Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-11-13
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WAS UNIQUE AFFAIR

.,rg WAS unique aluir The
whose number included most
tho music lovers of jerome. as
r.mbled delighted at the prospect OF
.,riug recital By the celebrated
uus Helene Allmendinger, assisted
Ar charles Young with his NiO-
4. But surprise Was In store
I, them Not one Nine Helene All
.odineer but two. sang to the
.n.honnd audience. ana the violin
.c,ious were played by two Mr.
c,.,les Youugs And thia phenomc-
NJ, was brought about by means OF
graceful cabinet. which stood be
,ds the artists on the stage. and
Matched their performances. note for
poe and tone Tor tone
The first performance OF the mir
,ele was in the initial number ON the
,ogram. whca Nine Helene All
rspdlucer s,a.ding beside the cab
,,s, sang in lAsou with Mr. Edinon' .
|ge-Creauon OF her own voice Ia
{,he midst OF ,hc SONG. Nine Allmen-
|sngers lips ceased 20 move but hei
.ong wen, on Without break SLOW
\, II dawued upon the astonlshed
[,udlenoe thar thc .rt.st WAS no long
II, singing though her voice came
|bub to them as clear and sweet .s
liver She sang again and the only
Etereptble difference was the motion
/ !, her lips She ceased but her voice,
/ bid not Veritabiy ii seemed tha,
|,here we're TWO .iners upon the stage
Two singers but only one voice
! For the tones which came from the
New Edison matched those from th,
Diving artist so perfectly that it ~as
|nposslble 20 detect amy dinerenc,
HE Instrument produced not AN echo
! b. copy but ihe real thing Nine
|Almendngers voice uuspoilcd by
by mechanical ,ronsformations. un-
|A.nied by ans metallic ring
After the applause which follow
|, b this remarkable exhibition Mr
Charles Young came forward TO
|ihare the stage with his fellow mu-
|sclan the Nre Edison Again Two
|iriisis were before u.s. for Mr. Young
|shh his violin played ia unison with
he Recreation OF his art only by
patching him could We tell when We
we're hearing one Charles Young
ali vhen his music came 20 us in
double measure The Instrumental
Recreation was as perfect as that
o. Nine AllmenMnger's delightful
voice 1t sas identical with the orig
nal In every particular
Successive numbers on the pro
gram proved that the field OF the
New Edison IS not limited to vocal
and violin records An orchestra Sc
ecilon vas Ne-Crcated with such d
deity that Il ~as possible to follow
TIE nolei ~ any single instrument
'aToughm' the piece. for the ideu
" each Wss preserved. contrihut
iag us special color To the ensemble
Recreation OF number ON the
piano was revelation to those who
aaa decided after hearing talking
ua'a'ae recor ls that the piano tone
'osld hot be reproduced Further
'umoers in which Nine Allmendin-
ss' and Mr Young performed with
themselves served to convince the
audience of fhoir inability 10 distln-
sul'h between Reiterated art and IT,
original
One o. Ne most interosting nov
cues IN tins evening of unique ev
yenenees. was when Nine Allme.
'"ser sang duet with Edison ar
'As' 1t was as though two artist
''n 'oice' )' near the same tone
'''i'y' tho yame expression. the
,a"e 'lmbre. were singing together
TUE ehect was somehow unreal and
''s'd' as though one artist had been
'''"'hed into two by some magic
ans art
'"e climax of the evenings enter
''uuenI was when the room was
a'Aened in the middle of one of
~e Allmendinger's selections. and
listeners We're left with no means
ou' Their ears of determining when
ss s' were hearig her voice in double
''une' and when It reached them
49,. wy IRON the New Edison. At first
.,''ohe doubted his own ability to
,.4se' but as her previous proofs
,,s 'orsotten in the spell of the
e' they became more and more
.n. 'eu that no instrument could
as this voice was singing. and
no "me' Allmendinger was making
ana ''e breaks in her own perform
m.s suddenly the lights were
,on,p ppsu on. The audience was as.
'ueu to discover that Nine. All
b,, "ser was not there at all and
lho '"e New Edison had furnished