Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1913 — LISTENING TO “HIS MASTER’S VOICE” [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LISTENING TO “HIS MASTER’S VOICE”

Among the numerous adjuncts of civilization introduced to the Philippines by the Americans is the talking machine, which the natives look upon as a supernatural affair that Is beyond their understanding. “Where does the voice come from?" is their unvarying question, and some of them declare its owner must be buried in the ground beneath the box. ~ Our photograph pictures a sub-chief of one of the most savage tribes listening to a comic song.