From his seclusion in Manhattan's Governor Clinton Hotel, where he lies for hours evolving mighty schemes without pencil or notebook, famed Scientist Nikola Tesla emerged as of old for his annual birthday interview with newsmen. Erect in a cutaway, carrying stick & gloves (although the day was hot), looking much younger than his 75 years, he chirruped spryly about two new inventions which he had made during the year: "When they are announced, one will be like the 100,000 trumpets of the Apocalypse. The other will be less sensational, but it, too, will be important. It will be like the shout with which Joseph's army brought down the walls of Jericho. . . ." * — Concerning the radio, of which his hotel has one in every room: "I know I'm its father † but I don't like it. I just don't like it. It's a nuisance. I never listen to it. . . ."
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* Either Scientist Tesla or the New York Times reporter meant Joshua's army.
† He sent wireless waves from a Colorado laboratory in 1899, the year Marconi established wireless communication between France and England. But he claims priority because he conceived his system in 1893.
