Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1913 — Seeing Ourselves. [ARTICLE]

Seeing Ourselves.

During the demonstration of his new klnetophone, Thomas A. Edison said: "With this invention an actor may hear himself speak as well as see himself act. Let us hope he won’t be disappointed—like th* piccolo player. “A piccolo player in a music store was urged to buy a phonograph, the dealer, as a last resort, getting the man to make a phonographic record of ‘The Last Rose of Summer* with his own piccolo. “The dealer then ran the tune off, while the player—a really wretched performer—listened with a strange, frowning air. At the end the dealer said: "'There! Isn’t that wonderful?* *"Hm —well —yes,' said the piccolo player. 1 “ ‘And now,’ said the dealer briskly, ‘are you going to buy the phono, graph?* y i "‘No,’ the other answered, Tm going to aell the piccolo.’”