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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-23

steam, because il is Queer freak OF
nature that requires proportionately
much less cheat to produce steam at
high pressure than TO produce it ct low
pressure. For instance, it takes an in
crease of only ffty-six degrees Fahren-
heit to raise steam pressure from
twelve pounds up TO two hundred and
fifty pounds.
There are other electricians who say
ly great man as practical, working
electrician, and that his machines are
not always as valuable in practice as
they are in theory, but most of them
admit willingly that he has no peer as
theorist and investigator, a dreamer
of the dreams that will come true. His
talk of the future is worth thinking
about. He is very confident that great
things are coming soon through the
utilization Of the electrostatic or mag
netic condition of the earth itself.
''Some time he says, electricity will
be taken from all about us and used
for light, heat and motive power.
We will reach down 20 the earth
and tap the current anywhere, get
ting all we want without expense.
1t is interesting to sit down some
where away from all interruption and
think out what that would mean. IL
seems hardly possible that these Won
ders can be far away, because the proc
ess by which they can be realized is
so simple. Expressed roughly, all that
would have TO De done would be 20 set
the earth's electricity 70 vibrating,
and adjust a machine TO these vibra-
tions wherever the force was required.
II is something a. II the earth were
rubber bag. Shake il in one place and
you feel the vibrations in another
place. You and I could not feel the
electrical vibrations, bltt | have in
mind a machine that will II nothing
else is transmitted by these vibrations.
intelligence surely VIII be. ! have The
best of reasons for predicting that
messages viii be transmitted through
the earth in this way without wires
like a pulse through human being.
II seems surprising that this has not
been done before.
1T i reasona ole 70 suppose that the
earth electricity Is generated oy the
atoms OF which all things are com
posed We and our world are not only
whirling through space with terrific
speed. but every little atom IN the
world Is whirling. too Now, there :
good reason 70 believe that the mole
cules and their atoms are really little
worlds that -evolve and move in their
orbits like the stars. causing The ether
about them 10 spin with them. thus
generating electricity. or asOrdiny The
conditions suitable 70 its generation
While electricity could hardly be
called the ether itself. il = probable
that the effects % dynamic electricity
and electro-nagnetism are the effects
of ether IL motion. and the effects 81
static electrici.v are The efects OF ether
under strain The discovery Z .
method Of utilizing Tins practically ex-
hsuStiess force that lies % eic~c a.
hand would urcoTsr- What 81. sTr-iv
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trimmings 81 lzce o. chiffon and the
inevitable bow q satin or more rlb-
bon
The skirts 81 most q the new gowns
~ smoothly in front and On the SIDES
and f2l IN four curved folds IN tie
tzsc& They measure Eve yards .; tie
foot and are held cut there by a ;hicx
cord Il cSndlev=ic< covered with satsu.
this being az The trimming Tia. -
seen on some q tie rnoe. elegant
models When Other trimming j. Ted
IL usually taxes TIE form Il point ap-
pligpe velvet cloth o. satin The leaves
being del3csteiy outlined - Ass re
1zllic cord
4 charming calling Fo7~n that
ELECTED mach elimination vas made Il
roTal pcrps> eiOfs. r-.rnrss1 vl.a ao-
plques q violet velTs. CT white E..la
Iae eat5re t-0nt q the oodse. VA
eO-ered with TIE Apologies. AID .
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handsome effect was given 70 the
skirt by broad band of the Applique
designs placed at either side of the
front breadth reaching from belt tn
foot
The tailor-made gown still holds its
own for shopping and general utility
wear. Those brought out within the
past week have an air Of stability
about them that recommends them 10
the prudent purchaser. They are
mostly sober in color and heavy Ii
texture.
The idol Of the moment for the
strictly tailor-gnsde gown Is the new
Hisnalaya cloth. or snow lake. - il IA
more commonly called II makes an
ideal gowning for the youthful, sler-
der woman. but as il adds much TO the
size OF the wearer. the stout sister. II
she be wise. viii content herself with
one of the many faced cloths which are
equally pretty and stylish
Inc f4ll wedding i the first oppor-
tunity that one has for the display Of
handsome evening dresses. or of the
afternoon gown. il it Is IL be a noon
wedding. Several of the large eStab-
Eshments are busy with orders for
such garments. and the smart evening
wedding is now the next move on the
social calendar.
The materials that arc 70 be used are
Of the airy fairy description, such 81
gauze. chiffon and tulle, or. on the
other extreme. stately ponpadeur
silks or ivory white satin Of brilliant
sheen, so long the ideal aud traditional
fabric for wedding gowns.
vt an Importers where went 70 In
quire about these gowns | was shown
the entire wardrobe of The bridal party.
The wedding dress. which was 81
white satin, was made severely plain
with high neck and long sleeves. The
only trimming. save two clusters Of
orange blossoms, was lace. which alone
was worth a small fortune. IL was
prettily placed across the lower Dor
tion of the skirt and also oruamented
the bodice, and was OF that bvautiful
pattern called Irish Mechlin This, lev
the way, is the latest fashion in lace
and Will be found on many of the new
gowns sent out from the fashionable
Establishments.
The eight bridesmaids' dresses were
made Of chiffon, two in white, two in
hyacinth, two ia pale pink and two In
dove gray. The skirts were accordion
plated and the waists were also Of tho
plating. The sleeves were very large,
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seem SO important that I cannot hslp
but try to solve them. ! spend 50
many hours at my laboratory at times
that my friends become alarmed and
threaten to lock the place up and hide
the key. Seriously" he continued,
with earnest face and eyes fairly
ablaze, seriously, if they tried to do
that / should shoot them. ] would, in
deed. 1t makes no difference to q
mans health how long he works so
long as he loves his work, for his affec-
ton is like the oil in the lamp which
keeps the wick burning without con-
suming the wick itself. When the oil
is gone. then it is that the wick goes
fast. If at any moment j lost my
eagerness and enthusiasm, then very
likely would go to pieces.
THAT was what would have hap
pened to me if had continued to be a
journalist. You never knew that I
was once a member of your profession?
Well, i was. The trouble with me was
that / wrote too carefully, and. as it
seems to me, too thOughtfully. When
i wrote an article of which l was
particularly proud, my friends would
say: Tesla, that was a masterpiece
But the editor would say: Why don't
you write something more lively? Not
half a dozen people win read that
stuff No. journalism is the hardest
work In the world for the man who
wishes to be thoughtful My heart
was not in it, and it would have worn.
me out soon, like the wick without any
oil. Even as it is now / get worn ont
sometimes, but it is a great comfort to
be ones own master and to feel that
there is nothing to prevent ones
dropping all work at any moment and
starting for Europe or somewhere else
for as long rest as one wants
Il nave noticed a queer thing about
my mental operation, and that is that
my mind seems to work in two halves,
each Independently of the other, so
that when | talk, or even when i sleep.
only one half Of my mind appears to
be thus engaged, the other half goes
on steadily with whatever / have on
my mind, or may be ! ought to say with
whatever it has on its mind. NV
friends say: You will kill yourself |
say: Nonsense fused to be an athlete
once and l recuperate very quickly.
Sec me now" He held up his hands as
if they were trustworthy indicators Of
his physical condition. They were long
and thin and nervous. They trembled
little and the conclusion naturallysto
be drawn from them was that their
pOSSessor was a man whose tremen-
dous energy, although under good con-
troll, was likely to use him up if run at
such high pressure much longer. =
Mr.. Tesla is only thirty-seven years
old, and he looks even younger. He
was born at town called Smiljan in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-23
NAN OF THE FUTURE
"A Genius Who Loves america ono
Has Added to It's Greatness.
Nov Tesla Looks at Work-Once . News
paper Man, Now the Greatest of
Electrical Seers-Prophecies
for the Future.
COPYRIGHT. 1894. :

1tis a most difficult thing to inter
view NiLola Tesla, but to sit down and
talk with him, man to man, ah. that is
a different matter, and if one has had
that privilege be will be glad toremem-
grandchildren about it, for it is quite
likely that they viii know very well
who NikoIa Tesla was.
} This brilliant young electrician. who
undoubtedly is the foremost thinker of
the world in his chosen field, is honest
~ and sincerely modest. No writer
who has tried TO get him to talk for
publication has any doubts on that
score. sit is an embarra ssment TO
me-" he says, 'that my work has at
tracted much public attention. not only
because ! believe that an earnest man,
who loves science more than all else,
should let his work speak for him if it
will. but because ] am afraid that some.
of the scientists whose friendship /
value very much suspect me Of encour1
aging newspaper nOtoriety." Mr.. Tesla,
reverted to this matter several times
In the course of two conversations and,
IS evidently sensitive about it. There
fore the portions of this article that
come from him should be regarded as a
special concession, particularly as he
has never talked so freely before.
Bogus interviews with him have been
published Of late. bit this is genuine.
Mr.. Tesla spends his days on the
fourth floor of a machine shop at No. 80
South Fifth avenue. His name does not
appear anywhere on the building. and
there is nothing about the place to indi-
cate that it is one of the worlds centers,
of electrical interest The whole floor is
occupied by Mr.. Tesla's laboratory. ex-
cept that one corner is partitioned off
into the plainest of little offices con-
tanning principally a modest desk for
the inventor, a yet more modest desk
for his bookkeeper. bookcase largely
devoted TO the Official Gazette OF the
patent Office and small black board
which hangs On the wall and bears evi-
dence of hard usage. The black is worn
from this board in several spots. and
the rest of it is covered with figures
and icabalistic signs. No doubt the
science of electricity would have been.
notably poorer but for some of the prob
lens worked out on that shabby
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Servia. on the borderland of Au.t-o-
Hungary. His family was an old one.
cultured and highly respected. His
father was an eloquent preacher of the
Greek church. and his mother was a
woman of remarkable ingenuity. He
had an inherited taste for mechanics.
and il Is her blood that made Tesla
what he Is His father wanted him 10
enter the church, but ne could not be
kept away from experiments in mag
netism and electricity. in which he
was deeply interested by the time he
was sixteen. He was finally permitted
10 go 70 q polytechnic school with the
idea OF becoming a professor OF. math-
ematicS aud physics He was making
inventions Of improvements for the
telephone before he was TWENTY-FIVE
years old He secured employment in
Paris as an electrical engineer and
then came 70 America early in the
SOS. not because he had anv
definite employment in view. but be-
cause he became convinced that the
United States was the best country in
the world for an inventor. because
new ideas were more quickly and
highly appreciated here than anywhere
slSe.
The day he arrived here he went 70
work for Nj Edison for w nom he had,
ana has Yet. the strongest admiration
BE left the Wizard Of Meulo Park in
order 10 Join company organized TO
sell some of his inventions IN arc
lighting.
Much 81 NJ Tesla's spare time dur
Ing his first i've yea-s in this country
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~ impartiality gives this opinion of
him, and it is an opinion that prob
ably will be found to have the approval
of most of the scientists who have come
in contact with this wonderful young
man He is a scientist who is in adj
vance of his time, seer, genuine
poet OF electricity, a man whose eye is
focused to the great things of science,
and whose mind is fitted by nature 20
deal with them better than with the
commonplace things that the most are
obliged to busy ourselves with. He
has been charged with being a vision
airy. but il seems to me that the charge
is misleading, for though Tesla I'M
deubtedly has seen visions that other
scientists had not seen. some of them
were based on reasoning rather than
on imagination unaided by facts, as
was proved by the circumstances that
the other scientists saw the same vi
sions after Tesla had pointed out the
way to look for them They were Vi
sions that opened rich new fields FOR SCI
entific exploration and that will bring
practical benefits 10 every household
Tesla is young and strong and his head
Is not turned. He is as eager as ever
and there is no reason 70 suppose that
the most brilliant and useful part Of
his life is not yet before him"
Mr. Tesla IS going 20 Europe very
soon, but not 70 stay-not By any man
ner Of means-he is too thorough-go-
ing an American for that lie believes
the United States is the most progress
sive. enlightened and liberal land on
Earth, and Of all the reasons be has for
satisfaction with lie ne holds one Of
the greatest To be the decision that
brought him 70 this country ten years
ago.
said 70 him week ago. on bidding
him good-2y: You're sure you are
thoroughly Americanized now; that
you'll never hunger after any other
titles than that % a citizen Of this
United States, and this was the mem
orable saying with which be made al
enthusiastic answer.
You bet CURTIS BEowS.
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him, and anyone who talks with him
for even a few minutes will get the i'm
preston that science is his only mis-
tress and that he cares more for ber
than for money or fame.
Anyone who has net PaderewsA
and has been able to speak German or
French with sufficient fluency to enjoy
a conversation with him, and who has
also had the pleasure of talk with
Tesla across one of Delmonico's tables,
will feel instinctively that the Polish
pianist and the Servian electrician
have much in common, and that it is
great pity they have never met. Some
phiIanthropist could do both of them
service by bringing them together
when Paderewski comes to this coun-
try again next December. They could
at least find common ground of in
terest in Slavic literature, with which
both have wide acquaintance.
Speaking of love for science, Mr.
Tesla said the other day in one Of the
rare moments when he could be in
duced TO talk of himself: Wherever
am, cannot help working at problems
that present themselves TO me and
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novelty. A soft, sheeny. satin-lil<e lus-
ter is observed in some Of the importa-
tions, and there is a return TO the pretty
embossed cloths that were displaced a
few seasons ago. Plain eolors, mix
lures of two or more colors and blurred
effects are among the newer goods.
and last, but not least. tricot wash
plush. This material seems to be
marching straight toward popular
favor. 1t is light in texture, warm,
durable and deliciously soft TO the
touch, and, as its name indicates, will
wash. 1t comes in all the new coSor-
ings as well as black.
Gray, dark brown, tan, hyacinth and
dark green appear to head the list of
fashionable colors. while that peculiar
shade of blue called bluet has lost none
of its standing. Black is also popular,
and some of the newest and hand
soonest weaves come in this sonber hue.
Lovers of the novel will find some
thing to interest them in the new skirt
sent over by Panquin, of Paris. II
measures quite eight yards in width
at the foot and falls in godets nearly
all around the wearer on the sides as
well as in the back. only n short space
directly in front lying fiat To hold
the godets in place two fine steels,
flexible as watch springs. are placed
around the skirt next to the lining, one
at the foot, the other ten inches above.
and these are held in position by short
rubber straps. The front is shaped by
a seam down the middle and boned
across the upper portion TO keep il
smooth and fiat. This skirt has very
little fullness at the top and when in
tended for street wear is made TO clear
the ground, as, owing 10 its width. the
steels and rubber straps, holding it up
would be an impossibility.
At first glance this skirt seems
irredeemably ugly, but It grows on
one, as it were. and like for other
novelties an admiration for it may be
soon acquired
Charmingly chic are the gowns sent
from over the sea They are trim.
wen-built and undeniably good look
ing. The gowns destined for the
house are made of crepon or other
light weight material over a silk lining
OF contrasting color. The short
round waist is generally relieved by
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and around the waist VIII be worn
broad sashes of moire ribbon
To go with these gowns wers fan,
| gloves and dainty satin slippers with
large rosettes of chiffon.
/ saw several OF the gowns to bs
worn by members of the family at this
wedding and the brides mothers toilet.
The latter was Of heavy corded silk Of
q delicate shade OF old gray. trimmed
with silk embroidery and fine white
lace.
II was the gown par excellence for
the dowager. with gloves and slippers
of gray - match and 20 complete ths
toilet
A gown 20 be worn by the young
married sister Of the bride was a bright
blue crepon. lined with ressda greene
the bodice was Of blue chiffon through
which CLEANED softly sillcan lining %
green Another dress In this wardrobe
would induce envy IN a much stronger
minded woman than l claim 20 Be- II
had skirt OF black chiffon and q
bodice of silk tissue, patterned all owes
with pink-tpped daisies This waa
lined with pink silk, and In 10 b
Drowned by bonnet OF cream isea.
trimmed with black wings and psn.c
roses
The brides goinr-zvay gown was "a
rough-surfacsd cloth. darkgrssn IN
color The waist WAS round. with .
rniroir velvet trimmed thu skirt and
waist, and the belt and collar band
were Of the same material Tia has
was Of felt with folded brfnl % velvet
and ornsmsnted with feathers and
loops Of green moirc ribbon The ties
were Of dark green velvet
To wear with this dress on The arst
cool days was a triple eollst Of yreeD
velvet This sufy LITTLE cape doe. not
reach % the waist and "a very broad
across the sbould<-N
Autumn millinery j. no lees R..rae-
tive than autumn gowns Impo-ta-
lions are Just being received az tax
leading houses, and some % them show
novel effects. BDnnsts are eIc~~liox-
u small. bat are yrettisr than they
have been for several s<1soua Rs1.
hsts, while not a. dressy ga the velvet
che, viii 10 very nBca worn.
Ths picture represents rerT vr~t.y
ns>aei MADE 81 fslt with al eHne.el=g.
II fsu ruchs q r!bbon srouaa "a,
crown Placed n front are ts=o sval.
loTs. their black vinrs and zhis-
breasts shoTing pretsily sxzlns. N.
back srosDd q ribtoa.
for zs@fuiness nothing eoald 10 f.~..
TER Than . black felt. .ailor-.hares "a,
trimmed a. s~~h SIDE With = t,-.IJias.
0S1's4s fasteaiag. box Il NOR.
antique -s.c q eses,er II 5e;ied eo~7s.
's~ NTH Esrx CAEzsEA
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and, so far as can see. we VIII freeze
and starve to death unless electricity
is used to transmit the exhaustless
energy of water power to any distance.
wherever man has his habitation, and
turn it into light. heat and power for
him. But now that transmission of
energy by means of electricity has be-
come not only possible but practical,
there need be no more unpleasant
speculation about what will happen
TO us after the worlds supply of fuel
has been exhausted. The operations at
Niagara are a promise to US of this in
surance against what the future may
have in store for Us. The work there
is inspiring of confidence, too, for the
future of electricity"
He believes it is possible to deliver
electricity generated at the falls to
the doors of New York cheaper than
steam power is generated there. He
was explicit on this point and had evil
IDENTIFY given careful thought to the
subject at some previous time. He said:
eff you have one hundred and fifty
thousand horsepower TO transmit into
new bulk you can send it five hundred
miles and yet compete with steam gen.
Grated on the spot for the engines now
in use. But if you send only ten thou
sand, for instance, then in my estima-.
ton, it cannot be sent TO compete with
steam to distance of more than fifty
miles It should be added, however,
that while this statement is true ac-
cording to the results of laboratory
practice, it may not apply exactly to
the actual operation where all the diff
ferences of conditions from those in
the laboratory cannot be fully dis
counted beforehand"
A fellow electrician who is in posi-
ton to Judge of Mr.. Tesla with friend.