Mr. Edison Says: 



"/ want to see a Phonograph in every American Home. " 



other wonderful Inventions, he regards the phonograph as hts greatest achievement. 

 Mr. Edison knows of the wonderful pleasure MH Instrument has provided and IB pro- 



Tiding to thousands oC homes. 



Latest Style Edison Standard Lots of F"Utt 



PARLOR GRAND Equipment 



The latest perfected product of the great Edison fac- 

 tory, also our own splendid Parlor Grand equipment 

 new features exclusive points of superiority 1 



See It Hear It! Get this remarkable instrument in your 

 own home then you will see how far superior this is to the 

 ordinary talking machine far superior even to the fine 

 Edison Machines you have heard heretofore. 



FREE TRIAL 



While This Offer Lasts every responsible person can get 

 on free trial a genuine Edison Phonograph Outfit, including 

 12 genuine Edison gold-moulded records, direct from us to your 

 home: positively not a cent in advance no deposit no 

 bother with C. O. D. no formality of any kind. We allow 

 forty-eight (48} hours' free trial at your home; and in rural 

 districts up to a week if necessary for convenience of patrons. 



Wjj^f* Try the instrument in your home, play the 

 BjP*^r stirring waltzes, the two-steps, concert -pieces, 

 minstrel dialogs, old-fashioned hymns and other religious 

 music, beautiful vocal solos, operatic airs and other beautiful Edison gold-moulded records. 

 Play all these, and if then you do not care to keep this wonderful Edison outfit, send the 

 instrument back at our expense and tire to/7/ charge you nothing for the trial. 



With an Edison Phonograph 



Thli wonderful Instrument has been termed, 

 *nd rightly, too, the "king of entertainers." 

 There is absolutely no one old or young who la 

 not amused and delighted by this greatest In- 

 vention Of the "WIZARD OF THE TWENTIETH 

 CENTI-RY." As Hr. Edison has well said, no Am- 

 erican home should be without a phonograph . 



Every Father, every 

 Mother, every reader 

 of this paper who is 



interested in home amuse- 

 ments should read this 

 grand offer. I know what 

 the Edison Phonograph 

 means in the home and 

 nobody CAN know 

 until after a trial in your 

 own home. 



THE EDITOR. 



Look at this happy home scene depleted 

 here. At this very moment there are thou- 

 sands of homes In the United States where 

 you might nnd just such scenes as this. 



The baby, as you Bee, Is filled with delight 

 at the deep human sounds which come from 

 the big horn of the phonograph. Grandpa 

 Is as much pleased as the baby. Every mem- 

 ber of the family Is happy. Don't you want to 

 bring just such scenes Into your own homer 



$2 a Month 



Now Pays For a 

 Genuine Edison 

 Phonograph Outfit 



Think of the many delightful programs you 

 could make up. Let us suppose you want to 

 have a dance. Place the phonograph tn one 

 end of the room, take up the carpets or rugB 



Machine and one dozen genuine Edison gold-moulded records. Less than 

 $1 a week for the finest outfit with our Parlor Grand equipment added 

 and at surprising rock-bottom price without even interest on payments. 



CflO P1OU III CHI I So many cash purchasers are taking 

 lUn WHdn 111 rULLi advantage of this opportunity to 

 secure direct the finest Edison outfits that we are often asked what dis- 

 count we can allow for cash. We are obliged again to say that we can 

 give no cash discount, as we have allowed the lowest possible price to 

 those who buy on time and we must treat all Edison customers alike. 



You should see and hear 



the finest Edison Outfit whi 

 is recognized as the best phon 

 graph outfit in the world. 

 We illustrate here the regu- 

 lar outfit, but the special 

 circular we will send you 

 illustrates also our new 

 special standard outfit 

 with our special Parlor 

 Grand equipment and 

 the large hand deco- 

 rated Parlor Grand 

 Floral Horn. We will 

 send you this magni- 

 ficent circular free w" " 

 our Edison catalog. 



Better write 



itl to 

 m< 



tuiu 01 me room, lUKe up me carpets or rugs 

 and begin. You don't have to wait for any 

 fiddler and you don't have to pay him 13 for 

 his work either. 



Here Is an Illustration of what you may do 

 when vour friends call: One likes a comic 

 song. Out comes a record filled by one of the 

 best known minstrels of the day. Everybody 

 applauds, and while the band clapping is 

 going on you slip in aSousa march and watch 

 the listeners straighten up. The applause be. 

 comes deafening and you are the hero or the 

 heroine of the whole neighborhood. Thus 

 can the concerts go on night after night. 



And on Sunday yon may hare sacred music 

 of the very best quality. 



And don't forget that you may secure 



AVBkfVAfllBh faff m^- MB records of every member of the family. 



m SmgSmJm IT afBaYaTeY* AM ******** These will keep for years and jears, 

 VafVfafV M WmM mmfmmtiC and after the dear ones have departed * 



their voices will be with you still. f 



Let Grandpa talk into the horn * 

 and then listen to Ms exact 

 words as they come from the 

 phonograph a moment later. 



This Easy-Payment Offer 



places a genuine Edison Pbo- 

 nograph within reach of every one. 

 We charge only the lowest net cash prices 

 without interest on monthly payments. 



plainly with pen- 



cil or pen and ink 



on this Free Coupon, clip or tear it out, place 

 it in an envelope and mail it to us. You will 

 receive free by return mail our beautiful 

 Edison catalog and circular describing in 

 f ull the wonderful Edison Phonographs. 

 You may take any outfit on a trial. 

 Write today. Don'tdelay. Remember 

 >you pay nothing for a Free Trial, and 

 if you do not want the instrument 

 after you have given it a fair trial in 

 your home you may return it at our 

 expense. You do not have to pay 

 Icdown, you do not have to make a 

 guarantee and we charge no C. O. D. 



Sign and Mail 

 this coupon now 



F. K. BABSON. 

 Edison Phonograph Distributer 



Edison Building, f 

 /flt nfj Suit* 3229 * 



C/JiuTTTUwu uuacn- Chicago, in. / 



Let the baby talk Into 

 the horn and the same 

 miracle Is repeated. 



Sign the coupon 

 and mall It now 

 today don't 

 fall to get 

 this free o"/* 



effer. . vP ,9 



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