ARCADIA 



An Astonishing Thing about the Edi- 

 son Phonograph. 



A recent visitor at ArcAdiA made 

 this inquiry and the prefatory remark : 



"You say that the Edison is superior 

 to every other form of phonograph. 

 Will you kindly tell me what is the 

 most remarkable thing that you have 

 discovered about it?" 



The most remarkable thing is, pri- 

 marily, its absolute superiority and, 

 secondarily, that anybody should wish 

 to purchase an instrument that is not 

 the verv best. 



Neil Morrow Ladd and Morton C. 

 Nichols Organize Company. 



The fame of Greenwich bids fair to 

 be advertised far and wide when the 

 plans of the new firm of real estate 

 brokers, Ladd and Nichols, are com- 

 pleted. As residents, who several years 

 ago chose this town for their home, 

 both Mr. Ladd and Mr. Nichols, are 

 peculiarly fitted to emphasize its many 

 attractive qualities to home seekers. 



Everyone knows Mr. Neil Morrow 

 Ladd, who as champion of our native 

 birds has succeeded in enrolling hun- 

 dreds of our residents as bird protec- 

 tors. It has been estimated that the 

 $15,000 which has been spent upon Mr. 

 Ladd's recommendations, has already 

 saved the township $100,000 due to the 

 protection afforded our crops, gardens 

 and trees by the increased bird life. 



The knowledge of the coimtry here- 

 abouts, which Mr. Ladd has gained 

 while on his tramps, in search of bird 

 studies for his camera, will prove of 

 inestimable value to prospective seek- 

 ers of building sites. 



Mr. Morton C. Nichols, formerly 

 vice-president of the Colonial Trust 



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Company of New York city, brings to 

 the firm his expert knowledge of values 

 and rich real estate experience. Mr. 

 Nichols could also qualify as a profes- 

 sional landscape architect. No other 

 endorsement is needed after one has 

 surveyed his beautiful home on the 

 Post road, which, but a few years ago, 

 was considered by many little less than 

 a refuse heap. 



Future clients of this firm are to be 

 congratulated in being able to secure 

 as advisor, one possessing his wonder- 

 ful genius for creative landscape work. 

 — Greenwich News and Graphic. 



The Signature to the Letter. 

 At ArcAdiA we have adopted the 

 custom of signing most of our letters 

 with the typewriter, even if also signed 

 by pen, because nobody can read my 

 writing. I myself am sometimes puz- 

 zled by it. although I can usually guess 

 at the' signature. We think that our 

 custom would be a good one for others 

 to adopt, especially where no name is 

 printed on the letter. Curious, isn't it, 

 when one receives a letter all nicely 

 typewritten with an autograph signa- 

 ture that nobody on earth can read, 

 when, as often occurs, the signature is 

 the most important part, especially 

 when it covers a remittance for a sub- 

 scription? It would be an excellent 

 idea for some special cases if our com- 

 mercial schools would teach their pu- 

 pils to have the employer, when he is 

 a very bad writer, as most employers 

 are, write the entire letter with his own 

 pen and add the signature with the 

 typewriter. That would be perfectly 

 grand ! It would save a lot of strain 

 on the nerves, when the signature is the 

 most important part of the communi- 

 cation. 



The Best Scientific Work is Done in the Small 

 Laboratory with Local Support. 



(From an Editorial in "The J'opular Science Monthly.") 



"The most desirable institutions for scientific work would prob- 

 ably be comparatively small laboratories conducted by the scien- 

 tific men who work in them. . . . .It would be 

 well if such institutions were endowed by the rich, still better if 

 they were supported by a state or community." 



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