A_ possible terror for tired. City ers elling home by Under-Iway has been instituted.
Passengers on the escalator at iS) Oxford Circus station were startled by the loud ery from below, "Keep please! A moment's then another shout, "Let others pass on the left." Someone must have disobeyed the order, for in another two seconds came the voice again, "If you must stand, ud on the right!' The people iched closer, for those who were walking hesitated, as though doubting whether it were safe to proceed.
Tt was not for long, however, for the "voice" shouted with vigour, "Now then, there, keep moving on the left! Some are in a hurry, don't impede them!' Then there was a startled rush forward by the left wing. and all jumped the re maining steps at the bottom.
At the foot of the escalator was 4 wooden structure, about 3ft. square. The inventor was near by, and he called it the "Automatic Stentophone," and said it would carry on without getting dry for hours.
It is worked by compressed air, and one gramophone record will last a week.
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