The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-03

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once week. special lectures or con
certs for children are given Reports
of all the principal Hungarian and Aus
TRAN horse races are read as soon as
the news is received from the reporters
1t is clear that the "Telefon-H irmon~
do is real boon to the world of COM
merce. for it gives news of Importance
much sooner than can the printed
dailies- To women and children, and
especially to the sick and to patients 1T
hospitals. to the blind, and to all who
have not time or money enough to g
to theaters or concerts. the telephone
newspaper is great delight. Wherever
people have to Wait-at the doctors or
the BARRIERS. at the cafe or restaurant
the telephone newspaper is a decide1
blessing. 1t has been largely introduced
into all places of popular resort.
One Of the most pTaiseworthy fea-
lures of the -Telefon-H irmondo' is its
extraordinary cheapness. Each sub
rrfI- . h
many advantages, and there are no
fees for having q receiver fitted to =
house. No one need continue subscrib-
ing to the speaking newspaper for
longer than four months. On these ia
vorable terms each station is provided
with the receiving appliance having two
ear tubes, so that two people can listen
at the same time. The apparatus can
be fixed wherever the subscriber pleases
at a bed or sofa, al a writing desk or
in a special room.
The inventor of the telephone news
paper was the Hungarian electrician
theodore Puskas, an ex-cOlla boratoi
with Edison He died three months
after the practical realization of his I'M
dertaking. When the news teller
sprang into life its wires extended in =
net of 43 miles. At present there are
$40 miles of wires. The number of sub
scribers-1, 000-is eight times the orig
inal number
At present the telephone newspaper is
confined to Budapest, but for some time
past preparations have been going on
for extending it to the whole country
The manager of a great French daily
paper intends to introduce the invention
into Paris. having been struck by its
possibilities when the apparatus was ex-
hibited at the Paris exhibition In
Vienna the Introduction Of this unique
invention will soon be effected. all the
plans being in readiness.
The editorial readers lecturers and
singers IN the editorial office speak or
sing into the space between two big
micrOphones. lying opposite to each
other. The sound is made larger in this
way than it would be if merely. delivered
into a single transmitter. Piano music
IS played on an extra large grand piano.
into which the telephonic aDDliance is
fixed. Special transmitters. WITH large
sound tunnels, are used for orchestral
music. To increase the acoustic proper-
ties of the orchestra rooms, the wallis
are draped with thick. heavy carpets ~
wool.
Ordinary journalists would envy the
ease with which the "Telefon- Hirmon-
dos staff can send out their news to
the public The staff consists of a bust
ness manager an editor, with four sub
editors and ten reporters. with six
-steutors' a work speaking the news
The stentOrs take turns of ten minutes
each when all are present. The edi-
torial offices are situated in one of the
finest avenues in Budapest
The company is privileged to own its
own wires, ana has the same right to
erect them as have the telephone. com
panies- Their spoOls can be seen IN
der the corners of houses in almost
every street.
The editors unique position in the
journalistic world is certainly envfabl
He is saved half the worries that turn
gray the ordinary EDITORS hair His
paper is absolutely independently has
no editorial opinions-for the simple
reason that there are no editorial lead
iSg articles. Though advertising re-
ceipts are necessarily somewhat limit
ed. yet the "Telefon- Hirmondo' is an
advertisers paradise. for when an ad-
vertisement is transmitted over the
wires. it goes between two items Of in
teresting news and commands special
attention. The advertising charge is
less than half a dollar for twelve sec
onds.
Including editor-in-chief and office
boys, in ALL the -Telefon- FIirmondo''
employs $50 people in the busy winter
months The prominent subscribers in
clude the prime minister and all the
members of the Hungarian cabinet,
Maurus Jolyai the renowned novelist,
the mayor Of the town and many other
notabilities.
Tire telephone newsletter has proved
a distinct success--Leopold katscher,
in Pearson's Magazine.