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BuSinesgs‘World ~
lieu BEING MADE TO HALT
- SUMMER, SLUMP iN RADIO
Manufacturers and Dealers Working Out
Plans to Stimulate Business and Declare
So Far They Have Succeeded—Price Cuts
‘Add to Sales—Better Music
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' or J. 3. north
Special Correspondent
Of The Evening 1%" utinci
(Copyright. 191:6.)
NEW YORK. .iuno li—Manufact-
making a
summer
Una
lending
manufacturing concern declared to-
the
business
above
that of 19:4 that tho ~\ear promises
one. it
for
the last quarter come up to expec-
urers and dI-ali-rs arr.
strong light against the,
slump in the radio industry.
of the executives of a
day that. there was no doubt
slump was here but that
this year had teen so far
to be a most. satisfactOry
seems sure to be if the soles
rations.
The brief lifetime of this
industry has always been
has
summer mohtbs. ’l'his
atmospheric conditions but
in: and receiving instruments.
ecutives of the larger
and alt-road for something
will serve to spur interest.
In the case of many radio fans.
distant
'J‘hey
clear
at
the thrill of tithing in on
stations has begun to pail.
are b'etter‘satistied to get a
and enjoyable program close
hand. The wire hook tips which
make possible clcar distribution of
a. single program over .3 wide area
have helped meet this demand btit
there is every reason to believe that
many radio set ouncrs..pre becom-
ing disappointed with the make up
and quality of present «Mr pro-
grams.
The radio: programs. as one radio
enthusiast put it today, are in the
“semi pro" stage and the patrons
are beginning to demand "biz league
ball." Music lovers with a. thorough
grounding in the classics are be-
ginning to resent constant repeti-
tion of well known compositions by
performers of compal‘aiiicly little
reputation.
There is one popular country
club near New York where they
have become, so accustomed to all-
nouncements of selections from the
older composers that pools are sold
at a certain time in the. afternoon
on the new composer in be an~
pounced with .‘lumrt, Rill'lt‘lislf‘ill.
Wasn't and Brahms always favor-
ites and the. youliucr composers
lumped iii the "firm.“ Iii-tn talen-
ted musicians admit that “cham-
ber" ,music can have, but a limited
app-si but in the past sprint; its.
tea. a have been ire/lied not only
to Chaml'or lilu-lc lilit "room" mil-
sic. and some talk lauEliintzly of the
advent of “closet" music. soon.
’!
infant
marked
by a. falling‘ off in sales during the
been
due somewhat to moterological and
these
have been overcome to a great ex-
tent, by improvements in broadcast-
Ex-
companies
are now seeking earnestly both here
which
but there have been few such
ports substantiated. Some of
concerns controlling scrvices
for
their programs
tinued
summer.
present manufacturing and
chandisitig concerns is growing.
Just what returns this outlay
magnitude.
company
stars of tile first
big iroadcasting'
direct sales appeals and that
advertiser must be content'
iisitig.
gas and electricity used in
state by public utility corporations.
The increase in the use of gas and
electric current can undoubtedly be.
attributed to the influence of radio.
The New York housewife as a re-
sult of rldio spends more time at
home and docs more cooking than
formerly. The family also spends
more ewllnxs at home and uses
the, electric lights to a later hour
than lll years past.
The rtduction in the prices of re-
ceiving sets has undoubtedly stimu~
iated sales to a. considerable. extent.
but those reductions also have
aroused considerable antagonism
among those who now see sets
which cost them from 8100 to $126
selling at one third that sum. The
majority realize that these reduc-
tions have come. as a. result 01' vol-
ume production bllt many are hesi-
tatlng over buying new sets until
prices and production shall have
stabilized still further.
Mr. Beck's 94 Appearances.
(Washington Letter.)
In four years he handled nearly
1.000 cases for the Government and
personally argued M of the most im-
portant oncn. Chief Justice Taft
took occasion on Mr. Beck's last. ap~
'pearance before. ti. Supreme Court
as Soil. itor General to cxpress from
the bench the regret of that tribunal
at his retirement.
Wanted: A Little More Calamity.
(Butler. Kan.. Democrat.)
Two more cyclones and a cloud-
l'iurst. will make the Kansas wheat
crop and the. Sunflower
again be. rolling in wealth.
State will
There have been repeated rumors of
engagement of world famous artists
to bolster up the summer programs.
re-
the
of
highly paid performers have discon-
. the
The practise of having artists re-
mer-
h‘o
far it has been impOsslble to learn
for
8d\'Pl'llNlllK is bringing to the firms
involved but the performers so en-
gaged thus far have not included
One
which
has conducted an extensive canvass
declares that radio listeners resent .
the
with
"institutional" publicity and adver-
None the less. radio has become
a power in the home. This is shown
conclusively b yan analysis of the
this
.Qplomloi the some name;
?
hirrflérnahdo.de’soto, (vile of the American consul trivially:5
II who now is visiting in Washington with her husband, is called
0 prettiest consular wife."« Her husband is a descendant of the
By ROBERT T. SMALL
Special Correspondent of
The Evening Sentinel.
(Copyright, 1925.)
WASHINGTON, June
Cabinet.
signing before his present.
0310. can 88 Y-
to get hcr husband out
8.—“'ord
has come to Washington that Sec-
retary of War John \i’ingate Weeks
merely is awaiting his convalesccncc
before formally rcslgning from the
Mr. Weeks was not in good
health and was contemplating re-
break-
down came.-some twb months ago.
How lnuch longer it will be before
he will be fully restorcd to health no
Mrs. “‘ccks was extremely anxious
of Office.
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SECTY. WEEKS T0 RESIGN FROM
_ CABINET AS SOON AS HE ‘
BEGINS TO'. CONVALESCE;
Mrs. Weeks Anxious for Some Time to Hav
Him Relinquish Official Duties—President
. Made Him Remain Because Hughes Was
Leaving—His Career
and was in favorcf his quitting‘as
the new Coolidgn term began. The
President “as rather insistent. how-
cver. that Mr. \i'ccks remain. be-
cause Secretary Hughes was louv-
ing the. Cabinet March «1 and there
was desire. to avoid anything look-
ing like all exodus from the millilit-
istratlon. That the Secretary of
War, wcalltncd by u thrombosis and
scveral minor operations. could ever
think of rcsutiling his arduous taks
here ill i'i'aslliligaon. had been out of
the question for some time.
John Weeks always has hccn pop-
ular in the capital. however, and his
passinlz from official llfo- is gciicl'ally
regretted in every branch of the.
tiovcrhnieiit. cxecutivc. legulativc
and Judicial it" has been a mem~
[101' of two lirauches-«lcgislaiilc and
excciiti'.'c~——atiil. if he lied Mllflicd
law. probably would have attained
to all time.
A: it was. llfiivl‘l'fil‘.‘ John \i'ccks
was educated to b”. it soldier. or rath-
er a sailor. fOr ho is a graduate of
the Naval Acndcllly at Annapolis. It
was l‘illhf‘l' nn ~lronciad turn of tale
that made Mr. Wot-ks Secretary of
War. railicr than Sct'l’ctat'y of the.
Navy, But. when l‘i'csidctlt lltlrd-
lug clinic to the portfolios of War
and Navy. he found himself eml-tlr-
rassed “Illi sailor riches. 'l‘hcre was
John \‘i'crxhs. graduate of Annapolis.
who had scrvcd -in the Ntny and.
afterward. had takrn a hccli inter-
'P‘st in tho naval militia: and there
was "Dig lu‘d" Dcnby, who had been
a "Devil ling" of a marine in the
World War. .loliii \l'cr‘ks. being
\crsntllo and fitted for either task.
has sliil‘tt‘d. at his own rcqucst. to
the licallship of the Army.
After Secretary Denby came. the
prcsclit Secretary of tho .\'a\y. Mr.
il’ilbllr of_Los Angeles, also a grad-
Lualr- of Annapolis. and thus for the
first 'tilnc in history. there. are two
cx-inidshiplncn included in a Presl-
dent's official family at one and the
same time.
While naturally he looks back
upon all of his public service. with a
good deal of pridc. John Weeks is
proudest of all of the fact that at
the. Republican National t‘onvention
in 1916 he. received 105 votes for‘the
presidential nomination. lie repeat.
cdiy has calicd attention to the fact
that this support for the highest
honors of his party came from twen-
ty-flve. Statcs of the Union. It was
not. just a favorite son proposition.
The. 105 votes made Mr. Works the
runner—up to Charles Evans Hughes.
defeated at the cnsuing election.
Most of Mr. Weeks' friends have
drawn the conclusion that the pre-
sent Secretary of War entertained
the idea that if he had won the nom-
inatton he might have avoided some
of the mistakes which made for the
defeat of his party's ticket. For Mr.
Weeks is a. quiet. bllt smooth politi-
cal wogker. And why shouldn't he.
be? He was brought up in the.
school of the "Pussyfoot" Murray
Crime of Massachusetts. and it was
eminently fitting that upon the re-
tirement of Senator Crane. John
Weeks should succeedhim in the
"millionaire's club" of the Congress.
In passing.“ may be stated that
Mr. Weeks is one of the richest men
in the Cabinet. iFor a great many
years he was junior member of the,
firm of Hornblower a Weeks, Bos-
ton bankers and brokers. and there
amassed a fortune. During four
terms in the House of Representa-
tives Mr. Weeks retained his mem-
bership in the firm. but." retired lust
- before his entrance into the Senate
in 1913. .
Graduating from.the Naval Acad-
emy in 1881 Mr. Weeks. with many
other members of his class. resigned
after making the usual two yours'
Wain-numbiamm' mm mm».
. . “Where?”
cHAPrsa ya i
" Leo lay awake contrasting this
reunion with the last at Bade.
Then. sheer inconsequent happiness
had been the keynote. Tonight an
unexpected note of poignant pain
that! frustrated all attempts at the
«old light harmony of intercourse.
[The moment of meeting for which
‘lh. had longed had proved well-
~nigh unbearable by a subtle. mys-
terious element of tragedy permeab-
ting the joy. Yet. outwardly, noth-
iing had changed. With the same
free. almost childlike simplicity,
they had met and kissed. The past
.ltad raised no. barrier. None of
the passion she had once encoun-
tered showed in Vai's face or im-
pregnated his actions. None of
that which only Harry inspired had
been evident in her own heart.
Lee was not. given to self-
.analyais. She was vaguely con-
‘Iclous of their one-time careless.
inflectionate camaraderie having do
ivsloped into a friendship contain:
ling a curious element-one that .
lavas subtly sacred. It had reached
:a plane that even her idealism had
Inever embraced. Yet below this
[exaltatiou lay that other mysteri-
fous element of tragedy. . . .
: She fell asleep at last, and did
that awake until the chambertnaid
lcallod her next morning.
.i Directly after breakfast Yal sp-
?pea.red. He bounded across the
hall to the lift and almost dragged
liter out.
“Quick!“ he cried. “Don‘t ask
iquestious. . . . Jump into this taxi.
.We shall just catch it." '
“What?"
' “The train.“ '
l Laughing weaklyfshe found her-
.aelf hurled down the steps into the
waiting car.
“Waterloo. Like hell!" Val cried
graphically to the porter. and filing
ihimself down on the seat. “Good
egg! We shall do it."
began Leo breath-
lauly.
. “Nowhere. You don't want facts?
.I have a beautiful plan. We are
,eloplng for the day. D'you mind?”
“No. I love it." She caught his
little sidelong glance. and the warm
familiarity of his presence whirled
her back to the old rapturous free-
dom. "Love iti" she cried attain.
“Isn't it all—isn't it just—glori-
bus?"
Val tossed his cap to the roof
and caught it again. In homespun
jacket and knickerbockcrs. his long
limbs recalled vividly the wander-
'tng days in Switzerland. Leo
flicked his knee. “Don't mention
insures. But tell me the beautiful
plan for our clopemeht."
He leaned back and ticked off
one finger after another. “We go
by train to a—place. Then we bus
to another-wince. There we are
disgorged upon gorse bushes.-——Will
they be in flower, d‘you know?-
We then wander along sandy paths
or we sit on the gorse. Or we
roll on heather—I suppose there's
no chance of that flowering just for
today? No? . . . Oh.well, there’ll
be larks and rabbits and things.
. . . Or we float on the waters of
a certain pond—"
“Sounds suspiciously like Sur~
ray."
“ of really? love! What brain!
What acumen! hi you knapsack
I have a 'loaf of bread. a flask of
wine, and thou.’ " _
“I’m not in the knapsack.”
“Never mind. The last line says
something about 'Paradise enow,’
and that's the point.”
“Yes." Leo remarked. with s sud
den rash of feeling that subtly
vibrated in the simple word.
For a moment some of the light
faded from the man‘s face, and he
gazed away-through the window at
the passing traffic.
“Yes . . ." he echoed rather ab-
aently. “Yes.”
Then he turned back with a little
laugh. “Whatever we do or leave
undone. we must arrive at a CEF
taln place at a certain hour, where
the bus will again remove as to
another place. Then a train will
elect us at Waterloo in time for
'Midlr‘ to arrive at the psycho-
logical moineut. It would be awk-
ward if he didn't turn up. I won-
der what would happen 2"
"I suppose 'Etain' would stay
with the King."
"I don't. I think she would find
her own way back. She couldn't
help it because it _is-—-really~—her
home, you see. Well—where was
I! . . . Oh. yesl After the
opera. we'll have a terrific supper
together. Then I'll divorce you.
pro tent. Tomorrow we'll have an-
other shorter flutter."
'You're singing tomorrow night.
he)?"
Naval-fly. After that I'm hav-
ing a short holiday before a. new
contract begins: Here's‘the stsi- .
def—he glanced “his watch—
‘dlree minutes. You scoot of! for
the tickets while I pay the driver.
Take my nurse."
“Idiot! You want money for pay-
tng him. don‘t you?" '
“Oil! I believe so.
note—v”
But Leo bad sprung out and dis-
appeared. Within a moment, how-
ever. she come running back.
“Vail You fatheadi I don't
know the name of the plans.”
“Obi anywhere. . . . Here.. . .
I'm coming." Throwing a note into
the driver's hands he dashed off.
forgetful of change, Leo in hot
pursuit.
They fell into the last carriage
lust as the train moved off. It
was a third, and very crowded.
“I don't care!" Leo assured him.
"I wouldn't mind the luggage-van.
I‘m tired of iirsbciass life!"
The majority of the other occu-
pants were Tommies traveling to
Aidershot. Within ten minutes
Take this
"lt’a...mywlfe...s...a
petition for . . . divorce."
Val had them all neck-deep in mu-
tual war reminiscences. The car-
riage remanded with shouts of
laughter. Their stories became so
alarming that. an elderly lady got
out at the first stop, and another
allghtcd at the next. after hearing
Val gUbly assure the men that
Lee was not his wife—they had
merely sloped. . . . .
“Love is 3—13 a strange force.
Val."
They had returned to her hotel.
and were seated in the lounge over
a final cigarette when Leo's hand
struck against. a budget of papers
and envelopes partly protruding
from his overcoat pocket. She
pulled them further out.
“What. are these stuffy-looking
things?”
"Oh. the post. I'm dashed!”
With a laugh. be dragged forth the
bundle. “No time to read them at
my rooms. so took them along.
Hello! Now how the devil did
that. get among them? I'd com-
pletely forgotten about that.“
“What is—that?" She glanced at
the long envelope he was fingering.
and wrinkled up her nose. “Looks
legalish."
“I believe it is. A writ or some
thing.”
“A writ? 0h. Val. do read it. Is
it for an unpaid bill?" ‘
“Quite possibly.” Frowuing in
whimsical bewilderment he drew
out some folded sheets of paper.
“A fellow brought it to the theatre
just when I was going on the stage.
I remember now. He said he'd
been chasing the all day. and I told
him to chase on to the devil. Then
a—what the—what " .
He broke off, leaning suddenly
forward and clutching the sheet
spasmodically. Leo's attention was
claimed at that moment by the
waiter’s approach with their drinks.
When the finan had gone she turned
from the tray to the figure beside
her on the couch, and the light
words she was about to speak died
muttered on her lips. For he was
still leaning forward, clutching the
sheets of paper. devouring the
words as if they were some noi-
some poison, and his face looked
unusually pale, strangely tense.
"What is it, val?"
He turned slowly. His breath
came in little gasps. In his eyes
was the bewildered expression of a
child seized in the midst of play
slid roughly chastised.
“Val! what is it?” she cried
Main. catching his arm.
“It's...it's..." ,AHe was gazing
at her. and seemed scarcely to
comprehend what his lips tried
Jet-Bu to formulate. "It’s...my
wife....a'....a petition for....dl-
vorce.‘ ‘
f'Divorosf' She gasped the pa-
pers be allowed to slip from his
fingers. “But..2but howi.'.. What
grounds? What’s this—citation?"
"Our time in Switzerland....
You and me.... Leo....you...‘
you and me'... ‘
:old
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“It will mean freedom.... Your
freedom." .
They were the first coherent
words she uttered. It was the first
coherent thought her mind grasped
after the dazed bewilderment had
passed. ‘
“F‘reedom...." A voice whose
harshness caused it to sound like:
words. -
Leo glanced round the lounge. A
few yards array. on her left. the.
same bald-headed man sat talking
to a stout woman at a small table.
The same merry unmet of boys
and girls were discussing a revue»
tn high-pitched voices, from a nook;
on her right. The same couple-w
obviously newly wed—were talking .
together in low voices in her direct ;
line of vision. She hall'seen these.
people' years ago it seem d. and
they had mmained in on \lly the
same attitude while. she lived a
llfodme... .Nobody‘ appeared to
notice anything extraordinary
about .Val or herself. This struck
her as rather funny. Another
thing was funny. Both their
glasses were empty....But she re-
membered the waiter bringing
them in full. She looked at \‘al.
He sat. perfectly motionless, star-
ing at. the floor. She touched his
am.
“There is a little writing-room
just here—generally empty. We
can talk. Come, Val.”
Movement more effectually re-
mand-the clouds of shock from
their brains. And. with the click
of the latch closing the writing-
rowl door another coherent
thought struck with fiery hand the
first one away.
“Harry!”
The cry burst from her lips.
This time it was she who stared
unseelngly. before her. eyes dilated.
"Harry!” her lips muttered
again... “What can I do...He will
never ' understand...h'ever be
lieve."
Val was at her side in a moment.
kneeling on the fioor, his arm
around her. "He will understand
...he shall understand Leo. you
don't. suppose I would accept. free
dom lit—at. such a cost? You don't
think—that of me ?" ,
“Why? what would you do?‘
“Fight the thing tooth and nail—~
if there's no other way of quashing
ii. Why should it affect his be-
lief? He understands all about our
—our friendship." ‘
“All. Val!" She hid her eyes
with her hand? "He does not——
that's the point—~—"
“Not!” Val started to his feet.
By no word or sign had Leo ever
shown him this trouble that sat so
heavily on her heart.
“He knew nothing about it until,
Mrs. Blake—Sarah—came to Wil-
lerton and started a scandal." ‘
"litre. Blake! Scandal...I...
Good God. Leo! What have you
been hiding? What have you been
—been suffering all alone?” He
threw himself down again beside
her. “Tell me....Tell me at once.
.. . .Everything.".'. .
And 'Ill hands clasped in his
she recounted the events of the past
weeks. "i couldn't tell you be-
fore," she {altered at the end. “Ii:
--dt seemed to taint.... it was
mud, and everything) was so beau.
tiinl....But now-..\’ai! Val!"—
she freed her hands and caught his
shoulders—"they will drag you
down now into the mud. You...
you....0h! I can't bear it—Isu't
there a way out? Show it to me
again—the citation"...
He threw his arms around her.
“Leo, there need be no barriers
between us, need there. now?
You know you have my love, don‘t
you? It has done you more harm '
than good. . . . But perhaps.
some day. We are sure of each
other, as we said this morning.
. . . I will make your husband be;
lieve. I will go to him—-" .
“No! not for the world!" She
drew back in fear. “You don't
understand Harry, as I‘do." I
"Do you?” ‘
She passed the question over.
"I must talk to him first. When:
he returns from Paris. he may feel.
differently. I may be able to
make him listen without mistrust";
'I could do that better than you,’
Leo. Don't-you see? I must meet‘
him. dear. This is my———" .
The next day Leo returned to
Willerton at Val‘s insistence. His
inconsequeuce had merged
into a tenderness that was both
pathetic and attractive. This
love of his, which 'once had as
sumed menacing forms. became
an increasing precious possession.‘
to be held closely, reverently.
She had wished to remain within
its warmth; to stay in London
until Harry returned. But Val's
air of terrific responsibility over-
bore argument. ‘
"Rash. Much too rash! I have
to guard youf every step how, or
. . . VWe mustn't. risk anything
more. Get under your husband's
roof. for heaven's sake! I dare
scarcely speak above a whisper.
" .
(To Be Continued)~
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r‘eal Job after that was as assistant
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