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are who try to sell you "boot-
leg" tubes, fake condensers and
coils—are gradually disappearing as
the number of reliable firms in-
creases. ‘ .
Recently police officials of New-
ark. N, J.. co-operaling with special
investigators of the Radio Corpora-
tion of America. made arrests which
they say will break up one of the
most extensive bootlegging rings in
the country. engaged in producing
imitation tubes. The arrests were
made in connection with thefts of
thoriated tungsten wire from the
. General Electric Company in lint-ri-
ecn, N. J.. and the Westinghouse
Lamp Works in Bloomfield. N. J.
This wire—nine times finer than
human hair—dc the,hcart or the
radio tube. without which it cannot
operate. A spool containing 1,000
yards of the wire is little larger
than a spool of thread. yet it con-
tains enough wire for the filaments
of 18,000 tubes. Reports indicate
that the losses from ‘the General
Electric and Westinghouse plants
amount to about 3,000 yards of the
filament.
THE radio "gyps"-—those cheat-
A new type of tube that can be
operated directly from an electric
light socket is reported to be in the
process of development. Whether
the house lighting circuit uses direct
unalternating current. no supple-
mentary devices will be required. it
is said. yet the noises usually en-
coun cred whenever attempts have
been ads to use house current will
be eliminated. The heating element
or filament. it is stated further, can
be renewed at small cost.
It ssuch a tube as this actually
. proves to be successful it will mean.
of course. that ”A" batteries can be
eliminated entirely,
in his interesting experiments
with radio vision and radio photog-
raphy, the Wuhinston inventor. C.
Francis Jenkins, apparently is meet-
ing with some didlculty in the form
of protests from radio fans. who so
his experiments interfere with their
reception.
While sending some radio letters
from the Naval Station at Bellsvue.
D. C., in the early evening not long
ago, he receivedva number of com-
plaints from indignant fans who ob-
,iooted to queer noises sent out by
his transmitter. These noises, they
reported. sounded like a generator
with a flat wheel. .
Reports from Washington, state
that it may be necessary to give
Jenkins a separate wavelength On
‘which to continue his experiments.
"ms mono PRIMIR
One Daily Fact for Listeners
The “Push-Pull" Transformer.
'When the "push—Dull" amplifying
system is employed to eliminate dis-
tortion. a special transformer is
necessary to connect the two tubes
in the last stage. ,
The primary of this transformer
H is just the same as that of a stand-
ard audio amplifying transformer.
but the secondary has twice as
many turns and is tapped at the
center. In cilcct. the result is two
audio transformer secondary wind-
up: inlncd in My!” The center
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Another special transformer .is
used to connect the plates ot“ ”'0
tubes with the loudspeaker. in this
transformer the primary has more
windings than the ordinary audio
transformer. it also is tapped at
the center. The positive "B" hai-
tery terminal is connected with thr
ccntcr tap and one plate with corn
end of the primary. The loudspeaker
is connected with the secondary.
W HY ?
DOES I BAROMETER FORETELL
THE WEATHER?
as the "lvnrnlncicr" is rcully
nothing more than n delicate
bit of mechanism which registers
changes in the pressurc of the air
which, normally at sou level, is
about 14 or 15 pounds to the square
inch or approximately a ton to the
square foot, decreasing gradually in
d rect proportion to the altitude.
henthe pressure of the cnvclopc
of air which surrounds the earth is
normal, the barometer, at am level.
indicates 30. which is, of coursc, an
entirely arbitrary mark, Just as
“degrees" on a thermometer are
arbitrary. But the barometer "falls"
or “rises"—the needle indicating a
lesser or greater pressure—accord
ing to the change in this pressure
of the air.
A "falling" barometer. therefore,
is a pretty ‘certain indication of
stormy weather. for storms are
nothing more than disturbances of
the atmosphere which come as the
result of a hollow or dent in the air-
envslopo. Just as a wave of water
is usually preceded and followed by
a depression or valley. there is gon-
erally a “hill" or high-pressure urea
in front of and behind these low-
pressurs storm centers and the ten-
dency of nature toward equalization
THE instrument which we know
i is such that a rising barometer,
provided the rise is sudden and ab-
normal, will frequently indicate a
storm which may be some distance
away and which will not arrive
until after the barometer needle has
dropped below the avenge figure.
A inning barometer, therefore.
usually indicates snow or rain. sc-
oordlng to the. season. while one
that is normal or rising shows that
the weather will probably be mu-
until some further change is indi—
cated—for the "shadow" of a storm
is apparent in the air pressure
sometime before the actual disturb-
ance makes its appearance.
PARAGRAPHS FOR THE
LAUNDREBS '
To add a little stiffening when
washing, and ironing silks dinoivs
powdered gum arable in warm water
for rinsing. in the proportion of one
teaspoon to one quart of water. it
should be strained before using. It
makes silk look new.
0 O I
Borax dissolved in water makes
an excellent stiffen: at in laundering
small pieces of voile and linen.
0 I 0
it i.- nnt necessary to have special
" . ""rrl‘rc" Search for use on hrnwn
fabrics as orll‘narv starch
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'me." up inn: the whales fill-land in\ .m the rrnth snap if n
plied to the gr.d are opposite in
phase. the distortions are cancelled.
turns blue at once the soup is es-
cossively alkaline.
THE lllllllll [Alli illllllSS THE WAY
moods of nliornntu
The young lady across the V: on
she supposes S alrespem would hovel“:
history if he hadn't written a, this; buthust.
lino WRlllE THIS?
J. WILSON ROY
1—”To speak and to offend. with
some people. are but one and
the some thing."
2—"Notbing is more hopeless than
u scheme of men-intent;
.‘i«-“Sce that you come i
Net to woo honor. but to wed
‘L"
i—"The philosophy of one century
is the common sense of the
next."
5-—"Jealousy, at any rate. is one of
the consequences of love; you
may like it or not.- at pleasure;
but there it is."
G'Esrth produces nothing worse
than an ungrateful man.”
——-"l\lany can argue, not many can
converse."
8~"All the pursuits hf men are the
pursuits of women also. and in
all or them a woman is only a
weaker man. - »-
ANSWERS
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WIRE
The manufacture of wire started
' when ancient craftsmen discovered
that gold could be beaten into long
strips without breaking. For many
years this practice continued. till
some unknown genius conceived the
idea of drawing the metal through
various-sized holes. Wire-drawing
was practiced in Germany as early
as the fourteenth century. Machine-
drawn wire was first produced in
England in 1865.
DIAMONDS ON SATURDAY
if you believe in the luckof wear-
ing ccrtafn stoncs on certain 6.7!
If the week or Just like the idol
m :‘n; owing :hc old superstition eVon
. though you are above believing'it.
ll'l'ii you must wear nothing but
dnmumls‘ on Saturday.
The diamond. of course. is the
most valuable of all precious stones.
For ages it has stood for just that
——inr supremacy of worth.
““ “when are you (do. to
. Invest" Edith asked with
‘ ' her usual thoushusu direct-
nus.
' m blushed and stood M
The girls moped around and bu
th‘muumont. They had been
W‘ about their plans for the
"It's his dance that the girls of the
commituuaily gave.
Moist. knew iust what was in
thinninds. and for once her lull-ll!
mild.:shy.spirit rebelled. some at '
than litiad‘hor because she seemed
wherwithout a real friend among
the on: others found in her atti-
tudes scum of fun.
”Oil. '1 will have someone. don’t
room!" "she said with a quick _
toss'othsr head.
«panic Ethel's bold eyes, look,
ENTAN
"r ouroso imp
on scrotum: and than widened. ' '
withi’s‘uddah discovery. “Oh. I ass—x ‘.
1 seal“ .‘lo‘that’s why you don’t like
asylum in the men—you're n-
ma» someone. Well. you its"
kept it a socrstl What do you know ‘ "
about that!" . .
Sweets" were the triumphs of
that nimhont. later on. in her room
liaisio became asaln her own shy.
discontent. . ‘ ‘
”WhLJVhy did I say that-dim
‘ it lsn't,trua;vand now, new. I simply
if Dick had.-
mlaliimrlte lOmebodY.
only—r" Then her dreams began.
hat summer, in the little country
village where she had stolen away
for her two weeks’ vacation. show
that Richard 'Belies. He was the
only nun h whom she had ever
felt entirely at ease; and she could
recall. it seemed to her. every mo-
ment of their good times together.
At the end she knew she loved him,
and the gentleness in his eyes when
he looked at her had seemed to tell
her that he loved her. But he had
gone without speaking:-
She made up her mind to invite
him to the good lilnc. She would
tell the girls that nhu had been fool-
ing when she let them believe she
was engaged.
As the days wont by before his .
letter arrived. slid said nothing to
the girls. hutlug to spoil the sweet-
ness of their buddt‘n change of nlti~
tudo toward her. She hoped that ho
wouldn‘t come-«ind then she hoped
he- would.
The lc~ter. however, told her that
he would be able in get away in
time for the evening.
She lived the rest of the week in
happiness and
despair.
the girls: sho limi lot the rumor go
too for: and finally she made up
her mind to lump still.
only. .
they want out to the taxi that Dick
bad called. He banded her in and
then sat down beside her.
”km 1 engaged to'you. Ifsisisl"
cheated.
She did not catch his tons of voice
but buried her face against his coat
—and then she explained.
"Last summer." he said after a
moment, "I was recovering from a
bad illness and had no Job in View.
I .couldn't tell you than what I
wanted to. but I made up my mind
that if I got my health back and i
good position. l'd see you. i was
planning to when your letter cams."
She sat up rigidly. “Dick. you
mean—you—you———-"
The great hope and as great fear
in her voice made him turn. He
looked into her‘ eyes. then caught
llcr to him.
“I mean just this, sweetheart!" he
said. and he kissed her. “I am glad
you engaged me to you!"
th simply could not bring'
herself to tell the true situation to.
Dick wouldl
not discover ihc truth anyway. forj
he was to be llmrc for tho eveningi
lyrics of Life
'DOUGLAS
HEART TROUBLE
A doctor of divinity
And uny‘othcr doc
Wh’én he mmp she W“... in her Arc much alike, it seems to nae-
room. and one of the hills rushed
Each has his patient flock;
in. "Oh. midget, he's h"... and he's And oftentimes it's hurdtn .teli
handsome as thvy mulrc 'cm. (ice. I
guess I'll malt» eyes at him mysclt'!"
Maisic fairly il'Ofllh‘nl as she
hurried into her simple cl’l‘uing
Which doctor bus the art
To step the flutter. cure as well
» The paipitnting heart.
frock. but as she neared the door of If COMB "mki‘fi l'ou pulpitntc,
tilt. room that served the girls as a
reception-room. the old
came. over her. and though she was
cxcitcmnnt within. she was out—
wardly much contained as she
stepped into the room.
He rose with u my and clad
greeting on his lips. She was aston-
ished at his appearance. lin had
bccn thin and gaunt when she know
him and not very prosperous look-
ing,
“Maisic. I sure am glad to see
you!" he told her. “And it was
mighty good of you to invite me."
"It's good to see you, too. Dick."
she said quietly.
When she entered the dance hall
with him, she was aware that inter-
ested eyes were turned toward them.
She was shyly proud of him. and
she was not surprised at the inter-
est. in her happiness in being with
- him. the memory of the wrong im-
pression she had given had faded.
coolness!
Tobacco bothers you,
Thou see the doc before too late
And get a pill or two.
But if your heart is all awhirl
Upon another plan.
in other words. if it's a girl.
Then one the preacher man.
The pill the doctor gave you run
Not do a bit of good. ‘
Because the doctor. anyway,
He only hoped it would.
The prcachcr may your hands units
And cure the ills you've got.
Ah. yes. may make the matter right.
And, then again. may not.
A doctor of divinity
And any other man
Are much alike, it seems to me:
Each does the best he can.
Remember. when a wife you win.
This short and simple verse:
You take a wife, like medicine.
For better or for worse.
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' And like a silly baby,
he's boo-booing;
Can't he see I've got ‘l here? -.
He'd not heed to shed a teat.
if he'd pay a little heed lo-wliat l'ln doing.
Find three other cry-babies.
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West lndlan botanist In ih
esnth century. mic. Will
be regarded as am ‘ ran
"Creole" was, considered quits
propriats. Many of the ,‘w .
wore muslin and lace frocks
sort worn in beach tropical islands.
There , are also} elaborate court
frohks o the eighteenth century.“ ,
such as F‘renehicolonisis might have.
taken to their tropic'al homes with
them. and there were the cotton
plaids and prints of the sort“ that
wore worn by the colonists in him-
dred years and more ago. and are
now worn only by the Women of‘
varying shades of color in"tho
French West Indies, never by a
woman of white blood. "
One of the frocks most talked
about was a formal eighteenth-cen-
tury frock—made with 'wide paniers.
It was of mauve silk. edged with
apple gree; Green ribbon was
bound around the forehead with the
ends hanging, one streamer being
fastened around the wrist. The
bodice. cut low at the neck and on
the shoulders. was trimmed with a
lace bertha edged with green.
They say that the newest printed
silks will show the influence of the
old designs used {or so many years
'by tho. cronies. Those curl} —colored
cotton prints u-oro. we .arr: lnltl. lira:
made at Arlen and Oillt‘l‘ lilUl't‘d in
the South of France aFmost two
hundred yours one. Ting: umd old
cashmere and Hunt lndian designs
and designs of itn'uralsaic i’icwers
in strum; colors. us well as plaids
and mum of branch“ hues, and
these \u-r, cotton print: 1 hich were
prized and worn thrmnlmzi France
at that tlmc Hy Women who could
not afford richer silken fabrics are
still produced by the French manu-
facturcrs for their trade with tht
French colonies in the West ladies
and in Wcot Africa,
It would he very interesting if
this‘hail that was the idle pastime
of an cvcnlnu for many who at-
iendcd it should initiate it revived
attu‘hiion to those charming but
mlhr-r crude old printed cottons. .
WISE AND,
OTHERWISE
GOLD SLIPPERS'
'1‘ seems really as if the peak of
[extravagance had been reached
when women m lppers made
of real gold—at least, the peak of
extravagance in footwear.
Funny thing it is. that while
women are content to wear imita-
tion'penrls and other jewelry they
often wear their most precious
omaments‘on their feet or ankles.
Gold-covered heels are not a novelty
and some of these gold heels are
studded with precious stones.
But the newest extravagance of
all is this gold slipper. It is entirely
covered-win gold leaf. Silver leaf is
sometimes used. but this is not so
effective. The feeling seems to be
that no sort of foot covering gives
quite so distinguished an appear-
ance .as these slippers covered with
real gold. In France they cost a
paltry five hundred francs. To be
sure this might seem a trifle ex-
pensive for a single pair of shoes if
it were not for the fact that shoes
of this sort need no buckles nor
ornate bedizened heels. They are at
their best when quite .unorna-
mentcd.
So you sée, when you think of it
that way. reasons the Woman who
buys them, it is really an act of
economy to get them and not slip~
pars. originally lower or! d that
need expensive heels or buc ice to
make them presentable.
. " 5 Jewel
T° Day 360101
Flower
_ Lid“?
a» Mitoszo MARSHALL
LAPIS LAZULI
0DAY'S inlismlmic gem is a.
T stone of religious significance.
It is the lupin lazuli, which is
particularly noted for its ability to
cure nervous disorders—particular-
ly melancholic and insomia. For
those who are inclined to morbid-
ity. the- lapls lazuli is specially
recommended.
The promise of the topaz will be
fulfilled today for those whose birth
anniversary this is. This premise
emiracm all good fortune. as well
as protection from harm. particu-
larly the harm which arises from
evil ncquaEninnces. It was believed
by the ancients that those who
wore Ii topaz. led singularly pleas-
ant and untrouhled lives.
Yellow is u fortunate color today:
To wear it is believed to bring hap-
piness in love,
The little white flower known, as
the snowdrop is a lucky blossom
today.
m. plaid of mu time still: lmk u
as aayos any ever worn by any
creole. The lobe: is of red "chines
and the tiling o/ the plaid ribbon on
the [cit hat suggests the old creole
style.
PEARLS ON MONDAY
NDAY being anciently asso-
ciated with the‘ moon is deemed
the proper day for the wearing
of moonstones. However. in the old
list of lucky stones for dld'ercnt days
of the week We find “opais and
pearls" as well as moonstones for
Us day. So if you have no purls.
Len wear opal and if you have
wither then you‘must get a moon-
stone, which is not at all expensive
——ir you wish to bring, to yourself
the good luck that comes from wear-
ing the lucky stone for every day of
the week.
Pearls have ever been regarded as
symbolic of fidelity and chastity and
would doubtless have been usedmore
often for engagement - rings if it
were not for the fact that they are
apt to loosen in their settings. and
the old saying is that it is extremely
bad luck to have the stone in your
engagement ring fall out or looun.
There is another saying about the
pearl—that it should only be worn
by a warm-blooded person—for if it
is worn by a cold woman the spirit
within will die and it will bewoider
than the cold woman‘who has worn
it. But this applies only to thereal
gem. Anyone in the world can wear
imitation pearls and >. ”Matty
everyone does at present. ‘ ‘
Apparently itis all poppy cock and
nonsense about opals bringing bad
luck. They are extremely lucky if
you wear them on Monday. It may
be that you are one of the women‘
for whom they are lucky all the
time. Opals like pearls really ought
to be worn frequently because they
lose their lustre when neglected.
RUBIEB ON TUESDAY
ORN any day of the week
rubies are said to be lucky,
but they are especially lucky
on Tuesday. The other lucky stone
for this day'is the blood stone.
' Either of these stones is said to he
luckier if worn alone than when set
with some other stone-such as ,a
diamond. ‘
lbw Do You Saylt?»
Common Errors in .English and .
How to Avoid Them
“INVITED GUEST"
By c. N. Lum'c
CORRESPONDENT
A whether the term “invited
guest""is comet. "It seems
to me." she writes, "that when one
is a ‘guest' one must be ‘invited.'
otherwise one is not a ‘guest' at all.
But. of course. I have heard the
term. ‘unwelcome guest.”
A "guest" is. according to the
dictionary. a person to whbm. the
hospitality of one's home. club. etc.
is extended. Necessarily. therefore.
a guest must be invited. so the
phrase "invited guest" is incorrect.
Some authorities cull “invited
guest" a vulgnrlsm, but that seems
too harsh a term to apply to it. it
is better to call it an examch of
tautology, that is, needless repeti-
tioh of words.
As for "unWelcome guest." why
not say_"un'weh:ome visitor." about
asks
which there cannot be any doubt?
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