, 1901-09-12
INTERESTING TYPEWRITER EXHIBIT.
Warner Typewriter Company Makes a Splendid
DKDlaV Of Underwood Machines at Exposition.
AWonderfuf Mind Reading Machine.
Tn Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Bulldg1ng and
Seeming Miracles Performed by the wonderful
UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER.

From the Buffalo Courier OF August
Bird we copy the following interesting
acrount of the Underwood Typewriter
display: =,
In the manufacturers and Liberal
Arts Building at the Pan-American EN-
p~osition there is a mind reading type
writer, which during the past three
DAYS since its installation has been at
tracing no small amount OF attention.
The machine is an Underwood Wis
BILE Writer and is a part Of the exhibit
being made by the manufacturers oil
the Underwood, and it has probably
created more fun and surprise than an!
other attraction within the great build
ing.
AS those who are familiar with type
writer's know, the Underwood is the
most perfect specimen of visible writing
machines. and by its arrangement leaves
the written surface Of the paper direct!
before the eyes of the operator or on
locker.
Yesterday afternoon Director of Hor-
ticulture Fredric W. Taylor, was passing
the Underwood booth and seeing a
large crowd around the display came to
a stop in front of one of the machines
that stood on a high pedestal.
Suddenly the machine in front Of him
began to write. There was no one with
in three feet of the machine, but the
KEYS on the letter board began to fly
down. while the type bars struck the
paper on the roll in much the same
manner as the electric pianos around
town act when in operation.
Mr., Taylor was Interested at once,
thinking that the machine had been
arranged to write some set phrases by
an electrical arrangement similar to
those of the automatic musical instru-
ments. and paused to see how the de-
vice did its work.
Watching the paper whereupon the
type bars were striking, the director OF
horticulture was surprised to see the
machine write the following sentences;
Hello! Mr.. Taylor. How are you today
and how are the peaches and fruit over
in your building? What do you think
Of the Underwood Typewriter now?"
For a moment Mr.. Taylor was taken
entirely off his guard, but regaining his
voice said. Great" but before the word
was half out of his mouth the machine
had written the exclamation he was ut.
tering.
This incident attracted a great deal
Of attention from among the spectators,
and especially among owners of other
booths which are in near proximity to
that of the Underwood booth, because
almost all Of the neighboring exhibitors
have had the same tricks played upon
them by the intelligent machine, which
is claimed to be the only mind-readIng
typewriting creation in the world.
A continuous roll of paper is run into
the special machine which has develop
I'd such self-control as to run itself and
when it starts to clicking out its mes
sages il is immediately surrounded by a
Il wondering and admiring crowd, and
it takes some time before the audience
learns from whence IN the brains
and power for the machine.
The display is an invention Of Mr.. j.
E, Neahr, local manager for the Wag.
ner Typewriter company, makers of the
Underwood, whose Office is in Franklin
street.
Ever since the opening of the exposit.
tion he has been studying some way in
which to most forcibly display the Wis.
ible writing qualities OF the Underwood,
together with its ease, simplicity and
speed of operation.