SECTION B 

 ENTERTAINMENT IN THE HOME 



CHAPTER VII 



MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 



What advantages, as a source of pleasure in 

 the home, has each of the following instruments 

 as compared with the other two: phonograph, 

 piano, violin? 



The phonograph. Musical instruments furnish a pleasant 

 means of home entertainment. The phonograph is coming 

 to be very widely used. Its advantages are evident. It does 

 not require years of practice before one can play it, but 

 any one can learn in a few minutes to run the machine. 

 Another great advantage is the great variety of selections 

 that can be played upon it, representing all kinds of musical 

 instruments and combinations of human voices. Not only 

 can one listen to a great variety of music, but one can hear 

 the very best, as many of the most famous singers and musi- 

 cians are having records made of their performances. 



The phonograph is one of the wonders of the last twenty- 

 five years. It opens great possibilities for the future. 

 Records of the songs of the great singers and of the speeches 

 of great orators and famous men may be preserved to be 

 used long after these people have died. We may get some 

 conception of what this will mean if we suppose that to-day 

 we had records of the farewell address of Washington or of 



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