Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1912 — Gathered Smiles [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Gathered Smiles

MODERN WARFARE. "On yonder hill,” cried the general, scanning the battlefield with his glasses, “I see a black mass of men What are they?’’ “Camera fiends,’’ replied the second ta command. "And who are occupying that field to the southwest?” "-"Those,” answered thu S. L 0-« ” are operators for the biograph.” “1 see a battalion of curious-shaped guns.” “They are not guns; they are gramophones and phonographs. In which are to be recorded the roar of the cannons and the cries of the wound- - ’Tls well! ” exclaimed the general, stroking his mustache complacently. “Let the battle begin!”