Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18

mind. Every art of our statesmen had
been exhausted, and on the final day
one of our men was standing beside
the instrument she liked best.
I'VE had explained for the hun
drcdth time its merits. lie went over
the tone. touch, style and other de-
tails again and again. lie was playing
with the keys. touching them light.
~. when all of a sudden there was an
explosion. 1t was like tine roar Of a
cannon, intcrmingllng with the peal
Ing of a hundred guitars. a piece Of
wood flew close to my head, and when
the smoke of battle had cleared away
We found the woman on the floor In a
dead faint. a bit Of blood trlckled
down her forehead. while the salesman
was pushed Hat up against an iron pill.
lar. a hasty examination was made.
and we found the piano had blown
up--the first incident of the kind, as
far rs l know.
"Some way or somehow II had been
keyed up to the highest pitch ana the
strings had given way. Later we
found the piano had been close to Il
hot.aIr shaft. The wood had dried
ont and the strings stretched just that
much more.
when we got the woman back to
life again she started In to talk. She
claimed she had been damaged for
life, and swOre she would enter suit
against us ut once. ma nagcd to set.
l.v oil a. lns n m N flttp tun.,
of cost. We are out the damaged
instrument. ana u second that cost us
at least $500 to make.
"Thc plano was Il wreck. the top
had been blown off, and even one Of
the sides cracked by the force"
Mr.. Richards had Il photograph of
the wrecked instrument. lie Is taking
It back to the New York factory
Denver Post.
Did you know, said the dealer In
electrical novelties to Il Philadelphia
Record writer, "that there are mum.
Der of men who make their living by
singing into phonOgraphs--by making
recordsg Yes" he went on, some Of
these chaps earn from $40 to $50 day
Their work requires u voice rs
strong and physique as powerful as
II grand opera singers. You must yell
into n phonograph ut the tip.tOp OF
your lungs, yon know, In order to make
II good record, and for you and me to
yell like that would PROSTATE us III
about four minutes. But the profes.
slonal record maker has n leather
throat and II steel constitution, and
you can't wear him out.
"lIe makes four records nj u time
He sits at his piano, and trained upon
him are the horns Of four monographs
each ut certain angle The angle II
an important matter. 1t must be nccu
rate or the record is not good. II til,
angle Is an inch out II Is necessary Il
destroy the record
80 ut his piano sits the singer. ant
into the four horns he bellows us lou,
rs he can. When the song is done h,
removes the cylinders ana puts Others
in their place. He makes four clyin
ders at time, and to make 100 he re
Ehl'N ts ~ WY S'o" "hs "oiN'
You get for making these cylinders
from % to 30 cents; though. of course
you get much more than that II yOl
are Il wcll-knOwn person. A speech b!
President Roosevelt, for instance
would he worth considerably over 3,
cents, and II Adelina Patti shall SIM
into some monographs when sh
comes over here-I know she Is to b,
asked tot Is safe to say that she vii
demand more than % or 30 cents rec
ord"
~
W. II. Truesdale, president of tn,
Delaware n Lackawanna railroad, wa
discussing the question of happines
with a friend not long ago, VariOu
arguments were advanced as to tn
best way to find contentment. Il wa
greatly impressed" said Mr.. Truesdal Il
with talk recently had with tn
president of one of the largest bank
ing institutions IN the country.
II met this man about six O'clOc
one night on an elevated train In New
York city, and expressed surprise tina
he should have been working at hi
Office so late In the day. This Is moth