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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 7, 1907. 
REST AND RECREATION 
Fun and Amusement For All—The 
Editor Tells You How You Can Al¬ 
ways Have An Entertainer at 
Your Command. 
The Editor has told the readers of this paper 
month after month how necessary it is to have 
rest and recreation—that in order to break the 
monotony and drive away dull care and get the 
most out of life we must relax from work and 
forget business. 
How do you enjoy yourself after the day’s work 
is 1 nished, the chores and odd jobs are taken care 
if i Then you are ready for something to amuse. 
Jle \se and instruct as well. The old and young 
alii e must have rest and recreation for we all 
km w that “ all work and no play makes Jack a 
dull boy.” 
Music for Your Hornet 
Can you imagine anything from which you could 
derive more pleasure, more fun and actual rest 
and recreation than from a genuine Edison Phon- 
agraph? I do not mean the old, raspy, choky, 
scratchy kind of talking machine so commonly 
heard, but a Genuine Edison Standard—with our 
very latest Improved Parlor Grand equipment that 
reproduces to perfect exactness the finest music 
in the world. 
Just think of having in your own home such a 
marvelous instrument—an entertainer always at 
your command, one that needs no coaxing, never 
tires and never disappoints. 
You, too. can hear the very songs that thousands 
have paid $5.00 to $10.00 a seat to hear, and when 
the song is finished all you need to do is to move 
th 9 reproducer to the beginning-and you will hear 
the song again in all its sweetness. 
Minstrel Shows and Operas! 
And that is not all; the greatest bands and or¬ 
chestras of the world will play for you—waltzes, 
marches, two-steps, overtures, concert pieces, all 
the old master classics as well as the latest min¬ 
strel shows and comic opera music. The very 
same minstrels that amuse packed houses in the 
large cities night after night will make you laugh 
at their comio songs and funny jokes. 
A Concert At Any Time. 
You and your family, your friends and neigh¬ 
bors can have a concert, musicale, dance or song 
as often and as much as you like. You can sit 
in your own parlor or on your own porch and 
listen to a program like this: 
8832—“Feast of Lanterns Overtures”.Orchestra 
9143—“Courtship of Harney and Eileen”.Recitation 
8809—“Wllhelmlna Waltzes”. Orchestra 
9072—“Mississippi Minstrels”.Minstrel Show 
7690—“Holy City” .ViolinSolo 
9145—“Everybody Works But Father”..Band 
8902—“Virginia Heel”.Orchestra 
9098—“Chimes From Normandy”.Band 
8861—“Ring the Bells of Heaven”.Church Chimes 
8428—“Wedding cf the Winds”.Waltzes 
9139—“Have You Seen My Henry Brown”.Coon Song 
6019—“Abide With Me”.Baritone Solo 
8914—“Thoroughbred ” (Two-Step).Band 
7422—“Man Behind The Gun”—(Sousa).Band 
You have hundreds of other pieces to choose 
from and can make up a program to suit your 
own taste. 
The Editor knows that this wonderful instru¬ 
ment can now be had on free trial and urges you 
to sign the coupon and get an Edison catalog free. 
v rtni/ at this happy home scene—all enjoying the Edison phonograph. The Edison has indeed been rightly called the king of entertainers for the 
LUUH home. If you have heard only the old style machines or the rasping, scratching imitation machines heard at county fairs and the like, you 
cannot imagine what a treasure of good cheer, what endless entertainment the latest improved genuine Edison phonograph can give to all your family 
MR. EDISON 
“I Want to See a Phonograph in 
Every American Home.” 
The phonograph, as the reader may 
know, is the wizard’s hobby. 
LATEST STYLE Edison Standard Phonograph with our 
PARLOR GRAND Equipment (New Outfit No. 5 !) Latest 
Improvements—new features—exclusive points of superiority. 
See It — Hear It! Get this remarkable instrument in your own home— 
then you will see how far superior this is to any ordinary talking machine 
—far superior even to the finest Edison Machines you have heard heretofore. 
FREE TRIAL 
While this offer lasts every 
responsible person can get 
on absolutely free trial, this 
wonderful Outfit No. 5, 
This outfit will be sent direct to your home without paying us a single cent in advance 
—you make no deposit—pay us no C. O. D, The New Outfit No. 5 is sent you 
on absolute free trial in your own home. We allow from forty-eight hours to a week’s trial 
in your own home; then if you do not wish to keep the instrument—if you do not think it is the 
clearest and most beautiful phonograph you ever heard, return it at our expense and we will not 
charge you one cent for the trial. 
Try the Instrument In your own home, play the stirring waltzes, the two-steps, marches, concert pieces, both 
grand and comic opera—hear the greatest bands and orchestras in the world, listen to the songs of the world-famed 
singers, laugh at the funny minstrel sketches, coon songs and comic recitations. Play all these and the many other 
wonderful pieces you can hear through the latest model Edison Standard Phonograph with our new Pnrlor Grand 
equipment—the New Outfit No. 6. The trial is FREE, and you may return the instrument at our expense if you 
don't wish co keep it. If you decide to keep this New Outfit No. 5, you may send cash in full or pay on easiest 
terms, just as you prefer. 
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L| matter whether you send cash in full or pay on 
our easiest terms. Surprising rock-bottom 
prices on the finest improved Edison Standard Phono¬ 
graphs with our new Parlor Grand equipments. One- 
third and one-half the price of inferior imitations. 
For Cash In Full we cannot allow any discount. The 
price we ask is the very lowest possible and is exactly 
the same whether you pay cash in full or In small 
Installments. Get the outfit on free trial anyway- 
then you can decide. 
now buys a genuine Edison. The very latest im¬ 
proved model Edison Standard for only 
$3.50 a month. And at .... Send for 
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furnished with the Edi- 
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Sign this coupon and get the great Edison catalogs, the 
catalog of phonographs showing every style of Edi¬ 
son machines and the catalog of 1,500 Edison 
records; also our magnificent circular of Edi¬ 
son Standard with Parlor Grand equipment. 
You will be surprised at the rock-bottom 
prices ontheflnestkindof talkingmachines. 
Get all these catalogs free, prepaid, and select 
the machine you want to try on our free trial offer. 
Every responsible reader of this paper should 
sign this coupon. You need not bother 
with a letter. Just write your name and 
address plainly on the coupon mail in an 
envelope. Sign Coupon NOW, or send 
postal or letter. 
FREDERICK BABSON, 
EDISON PHONOGRAPH DISTRIBUTER, 
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Our New GRAND PARLOR 
EQUIPMENT 
graph at such a slight additional cost helps to 
make an outfit of surpassing beauty. You ought 
to see our special circular illustrating and des¬ 
cribing both the regular equipment and the spe¬ 
cial Parlor Grand hand decorated floral horn. 
Anyway we want to have your choice of an 
Edison in your home. We want you to have it 
on free trial. We want you to hear and appre¬ 
ciate the wonderful—yes, wonderful—quality of 
the genuine Edison. Hear the remarkable var¬ 
iety of music, from vaudeville show to grand 
opera, sacred music, comic recitations, etc. Get 
the free catalog listing ALL the Edison outfits 
includingthe Edison Standard with our special 
Parlor Grand Equipment, Get this f ree catalog, 
also the free trial certificate entitling you to a 
good fair free trial of any Edison ihstrument 
you want—a free trial right in your own home. 
Don’t delay. Send for catalog today. Drop 
us a postal or letter, or better still, simply 
sign and mai the coupon, and then you 
need not even bother with a letter. But 
write tt once. Get the catalog and free 
trial certificate—this puts you under no 
obligations and you can have the free 
trial if you want it. 
Our beautiful CATALOG fully ex¬ 
plains our offer and also illustrates 
all the different Edison machines as used 
in the home. Everybody ought to send for 
this catalog and you are under no obliga¬ 
tions to purchase nor even to ask for a free 
trial. The catalog is simply free (sent 
prepaid) to everybody who will 
favor us by sending name and 
address. Send your name 
and address today 
for the free 
catalog. 
NO LETTER NECESSARY; THE COUPON WILL DO 
