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The Secret of the Homiest Home 
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CHIPPENDALE 
(1709-1719) 
The French-Gothic lines of the 
posts, and the French-Gothic grille 
with its Chinese cord-cut frieze 
combine to give an effect of stately 
beauty. 
D O you know the secret of the 
home where ‘ ‘company” always 
enjoys itself,—the home which peo¬ 
ple always speak of as having “nice 
things”? 
Lady Randolph Churchill put her 
finger on the secret. Lady Churchill 
is a very wonderful woman—now 
past 50 years old—and she owns 
the best furnished home in England. 
This is what she wrote: 
“What an extraordinary man Mr. 
Edison is. He perfects his phono¬ 
graph to a point where its realism 
is astounding. Then he determines 
to make each Edison Phonograph, 
even the least costly, an attractive 
piece of furniture. Instead of the 
usual dentist-like looking cabinets, 
his designers have succeeded in 
putting the character and feeling of 
the best periods into his phono¬ 
graph cases. These graceful and 
artistic productions will be hailed 
with delight by all who can afford 
them, and will cause Mr. Edison’s 
new phonograph to be received in 
many houses where less worthy 
machines have not been welcomed 
heretofore.” 
2&NEW EDISON 
“The Phonograph with a Soul” 
gives you both of the great arts which make your house a 
cultured home—gives you all that is in music and furniture 
TV/fUSIC is Re-Created by 
the New Edison with per¬ 
fect realism. This is no mere 
claim. Edison is a straight- 
from-the-shoulder American. 
He doesn’t ask you to take 
anything on his “say so,” any 
more than he’d take a scientific 
discovery on your “say so.” 
Edison actually proves the New' 
Edison’s realism. Before 3 mil¬ 
lion people he has made com¬ 
parisons between the vocal and 
instrumental art of 50 different 
artists, and the Re-Creation 
of their art. These 3 million 
people all admitted that they 
could hear no difference be¬ 
tween the performance of the 
living artist and its Re-Crea¬ 
tion by the New' Edison. 
The furniture art of the New 
Edison is its own proof. Per¬ 
haps you are wondering since 
w hen did Edison turn furniture 
designer. He didn’t. He 
knew' that the marvelous fur¬ 
niture designs created in the 
Golden Age of Furniture still 
stand as the highest type of 
furniture art. So he did the 
common-sense thing. He had 
his designers adapt the master¬ 
pieces of this period. They 
did the job so well that even 
Lady Churchill and Miss de 
Wolfe were surprised and de¬ 
lighted. 
Edison not only made every 
New Edison a period cabinet 
—but he brought the prices 
down to where you know you’re 
getting real value for every 
cent. 
The New Edison is the delight 
of every one w ho likes music, 
and the ambition of every one 
who appreciates a fine home. 
It makes evenings-at-home 
triply enjoyable for both your 
family and your friends. 
Miss 
Elsie de Wolfe 
\ who designs and furnishes the Interiors 
of the finest homes in America, says: 
‘•nnilE period cabinets which 
1 Mr.Edison has adopted for 
his phonographs are in pleas¬ 
ant contrast to the rather 
grotesque cases one so fre¬ 
quently sees. From the dim¬ 
inutive Heppehvliite to the 
costly replicas of historic 
pieces, the superior furniture 
value of Edison cabinets can 
scarcely fail to impress the 
lover of good furniture,” 
H IS (Edison’s) designers have suc¬ 
ceeded in putting the character 
and feeling of the best periods into his 
phonograph cases. These graceful and 
artistic productions will be hailed with 
delight by all.” 
(Her letter in its entirety 
is printed in the text above.) 
XVIII CENTURY ENGLISH 
(ADAM) (1728-1794) 
The work of the Adam Brothers ie 
noteworthy for simplicity, elegasU 
slenderness, fine proportion. 
WILLIAM 
AND MARY 
(1689-1702) 
The legs, 
stretcher, 
pendent pull, 
and grille ars 
typical of ths 
taste and del¬ 
icacy of this 
period. 
Write today for your copy 
of “Eaison and Music” 
O NE of Thomas A. 
Edison’s light-hand 
m en has written a book about 
Edison. The book paints 
a fascinating word picture 
of Mr Edison. It also con¬ 
tains IT exquisite plates and 
in valuable information about 
Historic Furniture. Wehave 
issued a special paper-cov¬ 
ered edition for free distri¬ 
bution. 
Address Thomas A. Edison, 
Inc., Orange, N. J. 
