Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-23

tool is substituted for shs recording,
needle. The photograph thea becomes
On automatic lathe, and in about Ave
minutes cylinder is made smooth and
fresh. AS socn as the supply of fresh
cylinders became exhausted Mr. Wango-
man resortcd to this process. Tho phono-
graph was industriously scraping off O
delicious Strauss waltz from cylinder to
make room for the childish voice of ono
of the little Princes, when the Oberhof
bfarschal hustled up to Mr.. Wangcman
with the words in an undcrtonc:
Come, you must hurry up. Don't
you see his Majesty is waitingf'
Mr. Wangeman explained that nc
couldn't hurry the machine, and that
there would be no unnecessary delay.
This didn't scem to satisfy the functions
airy, for G, moment later he again urged
haste, and Mr.. Wangeman CURLY informed
him that his suggestions would in no way
facilitate matters. Meantime the Emperor,
who perfectly understood the necessary
delay, was chatting with others of tho
company, aud would no doubt have re-
buked his factotum had he observed his
interference.
The principal object of the visit that
evening was to make photographic re-
cord of tho voices OF the three little
Princes, Wilhelm, Heinrich and Adelbcrt.
The Empress Augusta Victoria was es-
pecially DESTROYS of preserving such q
memento of the childhood of the boys,
and both she and tho Emperor were much
interested in having the youngsters acquit
themselves crcditably in the performance.
Wilhelm, the Crown Prince, is but six
years old. Heinrich is less than five,
and Adelbert is year younger. They
thought the phono3raph was great larks,
and in genuine boy fashion they wanted
to try all sorts of experiments to see what
it would do. When it came to prepar-
ing the memorial cylinders touching
incident occurred. Wilhelm reproduces
his fathers disposition. He is sturdy,
vigorous little fellow, full of determine
ton and fire. He sang the German ma
tional hymn into the monographs faith
full car with all the vim and patriotic
ardor of which no was capable. He has
a true German soul for music, for when
the notes came back in the test to sec if
the record was perfect the boyish voice
was in perfect tune, and the Emperor
and his wife were delighted with the re-
suits.
Then came little Heinrich, boy of
gentle disposition and delicate organism.
He is genuine, whole-hearted boy just
7 the same, and he stood in front of the
phonograph to repeat the well-known
patriotic German poem beginning: "fch
hntt' einen cameradin."
The lines are full of fire and pnthos,
and the little orator put his whole soul
into them. The Empress was deeply
moved when he came to tho lines where
the roll of the drum is supposed to come
in, but she said nothing until the phono-
graph repeated them. Then her eyes
filled with tears, and she turned to the
Emperor with the words:
"That is tho Emperor FredericlS's
voice."
The Emperor himself was plainly
touched by the resemblance. The food
of memories SO strongly called up over
came the Empress, and she left the room.
She came back presently, smiling sadly
when little Adclbert's childish voice was
being recorded on the waXen cylinder.
Every ono of the company who was fnmi-
liar with the voice of the dead Emperor
remarked the resemblance in the tones of
his little grandson, and oil commented
upon it.
IL third time Dir. Wangeman visited
the palace with the photograph to ex-
plain it to more formal company of
Ambassadors, assembled at the EN-
peror's invitation. The practical posi-
bilities and value of the instrument were
then carefully canvassed in all their bear
ings, and the Emperor ordered 100 phono-
graphs sent to various imperial depart
ments for practical tests
Before leaving Berlin Mr.. Wangcman
sent to the Emperor the cylinders bear
ing record of the voices of the young
Princes enclosed IN IN elegant case, so
arranged that the contents would be pre-
served uninjurcd for an indefinite time.
The Emperor honored Mr. Yangeman
with gift of magnificent diamond pm,
the letter w, set in brilliants, being sur
mounted by the imperial crown, also in
diamonds.-Ne,o York Sun.