The blindfolded jury hears Hempel 

 sing "Io non sonopiu VAnnetta, " while 

 she stands beside the New Edison. 



THE BLINDFOLD TEST is the most severe of all 

 musical tests; smutting off a person's sight greatly in- 

 creases his acuteness of hearing. Yet e\>en the blindfold test has been 

 successfully met by the New Edison. 



Frieda Hempel, prima donna soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York, 

 appeared before five of Thomas A. Edison's musical experts to perform the test. She stood 

 beside the New Edison. The blindfolds v?ere adjusted o-Oev the eyes of the five men. As 

 shov^n in the first photograph, Hempel then started to sing. The selection v?as "Io non sono piu 

 l'Annetta," from the opera "Crispino e la Comare." Suddenly Hempel stopped singing, but the song 

 continued. The New Edison had taken up the song and was singing alone. The five experts, ev^en 

 though their hearing faculties were at highest concentration, were completely unaware that Hempel 

 had ceased and that they were listening only to the New Edison's RE-CREATION of her voice. 



T^o million people have heard similar tone-tests, publicly gi\>en by forty different artists. Five 

 hundred representative newspapers hav^e publicly recorded the fact that no one has been able to dis- 

 tinguish the artist's living art from its RE-CREATION by the New Edison. The proof of this is 

 founded upon scientific fact; it is piled mountain-high. The New Edison brings you all the living 

 artist can bring, excepting his physical presence. 



Dhe NEW 



She (phonograph 



'Mention The Geographic— It identifies you' 



