Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1923, Page 36

36 After the graduation exerclses the | a type C. W, boy who delivered the declamation generally tells his chums in the school yard just how it felt to go to the front near the teacher's desk and speak. The speaker making his debut 32-volt Delco erators, two 70-foot steel the antenna ang ground system. engine-driven Secret Order of Radio Men. Initlation of candidates into before the radlo microphone often| it gets stage fright. He can put his b'f"’)“’ Orr‘"l‘;‘“ “‘I' v"""‘;“;::‘[’":’"“‘:" hands In his pocket and need mnot[’¢ one © . -PrDeiDe e “night of mystery natlonal the last evening wonder if his tle Is stralght or his the hair combed. Appearance counts for | nothing. The success of the radlo | speaker depends upon what he says and how he says it. The radfo orator need not worry about facing his audience or direct- Ing his voice to all parts of the hall. Radio broadcasts sound in all direc- tions The nervous radio speaker can rely on no prompter, because the micro- phone picks up the faintest whisper and sends it through space. After the | radio speaker is introduced he must at second spreading rapidly oyer the zine but whose and has never been revealed. QST, real is an begin immedia If he falters or |interference by annihilation of those coughs. nervously impatient listeners | Who are overzealous in their use of Will tune to another station., The |the ether. What Is reputed’to be an attention of the unseen audience is | exact replica of this “deadly held by words. and words alone. | somewhat resembling in its constru. Deprived of elocutionaly gesturesition an Indlan tomahawk, actually and tricks, radio speakers must de- | exist pend upon. their speech. There are | As a secret order the “Wouff-Hong" no friendly smiles or applause to in- | had its beginning at an amateur con- dicate success, not even the shuffle | vention In Flint, Mich.. at which time of feet or restless tell of failure. The radio speaker is likely to be embarrassed his last word strikes the microphone. Silence reigns in the studio. When he turns away and vees the announcer near he feels like moving about to itiated. was staged at an Ohio convention. Through the traflic American Radio Relay fame of the order has League a person caught talking to himself. is a pla snse, | stitution ‘and_ ritual ma r ting novice like ally in Chicago and running away after he hi s will hold hence fivt In the reception room ad- in am joining studio he sees others | Latest deve scheduled for the p: am waiting | broadcast reception their turn. The scene reminds one of Will be covered b peakers of n, & doctor's antercom, because a gen- | tional reputation, according to R. H. eral tension and silence prevail, The |G. Mathews, central divislon manager atmosphere is of nervous portent, |of the league, and committeemen in| . = After a restive walk around the hall | charge of the' convention program. Special portable radio broadcast|telephone line to WCAP, the radio quriosity may_prompt’ the ‘man who equipment_of the Chesapeake ans|“ation of tho Chesapeake and Po- has just finished broadcasting to visit Electric Wires Dangerous. > 5 - c at 735 cet northwest. the roof, where the transmitting ap- Potomac Telephone Company whick {Tywo lines are employed—one for 936 short range rag/> | telephone set, two three-fourths K. ‘W. sen- poles and the American | Radlo Relay League convention in Chi- cago from Sepfember 12 to 15, inclusive. The order of the mysterious “Wouff- Hong"” has become an institution In amateur radlo and its membership is entire country wherever there are radio men. The word s believed to have origi- | nated with the “Old Man," for years a contributor to the amateur maga- identity general status in amateur radio One story s that the “Wouff-Hong" instrument used to eliminate several hundred candidates were in- Interest developed to such an extent that another mystic meeting rstem of the the een spread far and wide, with the result that a con- Radio antennae installed near high | enables Washington wireless fans to PORTABLE EQUIPMENT USED OUTHOBR RADIO". WORK i carrying the program; the other for paratus is placed. voltage lines have brought sorrow i J, ¥ The = aerial fowers silhouetted s listen-in on music from the United | communication purposes in operating against the sky are lke sentinels, | \Bto, & number of American homes.|gStates Marine Band and the Meyer | the line or should the other line fall. The air is quiet and there is no sput- toring of a spark or purr of an arc o indicate that the band is playing in the studio below and that thou- sands hear it at a distance. His con- fidence probably will Le somewhat re- stored when the engineer in the con- trol room tells him that his words slipped off the wires perfectly With this reassurance he returns to the reception room, where he receives fallen across a high tension wire. is reported that radio antennac. The antennae rhould not be stalled where there is a possibility telephone and telegraph reporte sent |ljght and A radio organization, known as the : a power lines during the jAa . 4 in by listeners relative to his talk. He |courge 8 S careari Radio Sociedade de Rio de Janeiro | wry. finds t Ghe kst caer eantedlito | oL iF oF cTecHoniGniA T m RS has been formed in Rio de Janeiro, | M¥S- Wyman, Champion Knitter, argue over the telephone on some | and already has more than 100 mem- Government Ald for Radio. point of his talk; another man had a Gévernment aid name similar to his and wondered if a relationship existed; two women had tuned in his voice and were bet- ting on his age and wanted him to render the decision by telephone or mail. Such calls give courage, for they are radio’s applause. to the for' the purp the railroad in northern Alberta Simpson, on the MacKenzie ri Dawson in the Y {reports r nf Comme displace use from MeMurray which the Caradian . Boen to Light Keepers. Radiophone communication between | light stations in isolated territory has been found very succe: by the | lighthouse service, ording to ports to the Department of Commer Complete stations were installed at | Cape Sarichef and Scotch Cap Light | e, stations, Alaska, in 1 and after “B” Battery Life. overcoming some dificulties of opera- | tion during the first year que to burn- | eight months. outs of the motor generator and {ammeter or by wrecking of one of the steel antenna. masts by a storm, communication be northward, governme Neve to see how big the spark. meter. interruptedly for the past year. The two statlons are about seven- en miles apart. Keepers at both tions have mastered the code, so to be able 1o exchange messages with mail steamers, and have able to communicate for a distance of gixty-five miles by voice and 165 miles in code. The telephone instal- lution at these stations consists of ening of the “A" battery. storage battery when it nee. charge generall cates a weakening current. the socket tive sides A" battery connections. marked incorrectly INSPECT TODAY : CLEVELAND PARK, . $14,750 3503 Porter Street Near Wardman Park 2835 29TH ST. NW,, $18.500 Charming home, fully detached, six Beautiful home, tapestrs brick: ex- large rooms. sunroom and tiled bath. cellent_outlook; Bine rooms, two com- Brand-new with every convenience. Lurgn plete baths, breakfast room, inclosed Jot. Bext construction. Priced low. xleeping porch; large lot; garage. Price Reasonable terms. is right. Very easy terms. Near Connecticut Avenue 2799 28th ST. N.W,, $14,000 Overlooking Rock Creek Park 1913 KENYON ST. N.W,, $13,500 A modern two-story brick, nleely lo- Attractive two-story brick compara- cated. Home {8 well planged. Large tively new: six rooms, sleeping porch, rooms on each floor. Best of condition two tiled baths, hot-water heat; briek throughout. A home that should be in- garage. Owner will consider $1,500 spected at obce. A good buy at this cash payment. Inspect at once. Maddux Marshall & Co., Inc. 1108 16th STREET N.W. Main 8970-71 price. The Presidential Sixteenth and ‘L’’ Streets One of the Newest and Handsomest Downtown Apartments Immediate Occupancy L) Several Apartments Still Available Five Rooms and Two Bdths Three Rooms and One Bath Resident Manager The F. H. Smith Co. SMITH BUILDING 815 Fifteenth Street During a recent storm in Pittsburgh a [ Davis Orchestra at Le Paradis. woman was killed when she came In contact with a radio aerlal which had | consists of an amplifier and & micro- It S - h lension wire. Tt|phone, makes It possible to reiay pro. lowers, mostly boys, met death dur- ing 1922 as a result of touching ex- 1 posed live wires while installing their | verify the proper contacts for the bat- in- = them coming in contact with electric extent of $55,000 has been extended in Canada of establishing radlo stations ‘at McMurray, at the end of Fort . and cording to Department ¢ stations will land lines at present in for t has A good “B" battery will last about test it with an y jolning the terminals Use a volt- A sudden drop off of signal een the stations has continued un- | strength may be caused by a weak- The a re- drops suddenly, and the lower brilllancy of filament indi~ No_ mat- been | ter what type of clrcuit is employed, it is always a good idea to reverse Some have the positive and nega- S0 to WCAP has phone gonnections to New York, the Sylvan Theater on the Mon- ument grounds, the Marine barracks, First Congregational Church and Le Paradis. .. ' RECEIVES $2,000 PRIZE | ON EVE OF WEDDING ‘The apparatus on the truck, which grams to be broadcast on a regular tery the connections should be reversed. Form Radle Soclety. to Marry Annapolis Pro- fessor Today. bers, it is reporteq by Commercial Attache W. K. Schurz. Several in- fluential men of the city are among the officers and directors. It also is | By the Associated Press. announced that a dally broadcasting| NEW YORK, August 25.—Mrs. E service will be inaugurated by the abeth Craven Wyman of Jamestown, R. I, winner of first prize in the na- | tional knitting contest, received her Praia Vermelha station ne factories where bottle | 52009 check as a wedding present, it corks are made, special machines are | pecama known yesterday made which cut the cork Into the | Sne will e mareied todas size desired. The cork refuse and steott, nglish ot the odd pieces left over from this cut- | Naval A Annapolis. ting process are not thrown away, Wyman, d‘"."h modore ' J. E. two children. idowe: raven, U Professor thry but are carefully ground down with mi rubber to make floor cloth. Westeott, a Business Property Brick Store . and Wisconsin Avenue and Fessenden Street N.W. Five-Room Apt. RICK store and five-room B apartment with tile bath, built-in tubs and all modern improvements. Would make a first-class delicatessen business or a fine drug store, with soda fountain, soft drinks, ice cream, sandwiches and candy; none within ten blocks. Neighborhood growing like city; over thrée thousand automo- biles passing every day. Business growing by leaps and bounds. The Jefferson Sixteenth and ‘“M’’ Streets . Newest and One of the Handsomest Downtown Apartments Ready October First Two-and Three-Rooms and Bath A Number of Apartments Will Be Furnished and May Be Leased With "or Without Hotel Service The F. H. Smith Co. SMITH BUILDING ' 815 Fifteenth Street bureau report. WCAP—Chenapenke gational Church, the Rev. Nehem Boynton of New Yor! broadcast _direct Theater, New York city. S. pressario. (Thomas), Grand Orchestra, ducting. to_ecenic film. by the Capitol Grand Orehe"(l;-'b Er;\ln weapon, | |8 i J | tavee conducting, interpreted by the Dance” {Chaminade); (b) “The Glow Studio”: by Florence Mulholland and ensemble (b) baritone- solo bury, quintet ffom “Dear Old Pal.of Min liam Robeyn: (&) tle Lark (Bishop), Elsa Stralla: () Mme. Stralia and en- semble. tured artists direct from the studio in the Capitol Theater. the York city. z, Holy Trinity.Church, New York city, and will be aesisted by Miss Esther Nelson, from (Dvorak), (MacDdwell), ell). Nelson. Ovetrure, dante Soprano solo by Mis Kentucky Home” and “0ld Black Joe" Lover. of ¥ by Bev. Dr. WIH—William _P. Avenue Christian Church; sermon by Rev. John C. Palmer; special music. . LOCAL STATIONS.. NAA—Naval Radio Station, Hadlh ¥ (435 Metera). - - 10:06 a.m. and 1 - Telephone Company (460 Metersy. 11 a.m.—Services of First Congre- reaching %on “The Ploneers of Life i PEA 2 8 “p.m.—Musfcal’ prograim S cam. dfreot from ' the Capitol i ductory remarks by 6:20 p.m.—I ? Rothate Capitol Theater im- L, Rothafel, .m. — “Mignon” . overture | Molayed by -~the . Capitol Erno Rapee con- 6:30 6:37 p.m.—Orchestral interpretation 6:41 p.m.—Request numbers played “apitol Ballet Corps. (a) “Scarf (c)_*Nola" (a silhouette). {nc!denlnl music to Capi- Our Broadcasting wanee River.” sung (a’ y_Douglas Stan (Sanderson); (c) (Bizet), (d) sung by Wil- Lo, Hear the Gen sung by Mme. Mac" ‘Capt. “Carmen’ p.m.—Special program of fea- 8 to 9 p.m—Organ recital by Henry bert direct from the studio of Skinner Organ Company, New Mr. Seibert 1s organist of “Largo” Symphon: Bells” and 1ane), “Opus &5, ‘Deserted Farm' (MacDow- soprano. Program: New — World “Evening Cradle Song” (Mac: . 3,” (MacDowell); “Romance” Soprano_solo by Miss Esther By Mr. Sefbert: “Concert C Minor” (Griden); “An- Cantabile” (Tschaikowsky). Nelson. “Old (folk songs): famillar hymns, “Jenus, y Soul” and . A Might rtress. 1s Our God": “Heroique (Pagalla). . WDM—Church of the . Covenant (360 Meters). 11 _am-—~Morning servic Loring W. Ketchum. 8 p.m.—Evening service: sermon by Ketchum; sacred music. sermon Boyer Ci y (273 Meters). 8 p.an-—Services of the Vermont | DISTANT STATIONS. All Programs Scheduled for Eastern| St rd Time. WJZ—New York (435 Meters). 10 am.—Church services from St. - contralte, ermot, soprano. Thomas™ Eptscopal Church. it P ‘The Annalist's Talk for fisiness Men.” ;15 p.m.—Goldman band_concert. —Joint recital by Dorls Doe, . m.—" “8ip.m an 30 p.m. shtenor. .—Da: p.m.—. p. 15 prano; Mme. Sophie Traubman, former prima’ donna of Opera. 11 a.m.—Se: | the Covenant. silent. WGY—Schenectady (380 Meters). 9:30 am.—Services of the' First Methodist Episcopal Church. WFAA—Dallas (476 Meters). :30 p.m.—Radio chapel Bi- followed by half an hour of gospel sin| ing. 10:30 to lq p.m.—Choristers - and WJIY—=New York (405 Meters). 1:30 p.m.~Chapel services by the: ah |Chadwick Avenue Chapel. 2:15 p.m.—Norma Gradstein, pianist. 5 p.m.—Bubble book stories, Ralph Mayhew. WLW-—Cincinnati (300 Meters). 9:30 a.m.—Sunday school lessons. WWJ—Detroit (516 Metern). soloista from Oak“Clif? Presbyterian Chyrch. %o 12 pm=8hérly Lee Alley and hisflorchestra. ‘WOC—Davenport (484 Meters), 10 a.m.—Sacred chimes concert. 9 p.m.—Church services. 9:30 p.m.—Base ball scores. 10 p.m.—Musical program, P, S. C. Orchestra, WCAP. WBAP—Fort Worth (476 Meters). 12 m. to 1:15 p.m.—Services of the First Methodist Church. p.m.—Base ball scores. 7:30 p.m.—Texas League scores. 8:30 p.m,~Final sport summary. d Sybil Sammis Mac- WHAS—Loutsville (400 Meters). 10.567 a.m.—Organ music. David John Williams, 11 a.m.—CHurch services. 5 to 6 p.m.—Concert program. orma Gradsteln, planist. = d John Willlam Agnes Wyne, lyric so- Day, 7:30 p.m.—Church services; sacred musfc by quartet. KYW—Chicago (345 Meters). 11 a.m.—Services from St. Chrysos- tom’s Episcopal Church. 6 to 9 p.m—Classical and semi- classical selections by the Sisson Trio. the Metropolitan by rvices of the Church of KDKA-—Pittsburgh (326 Meters). am.— Services of the Point | ham, shuffles to the team plays in seventy-six, 180 pam.sConcert. 5:15 p.m~—Base ball scores. 7 p-m.—Concert. irounds to lect the $5 he receives every time .tht York. WEAF—New York (402 Meters). 2.30 to 3:30 p.m.—Interdenomina tonal services under the auspict of' the New York Federation ¢ Churches; address by Rev. J. J. Ro 6:20 to 9 p.m.—Program same —— FOUNDER OF GIANTS SICK AND PENNILES! Man Who Lost Fortune Trying t Save League Is Near Starvation. By the Associated Presa. NEW YORK, August 25.—John who founded New York Giants and spent his foj tune to save the Natlonal from the attacks of revolting players is now a paralytic, stave off starvation, pension, and unable to afford a nurs: for his wife, who is dying of cancer At one time Day held the positi now occupied by Charles A. Ston the Giants' owner. Polo Leagul barely able t with a emal Today hi col head sets, each pair. 1200 X N.W, Crystal 8 Anthericed ‘Dealers orEZN TO Stromberg-Carlson Head Sets On sale remaining day the pair, regular. pri hook-ups and guarantee with JOHN J. ODENWALD, Just Gut—Complete Loud Speaker, $12.50 The very thing for your R. O. OTHER SPECIALS— Indoor Aerials, §3.00 Regular §5.00 M Hear H and ) the R.d”h Woa.m i Ak abest eur Allewanes on R. 0. Bots. Cemplots lize W. D.18 Tubes—Supplise. *RADIO- SALES STUDIO 1403 ParxRoao WasHinetos,D.C. House of August at $4.00 $7.30. Book of Ph. 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