The development of the moving picture is bound to lead to some remarkable things in the future, I firmly believe." "So do I," said Uncle John.

"They'll combine the phonograph with the pictures, for one thing, so that the players, instead of being silent, will speak as clearly as in real life.

Then we'll have the grand operas, by all the most famous singers, elaborately staged; and we'll be able to see and hear them for ten cents, instead of ten dollars.

It will be the same with the plays of the greatest actors." "That would open up a curious complication," asserted Louise.

"The operas would only be given once, before the camera and the recorder.