THE DIOSCOPE.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume IV, Issue 1295, 13 June 1882, Page 3

THE DIOSCOPE.

;By aid of the dioscope, an ingenious instrument; "brought for the first time to public notice during the Parisian Electrical Congress, patrons of the drama who are reluctant to leave their comfortable firesides and temporarily revolutionize : all their domestic arrangements in order to attend theat- ':'' Heal performances in loco, will henceforth W.^nabled to see as well a/s hsar their favourite Operatic and histrionic a yard from jjoijie. the Apparatus oonsists of a email ''ohfe^v^ ..leg»n g » fixed up in a position 'commanding *& c ata S en 0 °* n0 matter what theatre, and oonnectedby an eleotrio wiye with a diminutive ■^'hite'glaßS plate, which may be framed and set in & panel of a private draw-ing-room, however distant from the playhoase in questioni Total dark- , ness having been obtained in a room furnished with, a dioscope, a perfect picture of the : stage, its scenery, actors, and so. forth; 1 faithful in qofor, a.n4 absolutely repro^pj^^ the wtytfe. PBV|P¥fi\ft n Pf>« W^ become visible upon l^p glasp plate. Supplemented by a comn^u^caliing 1 with the theatre,, the ■-■dioscope will therefore enable: its. owner to spend, his evening at the opera in , dressing-gown, and dippers, 11 !auoh be. his ideal of comfort, seated in an easy chair within : hail of his "nightcap." The dioscope .'•'•' is not likely to be extensively adopted by the ladies whose visits to the theatre are. prompted by as great a desired be seen as they have for seeing eaoMothe^ andth© pplaty t T&x\\ tft ■■':"'. Me 0^ 11^ :r.: . if t^P i*tFfii*?T? »»4 other ''■''y.^t^^Apy^i^^ aT^ abomination, :;'~£i : JjJMj> 4t9«cdpo will prove- a desirable

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