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This test was made by Miss Betsy Lane Shep¬ 
herd in ] 85 cities and towns of the United States 
and Canada. The 185 audiences aggregated 
more than a hundred thousand people. Each 
audience found itself absolutely unable to tell 
when Miss Shepherd was singing—and when the 
New Edison was Re-Creatixg her voice—except 
by watching her lips. 
This is a most phenomenal achievement. Merely 
one such comparison makes an extremely diffi¬ 
cult test for a phonograph. Indeed, it is so 
difficult that no other phonograph or talk¬ 
ing machine manufacturer dares to make this 
comparison. 
Mr. Edison subjected the New Edison to more 
than 4000 such tests, with over 50 different artists, 
before more than four million people, because 
he wanted to prove that perfect Realism was an 
everyday performance with the New Edison. 
What does this mean to you? 
^Test the power of this wonderfu 
Realism on yourself! 
W HAT is your musical hobby ? 
What kind of vocal or instrumental 
music “'gets’ 5 you most quickly? 
Js it a sweet voiced soprano?—a soul stir¬ 
ring violin?—a jazzy orchestra?—or what? 
If you’ll tell your Edison dealer, he’ll give 
you a wonderfully fascinating test —the 
“Personal Favorites’ 5 Realism Test. It will 
tell you something you’ve long wanted to 
know—whether the New Edison brings you 
those particular beauties and makes you 
feel all those fine emotions which you ex¬ 
perience in listening to your favorite living 
artists. 
T HIS test is really a test of the power 
of the New Edison’s Realism. Do you 
know what Realism is—what it does ? 
A most interesting demonstration of what 
the New Edison’s Realism can do, took place 
at Dallas, Texas, on April 26th, 1920, where 
Miss Shepherd gave her 185th test. 
Miss Shepherd, who is a famous concert 
soprano, stood beside the New Edison and 
started to sing: 
“In the gloaming, oh! my darling —” 
With a soft, rounded loveliness, the be¬ 
loved melody filled the auditorium. Pulsing 
through its theme was the soul of a great 
artist. Its message, warm with under¬ 
standing, old yet ever new, reached the 
hearts of the hushed listeners and 
sped their imaginations back to 
cherished memories. 
It was the magic of music 1 
Suddenly Miss Shepherd’s lips 
went absolutely still. But her lovely voice 
went smoothly on— 
“—it was best to leave you thus —” 
The audience was puzzled. Then it awoke. 
Miss Shepherd’s voice was now coming from 
the New Edison—and no one had been able 
to tell the difference between the living 
voice and the Re-Created voice. 
The power that enabled the New Edison 
completely to baffle this audience was its 
Realism. 
Edison’s Realism had put into the 
Re-Created music aH the magic of the 
living voice with which Miss Shepherd 
charmed her listeners. 
OU love fine music. You want your 
home to enjoy it! You want your chil¬ 
dren to get its cultural benefits. But where 
you live may not be convenient to the 
opera and concert centres. 
Mr. Edison has long appreciated your 
desire—your situation. Other music lovers 
were in the same position. So Mr. Edison 
concentrated his life’s greatest effort upon 
perfecting the phonograph. He spent seven 
years and three million dollars in research 
work. 
What he strove for, was recently told by 
Mr. Edison himself: 
%e NEW EDISON 
Dhe Thonocjraph with a Soul 
“The ordinary phonograph, as we have 
known it, falls somewhat short of conferring 
upon its owner all of the pleasure and bene¬ 
fits that can be derived from good music. 
The greatest shortcoming of the phonograph 
was its lack of Realism, and it is this short¬ 
coming which I have sought to overcome. 
The result is a degree of Realism in our 
present phonograph which is baffling to 
even the most expert ears. 
“I have been quoted as desiring to see a 
phonograph in every home. What I actu¬ 
ally want to see in every American home is 
music, so realistic and so perfect in its ren¬ 
dition as to be an unending source of benefit 
and pleasure.” 
N OW you see what the New Edison’s 
Realism is, and w-hat it does. You’re 
pretty certain that this Realism can bring 
the magic of music into your home. But 
Mr. Edison wants you to assure yourself 
on this point. He wants you to test the 
power of that Realism on yourself. 
Watch for the advertisements of 
your local Edison dealer in your newspaper. 
See w r hen he is ready to give the “Per¬ 
sonal Favorites” Realism Test. Take the 
whole family along when you go to hear it. 
If you prefer, write us direct and we’ll 
send you a special ticket, addressed to 
your nearest Edison dealer. This 
will entitle you to have a private 
test. 
THOMAS A. EDISON, Inc. 
Orange, N, J, 
185 Times-No difference 1 . 
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Then — 
She suddenly stopped singing. 
The New Edison took up her 
song, and continued it alone. 
First — 
Miss Shepherd sang: "In the 
Gloaming.” The New Edison 
stood on the stage by her side. 
