The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

1 II like this across the uni &0@ verse seems an achieve ment beyond the dream of Jules Verne or the imaginative picture ot an Edward Bellamy, yet in the busiest city in the world, New York, such an ex- pertinent will take place shortly, with every assurance of success.
 On this occasion, when science an- nounces its triumph to the world, socl- etv of the nations will offer it's con- gratulations in unique and unrivaled manner. and will feature on its social calendar a luncheon at which Frederick Townsend Martin will preside, that for interest and charm will make all past society events soon commonplace. when the first wireless luncheon will take place in the salon of the Hotel Plaza.
 While this luncheon is being served a voice will speak uniting two Of the greatest nations of history. It will be the voice of America s most prominent society man reading a message of Pres ident Taft to President Fallieres of France. It will be transmitted to Mrs. Nora Blatch De Forest in the Metro politan Tower, the talented pioneer of her sex ill this field, and foremost wo- man civil engineer of the world, who will receive this message from the Plaza and send it over radio wireless telephone at the rate of l50, 900 miles a second. to fair daughter of France in the Eiffel tower.
 The salon will be decorated to re- semble a forest. Trees will be in full bloom and birds singing from their branches. Presiding at this table will be Mir. Frederick Townsed Martin, who will be the guest of the American Wireless Association, of which Dr. De Forest is president. The guests will be leading society people and scientific men of note. Mons. Etienne Lanel, consul general of France, representing the French government, and one Of the guests of honor. has said that if wire less telephony is brought to a state of perfection it will become political and diplomatic time saver.
 The table will represent the Atlantic ocean. At one end will be the Metro politan tower, architecturally raised in candy; at the other end will be the Eiffel tower On this miniature ocean will be small ships of various nations, The shore landings of both France and America will be appropriately repre- sented.
 The menus will be small telephone directories, and the dishes will be list ed as telephone numbers. The place cards will be wireless messages sent from the Fitz Carleton in France to the guests assembled at the Plaza in America. These messages will be re- ceived through radio wireless table phones, permitting the guests at both tables to converse with each other, al though separated by half a world.
 The walters will be summoned by wireless telephone, and at the end car riages will be called by this means. The favors will be small radio spark less wireless telephone outfits of very light weight and will be utilized by the guests in the ceremonies attending the luncheon and carried away to con- memorate the latest gigantic feat Of modern science.
 It will take just one-fortieth of a second for the message to travel across the Atlantic and about oneseventh of a second to go around the world. Fol lowing this, mutual toasts will be giv- en by the guests of this wireless lunch con who will be separated by an ocean, yet able toe onyerse as if face to face. The value of this marvellous scien- tifc and mechanical feat can hardly be estimated, and will stand among the first half dozen scientific wonders of all time. Its effect upon the trans mission of commercl business will be revolutionary and will mean that we can communicate with Europe at the cost now prevailing for a domestic 1 telergam.
 The greatest station in the Metropol- itan tower is being rushed to comple- tion. This will be absoultey the finest wireless station in the world. Its cost is not comparable to that of other equipments. as the station comprises all sorts of experimenting apparatus.
 It is thought that $500. 900 would not cover the outlay if structure as high as the Metropolitan tower had to be erected especially for the work. As long as the tower has already been constructed, the cost, outside of the