"Bl ’“ND. 70' DARLIN‘ some not, -‘ ‘ "00° LI“, W I'Mwo; “I LE7 to! A sumac: solves ulrc' , societies. meant he». lies moose Item engines move, HER Sootflultflfl mt S‘nlt', on but ‘ m «paw, mum own . be you two ‘To see. J ‘ Lyricsof‘liife A RADIO COLUMN ’ ”V’Tfit’w sway ; I ‘ base Wilei’encs, . p ‘. ' ‘9 \TS ANY 0' 51009. it ”5/ " ‘11. )7 Halo and Frocks Show Feathers nose to this or that variety of "vibration" and to connect medical practice with electrons and with radio should be disposed of for THE many attempts to refer ill- good by the recent report of the: Scientific American committee of experts who have been studying the methods of diagnosis and treatment invented by Dr. Albert Abrams and known as ‘E. R. A.", these lotters standing for the “Electronic Reac- tions of Abrams." The committee reports adversely on all counts. No basis wha cover was found for the claims 1 the 'Abrams practitioners either for diagnosis or for treatment. It is admitted, naturally, that many of the devotees of this newest “sci- ence" are quite sincere. They are merely mistaken. r . "Vibration cures" and "radio cures" must take their places new among the many similar delusions of pseudo-science that have come and gone in the past. The neighborhood of New York City provides one of the most puz- zling curiosities of radio transmis- sion that I have heard of anywhere. lit a. zone running northeast from the city for perhaps fifty or sixty ‘ miles it is almost impossible to hear any of the New York broadcasting . stations, although Western stations come in well in exactly these same locations that are bad for New York. , The suggested reason is the prox- imity of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway, a up which is entirely electrified an hich is surrounded, therefore, by an intenso electric field. This is not very con- vincing. Even If it is true (as I have been told that it is) that the “dead zone" is exabtly coincident with the course of the railway, it is difficult to see why the electric field of the line should affect the New York City stations only. As in all other cases like this. the real need is for exact facts. It is reported that in some spots the “d zone" is not observable at all. One f the local radio clubs of southern Connecticut could do a good Job by actually charting this supposed "dead zone" in their neighborhood. ' Don’t try to use a super-hetero- dyne~on an outdoor antenna un- less you know exactly what you are about and have a good deal of experience in radio engineering. The super-heterodyno is .the most sensitive set known. It will pick up even the noise of the sparks made by stroking a cat in the next house. If you.connect a super- hoterodyne to on outdoor wire it will pick up and amplify the million of tiny electric impulses that are coming along through the other all the time. The result will be a gen- eral noise; almost a roar. Connected to an indoor loop, the energy picked up isfsr less. You can get the signal that you want wnihout so much annoyance from. miscellaneous electric noises. THE RADIO PRIMER One Daily Fact for Listeners. Ohm's Law is one of the funda- 'mental laws of electric currents. possibly the most fundamental one. You cannot get very far in the study of radio or of any other form of electricity until you understand this fundamental law and what it means for the properties of electric circuits. - It was named. were age. after the» man who dl covered it; the same man whose name was taken by the electrical engineers for the name of the unit of electric resist- ance, the ohm. ‘ ’ Ohm's law is the law expressing the relation of the resistance. the voltage and the current in an elec- tric circuit. it says that the cur- rent multiplied by the resistance gives the voltage. 0r, since it is usual to know thevoltage and the resistance and to want to calculate the current, the law is frequently stated tit-us: the current equals the voltage divided by the resistance. In the usual units the. law is this: Volts Amperes............ ‘ Ohms Using this law you can calculate any one of the three: volts: ohms or ampheres; provided that you know the other two. This applies especially to direct currents. but the same law, with minor modifica- tions. can be applied to alternating currents or to the very rapidly alternating currents that we deal with in radio. How D0 [or Say It? Common Errors in English and How to Avoid Them I By C. N. LURIE 2’ “WITCH" N OT “WIZA RD". > EVERAL times. in referring to S Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen, the famous French lawn tennis player, the newspapers referred to her as "the feminine wizard of the courts." One sporting ’wrifer in New York said: “It was Mrs. Mallory. not”Mlle. Lenglen. who stood out as the wizard of the ten- nis courts.” 4. This use of "wizard’f in referring. I incorrect. The» to a woman is ,_ proper term is "witch." of which the .‘ Standard Dictionary says: ,,,“The ‘ term was formerly applied to both men and women. but if. is’nowngen- ? orally restricted to Women, “5,97” ‘~ 4 “posted to Wizard!" And‘ovf “wizard" ” the some authority writes: ”One supposed to be in league with the devil; a male witch; sorcerer." ,It will he‘sccnithut one refers to . ncwomon at a "witch." and the term ' "Wilford" shodld‘ be restrict for. to: a Whore Flowers Once Bloomed. ‘ 0 sooner have we thoroughly learned the lessons that flowers are in fashion. and been assured that artificial flowers were never more exquisite or more abundantly used, than we got word from Paris that. one of the few things that can be asserted extent the fashions is that feathers are replacing flowers. Really it is rather distracting. i The bird lovers had been con- gratulating themselves over the vogue for artificial flowers, too. And some of them had even fan- . cied that the change had come as a result of heirefforts to protect the feathers creatures—«that pub lic opinion was gradually being educated, and that women were beginning to rebel at the thought . of wearing the plumage of bids as decoration for their hats and frocks. .To be sure even in Paris where the slgrette and the osprey are not protected by law. a very large amount of the feather trim- . thing is taken from rocks and os- triches who are put to no special inconvenience“ yield that plum-l age. It doesn’t kill the ostrich and the cock is on his way to'the butcher anyway. Especially is it true that the smartest dressmaker's are using feathers of various sorts to trim frocks in place of flowers. It is the old story of too great popular-' ity. Everybody began to wear artificial flowers to trim afternoon and evening frocks. so somebody began to use feathers instead. Often a bunch of attractive feath- ers will-be used at the shoulders ‘or the hip in precisely the manner that one would uiie flowers. Again they form fringe or the edging of a tunic or drapery. Duck plumage is quite smart in 'Paris. a d the breast of the duck dyed in interesting color is used to form collar or cuffs in lieu of Very smart in Paris at the present time are hats of black and white trimmed with gracefully curling cock feathers. And. this despite the fact that "everyond" is wearing flower-trimmed hats. Ostrich appears on some pf the wide-brimmed hats for summer. A black capeline perfectly plain above shows a. mu of white ostrich around the face with a long bee. and of the full white ostrich hang— tag at the right side from beneath. the crown and drooping on the shoulder. The Wide-Brimmed Hat. Has Come to Spend the Summer With Us. ’ HEN fashion changes it may do so by either of two methods. There may be a very gradual change. so gradual as to be barely perceptible. From very small hats we may go by very gradual degrees back to wide brims. ,On the other hand the whole thing may take place in one leap. From the brimiess or al- most brimless hats we have been quring recently we may leap to the hats so wide as to make‘enter- in: a telephone booth u trying pro- cedure. That was the case in the days of the ' Merry Widow but many years ago, only that hat was still brimmed—a fact which in the opinion of that period made it look all the smarter. The wide- brimmed hat that has been pre- dicted for the summer is droop- ing and languishing. Much is said new of this large hat, but remember. that .the “large" applies to the brim. not to the crown. There is metrong ten- dency to keep the crown quite close fitting, arid anything that makes for top-heaviness is avoid- ed. When the apex trimmings that were a novelty in mid-winter are' used at all they are quite close to the hat-o trifle to the side or back. But there seems to be no doubt in the minds of most ob- servers that the apex trimming. like” the fuchsia or thistle colors. was doomed by too great popu-' larify. Taking the place of these shades We find numerous lavenders and Corn-colored Milan straw with pleated band of corn laca‘ let lathe brim auditors and streams”!!! corri- colorcd ribbon,,amf black‘ Ital ”hot trimmed with red rose titd ’ . (nos not ' 7 ‘ ‘ ‘ dren's frocks. cause It can be done so rapidly.. An renew chip's» [rock trimmed with ooq feather: in com shade, violets in pastel shades. There is less of the rose and more of the blue in the blending of these new shades. And in place of the high apex trimming many of the new wide-bummed shapes of hats are trimmed with a generous cluster of flowers placed at the side of the crownmnd hanging indoiently well down to the wearer's shoul- der. And this is a far more gre- clous style than that of having the flowers bobbing about like s'roost- er's crest. Sometimes the flowers are placed on the very edge of the brim. ' . ' ‘ wise AND; crosswise As in museums 'Now HE continued vogue for wool T edibroidery is interesting and may be taken as a. sign of the times. Once’ women whilod away the time with the finest sort of em- broidery. embroidery that had to be looked at through a reading-gloss if you wanted to see its perfection. Now we have that sort of embroidery on our lingerie if we can afford it. but we do not do it ourselves. If we embroider at all we use coarser materials. that“ has recently enjoyed such I vogue was not, especially popular sort. Coarse Woolen embroidery remains a. favorite way of decorating cush- ions, bedspreads, .cuurtnins and other household things as well as chil- And we like it be- important thing. to remember In 'doing this is that you really should infect your stitches close‘together.' ‘ The effectiveness depends on an open. free stitch, which is most effective in embroidering potaled flowers, like daisies. By means of chainstiich, outline. darnlng stitch, French knots and a few other easily learned stitche I. number of different effects ca' be gained by means of wool embroidery and very effective trimming can be made for cushions, spreads. etc. The material on which the embroidery is placed should be coarse andvfairly substantial. Casement cioth‘isi‘splen- did. An interesting thing about this sort of embroidery is that it is a, splendid way of using up all ths‘ former knitting and crocheting. If a summer hobby, suggest this wool‘ embroidery. effectively it can be ”done. . A THE NEW REDS FASHION reporter speaks glibly about the "new hectic reds." .From the context, one some very brilliant, irather crude shades. of course, hadrons—is thinking of the word as applied to“ the flush in the consumptive's cheek. so named not because it is brilliant , or feverish but because it is habitual and customary. . ~.- ‘ 7 We are all apt to use the.word‘ip ‘ this sense, sometimes. The young woman'who has ,speht the morning with mliilhers wand dressmakegl usually” reports that; : she has had a “perfectly hootic time"—thoiigh, of course you try'toravoid this “if you pride yourself on this careful use of , the mother tongup. i . ‘. ‘ .’ cu 'eA'sav noes . Du Berry, rose is one of theses- son's smartest tints—Ls. feet; that: Even the tapestry work , here unless it was of the coarser \‘ odds and 'ends ,of wool left, from , young daughter of yours wants a g It is surprising how - imagines that the writer has in mind 7‘ “if . F0 AOGUB‘I’OMED THINGS Into the old poem abated mow We slip u'lin today. Take up the load and onward mm The old accustomed my. Our day of rent his come and gene; Another day, another dawn. Have called us belck 'to every mk— ~: ‘ And; yet what‘moro could mortal uk'l ‘ We find the old familiar chair. Old tools that fit the hand. . Perhaps a broom to sweep the-fair. A Windlass to be manned. . Whatever labor may be curl. If bulldinuwelfs or tending don't-s. We find old tufts our hands ro- quiro— ' And yet Whatemore could men 'destre? For, after all. accustomed things Become a part of man: The eagle lem- to love his wings. . The artisan his plan. a, , 'l'houmeoldreedfsourstowend.’ A chisel is the some old friend. . This is our desk. and this our dish-— What. more could any mortal. wish? GOD’S ALTARG Goals sltars are not all in ohurehf‘ I pity those who only search For God in His cathedrals. The? ~May stray when from Iii-fibula. they stray. Mly lose the grace they come to find Who leave both church and God behind. God has His many altars. Look For God in every tree and brook. And who can stand beside the cot Where childhood sleeps, and feel Im not? , ad has built Him many a shrine More fair than architects design. God's alters are not always stone: God's altars man has found and known In the relationships of life—- 0 son and daughter. husband. wife, ”What-is this place you call a home? One of God's altars where you come. we Winn us. A Series of Popular Quotations from Famous Authors. Selected .— Iy J. WIL80N sov' , i-v‘T'or onotman who can stand or 9 hathfsslt'ion‘neve‘r: .‘ 9 name-lofikthe' .’ , ,. prosperity. there are a. hundred that will stand adversity." 2-":luothing in nature is unbeautl- 1"! 8-_—"Merey to him that shows it is the rule." l—"Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others." 5—"! wonder men dare trust them- selves with men." II—"Nono, ever loved. but at first sight they loved.” 7-—"It, is not necessary to light a candle to the sun." l—“Sometimes virtue starves, while vice‘ is fed." . Answers 6-«8haltespeue i e—Georxe Chap- man f-Algernon Sidney ‘ 8~Aiexander Pope l—Thomsst Carlyle z—Lord Tenny- son a—Williem ~ Cooper l—Ralph Waldo Emerson -—-—---—-,-—-—~——-—-—-—----.r-* CAKES FOR SUMMER? OF COURSE Cakes, some ‘ persons think. no cold-weather desserts. Not pan- cakes. but just all sorts of: layer and drop cakes. They consider this.form of sweets a little too filling for warm weather media. , , - But cakes. if you choose the rim kinds, are really quite one of the Vmost suitable summer day' desserts. » And if you have a. few good cake recipes. you need nqrer be in s quandary as to what sort of dessert to have. $0 L... a last? I: .uu. n , on. A MCELWR m- ‘ K’” ' at :Dvfi'f evsmcss'. i 1"! . What’s In ' a Name ? Flats about your name; its, history; ‘Ifo mooning: when it was derived; Its significance; your lucky day day and lucky jewel. ISABEL TYMDLOGISTS ' claim that E Isabel is only another form of , Elizabeth, whose intricate but interesting history will be discussed later. Accepting the theory of the experts, Isabel would seem to be orived, then. through the Hebrew lechoba. much used in the time of Charismatic. It soon became Elisaba. and was shortly abbreviated to Elibeau through the wife of Charles V! of France. Another more romantic version claims that fsahel. which is trans- lated to mean "oath of Baal," orig- inated with the daughter of the Zidonian king whom we coliJezabei. She is also thought to be equivalent to Elizabeth. though she appeals to the oath of the heathen Baal, whose votsrees she is. Her name was given, with expression of hatred by the Spanish Jews to Isabel the Catholic when she permitted them to be prosecuted, and both Spain In Italy applied the epithet to Queen Elizabeth. The wife of Phlllippe‘nuguste of France was called Isabel by the French when she was brought from Hungary. a bride, and the name thus became popular in the French court." Isabelle of Angouleuse, the bethrothed of Hugues de Lusignan. whoefterwerd married King John. brought Isabelle to England. Her namesake daughter . became the wife of Friedrich If and carried Isabelle to Germany and Sicily. Spain 'adopfed it as Isabel or Ysabel, and» it was given vogue there through the marriage into Portugal of Isabel de la Pays. great- mece of Elizabeth of Hungary. But. curiously enough, Isabel was never greatly liked or used in England. though the child-queen of Richard II was so called, and many daugh- ters of fhe’Plantagenets received it in baptism. Scotland. on the other hand. favored it..calling it Isobel and label. Isabella is a form used in England and America ‘to some extent. ‘ . label‘s gem is the diamond. For her, the diamond is talisman against all harm. disease,~and sorrow. If worn upon her left arm. which is nearest the heart. it will bring her the devotion of others. Saturday is her lucky day and 2 her lucky num- ber. The daisy. signifying ‘inno- cence, is her shower. " mum iflIltiiilll news . ,‘itodsy ~ '1' HE topaz is today's lucky T stone; If setifn gold. it was 5 believed by "the ancients to bringits mutant good fortune and~ financisligain, and .to protect him from‘the" envy of others. If he wore It on the left arm. he “Quid honors from all evil. according to them. - “ ' ' Thediamond is the natal stone of urn on somdannivemry of 'IL‘protects them from d..em‘blemetic‘ of inno— i reserves the innocence of the ancients are to he . altshades of red are. , telly for those who are! -. Tintet‘ssted "in promoting some new . venture ”is red a fortunate “color .4" city " newer3 is the, ”rod ‘imaternal commands and urgings . : The fact was that he had fallen in , love‘ with Ruth Dumber. Ruth ‘was ' wuntil one day whén she gave him ‘ them. The runabout: SHORT .S‘TORY Mrs. St. John 0065 Hunting B)! H. IRVI HERE are certain people who may be said to belong'- to the “Have-to" class. They are in- vited everywhere. Not because they are witty or wealthy; or especially well-bred. or especially agreeable, or especially anything else:. but be- cause a hostess. in making up her invitation list or a. social function. after inviting it: people she really wants, says, "An , oh! we will have to invite the So-ahd-Sos." Just why it would be difficult to sey‘: but the fact. remains: and once having got into the “Have-to" class you 'must come some rather .violont society crapper to be eliminated from it. Just now Mrs. Wallace St. John was out hunting for a suitable “to for her son Norman. and doing it with the subtle ferocity of the female of the species‘when seek- in: sustenance for her young. .Mrs. St. John’s rank as 9. "Have- to" save her widespread and well- stocked hunting-grounds. entrance to which is denied to‘ the ordinary mother. All normal mothers have a like bent with Mrs. St. John~but few have her opportunities. 80 don’t: blame .her. The estimable lady. fixed upon Marian Leeds andbybil Warner as legitimate and desirable objects of prey—she would give Norman a choice. "And she had chosen well. Both girls had beauty, and wealth; and an abundance of other good quell- tiss. Also—«an important «point—- they were both rather fond of Nor- man. There was no reason why they shouldn't\be——Norman was all right except .that he had been so long dominated by his mother that he scarcely 'dared say his soul was his own. Maybe if Norman had been possessed of the predatory nature of his fond mamma he would have proposed to one of these girls and been accepted. Perhaps! A saving clause—for who can tell when a. young lady is going to say Yes; and when she is going to say No? Not even the girl herself, ha]. the time, until the crucial moment arrives. Be that as it may. Norman did not propose to either of his’mother's selected victims. He parried the with a skill you would not have given him credit foe—knowing him' and how he had been brought up. rather pretty. in a langou'rou‘s Southern way,‘ and extremely good- hoarted. Norman did not have the courage to tell his .mothcr of his having fallen in love with Ruth the third degree. . “What?" she cried when an extra turn of the thunibscrews had elicited ‘ a confession from the young man. “You marry Ruth Dunbar? ’Iiow ' much money do you suppose your father left? Practically: nothing. How much do you supose you will have when I die‘.’ ’Agaln nothing. 7 -I am living'on aniannuity—whlch‘l ‘ ‘ have shared with‘ you—ungrateful boy!‘ Here you have two fortunes thrown ‘at your. head and you re-‘ , fuse to accept either one of' them. Ruth Dunbar belongs to the beta“ . Those Southerners were. all right in theseventies and ‘ early eighties—society. needed them“ , then. , For here, in New York, we : were. I regret to saywe. trifle crude . and they brought in it. sort of old " family flavor which. was ‘quite the 7 the Wah' class. thing. But bless «you. they none of them had any money-gnu- have Lgot . any since. We used themmfvoourse. ’ 1 in society—and .:the N0 KING. of the question. Ruth. probably. has some tumbled down plantation in Georgia which in this section of the‘ country would be classed as an abandoned farm. Let me hear no more of this nonsense." The irate Mrs. St. John ordered her car and drove to the house of that Alice Van Deerling. of whom Ruth Dunbar was a guest. Foiled at one end of the line she would attack in force at the other end. This Miss Dunbar should hear some plain truths. Ruth was seated at a desk clut- . tered with papers. To her advanced Mrs. St. John. stern. uncompromising, on the war- path. , “Excuse my having you sent up here." said Ruth, “but you see I am so busy. We business women should not take such long vacations. I am away behind with my work.” “Whatl is your work?" sneered. Mrs. St. John. “Stenography?” "Not now," replied Ruth. entirely oblivious of the intended sarcasm. “I did stenography in Atlanta once, and did well at it. But when the mills were built on the plantation father left me I he ”to devote all my, time to them. To e vice-president [and principal. stockholder in, the North Georgia Textile, Inc.. is no easy job,‘Mrs. st. 'John." “The North Georgia Textile! Whew! \W‘hy the girl's rich." thought Mrs. St. John. The matron’s brow relaxed. Sunshine came fleet- ing across it and drove away the clouds. In a most melifilous voice the good lady said: “My dear-Ruth —-I must call you.so———I embers as mbassadress from my son. who hopes you will not look too unkindiy upon the suit he is about to make you.” 1 “Norman?" laughed Ruth. "Oh. no; send him along. I reckon we can do business.“ From house to'houee of the select wentthst day the little car of Mrs. Wallace St. Johh. And this is, what she_said at. all of'themz' "Do you know Norman is going to wmarry Ruth Dunbar; Aren't these South- erners wonderful! Such breeding. you know. Blood. will tell." a IliEiiliiit unions: new" ' 9
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