Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-02-14

A Philadeiphia Audience Delighted
NJ Ncty York pOIaists.

by New York rOioists'
New York Sun, Feb B.
A trial OF the phOnograph in eonnec-
ton with the long.distance teiephonh YVES
made last night between the Franklin ~
stituto In Philadelphia and tho operating
rnom OF the ApltticHn Telephone ana
TELEGRAPH Company ct il C0rtlandt
street W, j. Hammer OF hr. hdlsohs
laboratory in OraIga gave lecture ps-
fore between 600 and 400 people me
Institute, the suhjsot Of which was MT,
Edispn's life aud inventions, inc lecture
WAS illustrated with experiments, OF Wnien
tha combined trial OF the photograph
with the long distance telephone was the
chief.
n. Wanqemen, also OF Mr.. Edison's
laboratory, was master OF ceremonies at
is Ok. tiandS street. 10 began BY ex'
nlaininp that the metallic circuit OF the
American Telephone and Telegraph Com
many. which is superior to any other IN
existence, and, by the way, wonld be .
great improvement to our present local
telephone service, was oonnecten WIN q
carbon trausmitter, whose hnunds were
heard al the Franklin Institute through
a chalk receiver. BY the time se had
inished his explanation, Cornetist Theo-
dots Hoth and Miss Etlie Stewart,sop
of Nj. Patricia Cathedral, arrived and
prepared to play and sing 10 an audience
100 miles distant. Although his auditors
o1nldn't see him, Herr doth wore even
ing dress. He fifst played toa phono-
graph acne. &c plsy eden original com
position, Tyrolean song, entitled IRON
the Xeie,ihal.n be then repeated Il
through tho telephone, and, when he had
finished, Mr.. WmgeDen said 1t Ind been
heard Ill ever the Franklin Institute, with
which he WAS in communication.
Miss Stewart, who 10 pretty brunette,
now q ked Herr goth to give her "Cp on
his cyuet. He complied, but after she
had fn,she5 pinging part Of "Ctsla
Diva ifom ,Notms,n through the tele-
nhone, she complained thai she had sung
Il in The wrong key, and changed 10
.tTaLs BIO, J4ui'e, Dear which she
rendered with srca spirit that the andl-
enus IN Phiiadelphis, according 10 Mr..
WsuRemen. pFononnasd II very bne.
The photograph WIS then connected
with the transnitier and The air Herr
sAQkN Ihl nAuMl iBlp ~ NRH thSAt1'F w
she Fraukln IpGgitnte, wheEe II e6citod
even moro applause tnop the crtstnal
performance Herr Hoth listened with
uacunreaied ielipht 20 the monograph
reproduction VI he music.
While Miss Stewart aaug and the
phonogreph held forth tboss present
CLOSED one ear and listened with the
other b. the telephone TO the sounds d
They were reproduced ia the Franklin
hatitute. Ihess Eonuds bad been re-.
cBived in u phonogrgph ut the Institute,
aud when ii ess sst going those ut IL
Cartlaudt street Who were ut telephones
could hear the music which had been
played IN their presence half m hour,
more or leas, before, repeated exactly al
hundred miles distaroe
NILS Stewart ,ld not eonfne her sing.
ing to Philadelphia, but Gang "Eltreaty'
| for the benefit OF those who Wero on the
| Boston circuit 'BingAu on the Rhine, =
which NJ. Edison hsa spoken into the
! phouogrsph in Orange Yesterday morn
ing, was transmitted through the tele
phone TO thu Franklin Institute, where L
excited great enthusiasm,
The photographic tciaphonic concert
ended with Herr Ho1's repditicn OF "Tht
Rat.cAtcheI" through tho telephone.
The concert was listened 20 by otheri
besides the audience in the franklin in
4 stitnte favored indisiduals whose wire
.l=ts- we lOrtaai sttea
c4yup % kesp 'h4ir ear
alia .l.4. 4,
PHIADRLTHIA Feb. 4.-The audienc
in Frankin Iastiiute Hail, in this city, i
Seventh street above Chestnut. packs
the house to the doors and heard oornC
solo performance In New York which WI
transmitted through the long dis'snc
telpphous over 103 miles of wire, ri
miiaB 81 which were under ground III
notes wern rather sharp aud metallic, bu
clear and distinct, ard svefy note an
variation was heard throughout the hpl
After the oornet solo Hiss Stewart, tn
soprano OF the New York Ca,bedra
saBg hut hex song was not 30 mach Of
snoaees. Sons notes, however, can
clearly and distinctly Then came NJ
sllo, Transacted trom Photograph ii
tsche6 20 the 'phoru IL New York, vile
WIS g suceess. This experiment was =
p-ated three times from the same roll,
ii the New Yak phonognph, and Il
,hitd Performances was as good as Il
hrft,
, Then photograph was attached to Il
telephone 1t thih end Of tho line and ii
oo.net solo from the phopuarauh .. /.
, New York end repeated FOR the fouit
tine. The latter instrument w9 the
dimonn7o!ed and tho long funnel WIS il
serted ia the phonoRrApL and the mus
OF the eornet was reproduced for u
su1iance al fourth hand, having bee
, psayet first iuto tho phonceyAph tho
Transmitted ovar the telephone Into Il
phonosrapb at this end Of tut line sd
ta3n reproduced to tho listeners II ii
! ball. The rsoeiver was held close 70 u
, long fuunel when The music was receive
. and the audience Eeard il as plainly
) did the ph9nagraoh.
! Other sUceeSsts were made with Ii
( photograph, in which nu.c and worl
y bottled up In ii several wesks uuo We
=, i5ithfal. y recorded and liberated aeai
y fhe ssple cylinders rsn bs used Tor
: number VI times. A piano aud corn
S duAs was played, and speaking do
i NO whose Internal inechaaism SINS
q phohograph had been introduced, talk
large nunoer Of the inventions
EDISON we're exhibited by Mr.. Hamn,
aad they we're rep'oduaed in large dra
6 lags which were used in illustrating ri
}, explaining ths leutufe, which was
I 'eehnlcai description of each. Many
y tue instruments shown ara TO be used
. . the Ellison exhibit at the coming expo
u tioD At Paris this summer.
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