The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-10
EDISON QUITS GRIND TO
 PLAY WITH SCIENCE.
Proposes Heneeforth fo Avsta Comnaer- cisiism and Investigate 0nly
 Thinss That Attract Him.

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 Things That Attract Him. New York World.
 Thomas A. Edison has begun to gratify an ambition he has cherished many years. and the laboratory at Llewellyn, N. T.. will see comparative ly little Of him henceforth.
 MT. Edison's ambition has been to give himself rowing commission into pure science and to steer clear of com crease his fortune. He has got 33s,- ooo,ooo, which he thinks Is more than enough.
 All of his life he has been turning out money-rnaking inventions. He will devote his remaining years to investi- gating anything that. strikes his fancy, without regard to fts financial produc- tiveness.
 okemistry His New Field.
 It was learned yesterday and the fact Ia here made public. probably for the first time. that the man who has achieved SO many marveis in electricity has greater love for chemistry than electricity. Chemistry was the first science to captivate his wonderful in tellect. but he has never had a chance to dig as deep Into It's mysteries as he wanted to. Now he proposes to give himself the chance.
 Moreover, he is going to take life more easily. He has promised his family and his friends to give up slaving night and day, Sundays and holidays in his laboratory. Not only that, but he is going to take Jaunts about and see something of the rest of the world. He has bought himself place in Florida, where he will spend a couple of months in the late winter and early spring next year.
 Toward the end of this month hs Is going with his wifo on a months trip to the Pacific Coast. He'll stay more than month if the fancy strikes him. Yesterday, instead of being in his iab- oratory, he was fun making with some friends down on Long Island. where he went Friday to spend three days. Per haps he'll be back in Llewellyn today, butts it's not certain.
 Coinctdent with this chance in the career of the man who has made possi- ble so many electrical marvels came the change in the affairs of the Edison companies, already published in The World, by which Commissioner D Gil- more. who took hold of the commercial end of Mir. Edison's affairs when the inventor 1t is said. was 9760.000 in debt. has been succeeded by Frank l.. Dyer In the presidency Of all the companies.
 Mir. Dyer ConnrAs the News.
 When seen yesterday MT. Dyer was still fla his office at 6 p. m, though all but q few of the employers had gone for the day. He said:
 '7Mr. Edison is anxious to devote more time to pure science and less time to commercial investigation. He plans in future to engage in the kind of work done by Farrady, Clark Maxwell, Helm holtz, Lord Kervin. and other scient- ists.
 "IEe will not condne himself in fu- ture to the electrical field by any means. AS matter of fact. he is more interested personally in chemistry than electrical matters. He has been dsly- Ing into chemistry of and on since his boyhood. He is interested in all kinds of things aside from electricity. For he has been working on an ap- paratus for the production of Portland cement,
 "The change doesn't mean that Mir. Edison Is going to stop work. He is the kind of man who thrives and lives on work. He couldn't stop working If he tried. It simply means he is going to do the kind of work he wants to do regardless of its commercial value.
 'Tt is not true that he is going to devote himself to the business or flnar- cial end of his affairs. He has no lik- Ing for business matters. They are un- to him and he regards all the time given to them as wasted. He can hire others to do that kind of work for jim.
 "Mr. Edison is now taking life more than he ever did, devoting some of his time to outside enjoy ment."