The Washington times., 1895-04-14
nature nat. the representation to be produced

nature the representation to be produced
Isl"
AT present, yes. In time. however.
it will not. The reproduction Of sucb
sights and sounds as those enacted in
The opening ofCongress would be very easy.
Inc spectator could sit Gown in his draw
ing room or office and have the whole
scene enacted in front of him. Nor would
any special apartment or any particular
preparation be necessary. But, with a
grand opera, it would be more difficult.
One must exercise great care in securing
the ensemble There are myriads of de-
tails connected with the tones, the GEES
lures, the dress, the colors, the light, and
such like. 1t is proposed to give these
with scrupu lous fidelity. Hence the
temporary cessation OF progress. Although
we could give all these impressions with
comparative exactuess, 1t is intended to be
perfectly faithful to the original. 1t
never does to perpetrate half perform
ance. 1t is disappointing and apt to
shake confidence in an invention. For
myself, l have no doubt whatever of the
outcome. Before many years we will have
grand opera in every little village at ten
cents head. And the very highest grand
opera-you viii hear and see Patti in your
own parlor. She will be heard hundred
years after her death, and seen, and will
move and thrill her auditors in 1910
The Presidents Inauguration can be treated
in the same way. Pope Leo and his car
dinals may be seen and heard for unnum-
bered centuries to come"
Mr.. Edisons blue eyes lighted up with
enthusiasm.
What a way to write history" he
repeated, echoing the words of his ques-
TONER well, 1 had never thought
of that particularly, and yet it is a way
to write it, isn't it? How much more
effectively one could convey to future
generatio ms an idea of the President
than words and writing could. In fact,
written records would cease to have their
historical Importance"
Another use for the invention, namely,
the sentimental one had nst-occurred
to Mr. Edison, either Yetthe machine ought
to be welcomed by lovers-it iDsures the per-
penal presence OF the adored object.
Has not the poet said:
Gould / but hear her voice,
could but see her face;
why do the gods deny the gifts poor
mortals long for most?"
But Mr.. Edison was not yet born in
Camoen's time.
Yet" went on the wizard, these
things are not as wonderful as they seem.
1t appears to me that the people gener-
progress. What do you think of the
idea OF vaccinating land? That ex-
pertinent, 1 see, has actually been mads
with success. The object of this process
is to improve the quality of the soil. The
law of diminishing returns, SO long an
important factor in political economy,
is thus overcome.
To explain the method employed SO az
TO be comprehensive to the popular mind
isnot easy. You see, certain roots OF plauts
which flourish in inferior soils have been
aEcertained to nourish q parasite. Thee
parasites afford the plant through their
organic functions, strength and vitality.
In retur IN the parasites are fed and sustained
by certain properties OF the root. One sup
ports the other and the two together have a
decided effect upon the soil in which they
grow. Now this process of nature has been
successfully applied by science. What we
may term an agricultural miss is obtained
and the impoverished soil into which il is
introduced is almost at once bettered. The
process is permanently fertiliziug and cannot
fail to effect, in time, revolution in farm
ing"
Here fulton was pressed somewhere
in the remote regions and Mr.. Edison has
tened away. The PLANT" as he calls the
weird asglomeration at Edison, is being en-
larged from day to day. In about six weeks
it Will be completed and to-day has very
strange look 1t contains the only stone
breaker in the world OF it's extraordinary
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size to dust in one day. There are telephones
everywhere AID Photographs for making
memoranda connected with the desks There
are no houses, no candles or lanterns. Labor
is reduced TO q minimum. A days toll con-
sists largely in pressing a series OF buttons.
And they never think this extraordinary in
the queer place. Even the prentice boys
are very scientific. They release the giant
forces of nature and hold them in check again
Edison is the Nimred OF this electrical game
reserve, with hispackrunnink andgsmboIing
all about him.