Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18

Special Correspondence of The Heralu'
NEW YORK, Nov. ia marvellous
concert--the first ever given from elee-
trically conveyed sound waves, IN
which no musical instrument QUILT
than alternating currents Of electricity
Is employed was listened to by COM
pany gathered in one of the dining
rooms of the cafe Martin last night,
which included Lady Cunard, Mr. ana
Mrs. Myron T. Herrick, President z. a.
Coffin of the General Electric company
Mrs. Coffin and q number or others;
1t was the first demonstration of the
telharmonium, an invention whlcn Dr'
Thaddeus Cahil has worked for FOUR
teen years to develop, which Is de-
signed by means of wires to supply
from n central station music produced
by the alternating currents TO sup
scribers all over the city. The music
can be sent over telephone or electric
light wires and arc lights can be made
to sing.
To produce the vibrations a set of
elaborate machinery and electric APP
pliances has been installed There is a
set of las alternating current dyna-
mos, which make vibrations varying
from sixteen to 5000 second. The cur
rents are passed through tone mixers"
and are released by a keyboard not
unlike the keyboard of pipe or
gan.
The keyboard Is played by a mu-
sician and the electric currents give
the vibrations required to produce the
music desired. At present there are
two keyboards, which represent flute
and a horn. Two more are to be put
in at once. and the effect will be that
of four instruments played together.
Some Queer Appetites
"There are some queer tastes seen in
restaurants. You know the predilec-
tion of school girls for cake and
pickles? Well, l have seen that beaten
often" said the proprietor of a large
Broadway cafe. 1--WE got a customer
who puts sugar on white potatoes.
Sugar ION tomatoes and cantaloupe is
pretty bad; but sugar on potatoes
ugh! A lady customer, corset maker,
melts a lump of butter in her cup of
tea. Could you go that? A pugilist
puts vinegar on all his meats and
egetables-vinegar on everything ex-
cept his dessert This is not because
he wants to reduce his weight; it is
because he likes the taste OF course,
1 have lots of customers who drink
sour milk and eat high game and
cheese-customers for whom we ripen
milk and cheese and birds till the
aroma of our cellar would cause a
turkey buzzard to quail. / have never
seen anyone put sugar on oysters, but
L have seen several persons sugar
their fish,"
The Old, Old Feud
The old, old feud between the for
mer cities of New York and Brooklyn
is forever breaking out in new spots.
There is present bitter complaint on
the other side of the bridges-there are
two now and others in course of con-
Observation-Disclosures Manhattan news
papers still say "the city, and Brook
lyn," New Workers." and Brooklyn
ites," and use other designations that
were applicable to the situation in
preconsolidation times.
The New Workers who live on the
eastern side of East river insist that
they are as much New York as the
Oldest millionaire on Fifth avenue and
that if people over here wish a spe-
cial designation they must speak of
the borough of Manhattan.
New Straps for Umbrellas
A holiday trade novelty is offered in
detachable straps for umbrellas, with
your separate initials or monogram in
serted midway in the band. These
straps are calculated to fit any sized
umbrella, and are made of superior
quality silk elastic. The letters are
fret saw work, or handcut production,
If you wish. Fine grades of metal only
are used in this connection. Possibly
the next fad will be to collect the
straps-that is, of course, in conjunc-
ton with the umbrellas.
The Limitations of the Auto
Speaking of courtships, recalls the
confession Of middle-aged widower
who is out for a second wife.
'''The man who goes courting,' he
said, 'is sadly Handicapped when he
owns an automobile, as you perhaps
know that do. It does not begin to
come up to the old one-horse top
buggy that came in so handily in the
days when we were young.
when you drove up to her house in
rig of that build, she knew that you
came for her alone. There was no room
for more than two. The old folks stood
on the porch and waved you good by,
and when you got around the corner
you still further perfected yourself in
driving with one hand.
"The automobile carries four easily
and you do not have the gall to ask her