. Lasell leaves . ■^> THE VICTROLA IN THE HOME Canned music! How absurd it sounds, yethow familiar. Just as we have cannedfruits and vegeables, and meats and fish, sowe have canned music. Mr. Thomas Edisonthought of the idea when he invented thetalking machine, and then a hundred otherpeople took it up, until now, in the shapeof records for the victrola, we have as manydifferent varieties of canned music as wehave of pickles. Yet what a wonderful and splendid thingthis invention is. I agree with you, of course,that people did live comfortably and pleasur-*ably before the coming of the vi
. Lasell leaves . ■^> THE VICTROLA IN THE HOME Canned music! How absurd it sounds, yethow familiar. Just as we have cannedfruits and vegeables, and meats and fish, sowe have canned music. Mr. Thomas Edisonthought of the idea when he invented thetalking machine, and then a hundred otherpeople took it up, until now, in the shapeof records for the victrola, we have as manydifferent varieties of canned music as wehave of pickles. Yet what a wonderful and splendid thingthis invention is. I agree with you, of course,that people did live comfortably and pleasur-*ably before the coming of the victrola; butlet me also remind you that they seemed tolive equally comfortably without automobiles,electric lights, telephones, aeroplanes; andyet, think what they missed? Besides, I amno; directing my arguments to them but toyou, people of 1918, and so I ask What ishome without a victrola? I never thought so much about the subjectuntil I visited friends of mine in a little subur-ban town, five miles from Rochester. Theywere
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