The Birmingham Gazette of Monday gives a curious account of
the way in which the plan of bringing Church services to the bedsides of sick people by means of the telephone is being carried out in the Midlands. A special instrument has been constructed for the purpose, and it is now possible for the sick to hear comfortably while in bed. "In a quiet room, the tolling of the bell can be heard half-an-hoar before service ; the prayers can be followed, the responses and 'Amens' emphasised, every word of the sermon distinguished, solos in the anthems heard as plainly as though one stood next to the singer." Last Sunday an experiment was made on a con- siderable scale, and as many as twenty-four calls were attended to. This is, of course, nothing new, the same tiling having often been done in regard to places of amusement. Still, many invalids will no doubt derive real satisfaotion from the arrangement. We devoutly trust, however, that the new device will not be extended to the House of Commons. Imagine the horror of being connected with the House while Mr. Morton or Sir George Campbell was speaking !
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