Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1926, Page 20

CHANGE FORESEEN IN RECEIVING SETS Elimination of A Batteries Believed to Be Next Development in be the principal- development In the radio industry this season, just as the elimination batteries was the chief contribution last year. According E. F. Andrews, presi- dent of the Andrews Hammond Co., and inventor of many important fea- tures of radip accessories, patents have been applied for to cover an A eliminator that will completely do THE SUNDAY vorable comment from radio en- gineers. The basic principle of the ‘device, which is designed for operation from a charger, is an electro-chemical con- a movel departure from the ns in similar battery-climinat- apparatus. The instrument is self-contained and is expected to be rapidly picked up by the radio in- STAR, WASHINGTON, only other type of A battery elim- inator that is in current use is that embodied in two of the more elab- orate models of the Radio Corporation receivers, and is of a vastly different design. Something Wrong. From the Birmingham Age-Herald. D. C. OCTOBER 31 PUBLISHER SCOLDS BRITISH HOUSEWIVES Too ConsBrvative About Home Im- provements, Sir Ernest Benn . 1926—PART 1. trade as a sclence, believes British housewlives are lagging behind in the world of progress. And he is telling them so to their faces. British con- servatism in regard to improvements in the home is altogether too conser- vative, he contends. “A census of the thumbs of cooks and housewives would show that two- thirds of them are permanently dis- we are a third if not a fifth rate people in the arts and processes we invented and gave to the world.” There was virtually no limit to the use of household appliances in the United States, Sir Ernest pointed out. He remarked that the difference be- tween the United States and Britain was that the Americans had a me- chanical sense, “and we should try to telephones was only 26 per thousand against 28 in Iceland and 145 in the United States. Those Good Old Hymns. From the Clay Center Times. “I like these old songs we used to sing at church when I was young." feelingly remarked a Rotarian at Thursday's luncheon when the fel- « figured, cut, bruised and stained be away with the objectionable hum cause of the old-fashioned idea that which has featured all the devices previously designed for this purpose. of the device made in the com- s laboratories in Chicago and n W have eynked fa- dustry. According to Mr. Andrews the A eliminator” is capable of operation in conjunction with any type of receiver now on the market, and the cost of oneration is exceedingly small. The “I fear Dubwaite lacks a sense of = add to the charm of English life & part | jows burst out singing “Grandfa- umor-. of that mechanical sense which makes | ther's Clock.” potatoes must be pared by hand,” Sir; American life so easy.” - By the Associated Press. Ernest told an assemblage of women. 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