Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1924, Page 65

' Curious Lamp Makes Higher Speed Possible in Important Industries Contrivance Which Has Been Tested at Bureau of Standards Offers Means of Study- ing Parts of Machinery While They Operate at Thousands of Revolutions a Minute—Oscillo- scope Solves Complex Riddles of Textile In- HEARING THE CANDIDATE BY RADI Wallace Irwin's Letters of a Japanesé Schoolboy. To Editor The Star, whose local room have always heen famus for its Yestdy 1 ob- perve a very old, strawseed looking Japan approach- ing into my Thinking Studio. By his desby hat and already-made kimono T knew him rapidly. It were my Uncle Nichi, by golly, got back from Japan where he was married to dustries. HE problems and secrets of high-speed machinery that previously were unsolvable, so far as the investigations of modern mechanics were concerned, have latterly been rendered uas easy to study as the printed page, through the perfection of a curious lamp which has been tested out thoroughly 2t the bureau of sgandards in Wash- tngton. The mythical wishing lamp of Alad- din and the miracle lantern of Dioge- nes which he used in hunting for an honest man have to give ground in the hall of fame before the new scl- entific illuminator, a product .of many years of intensive research, an ap- paratus which now ranks as the most efficient detective of the mechanical world. Heretofore technicians and experts have been obliged to speculate con- cerning what went on in certain high- speed machines when they were in full motion. When they got out of kilter or would not run, all the sci- eutists could do was to tinker along until, hit-or-miss style, they hap- pened to stumble onto what the mat- ter was, There were no sclentific ap- pliances available which would per- mit them to study the movements of vapidly revolving parts, come of which operated at extraordinary epeeds. Now matters are quite different, for Uncle Sam's men have under pains- taking sclentific scrutiny a novel lamp which reveals these secrets. You can adjust the lamp so that it will make a needle, valve or piston that is traveling at a speed of 5,000 to 10,000 revolutions & minute look #s though it were standing still or merely working at a saail's pace. Briefly, the novel scientific lantern permits the mechanic or investigator to study speeding parts as they oper- ate so that he can detect any or ail their ailments and subsequently rem- edy any such difficulties. The light will even make the moving plece of machinery seem to be running in the opposite direction from that which it really is following. This ability to create & topsy-turvy mechanical mo- tion in many respects is as impor- tant to industry as the discovery of steam power or the perfection of modern radio. Uncle Sem has been so enthusiastic over the new lamp, which is known technically as the oscilloscope, that he hes purchased a number of the contraptions for the use of the Navy Departme The invention is the achievement |revolution. ! | Alrcady the use of the apparatus has revolutionized certatn forms of in- dustry In the land of Johnny Bull's native heath. The new device has solved many of the most complex riddles of the cotton spinning, textile printing, worsted spinning, weaving, paper printing. lace making and mo- tion pleture industries. To the average layman, the oscillo- scope looks lke such & stmple and innocent plece of appsratus that ft is hard to belleve it will accomplish tho marvels it performs. Its princi- pal working part is a speclal gear box which must be fastened to the ro- tating part of the machinery to be oxamined There Is also @ two-unit lamp in the equipment, as well as several storage batteries 'which op- oLb! erate the light. 3 is out of order Suppose that the ton spinning machin and does not function properly. Al- though this bobbin is moving at a speed of 10,000 revolutions a minute | when the lamp is properly adjusted and its glow directed toward the rapldly moving plece of machinery, the bobbin seems to be traveling at a speed of only 100 turns to the min- ute. By merely turning - different switches on the lamp, the observer can either make the bobbin run back- ward, make it move at an incredibly slow pace or else make it appear to stand still. Accordingly, every factor involved In the operation of the bob- bin can be studied and the cause of errors can be ascertained and re- paired. Motton which is many, many times too fast for the eye to visualize, and which appears like a blur when we look at it, can be dissected Into all forms of movement by the use of the oscilloscope and made easily observa- ble. The scientific lamp is based on queer phenomena. For example, you | perchance, have noticed that when you looked from the car window of a speeding rallroad train at another train running as rapidly as that on which you were riding the second | train appeured to be standing still | The lamp s adjusted so that | will flash at intervals as minute as | one one-millionth of a seco: Each time that the lamp flashes shows the position of the moving part at one particular place in Its rapidly re- volving course. The flashes of the lamp are so timed that they occur each time the moving part under ex- amination makes its one-hundredth Each successive flash of of a cot- of an eminent engineer of }:nglund.lme lamp thus shows the moving part, | THE HKEMAKRABLE DEIECTIY IDLY SPEEDING MACHINERY APPEAR SLOW.) THING LIKE THE “SLOW MOVIE: apparently, at the next position of its | revolution. It is thus that the lamp slows down the motlon exactly one hundred times. If the lamp ad- | justed to show the moving part us though it were at a standstill, the| light flashes regularly at the time | the part reaches a certuln point in its revolution. Using the camera to aid him. the scientist can now even take u pic- ture of a sewing machine needle btob bing up and down at a speed of 1,500 movements a minut where the \W'l’ cilloscope is employ ed to take the | blur out of rapld motion. Such a| photograph shows the rapidly shift- ing parts of the needle or piece of cilloscope 18 employed to take the were at rest. The novel lamp is thus | a right bower to modern photography | as it facilitates the making of pic- | tures of moving objects which pre- viously could not be reproduced pho- tographically, on account of the blurs that resulted from fast motion The osciiloscope is the prize assist- | ant of the motor car mechanic. It| enables him to “tune up” the most | refractory of automobiles by studying | just what is wrong with the rapidly | moving parts and then rectifying by | proper adjustment. With It as a d cerning eye, all the crankcase tre bles of internal combustion engines | can be studied and repaired. Tt is a| dstective that eliminates the perplex- | ing difficulties of oil and lubricating | systems that refuse to work satisfac- torily. It Is the Sherlock Holmes Ofl | the errors of mechanical motion. | £ 100 feet per minute. In English textile faetories, the use of the oscilloscope has latterly speeded up production from 100 to 300 per cent. Take, for instance, the typleal case of a calico print factory to lllustrate the superior rcsults that have obtained where the remarkable lamp has been used as an aid to man- ufacture. Previous to the Installation of the new lamps, the material passed In front of the operators at a velocity This was the tighest possibie speed at which, with unassisted human vision, the work- ers could observe the patterns. Look- ing at this motion of materials through the oscllloscope made them appear to be moving &t a speed of but one foot & minute. Hence, by its use, the movement of materials could be efficlently increased one hundred times. In any manufacturing Industry where the dally output is dependent on the ability of the human eye to follow manufacturing processes, the output can be increased one hundred- fold by the installation of the oscil- loscope system. In the making of cotton cloth, the light will even show all knots in the fiber that are not correctly tied, an | accomplishment entirely beyond the provprovince of the human eye. The government experts say that American industry will benefit Im- measurably from ‘the country-wide utilization of the oscilloscope wher- ever it is possible to harness this ex- traordinary flashing light to the cur- rent needs of our manufacturers. How Guests of the Government Live at Hotels Built in War Days Buildings Which Helped to Meet the Needs Arising From an Emer to Be Popular Dwelling Places for Workers in Washington—Simple for Safety and Health T was during the world war that the enormous Influx of war workers coming to Washington presented a serfous problem not only to the newcomers but to the residents of the city. Hundreds of Young women from every state in the union journeyed to thc Natlonal Capital to aid In the great work of running & government whose added burdens in the stress of the times called for many hends. The situation from being strained became desperate as these nieces of Tncle Sam continued to pour into the already overcrowded city. Board- ing houses, rooming houses, cafes and eating places of all descriptions sprang up almost over night, and still the demands were unanswered ‘The hue and cry rang loudly, “What are we going to Go with the war worker?’ And frowms the workers themselves a little louder, vou going to do with us? Wh vou going to lodge us and how feed 7 And how can we meet the rising vrices demanded and live within our earning capacity?” It was then that Uncle Sam came to their rescue and took up thelr cause. It was through the recommendation of the National Council of Defense that the plans for these hotels were fostered and finally grew into life. The hotels were not finished when the armistice was signed, but as it grew apparent that there was & great de- mand for the kind of accommodations they afforded the buildings were completed, equipped and opened— and the proof of their great need was shown In the fact that they were immediately filled to the limit of their capacity. From cramped quar- ters in boarding houses, family ho- tels and private families—where in many cases the profiteer had put a severe strain on thelr purses—the girls flocked to this refuge, where they were sure of value received for the amount expended. “No Man's Land,” as the hotels have come to be known by unofficial Wash- ington, is diviged into two groups— the one near the Capitol known as the Capitol group, and that located opposite the union station as the plaza group. ‘The facilities for the comfort and eonvenience of the guests strike one 88 remarkable, especlally from an economic viewpoint. HBach group con- sists of twelve dormitories, an ad- ministration building and recreation hall, two dining rooms and’kitchens, an infirmary, a powerhouse, a laun- ary, a refrigerator plant and a store- house. The two administration buildings . are constructed on simple colonial a4 resembling Independence Hall in’ Philadelphia, and the twelve U. 2 gency Have Continued Rules Which Provide Add to Comfort. | shaped houses, though economlcal of space, are attractive rather t'an un- sightly with their ivv-covered walls |and spaclous, well kept lawns bor- | dered with shrubs and flowers. Each house has 138 rooms, all ex- cept twenty of which are single |rooms. A glimpse Into several of | these rooms reveals a cosy and invit- !ing interior, kept fresh and clean by | malds provided b the management. {A bed broader than the “single” va- {riety, which looked as if it held com- fort and repose or the occupant at the end of a busy day, & roomy dresser, with convenient bracket light above. two chalrs artistically uphol- stered and a neat writing desk which fits snugly under the window, make up the furnishings. There is also a 800d sized clothes closet, and for the inevitable overflow found in every | woman's wardrobe, a utflity cedar chest on rollers, which fits neatly under the bed. Bright chintzes are hung at the windows, with sash curtains of mus- lin, and finally and probably the greatest luxury of all to those who are dally employed, is a stationary basin with hot and cold running wa- ter. A comfortably furnished lobby greets visitors on entrance to the houses, and here the guests fore- gather at the dinner hour to exchange pleasantries and discuss the events of the day. There {s also a small hotel desk where they may claim thelr keys, obtain their mail and re- celve any messages, Visitors and { telephone calls are announced from the desk by buzzers in each room. Adjoining the lobbies are several small reception rooms or “beau par- lors” as one has happily named them each attractively furnished with daven- port, easy chairs, small table and a pretty arrangement of lights. These may be spoken for in advance for private use by placing a notice upon the bulletin board found in each lobby. Here the girls may entertain callers or give small card parties or serve tea on Sunday afternoons. A small kitchenette is found in the basement of each house, and here the girls may prepare light refreshments for their guests, cook their own Sun- day night suppers, which often is done in jolly groups, or prepare light diet for a sick friend. A thoroughly up-to-date laundry is operated by the management and it does all the fiat work of the hotel amounting to about 400,000 pleces monthly. In the basement of each hLouse also is found a small laundry room, with tubs and all necessary equipment, where the really thrifty may “do their own.” Here there are also folding ironing boards and plugs tor electrfc {roms. Another bit of MRS. SA‘RAH E. SUMNER, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE GOVERN- MENT HOTELS. (Copyright by Harrls & Ewing.) generosity on the part of Uncle Sam is that the current for this as well as the electric grills in the kitchenette 1a furnished free of charge. The recreation hall, situated on the top floor of the administration bullding attached to the Capitol grodp, is ad- mittedly one of the chief attraction: A large room with & raised platform at one end and a recess or alcove at the other, with balcony above, long French windows which open on to small bal- conles, and an excellently kept waxed floor for dancing, it is the scene of many pleasant forms of entertainment for the guests. There are semi-weekly dances on Wednesday and Saturday nights, and for these a small entrance fee is.charged which goes to the ‘“house fund.”” There are also occasional lec- tures and plays, and various entertain- ments of all sorts by the girla them- selves. Whenever a fee is charged the proceeds are placed toward the house fund. This house fund is & fund shared by all of these young women, and covers various™ flelds of endeavor which un- doubtedly serve to strengthen the com- mon bond of fellowship between them. Parts of it are used for different chari- ties of special appeal or interest, as at Christmas time, when they undertake Ihaving & capacity of 236 gallons. Six to play Santa to a number of Hoor fam- ilies. Committees are appointed by the girls ‘themselves, some for the buying of necessary. articles, some for the mak- Ing of useful garments and dressing' We do that in spite of our feelings, and when that duty were finished what could we talk about axcept Politicks? Nothing. “How glad I are” commute my strawseed Uncle, “to get back to America In time to see what Pres! dent I should admire. Has Japanese been permitted to vote since I was away, Togo?" ‘'What make you think that law would get changed?” I ask to know. Why shouldn't?" he redeem. “What are Congress there for axcept to change laws frequently? Too bad. I should so like to g0 to poles next Nov. and cast my ballet. It colored persons can vote why not us?” “We are the wrong color,” I ampu- tate short “Owell!” distate Uncle with s & grone, “at leastly 1 can journey around from hall to hall hearing fa- mus candidates binding spells. T are ery fond of sweet talk from great minds, hoping to be President. 1 well recolleck the time—maybe it was about 1812—when I went to Giant Amassed Meetings and watched the late Wm Jenny Bryan talk so mov- ingly that he knock over 3 water pichers on a ratio of 16 to 1. And how emotional T was to observe Hon. Theodore Roosevelt setting his brave teeth into the leg of some Trust which wish to behave In shorty & ugle man- ner! Sometimes I could not under- stand the thoughts that come out of those famus men. But how I relished to see them act!" 5 Uncle Nichi” T narrate, “I must now burst the bitter truth to you. In this advanced yr., 1924, halls will be hired for jass-dancing & nothing else. All the great Faces, wishing to be President, will hide at home. Little Candidates will be heard but not seen."” “How you break my heart!" holla Uncle Nichi. “And what will be blame for this new calamity?” “Radlo,” 1 develop hashly. “Radlo!” he snagger. “How you mean such & thing could happen in this Age of Manhood?” §. Senate are.blame, us usual,’ I aib, “A few week of youre they come round to Pres. Coolidge and say with grapefrult voice: “'Cal; they say in family tone, ‘you remember what happen to Woodrow | because he travel too muchly? “*1 remember.” Hon Coolidge make that long speech. “Well,’ they corrode, ‘we dare you to leave Washington for the mean puppose of getting selfish votes. For | what will we be doing while you are away? othing, as usual, he report. * % % % ¢ ¢§70U have said too much!’ they burst together. ‘Step but one (1) foot outside this White House and watch what happen to your policies. This are a deadlock. What you in- tend to do about it?* by leaps and 1 shall spurts, narrate boys not leave Washington while you feels so mischeevous. More simple than that. T shall have a broadcuss- ing station set uply right over my desk. Thusly I shall kill two stones with one bird. With one eye on my Veto and another on Sec. Mellon I shall speak to America by Radlo. How you like that¥ “Struck dead by such calamity, all those Senators went back to Senate where they find Hon. La Folette alone & talking, as usual.” When Uncle Nichi hear this dia- gram he look kind of gabberflasted. “How time shiffles!” he moan. “To think I could live to see the day when orations comes by Electricity! Yet maybe I shall enjoy the sight of Hon. Hi Johnson jumping on Europe or Hon. Wm. G. MackAdoo explaining rallroads with his arms & “Not to do,” I sprawl. “All Candi- dates will speak by Radio.” “All11??" he whale, and fall back bursted. Then when able to spok, “What could it sound like?" “Well,” I gather, “let us slppose it were Campaign Season in America. Mother, Father with children (Hester & Lecter) are setting around cheer- ful radio-side. “‘Jt are about time,' narrate Fath- er, 5o he go to Dial and turn on the tickler. “Following sounds emerje: “OW - OW-WZWZZW2z - brbrbrorbrrrr- weeeeec! Then Bottsville Lokal An- zelger broadcussing AEIOU—Uncle Pilsner's Bedtime Story—Once upon a time there was a poor little bo: what didn't have no pajamas. So his Aunt Carbona took him to the Winter Garden where he saw a poor Sho. Girl what didn't have any pajamas also— ‘Shut off immediately!” holla Mother. ‘Those Bed Time Stories are coming faster & looser. Ain't there gome town what got moral entertain- ment for the young (both sexes)?' \ “FOLLOWING SOU: “‘Listen® pronounce Father, ‘T hear the Howler from somewhere." “Then Hon. Radio spoke as fol- Towin, “‘This are GNU broadcussing Pres. Cal Coolidge in a bedtime story en- title, “What the Good Republickan Saw."—Little children, I will now ex- plan to vou in & few simple words how to reduce your Sir Tax without making the American Legion mad about it. In the first place you should take into cansidderation the relation of our War Debt as Sunkdisposed to certain financial burdens which have fell right Into the lap of our wealthy proletariat. Now, children, my rem- edy are this—Quock-brrrrrrrer Ux! § ‘This Radi are behaving more hoodum than usual to night,” snarrel Hon. Mother. ‘What that noise ex- ploding now 5 * 666 ISTEN and we shall hear,’ say Father, while turning Howeler some more while Hon. Radio sa “‘Ouch! Ouch! JABWOX broad- cussing Senator Hi Johnson of Calif. in skit entitled “My Travelogue"— When I went to Eurcpe I was 100% American. When I come back I were 102%%. When I was on Other Side I met courtesy everywhere, which go to prove the sly dishonesty of Euro- pean poilticks. 1 do not belleve in politicks. 1 are for America awake or asleep! Hurrah. Let us make our- solves big & strong by kicking all feren nations in the face. England are very slippery and France very cowcattish. Don't you go and listen to them- “‘Bow! Wow! Get off this air- wave! lholla Hon. Radio at this junc- tion. “This are Hon. Wm G. Macka- doo speaking. I shall now give vou three (3) reasons why I should be Pres. of the U. S. 1—I like the cli- mate of Washington. 2—T have ran 80 many RRs that I can run Ship of State on same timetable. 3—I have had a President in my family, so I know how eaey the work is. “‘Now, fellow voters, I shall at- temp to tell you about Publick Own- ership. Publick Ownership is not. “‘Boo! R-r-r-r-asp. Honk! Honk! say Hon. Radio, and whea nextly heard he are saying, *‘—and I shall tell you in s0 manny words what are wrong with both Rep. and Dem. parties. Trouble all lies in high production cost & price of gaso- lene per mileage. Now, when I are President every Publick Question w be manufactured in quantity produc- tion from our Factories in Detroit. The Constitution will be furnished with cheap spare parts, £o no delay will be caused in case of breakage. A cooperative Home for Poor and Feb- ble Minded Congressmen will be tablished at my expense, cost 269,- 000,0003—" “Hon Fam:ly elevated ears. ““Turn off the gas,’ mone Hon. Mother. ‘That noiss are merely Hen. Ford again. Let us try to get Hona- lulu now and see if we can't hear gon ¢ good ukalaly music.'” My Ugcle Nichi listen to this news from me, but it do not seem to fill his lungs very far. “I do not think T could enjoy speeches in that bottled canditio he glub. “I do not go to Campalgn meetings merely to hear what ls spoke. What most I cnjoy are to see the Orators make faces when their large thoughts comes out.” So from that we both feel pretty low-dog. Hoping you are the same Yours truly HASHIMURA TOGO. (Copyright, 1624.) listen to that with LARDNER PRAISES DRY RESULTS Cemented Friendship With Canada, He Says. O the Editor: Congressman Volstead yesterday fissued a proclamation declaring this Sunday a legal holiday, as it is the fourth or glass wedding aani- versary of the date when his act pre- venting the sale or manufacture of liquor went into such good and last- ing effect. Everything will be closed but the saloons. Some of us 18 old enough to remem- ber back 4 yrs. ags last New Year eve, wheh the papers all come out and sald that the celebration would be the wildest that ever took place fn the U, 8, as it w in the nature —eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ished surface and a peep Into the waste cans, which are placed con- veniently under each table, shows an Interior as spotlessly clean as 2 froshly washed tea cup. This depart- ment has all the new devices for time and labor saving which are es- sential to such an establishment. In the meat department 600 pounds of beef and 600 pounds of fish are used daily for dinner and 175 pounds of bacon for breakfast. In the ba- kery 300 loaves of bread are baked daily, each welghing two pounds; 4,000 rolls are baked three times a week for dinner, well as 4,000 muffins or biscuits each morning for breakfast. There are 50 pounds of butter and 200 dosen of eggs used dally and 90, gallons of doudle cream are required when whipped cream is used. Ice cream, which is served at least twice a week for dessert, is made at the plant and 80 gallons are required to-serve the guests. All the salad dressing is also homemade, and it takes 10 gallons of oil and 10 dosen eggs to prepare the amount for a meal, the motor-power machine for making dressing and whipped cream bags of white potatoes or 7 bags of sweet potatoes are used for & meal 'and large quantities of fresh vegeta- bles and fresh frults are also used. dolls and for other toys and playthings 'When club salad is served it requires for the little ones. Often an agreed sum is sbent on a new bit of furnish- ing for the common llving yoom, a pretty lamp or phonograph that will help to enhance the home atmosphere. An important feature of the ho- tels is the food ‘service department, ‘where careful consideration is given the quality and quantity of the food. Each dining room seats 540 guest fresh linen is used for every meal and uniformed waitresses are in at- tendance. The best quality of food is purchased and the quantity is suf- ficient to satisfy the needs of a wel} balanced diet. A visit to the Kitchens is 2 revela« tion of cleanliness. One walks about the huge room on floors that fall to reveal even a grease spot. The sinc- opped tables reflech.a brightly pol-? 18 crates of lettuce. Six“crates of oranges or 14,of grapefruit are needed when these fruits are used at breakfast. A smill but well equipped infirm- ary is in & separate buildin to insure quiet for the patients. Here guests who need special service are cared for by nurses on duty for that purpose, if the iliness Is not consl ered serious enough for hospital care. ‘There is & small operating room, ‘where minor cases requiring the knife are looked after, such as the re- moval of tonsils, and while thls de- partment s not run on an extensive having only ten beds, the best of care and attention are givem such cases as are handled. A special diet kitchen is run, and food Is prepared with careful consideration as to suit- ability. of a farewell to hootch, which by next New Year eve, meaning Decem ber 31, 1920, would be a thing of the past. The boys that made this predic- tion was as near right as Bernard Shaw on pugilism. Three weeks ago Monday was New Year eve, 1923, and I gather from hearsay that never be- fore in history was they more and better people that had to be poured home. I can also remember disgusting the prohibition question in the privacy of the household, and I made | the remark that wile I might not| approve of the proposition on princl- ple, still and all I was glad it had | went through on one acct. at lease, namely that by the time my boys growed up to college age they wouldn't be no chance for them to run wild as they wouldn't be nothing left to run wild on. This was an- other great prediction, and judging by the increasing numbers of rah rah boys that staggers to classes, why in 6 or 7 yrs. when the first of my kiddies is ready to die for old Rutgers why théy won't no foot ball player think of going into a big game without 2 qt. on the hip. It seems like about the biggest dif- ference between now and 5 or 6 yrs. ago in Dbig cities as lease Is that in OF them days most cities had a law that you must close your saloon at 11 o'clock or 12 o'clock or 1 o'clock. Now days according to the law, they ain’t no saloons, so they can and do stay open as long as they feel like. In this connection, however, I might relate a little incidence that come off near where I live, and they was a couple of boys going home from a dance at their golf club and they stopped in at a roadhouse just as the prop. of same was turning out the lights and the door was locked, but they knocked and a waiter left them come in and they said they would like a drink. “He won't leave me serve you nothing.” says the walter, referring to the prop. Well the 2 boys hadn't never been in there before, so they thought it was on acct. of the prop, not know- ing them as they begin mentioning a lot of names of people that was regular customers of the place and had recommended it to them. “Oh, that is all right” says the waiter. - “You gents looks all right, but he won't leave me serve you be- cause it is 10 minutes after 1 o'clock. “What has that got to do with it? says one of the thirsty ones. “Under the Volstead act its just as much vs. SUDDEN A MAN COME IN AND WHISPERED SOME." THING TO THE MGR.” the law to sell drinks one time as another time.” “That may all be,” says the walter, ut the boss don't know they is a Volstead act. He has been stone deaf for 10 yrs. The pastime of raiding s conduct- ed on a whole lot more sensible lines now than in the old days. When the law allowed saloons but said they must close up at certaln times of night, why every little wile you would read in the paper where So and So had been raided the night before and him and all his help arrested just because they had been surprised at 3 am. with their bar open. Compare this proceedings with the way things is handled under absolute prohibition. Like for inst. I was in & certain town in Jersey a wile ago and was setting in a cafe talking to the mgr, of same and 2ll of a sudden a man come in and come to our ta- ble and whispered something to the mgr. and went right out again, and then the mgr. called the head bar- tender and told him to take all the hard stuff upstairs and put it in the rm. under the réof and be sure and have this done by 8 o'clock and leave it there till 8:30. Well, I asked the mgr. what w the {dear and he says that the man had broughten him word that the federal officers was on a raiding party and his place was scheduled for 8 o'clock. He says that the man who had just been in and warned him was employed by all the places in the town to do just that thing and he was now making his rounds telling the mgr. of each place just what time the raiders would call at that par- ticular place. “We only been caught once.” says the mgr. “On that occaslon the en- forcement boys dropped in on us without sending no advance word or nothing, and of course they found all kinds of stuff in the bar. It was a raw deal and we certainly told them what we thought of that kind of monkey business, and they ain't never tried it since.’ All in all it s no wonder that the congressman felt like the holiday should ought to be proclaimed, & prohibition has sure been a godsend in a whole lot of ways. It has given lucrative employment to a great many men that did not have nothing before only their courage. It has cemented the friendship between the U. S. and Canada. It has give gals and women a new interest in life and ) something to talk about besides hair and children. And it has made our govt. appreciate the enormous extent of our coast line and how tough it ‘would be to defend same vs. invasion. As far as {t affecting the present and future consumption of alcoho! is concerned, why a person that said that drinking In the U. S. was still in its infancy would be just about hitting the nail on the hammer. . RING W. LARDNER. 2