Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-04-02
Air
OF the Bill OF Fare,
But still was there;
Darby got his share,
Given such a scare
That his clinky hair
Stood upon end |,
VIM. B. PATTY

The Radium and Wireless Telegraph dem
onStrator and Liquid Air expert (who is to
lecture at the W O. w Hall tonight recently
had no end OF un AZ the hotel while breakfast
ing with some of his friends
living surplus quantity OF liquid air
along he carried to the dining room a pint OF
II enclosed in the wonderful Dewar bulb, the
vacuum jacketed bottle which so protects It's
contents from the heat OF II. atmosphere that
evaporation is greatly retarded, and the myS-
terlous fluid does not wholly disappear for sew
era DAYS. II was a pint OF the coolest thing
on earth-made OF everyday New York air
reduced To one-S 0Oth OF its ordinary volume
3l2 degrees below zero, looking and flowing
just like water. but absolutely dry-one OF the
most marvellous substances known to scientists.
\ rare steak was among the things ordered,
and the same was soon on the table before
Wizard Patty who while waiter was bringing
the coffee, poured little liQuifed air over the
steak, quickly freezing II as hard as a rock.
Waiter. where is the steak ordered? And
what is this you've brought me" said Mr.. T.,
tapping the adamantine piece OF COW with his
knife. while a we-aSsumed air OF Indignation
meSked his countenancc.
I'll d-don't know, b-boss." the waiter ial-
tered; I d-didn't dido it,, and he started for
Does your hotel usually serve steak this
way and MIR. Patty picked mp the mea, be
tween two fingers and struck it with a knife
causing it to ring like bell.
NO ! dont-perhaps il is that fool OF
cook he's new man III find out what it
means and the head waiter hurried with the
ICY beef to the kitchen, where CONSERVATION
reigned for while
Mr.. Patty unobServed turned a little liquid
air from his bottle into the tumbler OF water
which being nearly 400 degrees warmer than
the liquid air, the latter was caused to quicqly
eyaporate and what looked like steam" arose
from the tumbler.
Waiter, | didn't ask YOU for hot water;
please bring me glass OF ice water"
BY the time the aStonished waiter had
brought this the water in the first tumber
was nearly frozen solid, ice bullying above the
tumblcrS rim. glass and ice both chilled To-
about 800 degrees below zero.
Nov there is too much ice in this glass put
~ a little water please, said professor pas
sing the iceberg to the waiter who eyed him
SuSpiciouSly, but took the tumbler in his hand
without first looking at it. When he beheld
dropped as though it had ball-bearing hinge.
Another opening and another drop quickly iol-
lowed-thc low temperature OF what his hand
held causing him To give i, forth veil that was
no respect OF dining rooms and odrop the con
gealed water as II it was red no, iron. He
lied to the ..i,chen.
"Fo de Ian sake alive, dat man IN dare must
be the debbil hsSei 10 shuah. know when
Use got nough nd don't go ncah him no
mo'-not II he done StarveS entirelv"-and he
was true TO his assertion
The hotel proprietor now appearing rec
ognized Mr.. Patty as the liquid air and ra-
dunn exhibitor, informed him OF the walters
kitchen remarks, and kindly requested tina, he
not scare away ali the hotel help adding that
good cigars were in the office awaiting the
party's pleasure.
little liquid air vet remaining, Mr. p. gave
few stock experiments, such as freezing
quicksilver into hammer hard enough To drive
nails with, the making brittle OF a Tin dipper SO
It crushed readily. and finally the freezing OF
strawberries as hard as bullets. meantime stir
ring them with an old steel fork the
times OF which were almost completely melted
tins intense heat not preventing the liquid air
from imparting itS terribly fripidity 10 the