Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1913-05-16 | Page 2 | Hear Voice of Dead Friend

HEAR VOICE OF DEAD FRIEND Phonographic Record of Hymn Both Men Likeri, "Face to Face," Startles Friends. New York. At the funeral of Caton L. Decker, a wealthy grocer, there was heard the voice of one of his in- j timate friends who had been dead for more than two years. The novelty j was introduced through a phono- graphic record into which long ago ' the friend, W. Stanley Grinsted, for- : merly an alderman of Orange, N. J., j had sung "Face to Face." It was a j favorite song of both men, and dur- ing a long illness Mr. Decker had been comforted frequently by hearing the record. He had asked that it be played play-ed at his funeral service. Friends of both men present at the funeral were startled and then moved to tears.