The Washington herald., 1909-02-14

New York. Feb. b..
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The above wireless characters 60 not
express exactly Sunday-school word
In fact. it is a rather naughty monosyl-
liable. and there are reasons for thinking
that OF late II has been more or less
polIutins the circumambient atmosphere
In these parts. bat more especially in and
about Boston. Freely translated, Il may
thus be rendered:
Why in the name OF ali the imps
doesn't that kid amateur ring OF with
MS pesty two-by-four and give the pro-
fessionals chance to do businsss7 Here
I 20 and get started taking an impor-
tsnt fash from an incoming liner. when
that dog-goned little nuisance who likes
70 play with wireless takes Il into his
head 10 have a coy chat with another
one CT the same foolish sort about going
TO the dance al Coney Island tonight. Il
1 had the pest here I'd jolly well wiring
his idiotic neck
Wireless Wall Sent.
Yesterday there came q wireless vail
from the Portsmouth Navy Yard The
Portsmouth operator OF the De Forrest
system was able TO get only single
message from the homeward-bound feet
This came from the cruiser Tsnkton- She
was OF the Azores and about 2 thousand
miles in advance Of the feet proper, and
the message was tossed along through
the night by the Yankton.
II seems that the wireless craze has hit
the Boston amateurs harder than those
-.
steamship Republic was wrecked. and
ever since the battle-ship feet sailed from
Gibraltar scores and scores Of them have
been sitting up nights waiting 10 get the
first fash from the homeward-bOund
sailors. Sitting UP nights is duh business
for the amateur. and accordingly be has
beguiled the tedium with conversations
with neishboring amateurs
This IS harmless enough when tbs
yOUngstsr is using a machine Of low
power. but when ne had a rich papa
who has given him one Of these FIVE
kiloWatt transformers that can toss
language through the daylight 90 niles
or more. and almost any old distance
through the dark, II is an entirely dif-
ferent matter
Air Is OvercrOwded.
Friday night was amateur night On
the Boston wireless circuit. The pro-
fessionais complain that the average of
rich pspas seems 10 be lamentabIy high
around Boston Anyhow, the air OF
the Massachusetts coast was so crowded
with chstty little messages that there was
not even standing room left for the pro-
fessionals- IN vain did the Portsmouth,
operator inplore the amateurs TO set OF
his air. They kept right on chatting just
the same. Every amateur that picked up
the Yanktons flash had 70 tell some other
amateur about II. and the amateur who
was old about Il had 10 tel the chap
that told him:
Huh, You're not so much. Got 70
myself long time ago
The most that the Portsmouth man
could DO was 10 FIRE out a thousand OE
so cgss words n the effort TO ger square
BY ballinE % tlse amateurs.
According 10 the local wireless man
ayers there Is comparatively little trou-
bic with the amateurs near New York
Few Of them have instruments powerful
enough TO cause trouble Brooklyn Is a
favorite training ground for the Young
wireless enthusiast IN that borOIgh
there are probably no less than fifty
wireless plants operated by boys or Young
men for their own amusement IN Ihs
borough OF Manhattan the wireless en-
thusiasm Is considerably less