Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

enable me to determine upon which
side Of the political contest Of 1903 the
speaker was. but the old voice rang out
as true and reverberantly as ever.
Following this came the mellow ca
dences of William Jennings BRYAN,
short, sharp and ringing: The crime
of '96 must and shall be avenged! Vox
populi vox mel"
In 1907 David r. Hin sent his voice to
the fair young collector: 81 am a. Dem
ocrat, and shall retire January 1, 1909,
II there Is enough of me left to retire
with
Governor Mcclellan honored the
young woman with the sentiment: "Mr
Roosevelt is the Man Higher Up just
now, but wait until March 4. 1909. I
may take the elevator myself"
Richard Harding Davis voice, dated
January 16. 1908. says: I'VE are still
bottled up at the north pole. General
Kuropatkln has just disappeared over
the horizon line In the direction Of
Hudson Bay"
An interesting contribution from Mr..
]. Pierpont Morgan came next: "1f In
vestgation proves that the Cologne
Cathedral. which I have Just presented
| to the British museum, was surrepti-
tiously and dishonesty removed from
Its site on the Rhine I shall. of course,
return 1t to the original owners"
| Admiral Rojestvensky refers to his
torical incident in his contribution: in
heavy fogski It is impossible to tell
fishing smack from u Japanovitch. If
Il was only a fshball hit us, how was
to knowski?"
The actors I'm the young girls collec-
tion INDUCED in a great variety of
| sentiments, most Of them from the
plays of Shakespeare, George AIDE and
others. James T. Powers voice was
devoted to the "To be or not to be"
soliloquy of Hamlet, which was strik-
| ingly original In conception. Nat
Goodwin INDUCED In snatch from the
first act of "Parsfal," and from Fran
els Wilson came the grafton of Brutus
after the assassination of Caesar.
Richard Mansfield INDUCED in no quo
tations, contenting himself with the
old time autographs formula, 81 am
very truly yours. Richard Mansfield"
| Among the women's voices in the col
lection were those Of Sarah Bernhard
in a little imitation of the Rogers
Brothers; Mrs. Patrick Campbell, who
recited Edward Markhams MAN with
the Hoe" backward, with fine effect;
Nine. Patti, who filled up whole cyl
/ inder with the word "FarewelP-there
were at least twenty-four of them;
| Carrie Nation, who observed that her
motto was mo longer down with rum,
but up with it," and many Others of
equal celebrity
The list ran on into many numbers,
and | am inclined to believe that
should have remained with this inter-
estng and novel collection but for
the jolt which my tender sensiblities
received when the Chauncey Depew
cylinder was brought forth. There have
been many moments of pathos in my
| life, but none has more readily brought
tears to my eyes than this one.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
New England Society,"" it began, two
years ago when I was in the senate"
For me the speech went no further.
My emotions overcame me, and mo-
ment later / crept weeping from the
room. There are some things that the
spectrophone must inevitably reveal
that can serve only to add to the stores
of misery that confront us on our way
| through life