A NEW DOLL.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 48, 29 November 1890, Page 18

A NEW DOLL.

I woxder what our forefathers would think if they could hear the latest invention of science, the Edison phonographic doll.

At the Savoy Hotel, a number of people were invited to inspect these strange and amusing things. Nursery ballads, scraps of tales, songs, and speeches up to thirty" words in length were reproduced in an absurdly comical buzzing squeak, and with a strong touch of the American accent. It was too funny to hear one gaily dressed little lady declare solemnly:

Twinkle, twinkle, little stab. Haow I wondah what you are!

The invention can be applied to almost anything, and somebody suggested that old ladies would now be able to preserve the characteristics of their pet dogs by having a few barks inserted into the stuffed body of their favourite! Seriously though, the day is not far distant when friends will be able to communicate with one another vocally, even from opposite sides of the ocean. Telephonic communication already exists between Paris and Marseilles, and Paris and Brussels, and a submarine telephone is in process of construction between Paris and London, and London and New York.