The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30
HEAL THE soUNDLEss CONCERT,
No Need 60 &c Inside the Dcndened walls ir
You Use Henrum's T~rnnsmittcrs

HEAR THE SOUNDL ESS CONCERT!
No Need 60 &c Inside the Dcndencd walls ir
You Use Henrum's Trnnsmittcrs.
That's the finest music I've listened to since
the lnmented Gilmore and his artists were ths
shining lights ut old Manhattan Beach," said an
understood. kecn.eyed man wearing a number
eight hat, as he stood yesterday noon looking
into the basement Of a white-w winged lunch room
on lower Broadway. Tho green.painted iron
railing, erected ostenslbly to keep pedestrians
from falling into the cellar, and serving at the
same time as an improvised balcony for those
who would look upon the animated scene be-
meath. was linod with spectators. That portion
Of the building fronting on Broadway. fifteen
feet below the stoop line. is encased by q mas
sive plate-glass window. Within, and plainly
visible from the street. can be seen each day at
noon half a dozen musicians in a semicircle
about an upright piano and an accompanied Of
Pompadour mien. The feast of music and but
ter cakes lasts from IL to 2:30 y. NJ.
Ten seconds after tho Western Union time
ball had slid down the CREASED pole, yesterday,
the musicians stepped to their accustomed
places. The pianist, after q few preliminary
canters up and down tho keys, with q piano
fortissimo accentuation at the end Of the intro
ductory. looked toward the players as each
raised his instrument to its proper posi-
ton, and q second later eyewitnesses from the
street know that the quick-lunch concert had
started on its way.
"They're off T. shouted q messenger boy car
ryinR a dress.suit case and an umbrella.
Here, you boys, just you stop making sport
OF those artists down there. That's no race track
nor p~oolroom either" continued the little man
with the big head. Look! Looki" he exclaimed
excitedly. Just listen to that piano player.
The c~ornetist is no small potatoes either. and as
for the bass fiddler, he'll have beef tea as soon
as he shows signs of weakness"
BY this time the outside throng had been in
creased by at least twenty more, making over
fifty in all; those on tho outer edge anxiously
inquiring who was hurt. or where the fire was.
The spectators alongside the rail finally began
to tire of the amusement afforded within which
they could witness but not hear and soon turned
How supremely Intoxicating" he said as he
noted three or four cycling him.. ~.
said an insurance clerk wearing a golf cap and
a hriarT3od, but ! cant hear a e. = nGt IT, ,o,,ou,
continued. apparently very much in earnest,
II rather eat a cold butter cake standing right
a tenderioin and mushrooms in Delmonico's,
with Thomas's orchestra in the balcony"
tile Ss an T3 pa!an nj ls ss'Se,sd " INA" %an j %ish as 1 mnt : sf
a crank. over music as you or anybody else
within shooting distance OF a group of honest,
ance. I've been STANDING, here for ten minutes,
and am as much pleased as though had been
fiFnres in m sof ant at the Se E { sa0S Mus % mechanical
We'll. gents" declared the first speaker. as
he moved toward the curb. II give you my
word of honor as q gentleman and q scholar
that l can hear. and have hoard, every sound
coming from that lunch room. even to the flap
ping OF the buckwheats from the brown to the
III betcber there's putty in every darn crack
TO hear The music, to go inside an buy a crulier
or a cooky." said a patriarch from the rural
mo, that's not it." insisted the little man;
1.-THE trouble is you've all got defective hearing.
II you'll do as l have done you can cat your
music for nothing"
This interesting suggestion was the cause for
a general exodus of citizens to the edge of the
Its Just this way he continued. drawing
both coat sleeves over his elbows. For twenty
plosion of dynamite in our back yard when l
was quite small fractured both of my eardrums
sembied the cracks You often note in a Ceiling.
couldn't have heard the world coming to an end.
But, thanks to Providence, that inauspicious
event has not as yet occurred. and l am here
to-day as a benefactor Of mankind simply
celebrated audiphonic eardrumlots. Now. gen.
tlemen, why, could hear the music in there
h IN eS soS e eSt oa s,% of Dr. eef aeafu 4 hss soS eod1 fpans!
mitters. Each and every, one OF these oardrum.
let's" continued the speaker, drawing a handful
Of ring;;sheped rubbers from his coattail pocket,
by Edison for this occasion only. I have six
pairs left. which l will dispose Of at 10 cents
for two. OF 5 cents for the man who is deaf
on one side only. Come. now! who'll pur.
chase an open sesame to the beauties of
that orchestra in the basement without going
in. Don't stand there looking at me as II you
doubted my veracity. They're Just as good
damp days as dry days, and, gentlemen. they
have another important property: They are es.
pecially satisfactory to married men who. upon
reaching their homes quite late, desire to reeu-
late the sound OF their footballs on the stairs"
As no one seemed Inclined to test the virtues
Of Hearum,s eardrumlets. the "capper" was
soon brought into play.
hearing Improved y asked the local Crusoe to
his man Friday. "Oh, yes. for i can now hear
hear" but the colloouy was suddenly
tive. .Sneak. Bill" shouted the capper, cross
ing Broadway on n run.
Five minutes later another group was stand
ing by the green railing watching the silent
motions of the orchestra.
They hev' me almost crazy" said a big
policeman. 'foightin wild each other as TO
or funeral marches"