The Argosy, January 1907 — page 219: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

a HEN a man leaves home in the even- ing it is because he seeks amusement. The best way to keep him home is to give him the amusement there. Make home a ° , competitor of downtown, the club, the cafe, the theatre and the concert hall. No one thing will furnish so much amusement for so many people, so many times, and in so many ways as the Edison Phonograph. Talk about versatility! If you hada brass band on tap and several leading concert hall singers on salary, and two or three funny men to crack jokes, and a beautiful soprano to sing ballads, you could not give the same amount of varied entertainment that the Edison Phonograph gives by simply changing records. You can hear the whole program at some nearby store in this town. We will be glad to send free to anyone who asks an interesting illustrated book showing the great variety of entertainment to be had with the Edison Phonograph. National Phonograph Company 45 Lakeside Ave., Orange, N. J. NOOK (C@