The Press., 1895-09-19
(HartfOrd COurant.) A NEWSPAPER THAT TALKS.

in Budapest. Its name is the Telephone Hirmondo"- English, the "Telephone Herald" It has no connection with the European edition of the other "Herald." " It is now in it's third year, and has about six thousand subscribers.
 A correspondent made the river journey of 13O miles from the Austrian to the Hungarian capital to acquaint himself with this talking newspaper, and to tell the Londoners about it. He reached Budapest at night. Here is his account of his first morning experiences
 While l was dressing the hotel servant knocked at my door and asked if I want ed the telephone paper. He then handed me two receivers about the size of a pock- ct watch, attached to long cords, which can be fastened to the bed or armchair to suit ones convenience. "The newspa- per will begin to speak directly" remark ed the servant, land will go on speaking until late in the evening. We don't charge our visitors anything for it, as it only costs us penny day" It was precisely half-past as I put the re- ce1vers to my ears, and the days work commenced for the newspaper. It began by transmitting the telegrams received in the night from Europe and America in a clear SOnOrOuS tone, quite free from the nasal twang of the ordinary telephone This went on till a quarter to 9, after which followed the daily calendar with metropolitan news, and the list of stran gers who had arrived at Budapest up to the previous night.
 How is it done? That's a rather long story; we will try to condense it. The newspaper that talks has it's publication office, very much like the publication of tces of other newspapers in some ways, but not at all like them in others. There are about forty reporters, and the sub- scr1bers themselves now take pleasure in telephOning in any interesting items of news that come to their knowledge. The staff is on duty from 7.3O in the morning to 9.30 at night. Between these hours twenty-eight editions" are sent out daily After the manuscript of the critic or re- porter has been revised and approved by the editor, copied and registered, it is passed along to the speaker at the tele- phone. At this interesting point we quote :-
 Ten men with strong voices and clear articulation act as Speakers" :" and take their turns in shifts of two at time. One of these speaks a series of items, but for no longer than eight or ten minutes, and every new item is introduced by the word 'new." A remarkable emergency signal has been lately cOntrived by M. l Szvetic, an invention. the more ingenious as the subscriber is connected with noth- ing like regular telephone, but only with two receivers. A shrill trumpet-like blast, audible in the whole room without connection with the receivers, sounds from both of them, warning the subscrib- er if he be not at the time listening to the news, that an important event is about to be read. The 6,000 subscribers are served by one wire, measuring 16S miles in length, and running along the windows of the subscribers. Each sub scriber forms 'station," and a separate line is connected with each station by means of special apparatus, so that the main line is not affectt d if thereis a block at one of the stations. The main line has a resistance of 100000 ohms, and the two receivers are placed in the third cir. cult, where there are only five volts which work an exceedingly sensitive mi. crophOne, constructed by M. Szvetic. Sc delicate is this instrument that with those five volts an Edison photograph is audi ble for distance as long as that between Budapest and Prague The microphone plays a great part in the scheme, the voice of the speaker, before reaching the telephOnic circuit, being first conducted into the microphone, thereby gaining con, siderable in volume.
 Each subscriber has program for the day, and knows just when in the ordinary course of things the news in which he is particularly interested will be along. A short summary of the more important news is given at noon, and supplement tary summary in the evening. Important speeches in the Reichstag are going out over the telephone while the men making them are still on their legs. Stock ex change transactions are reported anC occur; commercial news is sent out every ten minutes. The brokers don't like it Git gives their clients an immense contro over their movements" The "Hirmon uO 6SGdUllSuIu0uG 10 COuu6Cl6u Uy lSlS phone with the opera house and severa music halls. Toward evening, as tho rush of news slackens, 1t serves music tC it's subscribers. Sundays and saints day it serves choice church music. The cor respondent says:-
 The Budapest concerts are sometimes listened to throughout the whole Qua Monarchy, and even beyond it's borders If any important news reaches the office during the concerts it is communicated t( the subscribers in the pauses. The Ma tiOnal Theater is now within the circui of the "Telephone Herald" so that dur ing the season the subscribers can on al ternate evenings regale themselves with play or an opera. The organism of thu service is interesting in case of an Operet ta premiere in another theater. I'm musical critic telephones his opinion t. the office after the first two acts, stating at the same time which of the airs o choruses were most applauded, and thu office transmits the criticism to it's sub scribers, accompanying it with repeti tion of the best and choicest parts of tn composition, the latter having been pre- pared by means of a photograph during the rehearsal. The telephone newspape abhors politics; it gives no leaders, onl strictly chronicling in an impartial man ner the opinions of other papers. l gives, however, original literary article
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