The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-27
AT THE HOTELS.


me opera, or a sermon, or court pro-
eeediags, or other occurrence. he need
not leave his residence. as everything is
brought 10 him by means Of a special
telephone service, according 10 julius
Tenner. Of Budapest and New York who
is al the New Willard.
There has been in operation in Buda-
pest for the last ten years" said Mr..
Ienner' what is called a pleasure tele-
phone system. known as Telefon Hir-
monde The invention has been held a
close secret in Hungary, so far as It's
vital features are concerned. which has
prevented its introduction heretofore
into other countries.
In effect tins system IS q news. music.
and talking service by telephone one Of
the secrets Of the invention being a de-
vice by which from one central Office
over a single wire an Indefinite number
Of subscribers, up to hundreds OF thou
sands, can be served, and ali get the
service with uniform clearness ana dis
tinctness. In Budapest more than sAg0
receivers are connected with ona u-rA
and the service. even go miles from that
city. gives the utmost satisfaction The
cost OF the service is ridiculousl, ior,-
Just a little more than s. a year which
gives two receivers. Every sleepina-
room IN the Budapest hotels Is SUBMITTED
with the service Places OF amusement
churches. and lecture halls are connected
b. wires with central. and their contrI-
buttons are switched TO the subscribers
wire al will
IN many ways" continued Dir. Ten
ner, who investigated the system. "the
routine OF the central Office Of this serv-
Ice resembles that OF q great newspaper.
Skilled reporters hand in their copy 20
the editor, who sees that the telling
parts are passed over to the 'stentors' or
speakers who possess clear, strong
voices. To prevent indistinctness. a sin
gle speaker is on duty only an hour al 4
time. The general news features are only
a small part Of the service I~ndered
The correct time is given in the morn
ing and al noon The state OF the mar
kets IS announced at intervals Sporting
events are reported Band concerts and
lectures are reproduced with absolute
ndelity. A song sung in Budapest has
been heard with remarkable clearness IN
Berlin, more than 800 miles distant.
10 those housebound or bedridden Here
IS a reader that never tires, d singer
whose voice never grows husky. a speaker
who carries message 10 the afflicted
one without suggestion Of obligation or
Ct coDdescension, a kind friend who tells
the happenings everywhere promptly and
carefully"
B. VI. Barnes, Of New York, who spends
the greater part Of his life in London,
where he is established in business. is al
the Raleigh Speaking Of royalty and the
police in London, Mr.. Barnes said. "Visi-
tors 10 London are sometimes temper
arily alarmed by a sudden stoppage Of
the traffic. Looking for the cause Of it,
they see that the police on duty have held
up all vehicles for apparently no reason
whatever. Presently a closed carriage
drives swiftly by; the police salute. lower
their arms. and then wave the traffic on
again. Some member Of the royal family
was in the closed carriage.
Spectators Of this scene often wonder
how the police are able 10 distinguish a
royal carriage from a number Of others.
The police are always furnished with two
royal carriages The carriages themselves
are usually slightly larger than those
generally IN use. and the horses are
larger in proportion. The difference in
size between the royal horses and those
Of other people is plainly apparent 20 any
close observer at any big royal process
sion on those OCCASIONS The ROYAL stables
cannot supply all the horses required.
and number Of other horses are 'Jobbed'
for the day. The hired horses are natu-
rally the best that can be procured. but
in point Of size they are vastly inferior
10 those in the royal carriages
AT one time continued Mr. Barnes.
"the royal carriage horses could always
be distinguished by the red bands on the
fronts OF their brides but harness Of this
description is not now used exclusively
by royalty. The police, however, can tell
from the livery Of the coachman and
footman that they are in the service Of
the royal family. There are no bright
metal buttons on the coats; the buttons
are covered with cloth matching that OF
the coat There is also a slight difference
between the royal c0ckade and that OF
private individual but although the diff
ference IS so slight IL is sufficient 10
enable the police 10 distinguish the royal
servants IN q crowd OF others"
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