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Wins Success Edison Who Worked One Year To Reproduce A Word By ROY T. BURKE. NEvjf YORK hen London hid in cellars and kouts on the once brilHantly lighted towers watched night skies for those monster ships of the air that swift-falling bombs ind death; when the soul of resistance died and despair was seuling over r-mu', civilized Europe knew that only America i 10 its money, and its science, could stop annihilation of civu on. Turn Victory. HTHOMAS A.

EDISON, who worked whole year to reproduce a single little word so that it would suit him. O. ft Ui 1 a i in rc-n'l; ha ml mizmi i tide i 4 ho .1 as this fa the iv kf t. uf aufi Id nde A. turn" mi nation.

1 i- ing of wifi of vic ory 'i siuiuK rut deserve it. A coii- the ri! he and we know not tod -in ,1 nentlj cngmved on tV- Im Out proclaim Harn to po-terity. He About Work a peace I asked William Maxwell, e-president of Thomas A Bdi- and one of the few do assoc of "The Kdi on had dr ne for the a and he answered, i don't know, and I never to know from him. Ho about the things he during the months afterward the arm who had stayed the hand of in from the throat of help- Belgium, when the bayonets cannon of the entire allied had failed to do ho, visited tTvrica. That man was Cardinal the ro prelate of fr' i and tire moat dramatic figure Use war.

Arneri an genius in winning said I cardinal at a i New York wan in great by Kor.ar A Kdi on and Charles V. Ted 1 have a joy, mt ni which I had hardly dared to r. I have ruet Thomas A. I Napoleon Vhe soldiers that knew him, what art Cansnr to Brutus and An- my, what whs Washington to men that had daily entrance quarters at Valley Forge, von, ve wondered rtkat ts this American, main in the Hticcers of the the men of his laboratories, to who worked with him He learned the way to light tc xorld, when he invented quad- telegraphy, the telephone transmitter, the phono- and hut to recount what has done would take the part of this story. MWnkrti For Workman.

Too first time I saw Edison I ifeittook him for one of his He was standing in the vadway between two of the many gneat buildings of the Edison man- jCtcturing laboratories at Orange, 3 He was bareheaded. A tax, linen duster came below the saggy-kneed trousers. In one hand he id a wrench, the other alternately ired his own remarks and bin dt fened hearing u.i- tandtng the remarks of tlo with whom he was eonvers- Edison has his own privaf imental labor and cot still on ui ies it ee. which he a few riitti- from to i Important and irtfwa-out experiment is in ituI Edison is everywhere i root of uanu- i nch sk to jot dov-n ul I I as he has a opinion ct unless arrived separately nad raeM collated ad reconciled in eon I should like to know what dinks of Con grata. But Edison newt interesting in his private 1-ilMiratory, and tt is by far the most Interesting in the vast dison inanuf.ic‘ti ug laborator- If one ctvnld thoroughly irch that pid laboratory, it at treasures he would find.

Enough medals of highest honor, rora kings, natsu-if, States and organizations veral baskets, tetters iodi the tribute to supreme gen from emperors, whom the blood ef ancestors made wf nations, and those whom wealth and brains made emperors of perors of all the has truly said that CI roads lead to Edison's laboratory, as the greatest from all eosntrtos have made pilgrimages tkrtre. The world has said that Mr. Edison is one of its greatest geniuses. Do yow knew what genius is? Definition of Edison some ago mid is geaias? Why, genius is dmply hard work, vtirk-4o-it-ive- oofla and only way to ahead of the procession is experiment. If you don't the other follow will.

When no ejtperi men ting, you go backward. If anything goes wrong, erpeti-jert until you get at the of the And this Edison has done, with metals, with men, s.nd the minds of men. Mr. F.dison fo ted that a great in the phor ograph was its inadequate rendition of the overtones in music and aa accentuation of hissing consonants in speech. So he for more than a year, twenty hours every div in the week, to get a perfect and reproducing of the cue wouj, When this vas done, he anjn that lie knew everything else cordd done Could you wo 1 1 ng and th continuouMy to effect that accom pi is hxueoi There's an old saying, "If first you succeed, try, But most of us try again.

try something new, sornethi-g that easier. Mr. Tm alwiya afraid of thM w-oZk the first time. When 1 m. my first voice recording on the shouting in it 'Mary had a little lamb, with fleece of whitest snow' and it reproduced it perfectly, I was never so talira hack in mv favorite itsmar'k, when he is told that a rtw experiment I xyr.

Haw the nur! the tirolecs hnjst for 'cu is Everyone kvo-is that Mr. Edison have always beea ones that speeded the progrws of the world. uju think of what the inrande'wo'M lamp alone to the world Edison gave the IIroadw rv xhe magnificent, the well-lighted sto-es of this city and yon? own electric feuding lamp rhat takes the place of the kerosene Ixifys that your vented i iodern motion pic ip You have him to thank for Ireds of other inventions and his phonograph. Edison has great ambition, one cnie' hope -which is, that every home shall have the happiness, the contentment and the inspiration to ideals that rood music brings. The home ithout music in it is incomplete.

The heart without a song in it has an empty void. The State or the nation without the melody of happy music in its soul lacks something mateH -I to national inspiration and national progress. Perfected Instrument. Thomas Edison gave the world the phonograph in 1B77, and then, more than thirty years later, spent $3,000,000 and years of ceaseless labor in new re- work to perfect it so that every home, from the lowliest to the highest, might have at its fire side, the message of an Inspired singer, the breathing rou I of a genius bowed violin, the hearer of the inspired music of a noff, the great pianist. If Edison could have lived in the times of Herod, to have perpetuated voice of the Divine Master, what it would have meant to this restless world today.

Of practically working day for seven years, except during as given two hours every morning and two hours every afternoon to to choosing th oims that will make better the ives of all people. If is proh.ihle at has .1 more songs, musical compositions, lingers and other artists than any other living being. And in my fancy. I rhall naver forget him. as I have him, sitting patiently beside a piano in the music room of his private laboratory, listening to song after song, his ear close to the horn that aids his weakened heading, his head, with the whitened hair iown over the massive brow showing just above the piano, his keen, searching gray-blue eyes, deep set.

restlessly watching the score or the hands, and his crisp comments of is or to And what do men think of him Well, I think Kocle Gall, one of his a man of extraordinary knowledge and a "genius," as defines a gave answer when he said one night: "I have learned from Edi- eon that it is one's duty to make as perfect, as humans may, productions he gives the world. Few persons care to follow that practice. I have spent man? years with 1 n. i have lea aed to love 4: years of ceaseless toil which he h. 4 taught often needed to make the most minor things perfect.

"In the years to come, when peopl 3 I am old and useless for this world, that which I shall be most proud to say will be: Thomas A Edison make the or Id happier and better. The Old vf was my friend. 1 was one of EVIDENTLY HE WASN'T READY a My Colored Driver Wait to See It That Had a Dseire for Him, While visiting in Nashville, my ventriloquist son and i a car and driver for a sightseeing tour, writes a correspondent. In leaving the city we passed private cemetery where the gravesfones were close to the road, and 1 noticed that our driver put ori speed and rolled his eyes toward the spooky-iooking plot. I wgs startled myself to hear an unearthly groan come seemingly from beneath the nearest stone, hut turned in time to watch my son grinning tie- fore the colored driver put on a hurst that nearly threw us out.

Then came another groan that seemed front th next the driver, and a deep voce that said: "Boy, I v.mt you." That as just before we went over an uf, and our driver lit run- i nmg In the road. If was an hour after he disappeared in the distance before we caught a rf le back to the city. MIGHT TRY THE TOY SHOP Certainly Youthful Income Run to Anything in Gold or Diamond Line. A flashily dressed, effeminate young man entered a jeweler's shop, and In glib speech Informed one of the immaculate assistants that he wished to purchase a birthday present for his sweetheart. No, he remarked, he any Idea as to what he really wanted, but whatever It might be he declared emphatically.

It must he a suitable token of his esteem, and at the same time come within the possibilities of Income. Inquired the assistant, I may ask the question, is your income?" dollars a was the prompt reply. that case," remarked the dispenser of gold and diamonds, in his most suave and charming voice, afraid come to the wrong place; you're more likely to be suited at the toy shop around the The Real Reason. When It was proposed to create more public offices, the masses, long suffering though they were, began to growl ominously. they expostulated, no work for more office holders to Which proved beyond the peradventure of a doubt that the masses were jusd as stupid and unreasoning as the politicians believed them to be; for any one with even a modicum of intelligence should have learned by this time that office holders do not care for they want Is the salary.

fftv Took Throne From Sister. Tt Is not generally known that the king of Spain succeeded not his father. hut his sister, the Infanta Mercedes. who was, though only six years old, queen of Spain from the death of her father. Alfonso XII, to the birth of the present king.

Altogether she reigned 100 days, probably the shortest reign on record. The Salic law, which bars females from the accession to a throne, does not operate In Spain, and until the sex of Alfonso posthumous child was determined, the eldest of his two daughter automatically succeeded him. On the 8tep. A little girl went into the shop in a breathless hurry one day. Mr.

said she politely, you change any eggs that are not good?" my answered the kindly old man. "Well, the one you sold me Just now Is no sahi the little one, will you change where 1 asked the grocer. outside on the was the reply. just dropped it i Passenger Train at Hondo, Texas. EAST BOUND 228 (Jitney) due 1:10 a.m 1 ito.

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The Coca-Cola Company ATLANTA. CA. RACHMANINOFF A Commanding Figure in World of Music By ROY T. BURKE NEW YORK. 9 or gel maninoff, composer, conductor and pianist, i one of the most commanding figures in world of music today.

Certainly the art of no musician of recent years has been more widely commented upon. Rachmaninoff is today practically an exile from his homeland. The unhappiness and misery, the bloodshed and the political, social and industrial upheavals that have been fate during the past few years, have left their permanent impression upon him. I recently called on Mr. maninoff at his American home in East Ninety-second Street, New York City.

Although he speaks English, slowly and distinctly, but rather hesitatingly, he uses French mostly in conversing. His long, delicate fingers graphically aid him in emphasizing his statements. He is tall and broad-shouldered. His face is that of the genius who accomplishes practical things. In his observing and expressive of many the soul of the dreamer who makes his dreams come true.

His nose, prominent and aquiline in mold, is that of the practical man of the intellectual business His mouth, broad and full-lipped, backed by a chin of determination, show's the man whose ambition to realize a hope, to help others, to accomplish that which wall better himself and his neighbors, urges him on through all obstadas. His face is that of a man who has sacrificed much, suffered much, and would give infinitely more to realize his ideals. His hair is close-cropped. 1 he casual observer would never say: is a great but rather is a good, practical business Rachmaninoff, the is always pre-eminent in crystallic of technique and in his finished execution. The deep personality of the poetic genius surges through his every internre- tation, whether it is as pianist, composer pv conductor.

Sometime ago I was one of party that listened to pretation or th. Hun- ganan compo- HKion that every amateur pianist plays or attempts to play. One feels that Rachmaninoff, tue musician perfect, the artist supremely sympathetic, assumes the mantle of Liszt, the pianist brilliant, and originally and incomparably interprets the soul and reveals the heart of the "Second Hungarian in interpretation he interpolates his own cadenza, pregnant in brilliancy, but deeply sombre in its Cossack strain, in passing in the from or slow movement, £itn its indolence of the Gypsy tuast, and its fragrance of heaven- iy scented harems, to the friska, movement, vibrating with the dash and vigor of the Magyar and Pulsating with a throbbing of the velvet-throated of the Hungarian desert- caravana. Rachmaninoff is now forty-five and loving orld is eagerly awaiting many from ver- SERGEI RACHMANINOFF satile pen. He was born in province of Novgorod, Russia, and is the son of wealthy parents wha are descended from the best of Russian nobility.

He musical talent, as his grandfather as a pianist of great capability. His cousin, A. T. Silati, is an eminent pianist and a once favorita pupil of himself. Rachman- iuoff was educated at Petro- yrad and Moscow conservatories und only the death of Liszt him from being a pupil ci that most brilliant of pianists.

1904 and 1905 Rachmaninoff the most important position first of the Moscow Imperial Grand Opera, and in 1908 he accepted the vice-presidency the Imperial Russian Music clety and labored earnestly and effectively for the further development of music in Russia. Among his compositions, which have won world-wide recognition, are the Minor Prelude (1 Minor Prelude, Melody in Minor, and the colorful symphonic poem, Isle of admirable Third Symphony Is nab- titled after Allan ooem. His and other short pieces are popular with every pianist, while f- operas have won the highest commendation in Russian thefts IIis symphonies are among ta noblest contributions to tn richest treasures in nv ff Rachmaninoff pays a high tri ute to American music. He that there is no place in the worm at the present time that has nu.j< Ksreh as America has. He A that the American orchestras the finest and the American the most musically apprecia But he repeats the criticism often made by foreign niusum of the chances offered Ameri students to obtain a better edu tion.

"In many American cities, he says, "I understand often cert tickets are so expense many students cannot attend, while in Russia a who displays ability above average is recommended 10 director of a conservatory thy of the privilege of attend! the final rehearsal of concerts. That student is a ted without cost. Such a cedure would be of great ad age to the student of oausi America,".