The day book. [volume], March 08, 1912, Image 25

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KISING BY TELEPHONE- IS r NEXT QN THE
, PROGRAMALL XHERE BUT THE THRILL
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Kissing by telephone will be as
easy as talking when, Jerome
Meyer of Baltimore gets his new
invention installed in evety home.
But' it Wont Be quite, as satis
factory, for the thrill will be miss
ing. Aside from that intangible,
tut highly important, feature,
you'd never know the difference,
for by Meyer's invention, you htear
the ecstatic sigh, see the lovd
ljght in your lady's eye and
glimpse the blush "that touches
With crimson her creamy cheek.
Yes7 indeed, for it is Said that
Meyer, at 26, has perfected a
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televisual apparatus that does for
the eye all that the telephone
does for the ear. It isn't the first
invention designed for "seeing by
telephone," but Meyer's friends
say it! is th& closest approach to
a practical utility yet announced.
The idea of suchan invention
fascinated Meyer for years. Then
one day he read of "Dr. Pf hund's
discovery that the rare metal, se-
lenium was so sensitive to electri
cal changes that the rays of light
made varying degrees of shadow
upon it. ' -
Each shade of the shadow the
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