West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-08-24
THE WORLDS FAIR.
An Interesting and Instructive Let.
ter From Our Correspondent at
The Great white City" by
The Lake.
Special Correspondence OF the Argus.
SEVILLE. 3f2--66th PLACE.

should not fail TO see the Telanto-
graph or long distance writing
machine exhibited in the West Gal
lery of the Electricity Building.
This is one of the latest inventions
OF Prof. Elisha Gray, inventor of
the telephone. | ask you to visit
this exhibit, not because the Rajah
and bis suit did so, but because it
is an interesting exhibit. / hope
you may be more fortunate in gam
ing an audience than l was. Prof.
Gray and his assistants exhibit and
explain from 10 A. NJ. to o L. NJ,
but no matter VIXEN / would go the
booth would bc so crowded | could
not get III sight of the instrument
or in hearing Of the operator. l,
plodded off up those stairs, perse-
veringly if not patiently. every day
for about week and / presume /
would be no nearer knowing any
thing about it sthan before, but
some kind genus put it into the
heads OF the operators to keep the
booth closed until just about the
time | came. / made q wild dash
in that direction as soon as | saw
the curtain parting and almost
breathlessly inquired If the instru-
ments were to work that day. The
man looked amazed and asked if j
was in hurry. ] told him | had
been testing the old motto, "Try,
try again. for about a week and
only wanted to get near the instru-
ment that was TO be ON exhibition
before SO many came that / could
not see or hear. lie had no sooner
commenced to explain than a crowd
collected around him, each one try
ing to see who could ask the most
questions. From his explanation
and the circular | learned that the
telantograph enables one not only
to send message instan taneously
but also to transmit it in his own
handwriting. Another advantage
is that one may send message to
the Office OF another without an
operator waiting to receive it. The
telantograph makes double record
OF each communication, one for the
sender and one for the person ad :
dressed, hence, if the party to
whom message is sent should hap
pen TO be around the corner getting
a beer when the message is sent he
will find perfect facsimile of your
message in his Office when he re-
turns. 1t works noiselessly so mes
sages cannot be overheard. The
name is n compound of three Greek
words, tele, at distance, aRtos.
ones self, and qraph0, to write.
An exhibition. the first / think,
of the telantograph, WAS given
between New York and Chicago in
March and the newspaper men who
were present in both offices wei
loud in their praise Of it, which Is a
reason why that part Of the gallery
IS always so crowded. The crowd
is composed Of all grades Of human
ity from the eager scientist to the
man who just asks questions for
he sake OF asking them and lets
the answers go in at ono car and
out at the other. One man inter.
rupted the operator in the midst OF
an explanation with, "say, mister.
it's good bit like a phonograpb,
ain't il ?" and We we're all rude
enough to smile at that.
You would be surprised to know
the character Of nine. tenths Of the
questions the guards have ia
answer. Some people take savage
delight in making the guards earn
their salaries by answering questions
and there IS another class VINO DOS.
sess snch inquiring minds that tbey
must seek enlightenment on cvery
nnsoIyed problem. One woman
asked a guard Why all those angel.
were painted on the outside Of tho
Transportation Building. lie told
her he supposed IL vas to illustrat,
the last mode Of transportation
At another time . great, brawny
good-natured man, with a timio
little wife, marched mp to a guard
ia The same building and exclaimed
"Ao and my wife want TO see Oar
ius Green and bis Gyiu' machine
where are they :"