The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-03
TELEPHONIC JOURNALIsM.
The Alleged Editor In Buda-Pess yyho
Spouts the News to His Subscribers,
From he Bo.toa Daily Adssytt..,.

spouts the News to His subseribers.
From The Botoa Daily Adssti.sr.
BUDAPrsr. May 9.-The capital Of Hungary. Whsre I
spending few days has distin guishsd itself
among the cities Of the globe by establishing tele
phonic newspaper. which has been In existence
sore months. and 10 extending its plans and hopes
Tho 0eaa Revies OF this city for April 80 ves long
account OF what tins novel enterprise has and
may do. which am sure will interest my readers
Tho whole city of 500 600 people-as large as Boston
land may add quite as handsome and better served
with street raway is divided into eight sections for
tho purposes of this telephone editor each Of the
sections has one conducting wire. The apparatus in
each house occupies space OF about Ave square
and has two tubes that two members Of the family
get the nows at The whole cost OF putting
In IL So and each subscriber pays rate OF sixty cents
month for the special newspaper service.
Tho news collector does his work In the night, a.
elsewhere and at NJ he takes his post the cen.
trail station and begins to tell bis story "in tsle-
graphic style. summary and precise. avoiding every.
thing superhuous." At the end Of nve minutss fear.
ing lest Of lis subscribers may not have heard
everything. he repeats his budget Of news word for
word-mostiy concerning home events and news OF
Hungary. Al 10 O'Clock he issues other oral edition
this time OF foreign news Al IL O'clock he lets us
know that the Hung Parliament 10 In session. and
may mention what 10 being debated But word may
also OF q riot. and by noon the alarmed sub
scrber may hear that the popuaco have attacked tho
police and been hred upon: this We will say causes
stocks to fall 8 per cent Immediately the wise sub
scriber rushes to his own telephone and gives his
broker order to buy AT O'Clock the central editor
rings furiousy and reports violent debate In PArA
ment. which leads to change Of the Ministry. A.
O'Clock there Ore In building OF WHOM the sub
scriber IL part owner-and SO IL goes on
"All this news" says my author. lis related In q
sonorous voice easily understood-and. there 10 only
one wire the subscriber Ia not vexsd with the hubbub
of twenty voices trying TO the same wire once
Still 1t 10 little fAtiKutng to get your n In such
slices instead Of having it all in your hand at once
So Il continue to quote. at O'Clock he take q
rest Chat is. the subscriber cam. and madame. his
WIFE, comes forward TO hear the report OF Leisure at
tho Academy; perhaps the rspstiten. with all due
emphasis of new poem. Al O'Clock the young
ladies listen a concert through the Tsrhons 6ass;
they can distinguish wonderfully well the touching
pnthos OF the vioonceo the peary staccstos of the
violin tho sweet melodies Of the huts. and the en-.
chanting voice Of the prima DONNA" What could be
more delightful! and conveniept'
AL thls assured Is daily going In Buda- Pest
Nay more "by the aid OF q single wire Of the State
telegraph line central station has been connected
imutaueousy with tho telephone stations of Vienna
GrAtz Brunn and Trisste and in all those oities the
voice OF Galsas. editor has been hsaId-elear So
norous. and with every shade Of intsnAtoa."
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