Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1924, Page 26

WRG WILGARRY " CONCERT TONGAT Choir in New York to Furnish | Music—*“Tree of Light” i Celebration. The Christmas celebration at The Tree of Light” in Madison Square, New York, and a concert of Christmas music by the Clara Novello Davies Artists' Choir, will be WRC's chief contribution tonight to the en- tertainment of Washington's radlo audience, greatly enlarged overnight by Santa Claus. The program from “The Tree of Light” which will be broadcast also by stations WJZ and | WGY, includes chimes and carols and the Glorla Trumpeters from the Metropolitan Life Insurance towers. WRC began its Yuletide broad- easting at 11 o'clock this morning, when it transmitted the Christmas mervice at the Church of Epiphany. Silent throughout the afternoon, the atation will return to the air at 6:45 ©'clock with the first of a series of storles of “Peter Pan,” J. M. Barrie's immortal tale of child life, read by Peggy Albion. Dinner music by Bernhard Levitow's Hotel Commodore Orchestra will be broadcast from 7 to 8 o'clock, after which “The Tree of Light” program scheduled to fill the air until 9 o'clock. The concert of Christmas music by the Davies' Artists will be broadcast between 9 and 9:45 o'clock when WRC will disconnect with the New York station for a song recital by Harlan Randall, Washington's popular baritone; a piano recital by Everott McLaine and a talk by Dr. Fay C. Brown, assistant director of the Bureau of Standards, on “What Standards Mean to Us.” WRC will close for the night with & dance program by the Waldorf- Astoria Hotel Orchestra, which will be broadcast in conjunction with Wz, Local Radio Entertainment Thursday, Dec. 25, 1924. NAA—Naval Radio Station, Radio, Va. (435 Meters). :45 p.m—Weather Bureau reports. 05 p.m.—Weather Bureau reports. W CAP—Chesape: Telephone C. Silent. e and Potomac . (483 Meters). WRC—Radio Corporation of America | (469 Meters). 6:45 p.m.—"Peter Pan,” by Peggy Albion. % 7 p.m—Dinner music by Bernhard Levitow's Hotel Commodore Orches- tra, New York City, broadcast jointly with station WJZ. 8 p.m.—Christmas program from “The Tree of Light,” in Madison Square, New York, including chimes and carols, and the Gloria Trumpet- ers from the Metropolitan Life In-| surance tower, broa st jointly wilhi stations WJZ and W 9 p.m.—Concert of Christmas muulc’ by the Clara Novello Davies Artists’ Cholr, broadcast from New York Jointly with station WJZ. 9:45 p.m.—"What Standards Mean to Us,” by Dr. Fay G. Brown, assist- ant director of the Bureau of Stand- ards, in co-operation with the Smith- sonian Institution. 10 p.m—Song recital by Harlan Randall, baritone; George F. Ross at the piano. 10:20 p.m.—Plano recital by Everstt McLaline. 10:30 p.m.—Dance program by the ‘Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra, broadcast Jointly with station WJZ, from the ‘Waldorf-Astoria, New York City. VIENNA TAKES UP RADIO WITH ENTHUSIASM NOW People Learning How to Make Own Sets, Causing Prices to Tumble in Stores. Qorrespondence of the Associated Press. VIENNA, December 6—Although it has been slow in coming, radio has finally invaded Vienna and the people are succumbing in droves. A dozen or more Austrian firms make recelving sets and in the begin- ning their prices were high. Some public benefactor, however, conceived the idea of popular lectures to tell the amateur how to make his own | met, and the result of this procedure has been twofold—the makers are cutting prices and some 200 small firms are manufacturing parts. Recelving sets are now sold all over the city, tailors, grocers and florists joining in the competition. There are some 60,000 receivers in the city, but only a very few can do more than pick up the local broadcasting station. This station attempts to col- Jeet, but with indifferent success, a monthly charge of 28 cents from each listener. e ALASKAN ROADS BUILT. Big Saving on Freight Shown in Annual Report. According to the annual report of the Alaska road commission to the War Department, made public yesterday, its total expenditures up to June 30, 1924, were 37,872,075, of which amount $4.468,057 were for new oonstruction 4nd;$3.404,018 for maintenance. The roads and tralls, the commission says, have not only opened up to develo, ent nearly all sections of the terri- tory, but have effected large savings in ‘freight charges. Data collected by the commission since 1911 indi- cute that there has been annual waving of $2,000,000 in the cost of transportation of freight. The use of automobiles in Alaska 18 reported to be increasing rapidly. Approximately 90 per cent of the trafiic on the main wagon roads is handled by motor, thereby heavily in- creasing the cost of maintenance, The commission says that the use of TH 2:00—Masical program by Pete Leona Bpeclal Christmas musical feature Christmas musical program by Seas) Ladies s Carol,”* b the Triangle players’ . | Christias program: Ambrose Mcinfsre, barito John L. Ambrogi, tenor, and Eilzabeth pianist : Special ( 3:13—Plano PV ctionn by Alvin Hauser ster and Sid Frank, songs Recital from Lyon & Healy Concert Hall. WFBH KDKA WHA Long Range Radio Entertainment THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1924. The Programs of the Following Distant Stations Are Scheduled for Eastern Standard Time New York Pittsburg) R Atlantic Clty 3 New York Kansas City New York B8 Philadelphla Pittsburgh w York 838 ‘Chicago . Time When Not Radiating Disputed Conflicting Theories of Chemists and Physicists Set Forth by Expert—Only One Point W here Opinions Differ. BY DR. ROBERT A. MILLIKAN. The only place where we have dif- ference of opinion, or better, in which there are uncertainties, {s in our views as to how the electrons spend their time when they are not radiat- ing. The chemist has been content, in The first s that such activity as the physicist postulates would soon wear away all the energy possessed by the electrons. They would tire themselves out and quit thefr play. There is no answer to this argu- ment. They would indeed tire them- solves out if the electromagnetic 4:00—Harp selections by Joe Cheshire Fiction, bumor, Rudy Seiger's 'Fairmont Hotel Oy “Civie Celebration of Christ sinh," by the Handel o from Old First Presby 4:30—Bernhard Levitow’s Hotel Musical program by Star's Radio Trio Bpecial program by Macey and Scott 5 TO 00—Orchestra readings —Vocal proj 5:30—Farm and home reports :40—Police reports; grand ory program: news: n and trumps Lombardo and his Royal Canadian sical progras Weatler; Art | s bulletin. Organ recital from public. auditoriom - @:15—Dinuer Concert be KDRA, Litle Orche ““Radio for the Laymun.™ by Albert 6:30—Music by Jimmie Lent Children’s program by Gold Meda! Dinver dance music from Ho; Evers clild’s story hour by ke time for children: Special Christmas dinner concert 1 Wy 7708 7:00—Musical program: readings: addresses Program by Big Brother Club Hostess dinoer table talks . Lyon & Healy organ recital . s dicoer progras Concert Orchestra from St. Paul employment entertalners Bernhard Levitow's Uncle Wip's roll cafl and birthday lis ad'; “'At the Theaters,”” with Resume of ' day’s sports by “Jolly Bi 7:30—Violin and piano concert from *‘La C: Organ recital; lullaby time; special Chr Concert _program Rudy Seiger's Drake Concert Ensembl Bedtime stories by Uncle Kaybee ... Dinner m y Woomai 1 Santa Claus and Mrs. Santa Claos Special Christmas musical program . Charles Hector with his St. James Thy tmas musical program 8:00—Castata. ““The Hope of the World Church’ Quartet Adalr e New' republic topics . loew’s State Theater Orchestra . % Chbristmas night program from Brookl Strand Theater; story: music Clristmas program . by S rumental program organ studio 8:20—Vocal program: 8:30—Concert direet from Examiner news bulletins .... Concert by Barney Rapp's Orchestr Concert by KDKA Littl Christmas music by Review of latest Ei 8:45—Senior_ Choir of St. John' 8:30—I. B. 8. A. Choral Singers and Quartet; 9:00—Music: Bible lectnre and string quartet Concert from Estey organ studio Speclal Christmes program Readiog of 0. Henry’ it of the Magi ce program by State Orcbest al program = Classieal hour, vocal and instrumental . Program by George Olsen's Metropolitan Roger Woife Kahn Million-dollar New chestra Special Christmas music, tralto . ““Twenty Minutes of Good Reading, Pernin_. = Address; Walaut Hills Christian Church music .. g s Kiddies' bedtime storis Zion Junior Choir; celestial bel 9:15—Musical program by Senior C Congregational Church . 9:30—McDowell Sisters, Edith and Special children’s Christmas program Christmas musical program . Christunas carol 9:45—Y. M. C. A. lecture: 5 10 TO 1 10:00—Christmas play ... Christmas verses by William Stewart . Hatch Graham, banjoist wind Quartet; gram; screen ‘juveniles Skinner organ recital from Christm it 10:25—Talk; Alj Kent - 10:30—Instrumental trio Organ recital from Princess Theater: concert by Meyer Davis’ Orchestra Hastings Lyric Fred Wagner with his taiking guita, Musical program by Dak-Eisenboury Harold F. Noble, tenor . YVocal solo Vocal program George, Osborn’s Origi Donerty Melody Boys, At home™ program Jack Chbapman’s Dance Orchestra: so Dance music by Harvey Marburger Regular program . 11:30—Milnor Instrumental 12:00—Ted Lewis and his Symphonic Clowns . Program from Examiner studio dolphus Hotel Orchestra . Murray 12:30—Lou_Gold and [2:45—Nighthawk froli s orchestra ... Plantation Players . :00—Chorus and organ_recital O e "Bradneld’s Versatile Band RADIO QUERIES Radio Editor: Last Sunday I caught a statlon, but could not understand its call letters. They sounded like WRAF or WRAC. A man was counting from one to ten, after which he said some music would be broadcast. Can you tell me what station I heard?— RICHARD FORBES. You heard WRHF, the Washington Radio Hospital Fund Committee's new station at 525 Eleventh street, which was testing preliminary to its inau- gural program. Radlo Editor: Could you or any of the fans tell me anything about the station I tractors for drawing freight, partic- ularly on the sled roads in the in- terior,” 18 a valuable new develop- ment. RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT. | Special Christmas program from “The Tree of Light,” New York City, WRC, Wash- ington, and WJZ, New York, 8 to 9 o'clock. Cantata, “The Hope of the World,” WGY, Schenectady, 8 o'clock. Special program by Senior Choir of St. John’s Congrega- tional Church, WBZ, Spring- field, 8:45 o’clock. Dance program by Waldorf- Astoria Hotel Orchestra, WRC, Washington, and WJZ, New York, 10:30 o’clock. R . Special program from Picca- dilly Theater, WGBS, ' New York, 11 to 1 o'clock. heard Sunday which signed off about 10:30 o'clock? Before signing off an orchestra or a band played “The Star Spangled Banner,” and the announcer gave an outline of the program for the following day. There was an au- dience of boys at the station. The boys shouted three times and I heard the announcer say WMAC very clearly. Could you tell me where the station is?—F. F. ‘WMAC is in Cazenovia, N. Y. Radio Editor: Tuesday morning I heazd at about 7:15 o'clock a piano selection on about 400 meters wave length. A man talked, but I could not make out what he sald or the language he was using. 1 use a superheterodyne Could you or some fan tell me what station it was?—A. T. D. The radio editor is unable to iden- tify the station you heard. Rubber Comb as Wire Holder. A hard-rubber comb mounted at the ends of the loop frame makes an excellent wire spacer and holder. If erse and topical ‘entertalnment. mmodore Orchest: ram by Ann Dedrick, contraifo news bulletins by Central Park Orchesira ‘0ogan and Club Madrid Orches rogram by Jack Renard’s Orchestra musical program: bedtime usic by Burt Robora's Soclety Orchestra musle ‘addresses . otel Commodore Orchestra tter from the New England Home- airmont Hotel Orchestra ..... ; Blackstone String Quintet. W Orchestra .. .10 talking it over.. A few moments with new books by W. F. quartet; WGY Orchestra: vocal program . Concert by'the Philadelphia FPolice Hand . Ciristmas program from Esst Side Presbyt address by Rev. Howard A. Musical program by Hotel Chisca Orchestra Luboviski Trio vocal and instrumental Boston City Ciub. ight program, vocal and instrumental: Christman Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra, same a: :00—Special program from Piccadilly Theater 0 eal loas Romany Reed and String Quarts Connle’s Tnn with Leroy Smith and bis orch Instrumental program o, Brchesir Special program by Rudy Belger's Orchestra; vocal solos Vhineman's Midnight Serenaders . only & few turns are to be used, hen place the wire in every other lot, to give the loop as large a sur- ace as possible. YR R 4 TO5PM 13 2 New York Chicago San Fracisco 25 Newark New York Louisyille New York New York Philadelphia 6 TO 7 P.] 6:00—Leo Refsman's Hotel Lenox Ensembie ... Springdeld Cleveland New York Philadelplila Roston Atlanta Portl'd, Oreg. Pittabiirgh Sona. ] vewark t Society Orchestr 2 Vincent Catanese and his Hotel Alamac Orchestra.. Dinner concert by Hotel Ten Eyck Orchest: tmins ce Sorenson storfes; music Boston Omaha Chicago Pittsburgh New York PM Kanwas City Boston New York Chi Om: Mioueapolis New York Hotel Cinclanati Springtield New York Phiiadelphia Oakiand, Cal. dancing Springfield Newark Q San Juan Chicago Portl'd, Oreg. ncisco Chicago Pittsburgh New York Pittsburgh Boston Schenectady Springtield Pittsburgh Schenectady Philadelphia New York New York > ‘Boston ¥ New York Atlantic City Philadelphia Fort Worth N.¥. Springfleld X. Springfield los Angeles Louisville Pittsburgh Atlantic City New York ew York Springfela arols Rossv'e, N.Y, 9 TO 10 P.M. Rossv'e, X.Y. Sprivetield i Orchestra. York Or- Atlanta Kansas City - WHAA Iowa City : {..EYW Chlcago P el WMEL Clact 3 ncinoatt IWMC Memph IWCBD Zion, 1. Springfleld A Dal l‘fl TE bl {WHEO Lausinge * "WGBS New York «KFI Los Angeles 1P KFL Tos Angeles Il WGBS N e ow York B Em veen -WNAC Bol'(nln"h. - WOAW Omaba . WHN IKFI -KTHS ZKFKX New York Los Aogeles » 353 88 8 ugis - WGBS New York (ESAL Cincinmats 08 Angel WCCo Minneapolte WHN New York WLW Cincinnaty CKYW Chicago “WGN Chicago «WIP Philadelphia 388 28 R 883 5228 B R L A A R L R AR e R S A e S G R e A e e e N e e % % - WSB 12 MIDNIGHT T0 1 A.M, WHN N, Wi, ew York , N.Y. New York WDAF Kansas City 311 170 2 AN Los Angeles 469 Francisco 423 PLANS VESPER SERVICE. WBCN Arranges Feature for Sun- day Programs. CHICAGO, December 25—The Sun- day programs of WBCN, the new Southtown Economist radio station at Chicago, hereafter are to include one hour of vesper services, from 5:15 to 6:15 o'clock in the evening. Broadcasting will be done direct from the FEmerald Avenue Presbyterian Church, Emerald avenue and Mar- quette road. This feature is to be heard for the first time next Sunday evening, and will be a regular thing every Sunday thereafter. A 15-minute talk by the pastor, the Rev. Richard D. Hughes, who, in the last four Summers, has lectured be- fore chautauqua audiences totaling 300,000 persons, wil Hadhd 11 be included every Guarding Against “Static.” The great insurance house of Lloyds, which is said to be W“":l‘ to write a policy on anything from your chance of getting measles to bel kicked by a mule, has had a new one. The producer of a musical review asked for a policy against the occur- rence of severe static on the evening when his revue was to be broadcast to the radio audience. Use of 01d Solder. The proper way to use old solder is to first make the joint as tight as possible and then use a minimum of solder to hold the joint together. (1)=The “moving electron” theory. According to ghis idea the four elec- trons of the earbon atom revolve in separate ellipses around the central nucleus. (2)=—The position of the four outer electrons in the ato; they do mot move. fer electron’s theory. This figure illustrated the supposed of carbon on the idea that general, with what I will call the “loafer electron” theory. He ha imagined the electron sitting aroun ready to hold on to similar loafer electrons in other atoms. The physicists, on the other hand, have preferred to think of electrons as rotating with enormous speed in orbits, and as occasionally flying out of these orbits for one reason or an- other. Now, the arguments for the “loafer electron” theory are two in number. laws are universally applicable, even in the hearts of atoms. And the physicists’ only answer to this argu- od did not make eleotrons " Why assume- that the electromagnetic laws are universally valid when this is the first chance we have had to test them out in a region 8o infinitely small as the Inside of an atom? The second argument for the loafer electron theory is the existence of localized valences in chemistry. That EP T P A e 2 T e T e e T A A T N L TR A L Tt e e S % s b o o of \ E EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1924 How Electrons Spend these localized valences exist is ad- mitted on all hands; but it is simpl: due to a misunderstanding that this argument ever was used against the orbit theory. Physicist View Stated. For no physicist—and I wish to emphasize this fact—has ever ad- vanced the theory that the electrcns all rotate in orbits in the same plane. Localized valonces are just as com- patible with the orbit tkeory, when the orbits are properly distributed in space, a8 with the stutionary electron conception. All this T pointed out in 1916, try- ing thereby to clear up the miscon- ception which existed in the minds of chemists as to the way in which the physicists were thinking about atoms. The physicist has piled Ossa on Pelion in his quantitative proof of the exist- ence of these electron orbits. These new results are incompatible, however, with the shapes of orbits with which the ph: cists have been working in the field of optics during the last five years. To this extent, then, I am able to help the chemist attack the imagined electronic orbits of the physicists. I can enable him to say with a good deal of certainty that these orbits cannot be of precisely the type which we physicists have been playing with s0 assiduously for the past five years. (Copyright, 1924, by Popular Radio, Tnc.) Recharging Dead Cells. Dead dry cells can sometimes be recharged by boring two holes in the top of the cell, on opposite sides of the center connection, each one- quarter inch in diameter and three inches deep. Fill these holes with cider vinegar or a 20 per cent solu- tion of sulphuric acid and water, then plug up the holes with parafin wax to prevent evaporation. ———e Taxed for Radios by Income. Vienna has 15,000 radio listeners who have received permission to in- stall radio sets in their homes, A tax ranging from $3 to $11 must be paid annually, according to the in- | o b o B come of the owner of the set. and AN e Y I m||||‘. EN \ | éllfi{“jlllln FIFTEEN MINUTES OF RADIO EACH DAY BY JOSEPH CALCATERRA Noted Authority on Radio. Al Rights Reserved. Repreduction Prohibited. Just a Littls o This and That. Last night I went to a show and witnessed the performance of some marvelous feats of the brain. Some of us radio bugs do go out for our amusement sometimes, notwithstand- ing the views of some theater man- agers to the contrary. There 1 saw a man who had the unique faculty of doing several things at one and the same time and doing them well. He recited poetry, copied headlines from newspapers, answered questdons that were asked by the au- dience and made mental calculatio: all of them at the same time. It was little short of uncanny and it cer- tainly was an exceptional accom- plishment. Some time ago I remem- ber reading that Caesar could “dic- tate seven letters at the same time. This fellow ran Caesar a close second. It is difficult to imagine how a per- son can keep all those things in his head at one and the same time, and I know that it isn't given to all of us to do similar things. And now to get down to my story. Don't take it for granted that you can remember every connection you make in your set. If you do, you are bound to forget something and are due for a disappointment when you connect up your set and get nothing. 1f you are working from a wiring diagram, get a red-or blue pencil and mark over each connection as you make it on your set. vou are working from my step- tep instructions, underline each Instruction as you make the connec- tion called for in that instruction. After you make the connection glance at the instruction or diagram again and make sure you actually connected the terminals called for instead of some others. Of course, it sounds silly to say that you made a wrong connection when it was as clear as day to you, but such mistakes do Merry Christmas A Prosperous New Year - Starting Friday, December 26th Store-Wide Reductions Bedroom, Dining Room, Living Room Furniture, Occasional' Pieces, Etc. I} | Y/ happen, you know, and it's mueh easler to catch them early in the game than to try to find them later, after the set is completely wired. Then when you complete the job you can tell at a glance whether or not you have actually made every connection, because if you have not done 80 the connecting wires which you have not installed will not be covered with a colored line or the in- struction which you did not follow will not be underlined. 1 plead guilty to as many seemingly foolish actions as any other radio fan Many have been the times in testing a set that I have forgotten to connect the aerial and ground and then won- dered what could possibly be wrong with the set. I have even plugged the wrong phone plug into a receiver jack and wondered why I didn't get a click until T realized that the phones I had on my head were not plugged in and that T had Inserted the plug of an- other pair of phones into the jack It will pay you to watch little things like these in making your tests. A considerable amount of the trou- ble from loose connections which spoil the efficiency of a receiver comes from carelessness in handling the soldering iron, eepeciallw in the mat- ter of soldering connections tg the socket terminals. Heat applied at this point causes the composition of the socket to melt somewhat and to leave a loose con- nection which is very hard to detec In making connections it is best to tin the terminal before tightening it in place on the socket binding post Then when you solder a connection to it all that is necessary is to apply the heat of the iron for a very short time; not enough to cause any dam- age, because the solder will flow very quickly and join the parts firr when the terminal has been tinned LIBERAL CREDIT TERMS RERRPRERERERERRERERVRCRRDERRR DV RERERE RV RERVER R RERERBROLRDERRE