Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1924, Page 35

According toTitus Livy, who used to sayit with epigramsin dear old Padua, experience is the teacher of fools s left this vale of tears nineteen hundred years ago, but the school of cxperience founded by Eve and her apple addict confederate is still doing business at the same old stand. ‘William Tells,” by H, C. WiTWER H. C" WITWER NO TIME FOR YALE TOOK COLLEGEHOME SAYS H. C. WITWER LOS ANGELES, CAL., April 10—Interviewed here today, the opular short story writer, H. C. Witwer,confessed that he has ac- quired a college education with out goin. any college. In re- sponse o ry concerning the ry flavor of the opening paragraphs and titles of 1is current stories in Collier’s and n Cosinopolitan Magazine, Wit- wer produced a letter he had just written to a friend in New York. “I most assuredly have a Fiv Foot > he wrote, d if you don’t think I use it constant- ly for inspiration, reference and mental calisthenics, you should see the well-thumbed pages. “There is no excuse for anyone missing a college edu- cation when these books are available.” In response to further inquir- ies, Witwe v said that he has been successively a newshoy, soda jerk,cireu thn: ity w nler,sporls “ditor, and short story writer. “I have never had time to be an in- mate of dear old Yale,” he added, but a constant inmate of my home has been DR. ELIOT’S FIVE-FOOT SHELF OF BOOKS” To H. C. Witwer, one of the most popular and admired of nodern writers, as to so many thousand other successful men and women, this great library has been a liberal education and a tool of success. Every ambitious young man and woman ought to know some- thing about this famous and use- “ul coliection of the world’s great- est books—books that will be as aseful to you if you are a lawyer, alesman, minister, executive, engineer or banker as they have been to H. Witwer and so many other writers, Let us send you a free hook ealled “Fifteen Minutes a Day,” which tells how Dr. Eliot of Harvard has put into the Five- Foot Shelf “the essentials of a iberal education,” and how he has so arranged it with notes and reading courses that even fifteen minutes a day are enough to give you the knowledge of literature aund life, the culture and the thinking capacity which every university strives to grve. Every reader of this newspaper is invited to have a free copy of this readable and stimulating ittle hook. Write your name and address below and mail the cou- pon: your book will come by re- turn mail. TEAR OFF ~MAIL TODAY. P.F. Collier & Son Company 416 West 13th Street, New York City By mail, free, send me the little guide book 0 the most famous books in the world, describe ing Dr. Eliot’s Five-Foot Shelf of Books (Har- vard Classics), and eontaining the pian of reading recommended by Dr. Eliot of Harvard. yr. Name il Address. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIL 1 e __=_=m_—_i—3 Radio, unfortunately and unjustly, Mrs. Du Puy hlmroeengg roturned frequently gets a “black eye" througn | from two years spent in Europe. in & . dy of conditions - oV e par- 'proper headlings and,_sometimes | fouierly o peintion Yo baia adly written storfes in the daily |work. In (Femeva she becamt active press. The headline “Electroguted by | i the wotk ef ithe Union- of the Radio” which recently appeared in a| Women oF J2meud ud,iguon ity iccal paper, was not only iisleading, | member of that W sBingtdr Jn, forum: on but wrong according to the brief women's affairs, the.Wemen's Press story itself. In the first place, radio “IS0: Du PaFs wi itself cannot electrocute aDY ONA, €X- | dav Atterncans Wi Kol ta et mer ong cept in case of transmitting stations | situation of women's activities from where hizh-power supply is used. At!the local, national and international the radio receiving end radio fs not | Jundnointrwill conslet of & report dangerous. It is even doubtful if the stanly widening Imiiuence of the ac- high-frequency power put into trans- ' tivities of modern womar. mitting antenna at big commercial gy stations could kill, although it is ad- | New Type of Antenna, H | mittedly dangerous to touch bure! An Italian' radio = experimenter., wire, the motor generator, bus bars - Adriano Duecatin,’ has communicated or the transmitting circuits, &8 & successtully ‘with amateurs {m 38his shock or burn might result. Only at country with & nowel antenna Ar- hiq:xi]m\\w red, lo \ilnqu--my !‘l‘u.lll;hv! ngoment, the use of Which is mew i sets are not danKerous, ROCONAINE ‘sacnom og "o o oane Unlted States to all well informed experts, unless, § """‘“‘:, ta¢a, compmunivation that} of course, they are charged by out AR Just begwrocsivedahy the /\m'fl'x G R L can Radio Re'wy Lraxue Mr Ducati Referring again' to the headline ' horedses the ; capacity = between his and the story of the unfortunate lad, SDREIRA and: counterpoies with an e T : extra_countbrpolse crotted above thes {come into contact Tegular sntenn exscem, | Somp Lot Sonact | He is casily the foremost' gmateur | Yositly mecn thut he wis ot ab in Italy, inasmuch as he was the first | tad by Al onctohy & to establ'sh two-way/connection with | | Bower line. "It would have been the thls country. Being anfamiliar with | { same had he heen stringing a wire #1l of the methods employed by | | lothesline, wlthough his death would American radfo men, he did not place { [ ot have becn eharied to @ ¢lothes- &NY special stress on his novel aarial. l UAR dutoist who stalls his ma- The technical déerartment of the A. b ! | 1 | railway track and is killed however, ia interested in the | s train is not said to addit ona) counterpoise over been killed by #n automobile. nd experiments will be Some sort of an werfal 16 NecessaTs to détermine its spectai | eiving set, and it is well adva 5 n outside aerial is better 1 other respects Mr. ‘Duea e one © loop, ¢xcept equipment is’ similar to the bet a onstructed high-power class of wmateur stations .in s thh tube recel untry, and the rexiis are’ regarde Necordt v Dr. M. Dellenger, as remarkable, eonsidering. that wn | laboratery o interest in amateUr radio is just be & falrly o u Maly: e states that the Simplest rocelving sets. “To et th caiis are about the same as they | best resu ooF GBenBs useq in the United States two years for great or for crystal 'wu_ on use a single, cor D e . o tinuous copper wire 50 to 150 r:-vx it : Tar { lon direet from the set to’ the BIER: | from "l ; el st point avail at the Ahch as Who IS starting in radio is in doubt | -nn-pulxlu;:l by good ine: ipt well |8 1o what Kird of a sct he should ain o Jeep Bet, and interference conditions are v ee | away from trees and bulldings, KeeP jikély to bo troublesome for some fhetantenns away fof, ~ me to come Strange to say, most y\_[.-::’xl.:‘ contac the (Inh~rll‘r'“("‘ on short waves e anshies, o ey ikve: an-| rom stations Holland. . Reviyin b QR Dellenger England. Switzeriand, Bel- A e | ium and other places. lightning hazard is practi-| 50 y “Only for outsi 4 antennas ) Total of 569 Stations. d \‘A‘:hv‘n‘Jv\'l’l'l'-‘:lv\U‘"‘ e “‘“{“' | nv: APril 1 there were 583 broad- st all, LU 18081 Called « ! CaSting stations in operation in the small and cheap device, o United States. Eleven stations ceased tRlGE Arpomt e i «|operation during March. They were: il A e 7 KFDL, Denver, Colo.; KXD, Mo- £ I o mora lkely Worcester ightning into & hou e or ngton, b. « thun are overhead telephones or elec- i WIH, Wash cht w The principal hazard & !l\l\llmt a, W unter is from unnn,in:, out- | WQAV, v S« Gntennas over or near electrio T wires. A mumber of persons ' WSA ndianapolis, Ind. uve met death by electrogution from — . N A W00 0 ‘ Australinn Signals Heard in 1. ! o e I now | Little did the Austr tional electrical wafety code a1 Who used the hoomerans with & wiek- Irawing ‘up resulations and precau; |y Gyt ¢ hand that brought it tion: for the erection and use of($% o . Y % elr feet, realize that the asriuls, and will report soon | be far off whe i Concerning antennas in general, Dr. (hieir captingint cotid lenger pointed out that there 12 !sit before a queerly constructed elec- hing sbont’ them oy ’Jm~‘ uncer- | trical instrument and with the simple | amoun nf wo 4 ressure of one L Eend n itiited fans. An antenna, he ex-;RUi%e & e the whvers m”‘l}(‘_*;l\ Gote |, Their intarest stimulated by listen- radio wave the rocaiviog ing to siknals from amateur stations "“ 1 woeie FoE] in this country, dio fans in Aus- | Vil work T4 | tralia are now constructing low-power a“t receiving se ."I ;n? = nsmiiting sets for the purpose of wdding that fans do not nee ind | Gatablishing communication in both tate the Pur transmitters and between the ~continents croct elaborate antennas of several O hoiween ave made a zood start to wires. A gencral antenna for recep- R ve made & xood t toward tion ghould be a single wire run The development of Fadio commu- | from the set direct, if possible, to & | njcation among amateur fans has nveniantly high point at the far|yept pace with commercial radio on ot have to be hori- | the continent and several of the na- | t angle is sometimes | {iva experimenters have cd the | it muein Iy sometimes i xperimenters have attracted th n the antenna points. | couritry. The Australian amateur i 1 difference is noted inoted ~particularly for excepio rept in special and ! gkill in transmission ofi Jow pow. antennas. Good insulation i For many months Amerfean an ‘seary, and he recommends that!teurs have been heard' im>Austra wire he swung over a clear space |and their signals have been regu possible, with at least five fvet and clear. Now comes 2 definite irance over all objects ecrossed. | fication of a report that E. H. Gox o 14 solid, bare, copper wire, of| Elsternw Australian operator. of § rger sizes, are recommended, since | amateur station 3BD, has Leen heard | has low resistance and results in|in the United Stat Cox’s signals oud signals. Stranded wire, though | were received by a Japanese amatour, ronger, is not considered- quite as| Y, Ito, operator of SACW. 1od as solid wire Insulated Wire,| This feat, reported more than a he explained, is not especially detri- | month ago, has j been verified, ( mental, but costs more than bare|following an investigation by K. P.| wire. 'From 50 to 150 feet is the: Frederick. editor of the Radio Jour- | usual lencth rocommended for broad- nal, a radio magazine published in cast reception. Longer aerials bring | Los Angeles. This magazine organ- | :r signals, he savs, and are|ized the trans-Pacific radio tests, more certain in distant stations. But! with the co-operation of Australian | they also bring in more interference, | radio men and the American Radio Including static. “Antenna length,” ' Relay League, { he sums up, “is a compromise be-| The offer of the A. R. R. L. head- | tween loudness of signals and free- ' quarters to donate a genuine Austra- | dom from interference.” The public lian boomerang to the first American | trend is no longer for distance, but|amateur to establish two-way con- quality of reception, he believes. 1If, ! tact with Australia still holds good, | lowever, one wants to astonish hi¢ and amateurs on the Pacific coast are | toteniia With & fan-aistanse . | anxiously awaiting the time when it | he explains, let him erect a “wl | will be announced thati a United . long antenna” or use a very | States amateur has sent out an im- i nsitive, many-tube recelving set, | pulse through the ether that will | or both, and pile up a record. Re-|Swing back like the boomerang of | ceiving ' sets using electron tubes ; old. | work well with indoor antennas or | { loops, the latter aiding in direc- | Two New Statlons. tional effects. but theso antennas are | Two new class A broadeasting sta- | tively weak, and therefore the tions were licensed last weck by the nals ‘must be amplified, he ox-| Department of Commerce, as follow plained. | _KEPM, the New Furiture Com- Fourteen New Stations Planned. Plans are afoot for the erection of at least fourteen new class B broad- casting station and seven are already under canstruction, according to the Department of Commerce. To date there are forty-nine of these high-class and Kigh-powered stations, but with the development of the art more’ powerful stations have come ifito vogue and as a result bizzer and hetter stations are anticipated in New York. Chicago, New Orleans, enver, Hartford, Huston, Hot Sprines. Cincinnati, Fort Bragg, N.C., and Berring Sorings, Mich, La’ychnund' E N Although sevety stations are known Cover the Continent— to be under constriction, the depart- ment has not°yet issued licenses and | If you're a radio enthusi- will not annoumee the names of the | A, A AT tiNe Srenut ast you're interested in Tu Chicago: a §oft of reorganiza- B = [tion fn oumerhrondeasting. e under long-distance . reception. way. WIAZ (he well known station And, no matter how loud of the Chirago, o Laboratory, has Become station WGK, i call, signin- and clear the nearby sta- cant of the Chicago Tribune, which g C i i il Will now use this atation on 370 me. CIONS cOme in, the big thrill ters tead of 443 meters ' The is realized only when you Herald-Examiner, wit ears-Roe- : {buck Company, will share a new B hear_a station thousands | station, which' will operate on 345:43{ miles away. meters, splitting time on sharing this | WARve th with WCBD at Zion City. ' The Daily News' station, WMAQ, will operate on 445 meters, dividing time lsm with the Rainbow Gardens. The | Calurhet Baking Powder Company is | planning a new station, now under | construction, but no eall has been announced yet. RADIO HEAD SETS are built especially for long-dis- WRC Hax New Feature. tance reception. They are equip- | That radio broadcasting is finding itself, is arriving at a bas's of effec- | Ped with Powerful Magnets tive organization. is cviderced by the | Which are necessary for sen fact that trained reporters are find- | ity, sound volume and true tonal ‘mg their places on the staffs of the ! d'fferent broadcasters and ure supply- | Toalty: ;Stromberg-Carlson Hedd ing the hearers with materlal pre- | Sets also have Layer Wound and ipared on the same basis ag is the | Layer Insulated Coils—a con- | reading matter of the Journals of the I struction ' which will stand up nation. 1"“The latest evidence of this fact g | Under the highest plate voltages ®iven by WRC, which has arraneed | that a radio tube will stend. with Mrs. William Atherton” Du Puy, trained observer, ;reporter .and lec- Ask Your Dealer turer on national and international A affairs, to speak each Monday after- noon, giving a ‘weekly review of Stromberg-Carlson Tel. Mig. Co. women’s affairs. e title.of Mrs. 060 University Aven Du Puy's talk is “What Women Are 10651 A Doing 'oday" . an it consists ver: CH! ’hrxvly of- the samo sart of report ROTHESTER, N. X |as that which might be supplied by | a newspaper woman for her publica- tion. | "'WRC seleated Mrs. Du Puy for this ‘lask primarily because . she was a rained reporter. had worked, as such |and as & feature writer on :news- | |papers She was selected fop,this ! work further betause of her in -;e‘ familiarity with the actf .women's organizations. She Tact. served Tor two terma as nationai president of the League of " tmn! Pen Women. A further element of fitness for this task was the fact that i phis, Tenn., 20 watts, 250 meters. i idg all manner of sound-producing | {mereial Attache Hugh A. Bulter. Up {to March 1, more than 600,000 licenses listened to Wednesday night at about 11:40? It sounded like WIAY, Wash- ington, D. C. T don't see it listed any- where 'and would appreciate if you could tell me where and what it was. What I heard was an orchestra.” The station you heard was WIAY, Woodward & “Lothrop, testing..pre- paratory to the reopening Lomorrow of their station which has not beer' in eperation for néarly f year. | i b J. H. C. sends following answer | to a query appearing in this cullllll!»_' “Replying to W ILLIAM O. CLA. i state that he heard station Mont Joil, P. Q. Crnada. operated b Dr. J. L. P. Landry, 250 watts,’ 8 l! meters. Hiv slogan is ‘Three weeks ' below. Quebec where' civilizs nearly ends’ Dr. Landry’s -unmmunrv speaks with a decided French acceft. Have heard this station on geyeral occasians. T. A Y., 714 15th street qoru\w-st. asks the location of station - WON. Saying that he clearly heard ‘the gall | signals, but interference act in from Troy, Mo. WON ‘are the call letters of the ' steamer Li Brea, operated: by e | Union 011 Company ARTHUR KRIEMELMEYER, uonl Longfellaw sircot northwest, sends | the following to the radio.edifor: “In answer to BE. T. THORNTON'S | SCOTT BLAKELEY, icg: City that he heard Whowe Scotch ballnds fentured the | "oy Would like to know the exadt hroadeast program location of statfon 2BA of Mont Joli, He hax heen heurd several times by | Quenee, Candda. | receivedthis star radio aw'lencex ln his uinging from |(jon Siturday, April 5, at about 1 the WCAP studio. a.m. J3A 1s the test atation of CICM ¢e- ferred (o in anothcr communjcation pany, Greenville, Texas, 10 watts, 242 | in this column toda; meters. i WCEBO, ‘the Radio Shop, Inc., Mem- PLAN STRICTER RULE Schencctady informs ns that thelr Obil- property man ix hard at work mak- ,Comm{ssioners Seek to Keep dren From Stage. evices for radio drama DUTDOSes. | { : me of the n simple expedients | . The District Commissioders have bring: about Mokt replistic re- | gacided to be more stringent in.the sults. Dried poas rolling through @ | g, e {n tssuing perimits for children ipaper tube produce the lonesome pat- ter of rain on the roof. A plumber's | to perform on the stage In Wash- blow torch, aided by the breaking of | ington. matches, creates a raging forest fire Daniel E. Garg A board upon which are mounted nu- merous bells and gongs is used for the telephone, burglar and fire | d alarms. board of Commissioners, s y that where a troupe come the ty for one week or for a shori stay — nd includes one or moré children, the Enthusiasm radio telephony | permit will be Itsued. continues to Ere throughout Great Britain, according to Acting Com- In cases, however, where local! motion picture theaters employ chil- | dren regularly or at frequent in- turvals, permits will not be lssued from now on, } { { i for receiving sets had been issued. e | ©. B. 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