The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-22

For the first time, he listened to the
voices of European emperors, kings
statesman, poets, artists, and potential
tiles who for years past have been ad-
dressing him through the medium of his
European colleague, Col. George Edward
! Gouraud. These messages of congratula-
ton, admiration, and defamation inter-
mingled with scraps of verse, snatches of
song, and ripples of laughter, were at
various times and in various places talked
| into monographs belonging to Col. Gour-
aud, and then the cylinders were sealed
! and packed away till such time as the
Colonel could visit 1.-The Wizard" in his
American home and personally hand the
precious souvenirs To him. OF this OPP
| portunity Col. Gouraud has now availed
| himself transcripts of the messages
had of course been sent to Mr. Edison
by mail, but the actual voices he only
heard on Friday last, and of these voices
not few have now passed away to the
| Silent Land
1t was only family party in the libr-
airy OF the laboratory Mrs, Edison was
present and so were two, some of Edison's
first marriage-thO0ghtfu we'll
dressed lads of Is and 16-and Mrs.
Marvin and Miss Miller sisters of Mrs.
Edison Then there was a niece, a tall
pretty blonde, Miss Edith Edison, and a
brother-in-law, Freshman Miller from
Yale. Col. Gouraud was accompanied by
his son Fauvel Gouraud, by MIR. a. Ora
ham. an English electrical inventor of
some note and by Mr. John Beaufoy
! Lane, London journalist.
The unique treasure box of science was
! carefully unsealed in the presence of Mr..
Edison, and then the row upon row of
cylinders were revealed, duly labelled
with the names of the owners of the
voices that were concealed in their waxy
circumstances.
EASTER GREETING FROM CARDINAL
MANNING.
The first voice placed on the phono-
graph was singularly appropriate to this
Eastertide, and yet solemn and touch
| ing beginning to an occasion
which could not fail to evoke
much varied feeling in the hearts
of all of the little party present. 1t was
the voice OF the late Cardinal Manning,
Arch bishop of Westminster. Clearly vet
softly came the words of the dead prince
of the Roman Church:
"A hearty greeting to the inventor
of the most wonderful instru-
ment of modern science Henry
- " rs SuL hlddA-IA AlADlolUDs Ids Ter
Day, 1891. Z"
After the Cardinal came few roy
attrlies, beginning with his majesty of
Greece. This monarch DER the realms
of the classics has a powerful voice, and
he spoke in Greek. 1t must have been
rather Indifferent Greek, as nobody
understood him, but his signature.
"Georgius,' was very LOUD and Impress
i've. In general way he was understood
to express his regret that the phone graph
was not in vogue in the days of Homer
The present king, queen and Crown
Prince of Italy followed Their Males
ties and his royal highness talked in ex-
cellent English, barring their natural
Italian accent, and all three briefly ex-
pressed eulogiums of Edison and his
inventions "A return of fairy DAYS" said
Queen Margaret, and Prime Minister
Crispi grunted a few words of compliment
tary approval in French King Umberto
added that he hoped Edison would fire.
gently wear the Italian Order of Knight
hood he had sent him
1T is in the glass case with the other
| medals said Edison.
POET, ACTRESS, AND SOLDIER.
Next came words in a weird and most
unknown tongue, yet musical in their
| lntonatlon They were revealed as the
| voice of one Burghast-or something of
that sort -Efendi, Persian poet" in the
suite of the shah when that king of
Kings" last visited Europe His
"lmmensity, declined to speak himself,
aud so did the princes in his suite; but
! the poet was commanded to be equal 10
the occasion. He probably was, but
! his de 3lamation to Mr.. Edison seemed to
we; ry he Wizard, who observed at the
col CluI IN of Mr.. Burghasts eaort. I've
| got as N lch sentiment about me as
| loo Cmosiv He listened, however, with
au unused smile TO the next voice, that
| of MAS. Bancroft, the actress. She also re-
| cited poem. what we doat the springs -
a lively skit on life at a German
! spa. Every verse terminated with burst
! OF laughter from the actress-the inim-
! table laugh that has convulsad thousands
of audiences Edison and family soon
caught the infection; but it faded away
while husband Bancroft recited some
thing from London Assurance"
Then came group of military voices,
beginning with the Duke of Cambridge
and Gen. Lord Wolseley. They We're
| mainly Christmas greetings and con
! CALCULATIONS to Edison, spoken at a dinner
! specially given TO Col. Gouraud to meet
| the royal commander in-chief of the
! British army. Then came the prince
| and Princess of Wales, spoken at San
| drIngham when Col Gouraud was one of
house party which included the En-
/ BANoo L lCGCIlCA anu uGE. uuuk cutters ana
| the late Duke of Clarence Il am
delighted with this charming irstru-
ment,' said the voice of the Princess of
| Wales. Yes most wonderful. most
marvellous" rolled out the voice of the
prince. Then came a word or two from
Lord Salisbury: Il can add nothing to
thar which their roya highnesses have
just spoken
TIRE GRAND OLD MAN SPEAKS.
Epgland's greatest and grandest old
man came next, and the face of Edison lit
up with pleasure. The cylinder began by
stating that Mir Gladstone was present
| at one of the "3ound-table dinners given
| by Mr.. James Knowles, editor Of the
Nineteenth Century, at Queen Anne's
Lodge, London. The company included
Lords Aberdeen, Meath, Playfair, and
Rowton tDisraeli's secretary, Sir Morell
| Mckenzie, and Sir John Fowler, the
! great engineer. .Gladstoue's voice was
| clear and ,sonorous. There was an
absence of the broad IA, but presence
OF broad roll to all the RS"
Il cheerfully comply" said he, with
the request you have done me the honor
TO make, but lregret to say that can
only send YOU the remnant Of an organ
that has been overstrained AS much of
my voice as is left / gladly give you.
Wonders upon wonders are opening up
before US. Your great country is leading
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