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MR.TELEYOX, TME DRiLLMASTCfL
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
H E R E Is an old story
shout a man who went
H
to a circus, and when
he saw a giraffe fo r
the first tim e In his
life, exclaimed: "There
ain't no such animal.
A few years ago. If
you had told the aver­
age A m e r i c a n that
there could be devel­
oped a mechanical “man” of steel
and Iron who could be told to per­
form certain tasks and would do
them, his reply would probably be
sim ilar to the exclamation of the old
fellow who saw his first giraffe. And
yet the Ingenuity o f an American In­
ventor has developed such a man, but
'w h at is more remarkable still fs the
fact that be has given his automaton
a "voice,” and It can now “talk back 1“
I f you are inclined to say “There ain’t
no such m a n !”— meet “M r. Televox”
and bis Inventor, It. J. Wensley of the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac­
turing companyI
When M r. Wensley first brought his
mechanical “man” into being, all that
“he” could do was to obey certain
commands to accomplish certain speci­
fied results. "H e” could be called up­
on the telephone and would open and
close switches and record the condi­
tion of instruments or mechanisms with
which “be” was connected. But now
M r. Wensley has given him a "larynx,"
and the process can be reversed, so
that If a report becomes necessary
"M r. Televox's” mechanical arm lifts
the receiver o f a telephone and his
“voice” says “T hie Is Televox calling
Main 6100.” A fte r the telephone con­
nection Is made, the “conversation"
(albeit a prearranged one) Is contin­
ued until certain information Is con­
veyed.
As to how “M r. Televox” has “found
his voice,” It can best be explained in
the words of M r. Wensley himself,
who says:
T o g iv e th e m echan ism m eans fo r
e m it t in g
a r t ic u la t e speech o f good
q u a lit y , use Is m ade o f d e v e lo p m e n ts
In th e " t a lk in g m o v ie ” In d u s try .
A
piec e o f m o v in g p ic tu re film a b o u t IB
o r 20 f e e t lo n g Is spliced to m a k e an
e n dless loop.
In th e p re s e n t m odel
t w o s en ten ces a re spoken. Th ese a re
p h o to g ra p h e d n e a r th e tw o edges o f the
s ta n d a rd film , th e re s t o f It b ein g le f t
b la n k . T h e sound a p p e a rs In th e fo rm
o f c lo s e ly spaced lin e s o f v a rio u s
shades an d w id th s and fre q u e n c y i n ­
d iv id u a l la m p s w it h s p e c ia l s tra ig h t
f ila m e n t a re a rr a n g e d w it h lenses to
c o n c e n tr a te th e li g h t on a v e ry n a r -
Early Coffee Houses
'he first coffee house In London
i established In 1052. S ir Henry
nt Is sometimes called the father
the English coffee houses. They
e (silltlcal Institutions during the
n of the Stuarts. In 1075 Charles
ed a proclamation for the suppres-
i o f them, but It was recalled ten
s later. They became the meeting
•eg of statesmen, wits, merchant!',
fashionable idlers. They did much
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M R.TELEVO X’ S
Above: Mr. Wensley speaks with
"M r. Televox!” Like a perfect gentle­
man, the Westinghouse automaton re­
sponds In a smooth, well-articulated
voice. The ability to talk Is newly ac­
quired, fo r "M r. Televox" is less than
a year old. Unlike human beings, he
has an external “larynx,” which is the
large box at the rig h t The “vocal
chord" is composed of voice oscilla­
tions recorded on a movie film in the
box.
Lower left: (International News­
reel Photo) "M r. Televox” further
demonstrated his manifold usee when
he put a section of the First battalion,
Sixteenth infantry, stationed at Gov­
ernors island, New York city, through
a portion of the manual of arms re­
cently.
Lower right: Here Is the “ larnyx”
of "M r. Televox,” the Westinghouse
mechanical man. M r. Wensley, inven­
tor of the automaton, seems puzzled
as ha looks over the “vocal chord,”
which is nothing but a movis film of
voice oscillations. Perhaps he won-
ders whether the language is absolute­
ly fit and proper fo r reproduction be­
fore ladiee. Or maybs he merely Is
wondering how ho can get this huge
“vocal organ” Into the windpipe of
"M r. Televox.” Unlike human beings,
Mr. Telsvox nevsr suffers from colds.
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LARYNX
th e m e a n tim e th e person a t th e d is ta n t
end has h e a rd th e n u m b e r o f th e t e le ­
phone to w h ic h he has been conn ected
and sho u ld It be a w ro n g n u m b er, w i ll
he a b le to h a n g u p a nd s ig n a l th e o p ­
e r a t o r a g a in to g e t th e c o rre c t n u m ­
ber
H o w e v e r, sho u ld th e d is p a tc h e r
h a v e m ad e th is c a ll w it h th e e xp ec­
ta tio n o f o p e r a tin g s o m e th in g In tlio
s u b s ta tio n , he lis te n s f o r th e voice and
as soon as he has v e rifie d th e c o rre c t­
ness o f th e n u m b e r o f th e s u b s ta tio n
as In d ic a te d by th e te le p h o n e n u m b er,
he b lo w s a b la s t on th e p ro p e r w h is tle
a nd th e voice ceases an d th e m ac h in e
is th e n In c o n d itio n f o r f u r t h e r o p e ra ­
tio n by m eans o f th e w h is tle notes.
Sho uld a c ir c u it b r e a k e r open a u to ­
m a tic a lly , th e T e le v o x Is p u t In to a c ­
tio n and lif t s th e re c e iv e r o f the t e le ­
phone a n d Im m e d ia te ly begins s a y in g
a t in te r v a ls , " T h is is th e T e le v o x c a ll­
in g f o r M a in 6000." T h is w i ll be c o n ­
tin u e d a t In te r v a ls u n t il th e c e n tra l
o p e r a to r Is a b le to c o m p le te th e c o n ­
n e c tio n to th e d is p a tc h e r's te le p h o n e .
As soon as he h e a rs th is voice, he w i ll
s te p I t b y a b la s t o f th e p ro p e r w h is tle
an d th e n proceed to q u es tio n th e m a ­
c h in e b y f u r t h e r w h is tle s as to w h a t
nas happ en ed .
T h e a n s w e rs to these
q u e s tio n s w i ll be In th e b u ts e r code
w h ic h th e d is p a tc h e r u n derstands.
A s soon as th e w h is tle stops th e
voice, th e m o to r Is a ls o stopped and
th e la m p s e x tin g u is h e d so th a t th e
film is in use o n ly a v e ry s h o rt tim e .
W hile the usefulness of "M r. Tele-
vox” is a t present restricted to oper­
ation In the field of teleplionj’, th ia
newest development lias great sig­
nificance. For, as M r. Wensley says,
-♦ "The addition o f this automatic voice
considerably broadens the possible
ro w p o rtio n o f th e film a t a n y one
field o f application for the Televox.
tim e .
It la not lim ited to the «[leaking o f
A s m a ll m o to r d riv e s th e film w h e n ­
e v e r th e voice Is re q u ire d . A s e le c tin g
the two sentences but tnny be made
m ec h a n is m In th e te le v o x lig h t s e ith e r
to answer quite a nun,tier of questions
one o f th e tw o la m p s d e p e n d in g upon
correctly when necessity for such an­
th e sen ten ce d esired. T h e Im a g e of th e
swers has been determined in advance.
fila m e n t Is p ro je c te d th ro u g h a n a r ­
r o w s lo t o n to th e speech rec o rd th ro u g h
For instance, where It Is not deHlred
w h ic h It passes to a p h o to -c e ll. A p h o to ,
to use code signals Indicating the
c e ll passes c u r re n t d ir e c tly in p ro p o r­
amount of w ater In the reservoir, this
tio n to th e a m o u n t o f l i g h t ' f a l l i n g on
mechanism can be made to state the
It. A s th e lin e s on th e film pass In
f r o n t o f th e lig h t , th e c o rre s p o n d in g
height of w ater In feet, or It can be
c h a n g e o f c u rre n ts w h ic h ta k e place
made to soy that machine Is cool or a
In th e p h o to -c e ll a re a m p lifie d th ro u g h
machine is hot, or a machine is dan­
a s p e c ia l s hield ed th r e e s ta g e a m p li­
fie r to a v o lu m e s u ffic ie n t to o p e ra te
gerously hot. I t can be made to re­
a s m a ll loud s p e a k e r. T h is s p e a k e r Is
peat any port of routine report that
placed In fr o n t o f th e te le p h o n e tr a n s ­
can be selected by electrical circuits.”
m it t e r and Is h e a rd b y th e person a t
th e o th e r end o f th e te le p h o n e lin e e x ­
Considering w iiat lias already been
a c tly as th o u g h a h u m a n b e in g w e re
accomplished In the development o f
s p e a k in g th e w o rd s In to th e t r a n s ­
this automaton, ft would be a rash
m itte r.
person Indeed who would venture to
W h e n a c a ll Is p u t th ro u g h to a sub­
s ta tio n equipped w it h a T e le v o x h a v ­
predict now what the future lim ita ­
in g th is voice a tta c h m e n t, th e person
tions in other fields of usefulness fo r
a t th e re m o te end w i ll h e a r a voice
"M r. Televox” and Ills "children” w ill
s a y in g , "T e le v o x s p e a k in g a t R a n d a l) n
lie. For, more and more, we nre learn­
6400.” T h is w i ll r e p e a t a second tim e
an d I f th e p ro p e r s ig n a l Is n o t g ive n
ing how foolish Is any declaration of
by m eans o f w h is tle s o r o th e r m uslcnl
" It can't be done I” when American In ­
devices, th e T e le v o x w i ll th e n h a n g u p
ventive genius set» about to prove th a t
th e re c e iv e r upon th e a s s u m p tio n th a t
th e c a ll Is a w r o n g n u m b e r c a ll.
In
It cun, no m atter what " It” may lie.
to quicken mid enlarge the mental
life o f the town. In 1708 there were
neiirly 3,000 of them In London alone.
The coffee house resembled the mod­
ern club, but was less expensive, less
exclusive, and not so luxurious1. Some
of the popular coffee houses were,
“The Cheshire Cheese,” a favorite of
Samuel Johnson; "St. James,” the cen­
ter o f political news and discussion;
“Button’s,” where Addison dined and
spent five or six hours a day. Every
coffee house had Its Circle o f wits and
great men.
O beyed
O rd e r» S tr ic tly
The new maid was not all that could
be desired. "Don't forget,” her mis­
tress warned her before her first din­
ner party, “coffee Is served a fte r
everything."
"Yes, ma'am, I understand,” replied
the girl. And during dlnnpr she served
coffee n fte r the soup, a fte r the fish,
a fte r the meat and a fter the vege­
tables, as well as a fte r the dessert.—
Western Christian Advocate.
Each mind has Its own method.
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How to Dodge the !
Sheriff
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B r R IN G LARDNKR
H e lg o la n d L e g e n d »
llelgolaud'a great staircase that
mouuted to the rocky heights had
fairies lurking above It. according to
legend,
hi (he Eighteenth century,
when a baby was born, Ila fret were
buttered promptly so the child would
slip through the fingers of a fairy who
might try to exchange It for (he fulry'a
babai
To the Ed ito r:
M A R Y GRAHAM BÛNNER.
— ■ a**»" 1 + VU* I Me mWMU ussMM ■ 1 ...
A greut many o f my creditors and
their pals tins probably been wonder­
R e m a r k a b le F lig h t
MISS DOVE
ing thut how come that we are loose
A
homing
pigeon hearing Ihe name
as a couple years ago I was almost
" It was kind of you, Just now,” o f Ben Bolt was announced aa having
slinking hands w ith the referee In
said Miss Pigeon to Mias Dove, "to established a naw long distance flight
bankruptcy sud where as I mu now
of 2,200
miles
extending
offer ma a bath In your envre and record
on my ft. again aud got pretty near
An­
save ma the trouble o f Hying homo.” front Norwalk, Ohio, to I r e
enough money to pay my lust Novern
“ You'll accept then)" naked Mlaa geles, Calif. The bird made Ihe trip
her groaery bill.
In five days nine hours and Ih lrty o n a
Dove.
Well, friends, when 1 find out «
llllU U tC A
“Thankfully," said Mlaa Pigeon.
good thing I am not the kind of a
"W ell, I think I'll take a little show­
bird that w ill keep It to themself but
O c e a n S w e ll
er myself,” said Mlsa Dove.
I will pass It along and tell my pals
80 they bullied and were nice aud
about It so as they can take advan­
T here la a long, amooth swell occur­
clean, and they felt very fresh and ring along coaala where Ihe ocean lied
tages and pull themaelfs out of the
cool and happy.
la not far below llie surface for a lung
hole the aume like I did.
“Now we ll have a rest,” said Miss distance fr .m Ihe land. Thia Is known
Well about a year ago I was talk ­
Pigeon, "eli? A U tile rest and a little as a land swell, and, though frequent­
ing w ith my wife und myself 1 night
c h a t”
and she says how la It that I and
ly noted In fa ir weather, It la duo to
“ Yea, Indeed,” said Mlsa Dove, “and d eep w ater disturbances from high
you are making about 200 berries per
you must tell me why we are aa win da.
wk. more or LESS and we owe every­
fine aa |ieople.
body In Illinois except (be g ovt and
” You said that when you first came
on the other hand here's the Quaylea
C h u rc h B a n n e r»
to visit me today.”
living next doors to us and him only
Bnnners or tings In the Christian
getting 40 thousand per annum and
"Ah, to be sure," said Mlsa .Pigeon. rhurch date from the time o f Em iwror
“ W ell,” she continued, a fte r a lit ­ Constantine, In the beginning of the
yet they seem to enjoy themselft a
tle pause, for both Miss Pigeon and Fourth century. Constantine saw In a
whole lot more tbun we and don't
Miss Ihive hud dozed off. and each vision the cross upon a bn 11 cor. When
owe nothing.
So I «aid what of IL
had taken a tiny nap, “well,” she he awoke he hud such a banner made
“ W ell,“ «lie eaya, " I been reading
went on, “ I heard the other day that and It was carried before tils troops.
the magazines a whole lot lately and
there was a special place where they
I seen an ad In I signed by the Rainy
F r ie n d o f P la n i L if e
Day Corporation and It'» supposed to
Fog la goc-.l for Itowere. accordine lo
tell the husband and their wife how
one bcrtlculturisL
It hoida a tldck
to get themself» on (heir f t and the
eavelope of potasti over plani tifo, glv-
course only costs $3.00 so why not
Ing It murh more food Ihan an ordì-
let's subscribe for It and you don't
narlly clear atmoaphere mny do, re-
have to pay In advance, but first you
sulttng In a profusion that surprlaea
get the course aud read II and then
all town dwellers.
you can pretend like you don't care
nothing about It and send It back to
P a tr io tic D a y
them and they refund you the 3 spot.”
Flag day Is the anniversary of June
So I said all right like I usually do
14, 1777. when congress resolved that
when she speaks to me at all and she
the flag of the C alled H t a lr e s h o u ld
sent for the course and It come In a
have 13 stripes, alternate whits nnd
form o f 5 books, which I didn't have
I time to reed and she rend them end
red, and that the Union he represent­
ed by 13 stare, white. In a blue field.
sent It back to them with the words
that It was not no good, but at that It
l was good enough to get us out of our
S to o d f o r T o le r a t io n
A L ittle C h a t
troubles and look at us now.
On the 5th of February, In 1031,
could obtain houses and homes of all
Well, the Idear was this In a few
Roger W illiam s, founder of Rhode
sorts and slzre fur doves and pigeons.
, words. In the first place most of our
Island, arrived at lloatnn. lie was the
Some
of
these
they
called
"port­
debts was owed In driblets like ten
first advocate and lender among the
able' which meant that they could be Puritans for the principle o f rcllgloua
dollars and the Ixiok says:
moved about.
“I f you owe ten dollars apiece to a
toleration.
“But the great nnd glorious thing
whole lot of people In the tame town,
to me about It was that It was »0
why the Ideu is to quietly move out
F o r P r o te c tio n
superior.
of that town as fur as you cun snd
The habit of a.bird putting Its head
“Now
we
nre
Io
have
houses
brought
move to some other town, and the
under Its wing to go to sleep had Its
merchants and etc. back in the old • from little shops and big shops—Just
origin moat prohnhly In the necessity
ns people go to such offices and rent
town won't sew you because 14 would
o f protecting Its eyea from freezing.
cost more thun the debts Is worth.” i houses.
All birds, however, do not do this.
“i t Just seems exactly like being
So one night we quietly moved out of
n person nnd seeing about ’ n summer
Ilia
old town and moved to (¡rent
S e t N e w F a t h io n
home—ah— nnd they show fine homes
Neck, and we haven't heard nothing
T
he
tirsi
umhrelln s e rti In ititi coun­
for
us,
too.”
since from people we owe money to.
try wns used by a mnn In 1772 <m ihe
“T e ll me about them,” auld Miss
Well the next lesson In the course (
streeta of Baltimore.
Ile tuoi pur-
Dove.
was to get yourself a job that paid
chaaed II In a Baltimore shop thut Inni
“T hey’re very beautiful and o f a
more money so I day I went down to
Importcd It "freni India.
N. Y. City and went In a mnn'e office ; nice generous size for the most part.
and they're painted In green and
that I had heard about him. and I
F ra u d an d F ak e
w h ite !”
said I wasn't getting enough money
“ Beautiful I" said Mlsa Dove. “ So
In old Chi, so he said what did I
Ones U|sin a time there was a h o re
cooling nre those colors, Green la
want and I said I wanted a raise and
who always carefully wntrhed the face
very good for the optic nerve.”
he gave It to me.
of a listener, nnd, when It betrayed
signs of weariness. Immediately censed
80 as I say here, we nre living In 1 “ What In the world Is the optic
Great Neck and getting more salary ! nerve?” asked Miss Pigeon.
talking.
•"The optic nerve,” said Mlsa Dove,
than out In old Chi and all our debts I
"Is the nerve of the eyes. Green would
repudiated and they can't sew us on
VY/ien S ile n c e P a y »
nccL of how much It costs on acct of ; be good for eyes— keeps them from
Flshlng la good discipline for a man
getting tired.
the distant» and here we are llvelng
In respotislble publlc Hfe. It compel»
” 1 wanted to show you that I knew
In the lapse ol luxury In Long's Island
hlm lo he pntlent and lo know wtien
a
good
word,
too.”
and all ns we h alf to do Is to keep
to keep qulet.— Washington Star.
And
a
fte
r
they
had
talked
some
out o f old Chi or go their Incognito,
more about the possible new summer
and on a c c t of the w ife seeing the
H o u i t N e v e r F u r n ith e d
homes their owners would get for
Rainy Day Corporation ad In this
Furnishing a house Is something
here magazine, which the pure rend­ them, they went to sleep and dreamed
o f green and white houses I
that shouldn't he done In an afternoon
ing m atter was so had that she felt
Miss Dove mude her friends feel
or a week o f afternoons: It Is a life ­
like she had to read the ads.
right at home I
time Job.— Farm and Fireside.
Now gents 1 don't want you to take
my testimony without no suiiports, so
I f ’a a T o u g h J o b
R ID D L E S
I w ill tell yon about a couple of
Be honest, be polite, be studious, be
friends of mine along the same lines
Industrious, be cheerful. Then you'll
that was in as pretty a pickle like
W h at ir e the most difficult ships to
get along about as well ns anybody
we and seen the same ed and got the
conquer? Hardships.
gets along.— Atcldson Globe.
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same results as us or better as fol­
lows: beginning with a letter I got
W hy does moth
.\ r -la k e a
B y T r ia l a n d E rro r
from a friend of mine name Chas.
square pudding?— Because she wunta
Clarke ns follows:
It '.o go round.
A Danish electrical cx|>erlmenter
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“D ear Old Pal. You know how M il­
has discovered that there Is a definite
W hat river would a mnn name If he electrical ehnrge tn a klse.—Cleveland
dred and I used to struggle along
remembered Hint he wns In debt?
Plain Dealer.
while I was earning 110.00 per week
Ohio. (Oh, I owe.)
ns clerk In the Bon Ton M arket which
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my uncle owned It and I was the only
" T o P a n O u t”
W liut Is the o -t
» In the
heir. W ell one day M ildred read me
The expression “to pan out" arlaea
world?— A boot, because It haa a
the Rainy Day Corporation ad In one
from the prncHce of washing gold-
tongue, yet never si ika.
of the magazines about how to pull
benrlng gravel In a pan, to repnrate
e
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yourself out of the rut so she wrote
the gold.
V.
Is a horse the most curious
them and they wrote hack advising
feeder? Becnuse he euts lies! when
me to quit being the clerk nnd become
E c o n o m y in W o r d »
there Is not a l i l t In Ids mouth,
the prop, so one day I took a big
• • •
There Is strength In short, apt
cleaver and used It on my uncle nnd
words that say things economically.
Which has the hardest life of It, ten
by the tim e I got through there
— Farm and Fireside.
or coffee?— Ten, because coffee can
wasn’t enough left of him to be prop,
settle down, but ten has to at"- ' and
of a soda fountain In Cuba so now I
H u g o ’» F ir » t T r a g e d y
draw.
and M ildred Is running the market
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anil last year we layed awny $1.65.”
Victor Hugo composed Ids first trag­
W hy should a dog that rides about
edy. “Irtam ene," when he waa twelve
The other letter Is from a carpenter
r a n r a n l« l
In a motor ear he placed on the Hour?"
friend o f mine that lives nt F ifth
—
Because
he
has
been
turned
Into
a
Avenue and 70 sL and In 2 yrs. he
was only able to save $220,000 so 1 little carpet (car-pet).
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day him nnd his wife happened to see
W
hat
U
the
difference between n
each other and begin talking nnd she
ä
p air of pnnts nnd a pie? A pnlr of
seen this ad nnd wrote to the Rainy
pants
has
to
he
cut
before
made,
nnd
Day Corporation and they wrote buck
a pie has to he made before It Is cut.
nnd told him to raze he— II nnd get
more money so he wrote to the union
N e e d n ’t B o th e r A b o u t H e r
anil told them he wouldn't carp no
more unless they give him more
L ittle Sally, aged five, was going to
money »0 they give him a raze nml
stay all night nt her aunt's. So her
now lie Is making more than a sL car
mother took her over there,
When
Conductor and not huvelng V4 ns good
she heard her mint tell her mot lie r
LM Urtanditam e* and addretM« of hundreds of
a time.
that she had been denning up the
gratWul patient* contained In our FREE BOOK
on Serial and Colon allmenta:
That Is the way It come off bhyg
house that day Sally spoke iqi quick­
aim details o f Hr. G ). Dean
nnd girls and If you nre satisfied to
ly nnd said: "Oh, auntie, you didn't
non-turalral method of treat­
ment, which we u m eaclutlvely.
need to bother like that for me.”
go nlong worrlng about financial mat­
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out why I um satisfied without no fur­
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ther numerations only the knowledge
lomat. He's the ',1 1 selected to call
Hint I helped drag you out of the
on the old lady when the $1.5(1 base
Meyer.
hall drops over the fence Into her
I® by the Bell Syndicate, In«.»
pansies.
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