The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27

famed genius has. by imperative order
of his physician, been resting up
Thomas 4 Edison. who. . few months
ago. was IN a critical condition. is
slowly Improving. He IS taking life
easily at Orange. X. J.. experimenting
infrequently upon the au cement
houses." fun description Of which he
eaEe The can q year or TWO ago. This
IS lis fsvorite hobby a. the present
liIae. although his desire Ia. improve
the phonograph tEhich is his pet in
Fention, and ne believes Il his greatest
one5 Is Al times almost irresistible He
. Ass lately produced commercial
ErsplophCne, with cylinder which be-
sides being longer. viii hold more die
tstion. because the spirals OF recorded
speech number 100 70 each inch of CYL
p inder- enough 10 hold 10 business let
ters OF zoe words each.
= Edison also is experimenting at odd
times with cinematograPh films in
color but has not Yet been able 70 over
some the difficulty OF photographing
< q, and Il can not be done instantane-
snsly- Ee Is completing his simultane-
eus cinematOgraph and phonograph and
says he finds no difficulty in making
Sures and voices act synchrOnously.
but there is difficulty In perfecring the
iiluslon- II the speaking apparatus is
zoo close 10 the moving picture the ef-
fect OF the voice Is artificial AT present
De is obliged 10 remove the phonograph
some 100 feet behind the cinematograph
Ire difficulty viii be overcome and
Edison believes that in few years
every village in the world viii be pro
Nlosd with its own cinematograph-pho-
nograph theater. and this viii be one
means by which. Edison says. IN com
hinstion with cheap houses and cheap
transportation, the great towns VIII be
broken I'D and the population scattered
hack 70 the farms
The physicians bulletins concerning
. T. H. Hsrriman-s condition. whether his
liTer be IN good working order or slug
Eisb are eagerly watched by the Wall
street crowd They recognize that the
genius Of Hartman made Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific what they are to-
.dsy-leaders OF the stock market
When Union Psciflc goes Up or down
. other stocks rise or fall in sympathy.
Recently Hartman had 2 bilious at
tack. The bears rnagnified these re-
ports and soon all sorts OF alarming
reports were circulated Union Pacific
declined ~ points
few weeks ago Hartman consulted
. specialist ar Groton. Mass. about his
spinal column. which was declared 10
be abnormal in rigidity and shape.
The bears made an attack on Hartman
stocks.
NO wonder his hack is bent out OF
shape" they declared. considering the
heavy load he is carrying. But Har-
rimsn that night IN speeel al the
prosperity dinner OF the Economic club
routed the bears by making a funny
speech. declaring that his Groton ply
s-clsn lad advised him there was only
one thing the matter with him-he took
TOO good care OF his health In the
course OF his speech Hartman said.
Some time ago. when my mental
and moral capacity were being exam
5ned or Investigated. whichever you
ike. I decided 70 have my physical
capacity also investigated. and yester-
cay I was discharged And when they
told me 10 80 they said there was moth
ing in the world the matter with me
nd that I could eat, drink and have as
good tine as wanted to-
The truth is, however. that Harri-
man CT late has not visited the South
srn Pacific Offices in the Equitable
building at 40 Broadway more than
three or four times each month He
- IN truth paying the penalty that too
much hard work always exacts He
has never been strong physically and
is now old beyond his years
His physicians instead OF advising
ham not 20 take such good care OF
himself have cautioned him against
overwork and have fmperatively de-
ulsnoed that he spend more time on his
country estate AZ Arden and give less
attention 10 business cares. II IS now
stated that he viii not be at MS Office
until after New Years His secretary
says:
Mr. Hartman has not been going
70 his Office more than once OF twice
= week for the last few months II is
not AZ al unusual for him 70 20 70
the Office on Tuesday and stay at home
Tor the rest Of the week he is rest
ing now"
What President elect Taft may say
ard do every now and then has its
effect on the stock market. but il is
what Hartman is doing all the time
that interests the folk in Wall street
more than anything else The latest Is
that. having effected reconciliation
with 8Ir- TIawley. head OF the Western
system OF railroads bearing his name.
he is going 70 use one or two Of the
latter's roads 70 help along the New
York Central
Hartman is now chairman Of the
board Of directors OF the New York
Central and Il is said the scheme is
10 take over the Chicago and Alton and
Toledo. St Louis and Western on q
guarantee furnished by the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern. the CentraTs
most valuable subsidiary Afterward,
50 the story runs. Hartman is TO take
over the Alton. and add il TO his own
western system. OF which the Union
Pacific is the head
or course. anything Hartman may
90 has for its ultimate object some
thing good for Union Pacific. II hardly
could be otherwise, and the Alton, run
ming from Chicago. 10 both St Louis
and Kansas City. wousc assist in round
ing out very nicely
2 Il IS said now that the new Mexican
racing circuit. IN which Thomas II. VIII
llans and Jack Follansbee are inter