The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-23
BY the Cameraphone, an In
vention of Current Time
I and Marvel Of the Age.
lspeeIal coFrespondenee.ll


NEW YORK, Nov 23-n the
comeraphone had been invented for
ty or flfty years ago the art OF For
rest. Booth, Mccullough, Barrett.
Charlotte Cushman and many OF the
other great players of the old school
might have been perpetuated to the
present day and throughout future
generations. More than that, we
might be permitted to see and hear
Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln,
Stephen A. Douglas. John c. Calhoun.
Jefferson Davis and the other men OF
their time who made enduring fame
for themselves in the history OF
the United States. but whose person.
lalfties and forensic powers we must.
lin existing circumstances, know sole
IIy by tradition and printed descrip-
ton The men and women VINO
come after us viii not need to con-
fine their knowledge of the notable
Epersonages OF our own time within
Amy such narrow limitations, for the
device already mentioned will repro
duce not alone their voices, but
themselves, their attitudes, gestures,
facial expressions and physical move
ments to the smallest detail, precise
lly as in life. Thus the children OF
today and their. children after them
may at maturity become entirely
familiar with the statesmen, 1urists.
actors, singers and other interesting
beings of the period in which We
ourselves live.
1t is a marvellous combination of
inventions, this Cameraphone, joia-
ing the moving picture to the talk
ing machine with such wonderful
nicely that we may not only see how
every subject looks in action, but
learn every infection of his or her
voice, exactly as though the indi-
vfdual in person were appearing be-
fore us and speaking or singing for
our special OBLIGATION.
Through the perfection of this in
strumeut (if instrument 1t may be
named) Mr.. Roosevelt may appear
in person before his own great
grandchildren and the great-grand-
children OF other American citizens
of the moment. demonstrating his
policies. Mr. Bryan may show fu-
iture audiences how he carried on
splendid campaign; Mr.. Taft may re-
vive his successful procession to the
Presidency; Maude Adams may inf-
tiate the great public of coming
times into the subtle charms of
l"Peter Pan" and John Philip Sousa.
band and all may show just how and
why the March King OF this day
played music that set our feet tap
ping rhythmically upon the floor.
1t was away over on Eleventh ave
nue., at the corner of Forty-third
street. that perceived huge fac
tory building labeled with gold
sign, The Camernphone Company.
and inside It's walls I found scores
Iof busy men and women, directors,
superintendent, heads OF depart
ments, electricians, mechnnicians,
'sren ographers photographers, clerks
and miscellaneous employees, all de-
voting their energies to producing
and putting forward an invention
that / had heard of only in the yag-
uest way, although had rather
plumed myself upon being tolerably
well posted upon what was going on
in New York. That so big an enter
prise, organized primarily for amuse-
ment purposes. should have got
past me. so to speak, was perhaps
something of a damper at the mo-
ment. but the subsequent proceed
inEs were more astonishing.
i was conducted 10 an audience
room. the curtain assembled. the cur
rent was turned on, and Eva Tan
quay appeared upon the stage-that
is to say, the Photographic and vocal
embodiment of Eva TanEuay, with
such vital fidelity that none but d
persistently professional unbeliever
could possibly have denied that she
was there in person. Then followed
Harry Lauder, the Scotch comique.
who has taken the metropolis quite