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Bee ‘ott Vv Yours ry 4 — =. : g uS S & LoNnDON, PCR OL ra on the understanding that you will make good any damage or adilapidation which may be caused thereby property, and will remove the sad a after veimg requested to do so. Yours farthfully, The Manager, THE EDISON TELEPHONE COMPANY OF LONDON, LIMITED, 11, Oueen Victoria Street, E.C. — oe ee liven Lalephone Company = a ln Lemelted el ys Fo ‘Zz es a MANAGER & SEGRETARY. O ARNOLD WHITE. fooms NLS. “Cs Lacon Iectoriie 2 ae “aC eae a WAY-LEAVE. Tl beg leave to request that you will be so good as to Cie et ee ee re De the purpose of running I elephone Wrres, No wzury 1s lkely to occur in consequence of thts —attachment—berne made, —but_m order to antiipate any objection you may entertain on this score, I undertake, on behalf of the Company, to make good whatever damage may to remove the on being requested to do so, and furthermore to pay the sum o shilling per annum. [ shall feel obliged by your sending mea reply, in the enclosed envelope, at your early convenience. / am, Your obedient Servant. ce. A, ae D * B P mN & uy VA \e Ma anager. Cb be bedeedd Edlisons Naor : Sun te feboaley ory Gd 1}, PINMM ID 0 es CG (ison, ) Low May 25, 1924, Mr. We M. Van der Weyde, le East 15th Street, New York City. Dear Mr. Van der Weyde: ft have received your letter of May 23d in regard to the project for the erection of a Thomas Paine Memorial Building. Let me say in reply that the Association may call on me at any time for $300.00. Yours very truly, THE THOMAS PAINE FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE Honorary President BERTRAND RUSSELL President WILLIAM J. FIELDING Secretary JOSEPH LEWIS Julia du Pont Andrews Yvon Bizardel Claude G. Bowers Lewis Burnham Constantine Christatos Hermann E. Cohen Prof. George S. Counts Malcolm Cowley Joseph E. Davies Malcolm W. Davis John Dos Passos Max Eastman Prof. Walter Prichard Eaton Prof. Albert Einstein — Prof. George W. Elderkin Mark M. Fagan William J. Fielding Frank W. Galton Col. Richard Gimbel Dr. Frank P. Graham Dr. Howard W. Haggard Prof. Jean-Pierre Hamilius, Jr. Charles M. Hansen Mrs. J. Borden Harriman John Haynes Holmes Frederic C. Howe Matthew Josephson Prof. Horace M. Kallen Helen Keller Freda Kirchway Edwin H. Lewis Roy Petran Lingle Frank G. Logan Prof. Robert MaclIver Don Salvador de Madariaga Ida M. Mellen Prof. Raymond Moley Dr. Frank Monaghan Prof. George E. Moore Newbold Morris Edgar Ansel Mowrer Prof. Herman Joseph Muller Lewis Mumford Dr. John A. Myers Prof. Allan Nevins Honoré Palmer Judge Jacob Panken Dr. Linus C. Pauling George Henry Payne Leonard C. Raughley Elmer Rice Dr. Oscar Riddle Jules Romains W. Carson Ryan Margaret Sanger Richard Schaddelee ._ Prof. Harlow Shapley Prof. Norman L. Torrey Dr. Ira S. Wile Organized 1935 + Incorporated under the laws of the State of New York 1950 Organized for the purpose of securing for the author-hero of the American Revolution the recognition he so richly deserves; to promulgate his social and political philosophy and help establish his humanitarian ideals. * INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 257 WEST 38TH STREET * NEW YORK 18, N. Y., U.S. A. LONGACRE 4-3773 October 9, 7% a VWLONET s 9st Thoma: which Mr very highly to add awmnann indeed, ison wrote me directly, It is needless to to my collection, but I am you acguired it. perhaps know, I have a number of lette : and which I p say that THOMAS PAINE 1737-1809 Englishman by Birth French Citizen by Decree American by Adoption 1Ze I would 11k very happy, The Thomas Paine Foundation has been responsible for the erection of a Thomas Paine statue in Paris, France; a statue of Thomas Paine in Morristown, New Jersey; the election of Thomas Paine to the Hall of Fame, New York; the marking of the site where Thomas Paine was buried in New Rochelle, New York, etc., etc. GEMS FROM the WRITINGS of THOMAS PAINE Independence is my happiness, and | view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good. These are the times that try men’s souls. The Summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: ‘t is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated. ae” Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it. ® I love the man that can smile in trouble, that con gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'T is the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm and whose con- science approves his conduct, will pur- sue his principles unto death. SRO | Oe ear As to religion, I hold it to be the indis- pensable duty of all governments to pro- tect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith. ® It is an atfront to truth to treat falsehood with complaisance. ai te The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step below the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again. ® When it shall be said in any country in the world, ‘‘My poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of pris- oners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes are not op- pressive; the rational world is my friend, I am a friend of its happiness’—when these things can be said, then may that country boast of its constitution and its government. Expressions of Praise ‘Others can rule, many can fight, but only eee Paine can write for us the English tongue.” —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN “Your presence may remind Con- gress of your pet services to this country, and if it is in my power to impress them, command my best exertions with freedom, as they will be rendered cheerfully, by one who entertains a lively sense of the im- t of your works.” ae ©’ GEORGE WASHINGTON “History is to ascribe the revolution to Thomas Paine.'’ —JOHN ADAMS “That you may long live to continue your useful labors, and to reap the reward of the thankfulness. of na- tions is my sincere prayer. y —THOMAS JEFFERSON “The crime of iaare tugs has not yet stained, and I hope never will stain, our national character. You are considered by them as not only having rendered important services in our own Revolution, but as being on a more extensive scale, the friend of human rights, and a distinguished and able advocate in favor of public liberty. To the welfare of Thomas Paine the Americans are not, nor can they be indifferent.’’ —JAMES MONROE “I never tire of reading Paine.”’ —ABRAHAM LINCOLN ‘‘No writing ever more instantly swung men to its humor.” —WOODROW WILSON ‘Free America without her Thomas Paine is unthinkable.”’ —GENERAL LAFAYETTE “Thomas Painel A statue of gold should be erected ‘to you in every city of the world.’ —NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ‘With his name left out, the history of liberty can not be written.’’ —ROBERT G. INGERSOLL “That Illustrious American.”’ —VICTOR HUGO ‘“‘We never had a sounder intelli- gence in this Republic. He was the equal of Washington in making American liberty possible. Where Washington performed, Paine devis- ed and wrote. The deeds of the one in the field were matched by the other with his pen. I consider Paine our greatest political thinker. ‘‘Paine practiced what he preached and some day will be recognized as one of the clearest of thinkers.”’ —THOMAS A. EDISON When we consider, for the feelings of nature cannot be dismissed, the calamities of war and the miseries it inflicts upon the human species, the thousands and tens of thousands, of every age and sex who are rendered wretched by the event, surely there is something in the heart of man that calls upon him to think! Surely there is some tender chord, tuned by the hand of the Creator, that still struggles to emit in the hearing of the soul a note of sorrowing sympathy. Let it then be heard, and let man learn to feel that the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity, and not on conquest. War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen and un- supposed circumstances, such a com- bination of foreign matters, that no human wisdom can calculate the end. It has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes. I defend the cause of the poor, of the manufacturer, of the trades- man, of the farmer, and of all those on whom the real burden of taxes fall—but above all, I defend the cause of women and children—of all humanity. & Poverty is a thing created by that which is called civilized life. aeRO EOOCe | The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. I have never used any other and I trust I never shall. mec Be Certain I am that when opinions are free, either in matters of government or reli- gion, truth will finally and powerfully prevail. —_____ @___ I had rather record a thousand errors on the side of mercy than be obliged to tell one act of severe justice. ee ® Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. ©! To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administer- ing medicine to the dead. ® When will men stop condemning in others the things they do themselves? ‘ ro : +e iB | * ' atm Meray se Wa | med, e dye Au EE eho whity J). OAM’ r LOTS ¢ mw, C11 -¢€. S ke \ org mi hes tee OF NP, ORD € | lhe ore A | 1 | a il LAW h ee (Ce Z: or ( COA . yo ( anne we : . , - i “me, CL 4t0ct-4)tcece CR RAR te £ r ; * * : we ~CENOABS Uisu i J t + ~ * * ? L&C} Cees thins 841 EDISON. TLS, 4to. Orange, N.J., May 23, 1924. To W.M. Van des Weyde. Edison pledges $300 for the project to errect a Thomas Paine Memorial Building. Rich aunds...6-7 65.00 EDISON, Thomas A. Anthea Note Signed ‘‘E’’, written at head of a letter to Edison, from Edward Marshall, head “e a syndica aps firm. 1 page, 4to. March tots KGaosy - Ss $10.00 wt Raper has Paty of at top — “Marshall. Good, as soon as I can get things started here I will give you a lot of dope.” Europe e last two months of our absence were spent entirely _ in _ the North- East of Switzerland: & in the Black Forest, out of the English tracks. ® 99 ae ™ = _ als 7 ‘J Pri TF LOOTEe Glens! GIeraisa Al@Ta! 1876. To Mrs. Bray, referring to a visit to avian Ya a td 2 = ® a = neavily #8 < eeeee Edition. Scarce. A pioneer excursion into the territory of electrical physiology, by a noted surgeon and electrical experimenter. Wheeler Gift Cat, 1165. 754 EILECTRO-THERAPY. Fieber, Fried- rite i Re ee Ae der Elektrotherapie. 5 Sage I Lner—-packed bas Wien 1X U From the notebooks of Thomas A. Edison Here are two pages from the notebooks of Thomas A. Edison, written in his own handwriting, witnessed and dated October 3 and 6, 1875. They report his successful expert- ments in obtaining “‘the most perfect and conspicuous copies” with his auto- graphic duplicating ink and the electric pen—Edison’s first contributions to the held of stencil duplication. A few years later, another pioneer in stencil duplicating, A. B. Dick, developed a duplicator and devised supplies to go with it. In the course of his experiments, he heard of Edi- son’s electric pen and sought the help of the great inventor. To encourage the young Mr. Dick, Edison furnished him with sugges- tions and devices. In fact, Edison became so interested in Mr. Dick’s concept of duplication of materials typewritten or drawn that he as- sisted in the development of the duplicating process. Today’s modern Mimeograph brand duplicator does things un- dreamed of seventy-odd years ago. 88 This month marks the centennial of Thomas A. Edison, who gave the world electric light, the phonograph, the sciences of radio and electronics. = Te nates op is i ? uD) ‘We In crisp black-and-white or in color, by tens or thousands of copies, in a variety of forms, shapes and SiZes, it transmits. ideas to many people, quickly and at low cost. It is a product of American in- itiative, and, in this Edison Cen- tennial Year, it is a tribute to Amer- ican enterprise. A- B. Dick Company, Chicago; The Mimeograph Company, Ltd., Toronto. COPYRIGHT 1947, A. B. DICK COMPANY The Mimeograph brand duplicator is made by A. B. Dick Company, Chicago MIMEOGRAPH is the trade-mark of A. B. Dick Company, Chicago, registered in the U. S. Patent Office. ESS & FINANCE JAmeEs I. RooSEVELT Cousin Franklin forced a change. nated by the Oyster Bay, or non-New Dealing, Roosevelts.* Roosevelt & Son held a subdued cele- bration, in keeping with its high-stooled, high-collared conservatism. Top officers greeted clients and friends at a reception in the New York Yacht Club. Guests re- ceived copies of a newly published history of the firm entitled The Strenuous Life, the phrase made famous by the most famed of the Oyster Bay Roosevelts. “Cousin Thee” (as Teddy Roosevelt was known in the family) had relatively little to do with the family business. But Roosevelt & Son had plenty of the strenu- ous life. Founded by James I. Roosevelt (who later took his son Cornelius into partnership), the firm started out as a hardware shop in Maiden Lane, barely opened its doors before Manhattan was swept by yellow fever. The shop not only survived the epidemic but within a few years was so prosperous that it began dis- counting notes for’other merchants. This led to other financial activities, and. the hardware business was finally abandoned. Into the Big Time. By 1824, the up-&- coming Roosevelts were able to help found the Chemical Bank (now the giant Chemi- & Also known as the out-of-season Rs. ECUTIVE’S DESK: BUSINESS SIDE & PLAY SIDE The pen always finds its way home. cal Bank & Trust Co., with which Roose- velts are still associated). As a big-time house, Roosevelt & Son helped finance Cyrus Field’s first transatlantic cable, floated James J. Hill’s first railroad bonds, did battle with Robber Baron Jay Gould. But the heyday of the firm passed with the 19th Century. Gradually it curtailed its underwriting ventures, concentrated more & more on counseling the owners of large stock-&-bond portfolios. Finally the signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt* on the Banking Act of 1933 forced Roosevelt & Son to give up underwriting and securities-dealing altogether. Now, with the solidest of reputations for giving unbiased advice, the firm still thrives, acting as fiduciary for funds total- ing over $z00 million. Its present head— and fifth in direct line of descent from the founder—is staid, bespectacled George Emlen Roosevelt, 59, a noted amateur chess player and yachtsman. He will be succeeded ultimately by one of his two sons or five nephews, in the tradition of the family motto: Qui Plantavit Curabit (he who planted will tend). FASHIONS By the Sweat of Thy Brow It was a far cry from grandfather’s roll top. But it was a desk, all right. There was even space where a man could do some work. But Gunn Furniture Co.’s desk-of- tomorrow (improved version) had other virtues; and visitors to the eighth annual office-equipment display in Chicago last week rightfully gaped at them. On the “business” side, where the exec- utive sits, there are (among other won- ders): a radio, fluorescent lights, a Tele- talk intercommunication unit (known commonly as a “squawk-box”’), an elec- tronic dictating machine, an electric razor with door mirror, an electric cigaret light- er, a telephone mounted on a pull-out ** The Oyster Bay and Hyde Park Roosevelts, all distant cousins to one another, had for a common ancestor Claes Martenszen van Roose- ~velt, a Dutch trader who came to New Amster- dam around 1648. ~ Fran Byrne THOMAS A. EDISON, No. 65 FIFTH AVENUE ote moa enn pees 3 i. have Ue NEW YORK, Phe d preemie’ “Wark wort, work | Warsacys Ang booming Mass eX mec wy befty t5 a ff ae PL PO og 6 Qastionow Liprery ef the Cousclidated Gar emp: and Affiliated Gas and Miaetrie Com) 2: Roem 1654-8, 4 Irving Pier Cee Pee VA07, 7 —/G9/ HM 2 ¥ Vax