The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-04-28

M# ia oo+,ct on the balcony OF VIC ~
lz noIogv Building at the Pan-Ahe' l:a yea,
## rxnosition in Buffalo. BY my 9'u
|8# - uos a short, chubby man III al o'a
IA ~ a,,t ~ clothes a negligee shli' anu
~<e9% etr,rg tie that had come u'uoHo
~ NJ and was doping over MS cap"' 'o s
~ v host II was warm eVeh'no' 'Nn
| va had removed his battered SUE
w hat which he held in his manu-, luz
hot was No. g. The man was ho"'"'
A. Edison. ,, /, frozen music
,,;. trorting the esplanaoe' hla'' ~
'he ~ ox,osition The twilight was uoA
p'"n ~, u,omant had arrived for the hAs"' $780,.
",u dream into spendor. For 'he !" >,
" ,;ator, architecture was to be mace "'', n,s,
~ 1,ore living than by day, haH '''''.o
;neondescept bulbs were hid along Tue t,rnaa
,;,oS of the buildings Inc cui'e"t r,uoa .
t''~ .ho, simultaneously boomed' EN'"ou
,nootac,e for which Caesar "ou," me-" ,,, ~
,arod q nrovince--a JOY that prousn. ,ho
1000, from every one OF the mii''onS
saw it. ,.4oa bis ewes The
Eaison bare-headed sQuinted his eyes
! rootrv missed him. The gal'op OF See'l. Tb.
| ovar the verge of a new era 'n's'eo ~ I...ooa
n,orv of the spectacle itself misse" NM ,. 40
~ ~ a,ancad shrewdly and carefully all aFou'lu vn
! the enhancing "Onue'' '"o"
battered straw hat and saia:
ar oor,d mt every flament into that ha',
,,or,,cs mechanics-these obsesseo HILL
r,. hroi, which required No. nat lo' Wv
; 49, could think only of the compressed law
.ns. III tho snace occupied by the VlDra'ihs' ca"
raiving and glory-working source OF tha' sisan'.I
> oa+anIa could be replaced by about TWO p''''<
~ water-or quart of human oralh' ,o,
Edison is a rare man. In his speech OF "h.,i
-, !. &C careful as of his filaments, ne pui's 'n'
nora from a field Of ideas and thrus'S a.
Il e - we're ooniard You think ABOUT "ha' I"
e o,.s for . week a month; and IN years you uon
III forget it. consideration q
VI VI. All of this is leading up to cohs'ue'a ',,
~ what the wizard-sage said few "eeN' "e0
20 20 q select audience sat In his stuaio aiu 49,,
~, the first performance OF the h'ie'os' ~" anr
vi S.h,,ous instrument which is destined 10 ,ep
~ dnce ulays operas, public spectac'es WIN -
y" action the color and the voice intact
hs rh. groat old inventor was grained on
n's coin Another thrill had come into MS me- II
Itost adventure into the unknown hau pa
ea' rarad and his friends and associates ''u''e.
ahont him with congratulations WIN aue9''''
with assurances -,.. Va 10 ora
For some time Edison was SILENT ne 10 o "
up g., that ha &c deaf Then he squinted from
~ n the other, and said:
'po' "before long you'll be wo1"ihg flat IL u" "e
,,ane for you'll be able to pack IL 'h'o %
ia bubble" ,.,,. r.ce;nec,
is A soap.bubble. Rather fragile packing =.
"e' Rather a small compass IN wh'ch " pa, rs,,
,,,, grand opera A curious comparison D'a Wv Nv
YOU MEAN what he said Did he kno" "ha' "o
Iary talking about! ,,, soid tha
api" ,ono noon thinking of moving pictures IN con
ma .,on With soap.bubbles. And not always IN
WOW ha meant bubbles in connection WIN
soan.hubble is cheap 1t is easy to MAKE
,,o, tnow how. It is fragile. 1t Is very anu
I, reflects all colors all forms IL appear.
'n" nav yersally to children Sages ponaer oven H.
'fally celebrate it. Artists reproduce 1t. ;.
ways Conundrum-Why is moving picture II
tho+ soap-bubble?
'nA' First, YOU find them everywhere.
Ar On the hack streets of Reno saw the PIC
of the hull fight at Guadalatara. Mexico
cradalaiarans now look the moving pic
70 oil of the prize fight at Reno
~ At punta Arenas the southernmost port
strong world Sd" on ~ Nav York water
benefit OF the no"eiS ano ,turos NJ the haiti
head l'n the no"eis So - pun+a Arenas
coffee Meet entering Tue ia, W. ovt IN the
''"1' Cocoon tbe exled lepers of Molokai gathef
-. mi, before the pickering wonders OF "o''u
$500 before had been but vaguely IN 'he'r
49, ,n' The Sunday evening young peoples CLASS
..N ~. Claire Wisconsin. looks in pity on !he
''ne A'' planted and resurrected life OF MoloKai
masses before their eyes--on the screen
Fheu - group of travellers in the luxurious
~ iho'o .os AN ocean liner study the ieilke picl
IN ~, the country for which they are bound
'ef nav oars who line the pathways OF the tourist
heu inp backsheesh give up their pennies 10
etter IN living presentment Of their prey bounc
ae- them over the ocean wave.
us o'sn' In Iceland excited Eskimos applaud u
asliy u lam of cowboy who rescues captured
yspepsa from the redskins. Hallway round 'ne
in Northern Russia fearful peasants SOFT
!, ba''iS the pictured plight of French lover
The Bengalee moves down Mo~rineh'
Road 20 and gives up two pennies to see the III
eres King Edward--to see 1t actuahy NOV
Moro In the alleys OF Zamhoanga goes
new an extra shirt. that ne may view the rece
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