Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-01
Sfca Correspondence Of the Desoa Meas By Frank C0foa)

q Do seldom goes t5 sleep before dawn
I ana his usual hours for rest are from
until n r.. n
De- Bells afternoons are devoted "a
{ business ana social engagements, anr
I 1is His7ts Zoo reading and scientific ex-
/ pertinent During our talk J asked hiU
/ whether his arrangement of the hour'
/ W5s not nWrous 90 health Hc replied
| That he had not found DO 80, and that
/ Ho far preferred 10 to that Of other men
who work by day Indeed. night and
f.N orr uu.H tfr same tD him. and
when be- b. especially interested in some
o' h'- experiments goes many hours
without sleep. working ou far into tho
Day. ana then sleeping FOR many hours
on "a stretch 90 make up. u is hy this
means chat ha does sn enormous
aW0U. ur work carrying ON studies
and experiments along many lines. and.
mo tha same time keeping himself thor
ulghN abreast 81 The scientific world.
Hc BIS now within q year or So Of the
age 8t which Dr. Osler said the work
iug man should be- chlorofOrmed hut his
eve Sd as bright. his step AS firm and
his uird MS active as when he made HE
eolf discovery as TO the telephone so
rd1 scars ago BE tells me hat he
rrvcr fclt better than he does now, AMI
: doubt whether hc has ever enjoyed
h.3 NE or work more
JOSEPH HENRY AND THE TELE.
PHONE.
our conversation covered wide
range ln response 10 my questions II
1,as 40 times personal now drifting in-
io "reminiscences connected With his
mauy inventions, and now scientific as
7 asked him as go the possibilities Of
new discoveries along certain lines In
the future a part of the talk ! have
already published iu an article about
pr Bells recent experiments In The
evolution Of sheep. and as to his pres
emit work oIi his flying machine An
Other part ! give YOU today IN the con-
yorsltion which follows.
We bad been talking about The SMITH
sonian Institution Of which Dr. Bell il
one NJ the regents. and Of It's late sec
rotary. DR. x. =. Langley. who was ono
of Dr. Bells Intimate friends. when I
asked him whether he had known JOS
cnh Henry. the first secretary and d.
rector Of that institution. DR. Bell re-
Piled
% became acquainted with Prof Hen
rv when I VAS still working on the tele.
uhone and he was kind 10 me. II was
q year or 80 before my patent VAS
granted. when called upon him al the
Smithsonian Institution and explained
mv IDEAS as a. the construction Of an
instrument which would carry vocal
sounds ! was then interested also I'm
multlplex telegraphy. and We talked
about that Prof Henry was a man Of
remarkable ability along the very lines
upon which ] was working. Tie had
made many discoveries IN electricity
and In electro dynamics. having con-
structed an electromagnetic telegraph
long before the invention Of Prof
Morse He appeared ,much interested
in my experiments, and | determined
To nsk his advice about the apparatus
which ! had designed for the trans
mission " the human voice by means
" an electric wire. After I had ex-
planned the idea | asked him 20 advise
me whether ! had better publish my
discoveries and LET others 60 10 work
along the same lines. or whether I
should keen az Il aud attempt 10 solve
the problem myself
He replied that he thought had
the germ ~ great invention and that
would do much better 90 keep the
matter secret and work along by NY
SELF
But, said I, I feel that my mechan-
iCal knowledge Is weak. There are many
difficulties 10 be overcome and I fear
have NOT the knoWlndRe ~ electricity
required
Wei then you had better get A.
said Prof Henry.