Show APPLAUSE IS MACHINE MADE henry millers apparatus does away with crowd of supers stage lightning stage thunder th 0 stage moon and the stage snowstorm ul 11 the applause machine 4 1 have been put in the background by I 1 the invention of a stage a applause li machine invented by actor henry miller mr miller was playing in richard harding davis taming of helen in st louis when he first tried its power in the last act which takes place lm in the greenroom ot of the imperial theaters theater P london the applause of an imaginary audience is heard the author supposed that a crowd of supers su persi at cents per night would bo be used for this purpose but mr miller put his machine at work the real supers coulden couldn t have done half as well by turns the hand clapping was deafening and then it would sub subside sidd the shutting of doors would stop the sound and many curious effects were were introduced mr millers invention is a wonder it consists of a large solid wooden drum studded with pins about two inches long when the drum revolves the pins strike it producing ai a noise of hand clapping |