Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1925, Page 9

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, Actors Plan To Make War On Radio Fan Contented Man: Offers Subject of Worry, They Declare. By ROBERT T. SMALL, (Copyright, 1925, Consolidated Press Association.) NEW YORK, Jan. 81—The con- tented man in the home is to be made the next subject of general at- tack. No man should stay home by the fireside in the evening. He is both a threat and a menace. In short he 4s something to worry about. This is the dictum of the Ameri- can actors, who are going to set about to do all in their power to make the men of the United States discontented. The actors are going -to try to make the man leave home. Heretofore, it has been thought that actresses might do such a thing, in exceptional cases, of course, but now the entire profession, male and female, is to make a general assault upon him who is smug and satis- fied sitting by the fire or close to “the piping radiator, reading his eve- ning paper, doing his cross word puzzle, or cross brain puzzle, as some people are calling them these days. Above all, the profession proposes to smite hip and thigh him who is content to fisten in on his bloom- ing radio. How to make a man unhappy at home is the great puzzle which cop- fronts the actors and actresses as they start thelr campaign under the slogan of “don't drown the drama.” It is a movement akin in @ way to the “buy-e-bale-of-cotton"” movement of war days or the save-a-life league or the animal rescue society. Per- haps it is a bit of all these thrown together, se But “don't drown the drama” is the important thing at the moment. Evidently the poor old ‘drammer” is in danger of being pitched into the pond or snuffed out with chloro- form. ‘ Gene Buck, the song writer and head of the new movement, is re- sponsible for the discovery of the fact that the contented rhan at home is the real trouble with the theater. Attacking specifically the radio but having cross words in mind as well as in the mouth, Gene rose up and exclaimed to the assembled artists that anything that keeps a man at home and satisfied is something for actors to worry about. That statement is rather a sweep- ing one and naturally it covers @ vast amount of territory. There has been plenty of discussion in the past as to why men as well as girla leave home. The big question of today is what keeps men at home. Evidently the actors don't consider good cook- ing as thelr enemy. Performances are arranged so as to interfere as little as possible with meal hours. Tt is what happens after the medl in the evening that worrles the actors. The radio is the black beast most factors have in mind, but there are philosophers in the profession who realize there are other things to blame as well. There hes been no catalog made as yet of these “other things” but apparently they have a fascination above that of the theater. Why should a man stay at home here in New York and be contented and satisfied and find pleasure in other pursults when he can goto one theater for instance and find regaled before him as ugly a story of de- generacy as human brain ever de- vised? Why stay at home when you can see a son at intrigue with his stepmother? Why stay at home when, in the same show, you can seo a baby killed in its crib in or- der that guilty mother and father may-“carry one?” ‘That all comes un- der the head of “strong stuff’ and represents the emancipation of the metropolitan stage. But the average citizen, after an evening at play like this, 1s only too glad to get home And stay there. Since the recent appearance of | opera stars before .the microphone many radio fans have been wonder- ing why so few Americans are sing» ing at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Karl K. Kitchen ex- plains the reason, Says Mr. Kitchen, “Signor Gulilio tti-Casazza, who has been the director general of this world famous opera house for the past fifteen years, speaks no Eng- lish.” Imagine an American holding some similar position in Italy by re- fusing to learn the Italian language. Mr. Gatti draws a salary equal to that of President Coolidge but he has been too busy during the past fifteen years to bother about the lan- guage of the country which hands him a fabulous sum along with un- limited musical power. In fifteen years of Mr. Gatt! only one Amert- can singer has proven to be a real sensation. This was Lawrence Tib- bett, the California baritone who broke through the Italian barrage three weeks liga. Willard Cuts Wave Length at Station WTAM, Cleveland The wave length of WTAM, the Wulard Storage Battery company station at Cleveland, has been chang: ed from 390 meters to 364 meters, This was made effective January 17, Station WEAR, formerly WJAX, made the change a few days prey- jcus to WTAM. These two Cleveland stations have always been on the same wave length, dividing the time on the alr. They will continue to do 80, Coincident with the change of the wave length, WTAM changed the personnel of the dinner concert en- _ ter@iinmente which are broadcast 1925 | Master Sets for Apartments By PAUL M’GINNIS, Broadcasting programmes can be successfully supplied to all tenants in a large apartment house by using one control room, it is demonstrated by Charles V. Paterno, who is now using the system in & new building in New York City. Each tenant can take his choice Conrright. 1998. Premier Syndicate, Ino, Three master receivers supply a,New York City apartment house with local programmes and others are used by special ar- rangement for picking up distant stations. Below is shown how a tenant merely plugs a loud speaker in to the wall for her enter- tainment. of programme by merely inserting the plug of a lpud speaker into a) gags dack fixed permanently in the wall. Three connections are made to each apartment for three of the | best local programmes being sent at the same time and a fourth con-| nection is for distant stations and special requests. In the control room Dear the roof are several radio sets, three for the three best local pro- gTammes and as many as are mecessary to satisfy special demands. Special operators do all of the tuning and the tenant does nothing but plug in a loud speaker. The arrangement solves a rather old question in a satisfactory man- ner for a large number of people, “its only shortcoming being that the fascination of tuning is left for the Operators rather than the tenants. Careful design is necessary, to sup- ply programmes to a large number of loud speakers, bt audio or te® ephone currents are dealt with so that the task is simpler than it would be if radio energy were to be supplied by a large number of aerials. * Loop receivers are used by Pa- terno because of their efficiency in eliminating interference, The receivers are of the tuned radio- frequency type, which bring in sta- tions loud enough to operate sev- eral loud speakers. With three sets adjusted for local programmes, an operator can tune other sets for individual ten- a ee eee CHILDREN’S COMPLETE COURSE IN DRAWING BY RADIO a pda drawing lessons by radio is the latest development in ie experiment to use broadcasting for class-room instruct! ° ducted by the Oakland Public Schools co-operating with KGO. a Bacio Coast station. Children assembled under normal class-room conditl different schools in the city have just compl: i Pale dseeice mae probienl assigned was tDroreatane et eae , using the Christmas tree for actually produce individual work in response to Suggestions issuing | lessons. Christmas ca: from loud speakers. Examination of the papers turned in reveal the fact that by radio greater originality 1s accom- Piished than when lessons are con- ducted in person by the teacher before the class. As a result, it was stated, teachers will find an inspiration to try other subject Rpparently as impossible as draw- Ing seemed, in the tests to find out how to use radio in public school work. In sharp contrast to other les- sons broadcast by KGO, when children only listened to lectures without responding, the course just comyleted was designed to bring a type of response which could afterward be collected and fudged. Children in the eight Sockets Need Springy Prong Contacts Contact between the tube prongs and the socket must be positive if the best results are to be obtained. The lo: through poor contact are often high in cheap sockets’ The contact springs of the socket should be of phosphor bronze or other material that is flexible, and will return to its original shape after pressure. Planes Carry Radio The range of an airplane radio tet is about 100 miles by telegraph and fifty by telephone. This range js frequently exceeded, however, when weather conditions are favor- able to long distance work. During the transatlantic trip of the NC-4 Mirect telegraph communication obtained over a distance of 1400 miles, using a long trailing terial. Melts Ice on Aerial Connections are provided at some broadcasting stations for heating the aerfal to melt accumulations of ice in the Winter. When the aerial is long and contains many wires, {t is necessary to do this, otherwise the weight of ice might fause the structure to collapse. 7D BE GACY, MERES NOTA Yants and supply tiem with pro- grammes they may wish to order. Aerials on the roofs of large apartment houses interfere with each other if they are numerous. When there are only a few, they can be strung at right angles to! each other, or nearly so, and far enough apart so that they cause but little disturbance. On the roofs of most large apartment houses, however, there is much congestion and intertwining of aerials, most of them erected by novices who have little regard for their neigh- bors. Among any large number of sets there are apt to be»several “squeal- ers" which radiate energy into neighboring aerials and cause loud whistling ‘noises in the midst of programmes which would other- wise be enjoyable. For this reason the apartment house owner fs look- ing for other ways of providing his tenants with radio entertainment. an original design for a a decorative motive and | schools selected to take part were seated desks with ample space between, and care was exercised to maintain the uncrowded class-| room atmosphere throughout the | lessons. The first lesson of the series required paper, pencil, paste and a small dark circle of card- board about one inch in diameter, on each pupil's desk. In'the studio of KGO, miles away from the schools, at a given time, the radio teacher spoke her instruc- tions before the microphone. She began by briefly suggesting the Christmas spirit and the beanty of its expression in art. Then, she proposed to her invisible pupils that they set about creating Christmas greeting cards for their friends. They were requested, however, to conform to the general principles of Proportion, massing and values which are accepted as fundamental in the art of design. Step by step in the next lesson the radio teacher explained how to cut a Christmas tree in black paper silhouette, rightly proportioned to fit into the background already pre- pared, Great enthusiasm was shown. Some of the trees, cut out of paper, were long and slim,’ some were pointed with gothic grace, some wide-spread and protective, some exaggerated for an effect of humor, some containing many fan- tastic branches, and some were smooth in outline as though bur- dened with snow. Ip the minds of the examining judges, “the experiment revealed not only the latest emotional qual- ities of young people as artists, but offered a lesson on methods of teaching as to secure intellectual criticism and balance in children’s creative are without bringing about the destruction of originality.” By radio lessons the children re- ceived suggestions through their ears, and sent out the response to create through eager, busy fingers. Feutts. NING IN A SET IS SIMILA TO THAT OF A PIANO Radio tuning is lke musical tun-+you will see that the heaviest ing. A plano string a certain |strings are tuned to the lowest mass, which in mechanics 1s very |notes and the tighest strings (of much like inductance in electricity. |any certain size) the highest fre- The string also has a certain flext!- | quencies, bility or flimsiness or looseness,| So it is in radio. Among cireuits which is mechanically the analogue | cf the same capacitance, those that f capacitance in electricai cir-/haye+ the most inductance will If we yary the mass or the /reshond to the lowest frequencies. flexibility of a piano string, we |!f the inductance remains constant, change its pitch of vibration, the circuits that have the least ca- In a plano, the mass oi .each | pacitance,will be tuned to the high plano string is fixed when the ‘in-|est frequencies. Piano turning is strument is made, but the tension | nothing but tightening and loosen- of each one can be varied et any|ing the strings until their pitches time. If you.look inside a piano |of frequencies are correctly spacea ae 5 along the musical scale. A Radio tuning is nothing but ad The Simplest Set justing the condensers or inductors All that is needed te TU No model was offered to the eye “In the child's heart and mind aloue took place (hat transmutation Which makes out of spoken word the cre- ated image.” Aor eR. woRD OF YER! YOUR NOT GOI Ar TAT RADIO TONIGHT OR 4KNY OT6R AGE hear local | Of # Cireuit until its best electrical . vibration frequency {s correctly in broadcasting stations is a ‘ong wire/aproement with the frequency of for an aerial small coll of wire,/the particular wave (in the scale of a piece of detector mineral and a! radio frequencies) that it fs desired pair of headphcnes, to recefve TMHIOUGET “MAY REMARK HE MADE WAS Teo GOED TO Ss 7RUE , HES “O88 4 wy AS BAZES! "| JEngineers Reject Radio for Use In Mine Work The sixth report of the engineers investigating the possibilities of communicating in mines for the Department of Interfor points out that the present means of pure | radio communication is impractical |under general mining conditions | In making this report, Bureau of | Mines Engineers J. J. Jakosky and )D. H, Zellers state in part: | “Because of the high earth con- | ductivity and resultant attenua- tion of the high-frequency radio | waves in penetrating the earth, relatively high-power equipment, which means bulk and weight, is required. Such equipment is now believed to be impractical for gen- eral mine communication or for mine-rescue purposes, communication by pure radio over distances of even 1,000 to 2,000 feet through strata would fn all probability. require transmitting equipment with an output of from 50 to 200 watts or more, and used in conjunction with a sensitive receiver. “Such equipment would be much too bulky, heavy and complicated to fulfill practical mine apparatus, In trans mitting, vaccum tubes are the only present known means of generating the short-wave, high-frequency. | continuous currents such as could be used for voice transmission. The comparatively heavy and “bulky power supply or plate current fila of 50 to 200 watts output consider- ably heavier, bulkier and too fragile and delicate for practical mine communication purposes.” Say “Zed” for “Z” Station WBZ at Springfield, Mass., has not been changed. But on the air the letter “Z” sounds \like so many other letters that all announcers e instructed to try pronouncing “Z" like “Zed.” The proposal was tried, and met with immediate mpproval of Listeners. |The idea was tried during inter | national tests. (Cured by Radi For reliable | the requirements for a| ment supply and auxiliary appara-| tus makes vacuum tube equipment) PAGE NIN Syl While on Ship STRICKEN SAILORS RESTORED BY DIRECTIONS SENT FROM SHORE: Not only is radio a factor in the disseminating of health news 4 millions of our people, but it is being extensively used to-day in tt treatment of people becoming fl] at sea, While most passenger vessels carry physicians, there are few shi other than such vessels that do. The Public Health Service {s calle upon for medical advice in the case of persons who are ill or injur on board vessels where there is no doctor. The Captain to-day sends out a | wireless message to the mberoatli U. 8. Marine Hospital, describing} the sick man’s condition and ask ing advice. A reply is received, telling in simple language what! Qolinment, the pre oe ents to-do. and how ito: do it Jon board vessels would Many interesting cases have 0C-| ,o.cibie for even furt curred since this novel way of|in the way radio treating the sick at sea was art Many seamen have die ed by the Public Health Service| have suffered needlessly through its marine hospitals. t ba stanbi | ng others have been disabled ford In one instance a freighter near-| because of the lack of facilities o| Jing the port of Baltimore devel-| board ship and because there oped engine trouble, and was forced|no one on board to ald the sé to anchor off. an uninhabited stretch|who had any training in the md of coast. One of her crew fell| mentary principles of first ald. « through an open hatchway and suffered a fracture of the leg, The radio was brought into play and the message picked up by a sta-| tion at Cape May, N. J. The sta-) tion advised the Marine Hospital| pfticiency trom a loud speak at Baltimore by long-distance tele-| depends on the purity and amout phone, with the result that an am-! o¢ the current delivered to it fro: bulance was sent. immediately to| rhe get. If the transformers dizto the place where the disabled ship/the current, or sound impulsesy'th| lay, which was some fifteen oF) jong speaker will reproduce: ¢h twenty miles away from the hos-\eound together with the dite pital. Doctors directed the re-| tion. If the voltage applied to: th} moval of the seaman from the ship| yintg. circuit. of the amplifsan and took him to the nospital. tubes is low, the sound may 2 There are many more cases ¢veN | Hurg put Iacking in volume, “J Le et eee anes the | the voltage {s too high, the volt marine hospitals prescribes a meth-| it us great but accompanied D od of treatment for sick persons | “!8tortion. at sea administered over a perfod| To obtain the right values of days. Regular messages are |Current, the voltage of the “B” ba transmitted reporting on the pa-|‘fry should be changed betwee tlent’s condition and asking for|90 and 135 volts, with variation further\instructions. Of courgs, in| of “C” battery voltage between.4% recommending treatment for peo-|and 9 volts, The 201-A type tube ple by radio only simple remedies | deliver more current than the 19} are resorted to. Even so, much/|type. The speaker should bé_ oq yaluable assistance has been ren-|érated on a separate stand or tall dered. from the set, and the horn shoul Because of its duty to take care te pointed away from it. HOW ONE TUBE CAN EASILY SPOIL THE WHOLE RECEIVER Test Each One to Be Suref@ small volume of sound, ere when they are new They Are All Good, and Be |" When buying a vacuum tube, thd Careful When You Buy. listener can avoid Even the best of vacnym tubes | bY, asking his do a , date on the tube, and his own namd vary when produced in large quan-} anq to also ask for a sales receipt titles, and for this reason some|The tube can then. be tested in ¢ good sets are operating at only a| receiving set with which the oper small percentage of their natural | 8tor 1s familiar and exchanged efficiency. Occasionally, tubes are purchased which will produce only | f sick and Injured seamen, th Public Health Service has constan| ly urged making it obligatory f¢ ships to carry intelligent first al of How to Obtain Bette Tone from Speaker does not function properly This method of purchas4pj vacuum tubes is the only sure Way = : to secure good ong, as the Ordi Hospital. Patients Entertained by Radio Sets Decrease Broad Tuning Interference from local statféns| | can be decreased in many caseA by shunting a fixed condenser aeross the aerial and ground binding posts.! This type of condenser may: ta! made with two ets of tin-foly three inches square, separated by! sheet of paper. If this experi ment proves ul a nent unit of typo condens pacity of should be installed hary test of the filameat is not.suf| ficient. The tube may light anc yet not oscillate well enough to. bd of value fn a recelving ret. Some dealers have made « pram tlee of selling used tubes which have been taken to bo repaired=a A real “radio central,” just like} as part payment for new tubes. 7A: a regular telephone central, {s in| they test only the filament for tha operation at the Walter Reed Hos-| customer they have no difficulty dn pital in Washington, D. C. Hun-| Selling them. dreds of patients are entertained || If you use several tubes ‘n yon! daily with song and story. To this |S¢t, test each one in the detdeto “radio central” are connected nine | Scket to be sure that they areétil hundred sets of headphones and | f"ctloning properly. It is a goad Neiveiibad iapeakaras plan to do this every few weer Signals from local and distant hades Aart at aN Rabari a stations are received in the control | jheie beara de aailantan eat fi room on a five-tube set and ampll-| two or three mouths i fied by special apparatus, which ; , also controls the loud speaker 8} tem, The sets were installed by|\COndenser the “Roxy Radio Fund,” thousands | all over the country subscribing to provide music to the sufferers in hospitals in many sections, who otherwise would be deprived of this solace ahd inspiration. The installation is unique. ‘Thou sands of feet of wire are required | to connect up the tndividual re celvers with the main control. The entire room is given over to the equipment, with a duplicate set, A and B bj and a whole string of chArger eep the bat- terles in g ndition, th perma. ne ae From Bad to Worse VAwW Ww www WHRATS THIS! iTS MORNING AND) He HsSity GONE“ BED every week day beginning at 6 p. m. EST. The Royal Canadians, under the direction of Guy Lombardo will be heard in the future only on Monday and Friday evenings. Philip Spit- alny and his music box restaurant Jazz band will be broadcast on Wed- nesday evening at the dinner hour and again beginning at 10:30 p. m., Wednerday day and will be furnished by the Hotel Stat- ler leadership of Maurice Spitalny night. Tuesday, Thurs- Saturday dinner concerts Concert the orchestra, under Lombrdo's Royal Canadians will be broadcast from the studio of WIAM. Other control from the Musie Box restaur- ant and the Hotel Statler, concerts ‘will be by remote sr ’ Congregational Church broadcast from the First enal chureh at Aurora, Station WJJD (302.8 Mooseheart,. on Sun bruary 1 Congrega through meters) at y morning, Fe beginning at 1 o'clock 4 Will be In churgo of the are, pastor. His ser I bet * Safety First nto the Validity of the Preservation,” The Service to Be Placed On Mooseheart: Radic tev MOOSEHEAIT egational il r be An Inquir church service will Law of sermon will. be special as it will be street men's church. The Rev. pit gpeaker : degree walks ¢ religious denominations, has had a varied career. He had his early train car Sunday at his Clare, © splendid pul id popular to the high with reons from all life as well as those of other Jing in c A don he of the Pe from st lecture tour througheue sera t ing upon.'the ite 1 nd his mesaojye vu i} 1 re f st conditions fm story. He the Bon- 1 > rn r nearly work. While serving was “nted to the ato American before power there en at Aurora f r leaving Russia he years,