Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923, May 07, 1920, Image 6

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    —and no one could
tell the difference
Tuesday night’s audience mystified
Tries vainley to detect aifference between voice of famous contralto
and RE- CREA 7 ION by Edison9 s new phonograph
Those present at the Yeager Theatre tre by Thomas A. Edison. He sought to
last Tuesday night saw Marie Morrisey prove that no difference exists between
walk onto the stage. They saw her take the voice of the living artist and its RE­
her position next to a beautiful cabinet. CREATION by the New Edison. The
They saw her lips give voice to the open­ musically cultured of Lents were invited
ing lines of Happy Days. Then her lips to pass judgment. No test could have
were still*—but the song kept flowing on. been more exacting.
How came this? They were hearing
Miss Morrisey made comparison after
Miss Morrisey’s voice, yet Miss Morrisey •
was not singing. The entire audience comparison. The mystified audience tried
gasped as it slowly realized that it had vainly to catch the difference between the
been unable to distinguish between Miss original rendition and its RE-CREATION
Morrisey’s voice and the RE-CREATION by the New Edison. No one could tell one
from the other.
of that voice on the New Edison.
It was a triumph whole and complete for
This was the daring test undertaken
last Tuesday night at the Yeager Thea­ the New Edison.
The NEW EDISON
“The Phonograph With A Soul"
The instrument used in last Tuesday night’s Tone-Test is the
regular model which sells for $295 (in Canada, $431). It is an
exact duplicate of the Laboratory Model* which Mr. Edison per­
fected after spending Three Million Dollars in experiments.
The New Edison alone of all phonographs is capable of sus­
taining this test. Until Mr. Edison knew it would do so, he
regarded his work as unfinished.
Ask some one who was present last Tuesday night. Learn
the amazing truth. Then come in and let us prove it person­
ally to you.
Mt. Scott Drug Company
Ninety-second Street near Carline
LENTS