Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-03

thousand trunks. more or less Ills
wife, who II one OF the iovclicst and
most patient Of women. entitled as
hugene Field said Of his wife. TO enter
ra,adise, because she was the wife Of
such man" packs his trunk and tells
MIN that his baggage IL ready.
The Wizard" carries with him
great mysterious chests Of wire and
battery and stored electricity. lie
taxes along instruments which he
KNOWS he cannot flnd In "trange coun-
ny. and small machines upon which
he has worked for years. These are 80
carefully packed that you would sup
pose them TO be the most dcllcatoiy
spun glass. They are all incascd In
great chests marked fragile" and
several attendants 10 along to see that
they are right side up"
ON an ocean voyage the Edison bag
kage occupies not only n great place
~ the mold. but an entire state room.
LOT u " too precious 20 risk being wet
or Knocked about. In case Of storm
u is said that the attendants In charge
SIT up night and day with that bag
gage to make sure that Il ~ not dashed
against the side OF tho boat. No frali
yea cups are 30 carefully carried rs
,hey. no blue china II moro tcndoriy
cared for.
In compact steamer trunks are
countess pages Of manuscript. AN writ.
yen by the Wizard In his own neat
hahd-writing. or carefully copied upon
ms typewriting machines. At the cor
hef OF this copy are the words. "Dic-
tated In the photograph" These de-
scribe the works OF the different ma
chimes and serve as specifications for
manufacture. The most elaborate
drawings arr rolled up. ready to be
spread out and explained. and there
are plans for building such machines
as are fitted for sale.
In his travelling tours and In his
own home factory. wizard" Edison
IL Intensely practical. lie goes upon
the simple principle Of giving people
what they want and making them nay
Tor H. No one ever knew him 10 make
more than one mistake In m invention.
and corporations have never bonatcd
that thcygot anything for nothing from
Edison.
He does not ask oxorbitant sums.
but he asks reasonable price and
gets Il In advance.
His one mistake was tho inycn.
tion 81 wonderful machine which ABB
solutely prevents the "HtuffinE" OF ball
lot boxes. Tho story IN that he took
l"AANA'AAiAf hNA NW'W lNt luNifF
had examined II and seen Il work he
laughed and said. "rhat Ia very prot.
~, but why don't you bring mo some
thing that want7''
THE CZAR'S RECEPTION.
The manner In which the Gear will
receive his distinguished guest differs
only In degree from tho way he re-
ccivcs the crowned heads Of Europe.
Russia II Intensely formal and the Car
himself adds 10 Its Formally by the re-.
rpcct In which he holds the great men
Of the world. They are hcrocr to him.
and In this category he Includes inycn-
tors. great stage people, artists Of tho
brush and other men very high In their
professions. The Cars etiquette would
scarcely diner In receiving the Arch.
bishop Of Canterbury and the Queen Of
England. except In the added respect
he would pay the latter "a an old wom-
ar.
" Wizard Edison enters Russia In
the daytime he Will be aHtonishcd TO
fnd waiting for him at the train. the
Cars guard OF honor. who will con-
duet him to the palace set aside for
his entertainment. In Russia all the