Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1935, Page 94

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AUTOPOINT COMPANY,Dept.TW10 1801 Foster Avenue, Chicago, . au,topoint Thell Better Pencil THIS WEEK New Eyes to the poised and balanced, and the mechan- ical control so exact, that the tube may be swung instantly in any direc- tion, and move in fractions of an inch at the will of the operator. Part of its load will be — the oper- ator himself! Yes, in this giant tele- scope the astronomer rides with his instrument in a miniature room at the upper end of the tube, and observes the stars by the light which is thrown up to him from the concave mirror be- low. The observer’s cell must needs be very compact, perhaps not more than 40 inches across; and it must be in- sulated to keep the heat of his body in, to guard against giving out local radia- tions which might distort the fragile rays of incoming starlight. From these few details, you may get an inkling of the magnitude of the undertaking. The building of this tele-_ scope has been called the greatest’ physical experiment — certainly it is the greatest of the twentieth century. It has required the close collaboration of chemists, physicists, glassmakers, metallurgists, machinists, engineers, optical specialists, as well as astrono- mers. The attack on the problems thus has been a many-sided one. Out of it have come new formulas, new stan- dards, new experience, new skills in the art of alloying old materials into new ones and of shaping huge masses into an instrument of consummate preci- sion. These are permanent gains. They will contribute to technological and scientific advance not merely for the next century, but through all the cen- turies to come. . The glass formula developed for the California project has been used also for casting the Harvard, Toronto, Texas and Michigan mirrors. And with the huge 200-inch disk achieved, the technicians are already talking of the possibilities of producing yet larger pieces of glass. ‘What may we expect tosee with the 200-inch telescope? No one knows, of course, what is Out There to see, but Continued from page.two we can figure from the space-penetrat- ing power of our present optical instru- ments how much farther this larger “eye” may be counted on to reach into space. The problem is to collect as much light as possible and focus it into as small an area as possible. The pupil of the human eye, when dilated, has a diameter about one-third of an inch, or an area about one-ninth of a square inch. All that we see is by intercepting a column of light only one-ninth of a square inch in cross-section — but even with this small area the naked eye, on a clear moonless night, can see stars of the sixth magnitude. A sixth-magni- tude star is so faint that its brightness is about equal to that of a candle at a distance of six miles. ‘The mirror of the 200-inch telescope has an area 360,000 times that of the human eye; therefore it should be able to reveal stars 360,000 times as dim as the faintest the unaided eye can see. This would mean a star of about the 24th magnitude, corresponding in ap- parent luminosity to the light of a candle at a distance of approximately 24,000 miles. The largest telescope now in use is the 100-inch reflector at Mt. Wilson Observatory. Last winter the astrono- mers Hubble and Humason secured a photograph of an outside nebula which they reckon to be so remote that its light required 500 million years to reach the earth. That is the most distant object yet reported. But the space-penetrating power of the 200-inch is rated as about three times that of the 100-inch. If this proves true we may expect to get photographs of objects three times more distant than this recent find of Hubble and Humason's, and therefore about 1,500 million light-years distant. Such a reach should reveal millions of millions of stellar systems similar to the Milky Way in which we live, and because of its larger sampling of stars and nebulae should provide a wealth of new data on the size, density, age Stars and, perhaps, the possible destiny of the universe. One of the great puzzles of present- day astronomy is the reddening of light of certain outside star systems, which seems to say that they are run- ning away from us and from one an- other. We are not certain of this inter- pretation. It may be that the light red- dens from fatigue — that its vibrations have been slowed by their long journey of millions of years and because of this tiredness vibrate in longer wave lengths and with slower frequencies. We have been able to get evidence on this subject from only about 200 of these outside systems, and the results thus far leave the question unsettled. But with the three-times-farther reach of the 200-inch eye, hundreds and eventhousands more should be brought sufficiently close for precise photog- y. With this wider range of data, the mystery might be solved — or an even deeper one might be exposed. In addition to bringing unseen ob- jectsto view, the great telescope should reveal new features of the familiar, known objects. Thus, it should show the Moon as though it were only twenty-five miles above the earth. It shouldshow Marsand Venus as though these planets were only a few thousand miles away. Details which are now blurred in the finest photography should come out sharp and distinct with the greatly en- hanced illumination reflected from the big mirror. Our knowledge of the other planets, our brothers and sisters of the solar system, should be vastly acceler- ated in scope and accuracy of detail. Mount Palomer, 6,125 feet above the sea and forty-five miles northeast of San Diego, has been selected as the site for this supreme instrument. At least five years of work remain to com- plete its construction, so we can hardly expect any news from Mt. Palomer Observatory until about 1940. There- after it should become our chief out- post, our principal window on the Great World outside. “Bull’s-Eye Barbara” Barbara now studied dancing in earnest with the vaudeville trouper. In order to devote more time to her future, she left the telephone company and did whatever work was possible, from being an office girl to selling pat- terns for a women'’s magazine. No rift came in the sky until she read that girls were wanted by the Remick Music Company. The salary was $25 a week. She was the first girl to call next morning. The man asked her if she could dance. It was the turn in the road that changed the course of her life. She answered promptly, “Yes.” ‘““Where did you ever dance?’” was the next question. Her sisters had danced at the Mari- gold Gardens in Chicago. Barbara remembered. : *““The Marigold Gardens, Chicago,” was her answer. The company was putting on a show. Barbara was given a place in the chorus. She attracted the attention of a pro- ducer. When “The Noose” was opened, he gave her a small speaking role. It was not important to anyone else. To Barbara it was everything. She put so much fire into her few speaking lines that when the highly successful play, “Burlesque,” opened on Broadway, she was given one of the leading roles. At this time Frank Fay was estab- lishing a record run of fourteen weeks as a headliner at the Palace Theater, New York. Barbara visited backstage at this playhouse and met her future husband. He was famous in his profession. Bar- bara was just beginning to climb. After a series of pert notes and casual meetings, an affection grew be- tween them. They married and formed the team of Fay and Stanwyvck. Thus Continued from page five known, they appeared at a leading New York night club. Attracting the attention of motion picture scouts, they were offered con- tracts to come to Hollywood. Frank Fay was still the big card. A quick wit, an Irish brogue, a winning personality had made him nationally known as a morologue artist of the first rank. Barbara was an unknown quantity. Fay became successful in Holly- wood. ; Barbara appeared in “The Locked Door” with Rod LaRoque. The film was so bad it nearly locked the door on her future. After much effort, she was given a test at a leading studio. She waited for days before learning the result. It came like a bullet: She had no screen possibilities! The dismal news wounded her pride. In a few weeks she was asked to make another test. In very undiplo- matic language she said, “I’'m through with the damned tests.” Her husband with keen understand- ing felt that a great hurt had curdled her courage. Without her knowledge he went to Harry Cohn, the chief of Columbia Pictures, and offered to pay her salary if he would give her a chance. Cohn was not interested in the proposition at first. Fay's eloquence finally won out. The Columbia producer finally gave her a chance, and to his credit — ke paid her salary. The picture did little to establish her in the mind of the public. It did, however, further convince her hus- band of her ability. When he heard that another picture was being cast at Columbia, he went to Frank Capra, the ace director, and asked, “‘Why can’t BarbaraStanwyckplaythelead?” The director did not consider Bar- bara a great enough actress for the role. In secret, Fay gave Barbara a rigid screen test. He took it to the director. Capra watched closely, while Fay, lest he overlook a point, kept saying — *“Look, Frank, — there's not an- other woman in the world can act like that.” Capra was convinced. So was Harry Cohn. She got the part in “Ladies of Leisure.” It remains her favorite film. Upon the releasc of this picture, Barbara was recognized as an actress of the first rank. Several years later, in an argument with Harry Cohn over a contract, he said to the successful actress: ‘“Why, your husband wanted to pay your salary to get you started. I wouldn’t let him.” Amazed, Barbara said, “That's a lie!” That evening she told Frank Fay what Harry Cohn had said. ““Well, it was this way, kid,” he ex- plained. ‘I knew you'd go places if you got a break.” 4 Barbara was speechless for a mo- ment. “Well, all I can say,” she finally told him, “is that you're a big while man.” Barbara’s screen technique is en- tirely natural. It should be. Like Bern- hardt, Rachel and Nell Gwyn, she literally sprang from the mud of life. She cannot rehearse a big scene if strangers are present. ‘““Why aren’t you bashful before an audience?”’ “I don’t know,” she replied, “that’s a mystery.” And this beautiful girl, once an Irish waif, is another. age October 27, 1934 Coming FEATURE VINGIE E. ROE “Plane Over The Amason®’ Alanna, the glamorous movie star, was one girl in a million; Marta, her secretary, was merely one of the millions. And they both loved the same man. What chance had Marta? An absorbing story by the popular author, Vingie E. Roe. E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM ‘“Legacy of Adcenture” The second of a thrilling new series of stories by that master ‘‘yarn-spinner,”’ E. Phillips Oppenheim. A mysterious sealed casket, sold at auction, draws one of the Rooke legatees into a strange and dangerous adventure. KARL IETZER “*Paid to be Dumb” He stood on the corner with the greatest of ease, this daring _young man with the adding machine. And then his girl saw him — and things began to happen ! The rollicking story of a playboy who got a job. By the well-known author, Karl Detzer. CHARLES LAUGHTON ““A Lover at Last!™ An actor was the last thing his parents wished him to be- come. Today he is the world’s greatest ! Jim Tully tells how Charles Laughton quit his modest hotel job and climbed tofameand fortune, In hisnew picture he is a lover at last.