The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

sTEMOGRAPHSR TARIIYG
SE[RET NOTES

Governor Dcnecn Of Illinois has it in
his executive office At Springfield. as
has Governor Eberhart of Minnesota
In the state capitol at St Paul
Corporation agents and lobbyists
who would court the future favor OF
the chief executives OF these sovereign
states will be hecdful of their words,
for undue license OF speech In tho pTI-
vacy Of an executive chamber when
exposed to tho whitening light of day
Is sure to be its own undoing
In the new s2.ooOo0o headquarters OF
the Now York police department at
Grand and Center streets this telltalc
instrument plays an important role in
tho everyday tragedies that nro part
Of the life OF the metropolis Murder
ers. high%aymon, burglars and petty
thieves cross the threshold OF the omi-
nous looking granite building every
minute Of the day and night and never
dream that the walls about them nTo
porous. like unto sponge. through
which filters that which Is hidden aud
that which is unbidden. even unto
the Nericst little confidence that may
pass between pals in trouble In tho
supposed retirement of their gloom
ridden Stcel cages.
In the near future II is to he installed
between the executive Office IN tho
White House and congress, President
TAFT then will he able TO keep his cyo
on Uncle Joe and the belicose insur-
gents and know when Ia put tho
squeeze upon them.
AS means of maintaining espionage
upon animals tho dictosnph has been
largely utilized OF late in tho thlcket
and jungle by scientific men IN quest
Lee I,,f.
lingo of boasts in their native lair.
Bwano Tumbo thought It was just
bully He didn't take II to Africa on
his jungle trek. but w w. Boyco OF
Chicago who returned from thcre last
month with wonderful tnles Of tho
uses to which ne applied It took two
OF them
Boyce and members Of his expedition
used II in connection with their OBJ
servatIon OF tho actions OF tho wild
beasts when at largo In their nntivo
heath Two dictograph receivers wore
placed in the limb of 4 bush six feet
above the ground In the heart Of tho
| jungle Wires attached TO them
stretched away through the thick
I ground growth to a camp ono milo dis
tant Beneath the receivers the car-
| cnss OF n dead 800 pound antelope was
| placed as a bait to tho predatory
beasts that iDfest the section. Soon
! footsteps were heard apparently in tho
distance. Gradually they camo closer
until IL seemed as II they were right
In front OF the instruments. First on
the scene were tho jackals Appar-
entity there were two OF thom, and thcy
soon began to quarrel over the pro-
vendor. Their yells attracted other
animals-larger ones apparcntly-ond
they in turn drove tho tackols away
For more than an hour the members
Of the party took turns listening to the
strange intonatIons waited TO them
over the wire.
Espionage upon opera singers. not
OF the offensive kind about which thoy
are keenly sensitive, is a new phnse OF
operate management that has been
attended with interesting develop
mcnts during tho past season at tho
metropolitan Opera House in New
York,
rs Caruso In good voice tonisht7"
''How is Gndski singing that aria this
evening"
-Casozzi musical director OF
the Metropolitan. Is asked the question
by Andrews Dlppcl. business manager.
In his office on the Thirty-ninth street
side OF the big building.
Gotti- Casngzi looks nonplused a
switch at the side of tho business
managers desk Is turned on. From n
horn that pokcs its nose from a corner
OF the room a stream OF delicious nu-
sic, pregnant with the golden notes OF
the worlds greatest song birds. Issues.
Caruso Is singing in "Pagliacci" Ev-
ery voice IN the richly furnished Office
is hushcd. Manager and director
stand In silence eyes glued to tho war,
ears attuned and nerves on edge, on
chanted. cnthralled.
Bravo Enriquel" shout both men as
Caruso ends his solo with an eloquent
lperoration that lifts tho audience In
the big auditorium TO Its feet in q Wild
burst of enthusiasm.
In the financial district OF New York
It is now impossible to tell II tho office
YOU are visiting IS or is not equipped
with a dictograph, The fact that 1t Is.
old f1nanclers say. has a tendency to
enforce upon visitors greater apprc-
ciatIon OF tho value of restricting their
conversation to statements to which
they con aftcrward subscribe.
IL 1t makes apostles OF tho truth out
of disciples OF mnmmon prone to llo
through sense OF fear that the truth
VIII out. say the great gargoyles of the
financial temple. tho instrument viii
have accomplished q moral misslon
more complete than that achieved by
many crstwhlle preachers.