 cents each, will only hold !, %
words 1T ordinary speed That IL al III
mon cNlnbiiing II claim that one slcey
VIII hold. II II absurd 10 say that ion
oightlnch sleeves can be dictated upon
put into the niaehin-. and that they vi
then produce Nicholas Nickleby" ,uut,