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Such instances as this show how by means of 

 photo -telegraphy a newspaper can publish a picture 

 of some event a clear day before another paper. A 

 few critics are still sceptical, and say : " Would 

 not the public prefer to wait the extra day and have 



FIG. 34. Reception to Sven Hedin, wired from Paris 

 to London by Telautograph. 



a better picture the original? ' The answer is : 

 " No." Just as the public prefer to have a brief 

 telegram about an important event rather than wait 

 another day for the full report, so they prefer 

 to have a graphic representation, i.e., a photo- 

 graph, immediately. The advantage to the Daily 

 Mirror of having interesting pictures by wire before 



