The Dickinson press., 1889-01-19
TIE "DOLLPHONES."
Mr.. EplsoN's WONDERFUL TOY FOR
NICE LITTLE GIRLS.

e'' - NSuNSSs
Tails That Sin: "Eock-a-By Baby'-They
Can Talk in Any I.anguagc-Doss That
Bark and Cats That Ask for NIilk-Rc-
pcatins u "Simple Sentence"
Children nll over the world will before
.'lit, have reason to bless the name of Thomas
y Edison, for that wizard has just perfected
Il toy the like OF whichwas never dreamed of
10y them even on Christmas eve In Mr.. Edi.
sons laboratory ut Orange, N j., there are
numbers OF dolls which speak us naturally az
;'Av human being. They are not like the old
mechanical toys which oy ones pressing
their diaphragm squeak forth "mamna" and
'ram, tut they talk naturally and we'll,
and repeat l"ns sentences.
They are called the Ellison talking dolls,
;ii.i"sh VI: Edison coined new name for
t!!eh' yesterday. III speaking of them to Tho
l-Vr'!lt'S sun representative. He called them
p'iipA"nrS. The talking dolls have cn-
;sa"rd the inventors attention Off and on for
the last tw'' years. but it is only within a
lew weeks that they have been perfected.
Now nothing remains hut to manufacture
them IA large quantities and ship thcm to all
riN!i.2"I countries, Su that at the pro,,cr time
ca '1i>n, nat only in America, but also in
i.ufnnn uin, oven in far Off RnSs, will ho
lhiH /" possess dollies that in their owners
native l,n .i,a,rr can talk tothem
EXHIBITION OF THEIR POWERS.
In 81 ll,tl, room IN ,h. second s,nry Of tho
&tet: lslnyA nry nt Or,n,,, war, :, ,io,,, ar
>a'.rl the dolls Yesterday m varjous s.,~es Of
.nufar,urr. Snnr OF them wcr. dressed
~. rrAtii to entertain conn,nv vbil,
HMur>. While tllrv ro,!l speak. did 50. s,runre
t,saN. wi;lu,.. ii,r lis, %. their b,ols Mr.
L.! son nrl,,, upuue OF the dolls. who's, co,d.
I'll curly HAIR alll Fink cheeks were lovalv
IN their perfection AID whose lirht buc ewes
stared III m,hi su,.lrls, at tho rrnur,er onj
.iriin; lcr IN ,.v INSERTING n cloc,, lrv in
To small If her h..ch, handed her tn,b, "a.
porter H.. the, ,n,...,j :, s,,.,, v, ,m,, ,,,o
q 4. .ili lnob!ns II, t!!. rcuor,,r. s,l in ,
lai..' .yc l.,mr II l,vc vu;,. nor,mo. lax,
J Il dearly. mamma. ll, | am ,,rcd and
>,'epN now rlr.sn ,., mo in my ,,,t,r he'd y
lno, her doll ha,v Nh, WAS rusic,,Iv in.
inrd, san, in :. sweet chiidis, treble.
.,orl, !, hv ,,a,y on the tree ton" :,,l th, way
tGrNi,gh with good expression. and without n
false note. S,Mr san. ii oujte lo,,,lv TOO 50
| that any unc could lave !vur,l llcr across n
mo.lerH, sze,l room St!li another SAM n
p"r.ly Illl, Guruu.u suu.-, hu, a, ,!,. rrportcr
i - li'' t'Att,fS'lll Ntrilln lln Is unable To
,.,l wha, he s,,n.s WAS about.
n have only h,;ely succeeded i'm briu.,iuer
tl,;S toy ,vu state of ncrfy,,op.r soil ,l,s IN
;...;or, Il he lovingly s,reHel tho curly uo,o
"i vac {, /! his l.;t!e talliers
ht i.d!.nn permitted Tho Eycnin., SIM
n!a)l to talk To one of tho doh phouomrophs
i" Thoroughly test il the reporter repeated
this aillple sentences:
"!.!i:iiilita space which is ;lscription of n
| perfect 'Ni,llclnaicnl reason for a aco.cxis,iur
| piM;l!'N and all thought is resolved into n
| synthetic unit which finds for its ultimate
| habitat the bosom of tho great I,ocos."
Contrary to h,s ,srxpectallons the pl.ouorranh
didn't break nor leave the room of it, own
| ;S,'cor,l, but Instead rrueutc,l the sentence, NO.
| curatclv.
How THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED
| ''Thr Photographs" said the inventor
(which are used in these dolls arc practically
rs perfect in their articulation and lou,Iucss
%! tone as the larger ones They arc on tho
| sam" I!inri3le ns my original l,huuorrnnh
| bu wtcrca, tina; weighed about seventy five
pounds and cost from SO TO sSt, ,..rsp ,yrnh
only about Il pound and "A half uuioce unl
| vii! tsr rctaiod ut from s.; ;to 81. includur n
handsome doll The great difficulty has
| nccn To train girls to talk with s,,lc,,u, dis
tinrincss To the ,honograpils, but that we ar.
now overcoming"
| Tin, little phuno.laph which. wi,h its nc
compunyins clockwor,, is placed in cnch of
| the toys is III. perfection of ,lrl,catn mcchuu.
.,in hut at tie sam tir,c i 81, s,.o,l,. .I
and so durable that it will last a, ony if no,
| longer than the doll itself. the cylinder
which receives pllonocrapIic IMPRESSIONS J.,
| made Of tin. and i, consequently very ,)ur
,,olc With ordinarily careful han,llip, il
will repeat a sentence thousand, of Times
and the last repetition viii he as ucrfcrt n,
ih' first Tn" main difficulty has been in in
venting nacnincrv to make the don phono
graph 50 exact in its workin. that the c;l
inlcrs may hc INTERCHANGEABLE and nc,y cvl
i!nlcr, with ue,y sentences l,c su,,st;,u+,j inr
sh. old one, at any time. So child .honk
get tired Of hearing its doll repeating oy,,.
md over usu!u the same sentence. for n fri
| illng sum, probably less than 81. we can sup
| ply Il new Cylinder. with any sentence. and in
amy .oire that the purchaser l:iay desire,
lne cylinders we're in rculit. bonds of
metal about two and half inches i'm ndiamotcr
about one eishth of an mch in thickness. and
| halt an l!cD wide I he surfaco L.rnro II
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