The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-29
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HE'LL IMPROVE
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HE'LL IMPROVE
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ginning to realize our lack OF pre-
paredness for war. ..s... -....
This country does not want war
but the government feels that a bet
ter fleet will be good insurance pol.
Icy against war" continued Mr.. Ed
son. we won't need TO make that
insurance policy so very big either,
because Europe will be completely ex
rhansted after this great war. and will
not be able to infiict much damage
on us for 80 vars at least. II will
easily take them that long to re
cover"
Mr.. Edison gave IL as his opinion
that the world was growing better In
spite OF the great European war. tie
said that there was more love be.
tween man and man and less hate,
many humane societies over the world
as proof. He. believes that this will
be the last great war, that republics
viii take the place OF monarchies IN
Europe. and that a general disarma
ment will follow.
Il am making some great improve
ments on the monograph" said he
when asked IL he considered that the
talking machine had reached Its
highest state of perfection. Il am
preparing TO manufacture a new disc
or record which will be made OF car
bolic acid and which will be harder
than glass. This disc will carry IA
of the Is overtones In music. We
have never before been able to rem
der the over-tones on the phono
graph, but this new record will do
away with all OF the mechanical ef.
feet and you will be able to hear
much music as Beethoven's Sympho.
MES In all of their beauty OF tone
and expression.
THE talking motion pictures which
you have seen were merely shown
TO exhibit the possibilities of the
thing" said the inventor regarding
the talking pictures. They are far
from perfect, but we will soon have
them SO constructed that the me-
chanical effect will be completely
done away with and the characters
viii move and talk In complete har-
mony. The new disc which am per
pecting will improve the talking pic.
lures greatly.
is IL true that you only sleep two
or three hours daily and believe that
sleep Is merely q habit and not a ne
cessity?" was one of the questions
asked Mr. Edison.
NO no; believe In sleep. The
papers got me all mixed up on that, I"
he replied. when I am working I
always sleep six hours each day, and
when I am on q vacation like this /
sleep eight hours day. When I am
on a vacation I sort OF store away
sleep like storage battery. and then
later whe nj am very busy I sleep
only four hours a night and draw on
my supply"
"A cigar Is all right and pipe is
all right" said Mr. Edison, regarding
smoking. ''but I never let any of my
employees smoke cigarettes. Cigarettes
make they 'dopey.' II IL the paper
enclosing the tobacco which makes
the cigarette harmful This paper
and the rapid combustion of cigar
cite creates chemical known as
chlorine This destroys nerve cells.
absolutely destroys them. A man can
recuperate from the effect OF alcohol
and even from morphine. Injured
cells can be built up after alcoholic
excuses, but the cigarette wreaks In.
jury that Is permanent"
Mr.. Edison made II understood that
he Is not interested with Henry Ford
in the manufacture OF an electric auto.
mobile. He will not be connected with
the enterprise In any way except an
the inventor Of the storage battery
that Will be used In the car. Mr.. Edi-
son said he has invented storage
battery which will make the electric
automobile the ideal machine for all
city uses.
The new battery will last for many
years. its chief quality being its >dura-
biity. The Inventor does not think
the electric car will ever take the
place OF the gasoline car for touring
purposes.
Il have had fine time here with
Mr.. Ford" said Mr.. Edison, but I
am anxious to get home an dget to
work. am going to Cleveland to-
night, then TO Akron, and then win
motor through Pennsylvania to East
Orange, Nj. am going to stop Mt
all the little 'bed-bug' hotels along the
way" s,--..s.-- 81.
Mrs. Edison was interviewed on the
subject OF woman suffrage. She Is
strongly In favor of the enfranchise-
ment OF women, but things that IT will
come slowly and that the women need
to be educated to fuller sense OF the
responsibility which the ballot brings.
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