SEEN AND HEARD.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18023, 19 May 1930, Page 6

SEEN AND HEARD.

There is no holding down the modern inventor. He rides the waves of the ether with the conquering skill of a master in a celestial rodeo. Give him a valve and there in no holding him. In London lately television and talkie were successfully combined. An audience in Hendon heard speeches by wireless in the centre of London and also saw the speakers in their habit as they talked. It does not take long to popularise these inventions,' though the case of television has proved stubborn. Soon, therefore, when we turn on the wireless we shall be able to glance up at a sheet on the wall and satisfy our curiosity as to the appearance of one who can he such a charmer or such a bore. It will be possible, presumably, to switch off the noise and retain the face, thus restoring the pleasure of the silent film and having it in our armchairs. It is almost certain that within a few years we shall have all our entertainment available within our own four walls. Press hut the button and a stereoscopic talking film will happen over the mantelpiece. And the result of it all will be that quite a number of people, possibly more than ever, will put on their hats and coats and go out to the theatre. The actor need not be in the least afraid that he will no more he seen upon the stage. It is not in human nature to spend all its evenings in the home, and the family is an institution whose security depends not a little on the possibility of periodic escapes. The young men and women of the talke and television age will be happy to spend their money on an excursion abroad. Even with all the stars of entertainment twinkling and chattering on the parlour wall the fascinations of a night in will scarcely rival those of a night out. The inventors, with all, this ingenuity, will never seal us up in a gaol of domesticity. Youth will out.