Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1917 — Punisment Made to Fit the Crime. [ARTICLE]

Punisment Made to Fit the Crime.

New uses are being found for the phonograph. One of the latest of these, as tried in a western city of the United States, is the employment of the phonograph to teach singing. A record is made of the pupil’s interpretation of some song, and he is then permitted to hear himself sing it, the theory being, of course, that he will tjius be able to Judga his -effort more accurately. In time perhaps the custom will become sb .general that all singers will try their songs on themselves before they try them ■ before audiences, and this, it must be would be an arrangement which many audiences would- greatly appreciate /