The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-25
a those in tho smaller ones listened to It in

"a those In tho smaller ones listened TO II In
loud lou cries Of Of Frs Firc rherS We're GSe loud
shouts, rush of people, and a buzz of voices.
Then the fire bells rang and u hose reel came
dashinR down the street. the gong ringing. tho
iron; shod hoofs Gathering; nd the heavy wheels
at first, but grew louder aud louder MS tho
machine , anpro3Ghed. ami when t. arrived ths
DRYER yelled to hls horses ana they stopleh;
when he yelled. "unwinI that h"sei" the
horses again started down tho street. the hose
It's ali out" Another astsd. Where was ~
amount to anything" and tho piece came met to
nm nd. The hing was 50 clever that people
imagihed sh"y hsaTd moro than they ala; and md
engine working. the steam escaping. and tho
noise Of the water as it went through the noz-
Mr.. Holdings method cf producing the night
ALARM was simple. While his .!nnd wa: play;
se nHnF Gr E so men T Tnyn nnI ran VIA
ly about the room. winch was III" rush Of tn"
people an Of them talked. mGk ing tho huzS
small bell served as the fire belt The sound
Of the horses hoofs was mad" by man who
being faint ut first but louner ~ the horses
were supposed TO be approaching tho scene.
ing q, polis,eman's rattle, which male the
rpmIinf 81 'es wcIl- OF tho maeh inc;
n
from the phnnoErarh. Tut he approach
cd It as th., man with the mallets
sethsr. tie noise growing louder in unlfermi
~ and they reasca when tn. noise was loud
est; ms y was then supposed that the machine
sumcd the part OF the fireman. who gave COM
mnnds. and others took tho rnrt Of tho ,sIec.
amount to anything. OF course. everything
was done In regular oder. and the apparent
c,"nfnsinn was sy s,, T a ngrson ttand,
was in the midst Of n crowd II lunatics. The
eifcct was much he snmHas that observed be-
don't know why it is. but half OF the pro-
fessionals who sing for ne hay" genuine At
s arsa tha nan or w M'm who can face
crowd OF n couple OF thousand or more and
never feel nervous should trrmtie III" leat
t III; rs%nls %erhans It j. bS%%ase 5hsy
Tie M' i'm nor ssT5 and cer 5s"ph S
ziotta; who plnys on tnmblcis HID with water.
Was pE if for me "9S day rn@ nmbHrs
amount Of water in them. MS y violin is tuned
hy lengthenins, or shor,"ning the strings.
his tumblers and then played II selection:
When Lot him hear it no was di-Eusten. and
discovered that tn" tumhl",s were not prop
erly tuned. and spent half an hour in re-
"Gilmorr's hand always gives good results.
Twent y-nvo o. the mem ers sit i'll th Is room
and play Just MS though they were In the open
air or u hall The hand comes high. and
take MS many records rs possible, using
twelve phonuErnrhs. g"n"ra'iy get ten good
rrroi DIS out oi the twelve in that way. Tho
are not lost when ia" record isn't
perfect. ns they can be snaved and all tho
noise literally cut Off OF them. 80 that they can
he used ngiiin. Int with the rlusj" of Giimora's
band on them :het can bc sor! Tor So. Cylin-
doris with songs ar" worth trun 81 to 81.
There |, Il knack in siEg!r.. or playing for
tho monograph that | can't explain II, and 1t
can only lie acquired in practice. I've tried
hard to tench some good singers. who have
failed. again. some very poor singers are
successful Sone ranno. I've understood and
some can't he heard. have been heard. from
n phonoxraph. too. by every crson in u crowd
Of 1000"