Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28
MARCoNI'S RIVAL.
But His Scheme Is a Good Deal Mors
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Marconi, he Of wireless fame, has a rival
In the person Of a young Washington
scientist. who has conceived an idea moro
brilliant and placed upon the etheric wavea
a more masterfuI hand than the young Ital.
ian genius ever dreamed of. Marconi has
bridled the elements Of the heavens for the
transmission of sound vibrations; our
Washington scientist, Prof. Carlo this isn't
his real name, but it will answer for the
purpose of this story has scheme for the
transmission upon the waves of the infinite
air of reflections of faces. landscapes and
the like. To explain. he places his subject
in front of mirror. or the mirror in 'front.'
OF the subject, the case may be, and, by
arranging the mirror at a certain angle,
transfers the likeness to another mirroS
suspended high in the air. swinging to and
fro upon those mysterious etheric waves
The obedient waves, being thus brought
face to face with the likeness of the earthly
being, jump for Joy, and carry the likeness
down the line. When their energy Is spent
another mirror is encountered. the likeness
transferred to other fleet winged waves, and
the almost endless chain completed, until
the destination is reached. At the last and
final station massive mirror catches the
likeness of the person many thousand miles
away and reflects II to another mirror In
the waiting room OF the receiving station.
Thus the dear friends are brought face to
face, and by the employment of Mr.. Mar
coni's less wonderful telegraph a conversa-
ton may be maintained. So much for the
theory of Prof Carlo.
To put his theory in practice was mat
ter of small moment to this inventive and
resourceful scientist. So confident was he
of success that he remodeled his laboratory
out near the Geological Park, Transforming
it into a maze of old looking glasses and
mirrors. wires and all the other parapher-
MALTA needed to harness the precious ozone-
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established somewhere in the vicinity Of
the Washington monument, and a sound
test made to see IL the waves were on
speaking terms with each other. They
were and all seemed well. The youthful
and ambitious scientist called together a
few of his nearest and dearest friends, that.
they might witness the Inauguration of a.
new scientific proposition, which was cali
culated to startle the world.
In order not to eliminate sentiment Alto
gether Prof. Carlo requested his sweetheart,
a fair young daughter of one of the best
families in Washington, to consent to have
her likeness reflected from the monument
station to the station at the Zoo. According
ly, Miss Willing (this is not her real name, +
Either, but she is a bashful miss, and
phrinks from publicity, hied herself to tho
nonument station. and at the appointed
Moment smiled sweetly into the obliqus
Mirror
At the other station all was expectancy!
Prof. Carlo and his friends held their
breath and gazed anxiously into the receive
Ing glass. The seconds went by like hours,
and still no likeness of the fair one But
presently the air seemed to grow uneasy.
There was feeling as though something
was impending. darkness seemed to be
coming over the mirror, and then a faint
and hazy image of something became barely
apparent
'Eurekaw exclaimed Prof Carlo over
joyed, II have found 1t, have found it."
II guess you have found it, {" retorted
one of the interested friends, who had not
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Instantly all eyes were upon the receiving
glass, and, sure enough. there was an
image, its lines now plain, and an unulis-
taxable smile greeted the watchers But
the image was not that OF the lady. It was
the grizzly face of Jim" one of the pet
monkeys of the Zoo, who had wandered
from his cage, and had peered through
window on the opposite side of the station,
just to see what was going on.
1t Is understood that Prof. Carlo is now
travelling In Egypt for his health.