Connecticut western news., 1919-11-20
LARGE AUDIENCE HEAR
 MILE. ALICE VERLET Capacity House Dumfounde& by Most Unique
 Exhibition

The concert held at town hall pna last Wednesday evening was unique' affair. The guests, whose number iD- cluded most of the music lovers o4 Canaan and who filled the hall te@ overfiowing, assembled delighted at he prospect of hearing a recital by
 he celebrated Mile. Alice Verlet, as- sisted by MT. Victor Young, with the piano. But a surprise was in store= for them. Not one Mile. Verlet, but two, sang to the spell-bound audS- ence; and the piano selections were played by two Mir. Victor Young And this phenomenon was brougkfs about by means of a graceful cabinet which stood beside the artists on tha stage, and matched their perform ances, note for note and tone for tone.
 The first performance of the mir acle was in the initial number on ttr program, when Mile. Verlet, stand ing beside the cabinet, sang in unS- son with Mir. Edison's Re-Creation oH her own voice. Tn the midst of tfp- song, Mile. Veriet's lips ceased te. move but her song went on without a break. Slowly it dawned upon the. astonished audience that the artikk was no longer singing, though hew voice came forth to them as clear and sweet as ever. She sang again-and the only perceptible difference wamu the motion of her lips. She ceased but her voice did not. Veritably N seemed that there were two singers upon the stage-two singers, but only one voice. For the tones which caunn from the New Edison matched thoae. from the living artist so perfectly that 1t was impossible to detect auy difference. The instrument produo-- ed not an echo or copy, but the renxs thing-Mlle. Verlet's voice unspoileA by any mechanical transformations untainted by any metallic ring.
 After the applause which followeE tor Young came forward to share the stage with his fellow musician, tfm- New Edison. Again two artists wexr before us, for MT. Young with hmr piano played in unison witht the R1- Creation of his art. Only by watch ing him could we tell when we we're hearing one Victor Young and whan, his music came to us in double meas ure. The instrumental Re-Creatiam was as perfect as that of Mile. Yes let's delightful voice. It was idsnfs-- cal with the original in every particH-- lar.
 Successive numbers on the' prwA gram proved that the field of the New Edison is not limited to vocal anA piano records. An orchestra seIee- tion was Re-Created with such fidel-- ity that 1t was possible to followyths. notes of any single instrumenS throughout the piece, for the iden-- tity of each was preserved, contri- outing it's special color to the en- semble. A Re-Creation of a number on the piano was a revelation to those who had decided after hearing talking machine records, that the piano tone could not be reproduced Further numbers in which Mllo- Verlet and MT. Young, performed with themselves served to convince the audience of their inability to dis tinguish between Re-Created art and its original. .#
 One of the most interesting novel; ties in this evening of unique experi- ences, was when Mile. Verlet sang a duet with her own voice. It was as though two artists with voices of exactly the same tone-quality, the same expression, the same timbre, were singing together. The effect was somehow unreal and weird, a1t though one artist had been bawitehed into two by some magician's art.