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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
Edison Message No. 33
REACTION
How dull the first page of your morning
paper looks to you now. You skim over it
hastily, for it tells you of no battle won, no
empire overthrown. The high key of emo-
tionalism to which you have been pitched is
let down; the inevitable reaction has begun.
This after-the-war reaction is now upon
us; reaction in individuals, bringing to some
a desire for dissipation, a greater freedom of
action; to others an ennui, an unusual, un-
natural boredom.
The spirit of unrest is in the air. Every
nation feels it; to Socialism it gives a des-
perate hope—the Red Flag flaunts the sober
sense of mankind.
Music is the greatest palliative of this
emotional unrest.
The Edison Dealer who recognizes this
and accepts his share of the responsibility for
making music's influence felt to the limit of
its power is performing a duty he owes both
his country and himself.
THOMAS A. EDISON, Inc.
Orange, New Jersey
DECEMBER
21, 1918