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JUST A GLIMPSE OF THE AND
TRIALS OF THE WIFE OF A NAVAL OFFICER

wanted i've hats. ! wanted them very
much. Anyway, the celebrity asked
mo tn lunch with him in Honolulu at
the Moana and ! remember with
amusement that he liked my hat.
After reading my telegram | suffered
one of those strange. twisted, half
hours navy women experience no mat
ter how long they have been following
ships, when out OF a clear sky ONE
the need to make an instant and wise
decision. often against the u|nreason-
Ing argument of loneliness. Hope and
love, expenses and chance. dress
makers and dentist, seemed TO hold
carnival in my mind and make 1t n
crossroads of wondering which way to
turn. 1t had been so long, this time
Of separation. knew | should so. Who
wouldn't to the man for whom one Is
willing ana eager to give up most Of
the comforts and all of the settledness
of life?
In three hours ! had repacked,
drawn SEA from the joint bank account.
bought my ticket, said good-by over
the telephone to my engagements,
dental. dining and ~dressnIaking, writ
ten to mother. sem a radio and called
n taxi.
was calm enough TIL the Wexford
boat turned into full sight Of the har.
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Rear Admiral Robert S. Griffin. u. S. N.


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~ ''e'''u "N '"' 'P'."''o'' "a steam
dflNch generators or uShafhos' Ihev
~lrod''re ~" .te'r'' current, Whi'h -
carried pS wire 10 the many sihai'
motors IN me ears scattered along the
system me mot"rnhan or engineer
tltTS on me lDNtr unI inc MOTOR Is
dE.Neh ahthd' ne moves MS ever ana
the power is smut oil; he shoves 1t fur-
'her over ana reNerses his motor FOR
many small motors say several large
ones ana YOU have the plan or the
ships electric drive The turbines OBJ
crate the generators of the current FOR
the motors, and the motors turn each
or the four propeller shafts or the
snip
This Is the simple scheme OF pro-
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~ design bigger and more power

IT. design bigger and more power.
full marine engines than ever
known. about eight times the
power OF those ON the Iennsyl-
vania or other late s~uperdrcad-
noushts, is thy problem which
the authorization &C the new battle
cruisers for the United States Navy
has thrown on Rear Admiral Robert =.
Griffin, chief Of the bureau of steam
engineering. These engines, which will
bc of the electric drive type, are ex-
pected to push the 900 foot ships
through rough seas at a speed APP
preaching thirty-hve knots; hat Is.
about four knots better than the latest
United States d%estroyers and at the
rate of a passenger train running on =
carefully graded road.
When Admiral Griffin tells the story
one gains from his manner the impress
sion that about all he had to do was
to speak to Capt. Dyson about 1t and
the design of these $4,000. 900 engines
eprang into existence. but those who
know the Admiral have their own
opinion about that: and 1t differs some
what radically from the impression.
Yes" said the chief. "at first II was
rather appalling when W. realized the
magnitude of those engines. The larg-
/. est In any of our ba,tleships give
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about 1882 degrees Fahrenheit. Para
doxical as II may seem, he actually uses
fire to reduce the temperature OK IRE
from another source. Both carbons
are rotated to keep their surfaces
bathed in the inert alcohol gas. At the
same time this serves TO keep the arc
central and to promote OF
burning. Thus 1t Is possible to OBTAIN
a much more powerful light without
requiring greater electricity.
Until within a few days the pubic
did not know that another startling
advance had been achieved In improv-
ing the %brilliancy n n OF the
searchlight. This time. however. an
American has scored the success. FL
mer \. Sperry. Government officials
have been following for MI.
Sperry's experiments, but now the
public knows OF his work. and thou-
sands of New Workers. have been
amazed by the dazzling blush beams
that have been cutting shimmering
paths into the sky at night. MIR.
! Sperry is widely known because OF the
| wonders he has wrought by means OK
the gyroscope. but the problem OF the
s%earchlight has engaged his ~tenti
for a good many years.
The foundation for his present sue
cess lies in the study that he has long
given to the electric are. AS every one
knows who is at all familiar with the
subject. the negative carbon is pointed
and the positive carbon is dished or
followed by the attack Of the discharge
from the ~neighboring negative carbon
during the flow OF the current. Tech
nically the eroded or consumed part OF
the positive carbon is called a crater.
Within this miniature volcano Is GEN.
tired the luminous reaction which
causes the binding light OF the arc.
Heinrich Beck made no effort to utll-
izc any Of the peculiarities Of this
crater, but devised a way to remove
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$4,000 horsepower; those Of the i.lri-
tania We're 10000: and II - said that
= those which drive the English Tiger al
about thirty krotS are from $4,000 to
12O, 900. - ole cta see hat we had
"a make a leap. and at FIRST it seemed
like "a leap IN the dark. to provide APP
proximately 100000 horsepower. But
somehow. when We 90, the conditions
right before us, everything seemed to
unfold Itself and fall into the right
place and there really was l!ttlc diff
Guilty.
Admiral Taylor and | consulted to
. determine the puwc" required 10 pro-
ducc "A certain speed and the allotted
space for engines and fuel. The result
is q hull with fine lines aad a length
approNimat.ng that Of the most recent
transatlantic Liners. Capt. DYSON is
really II remarkable man, and the fact
that VT kn.N exactly what W. had to
: produce made the way easier, Reach
ing thu des.-n of these engines il very
like the voyage of the Deutschland
what might have been expected. but
until it was done The result. although
expected, remained uncertain.
I'VE saw at the outset that II was
Impossible TO coutro; and apply the
power without adopting oil fuel and
the electric drive. In the great mer-
camille ships Ills Tho Aquitania and the
Natcrland We had examples If the 300
foot BOATS with a speed Of twenty-five
or t~wenty-,IX knots, but it is the last
few knots which are 50 difficult to
Get. Very roughly speaking. the new
.p,fGApG . a. VhNiF,E - sa.r l,,,t. sn,li
consume the equivalent of $50 toOs of
coal u day, and I attain somewhere
between thirty-four and thirty-five
knots Will burn up the SANE quantity
in "', hour; to put it another way, the
-. required to drive one of these
cruisers at full speed for "A day will
drive "a hattleshr across tn Atlantic
and back. If fun speed can he main
tained steadily for three days and
seven hours it Will take one from New
York to Liverpool, but as that would
require 1000 tons ~ coat it Is certain
that such a run will never be at
tempted on coal fuel,
ut Is not contemplated that these
ships will ever lc driven AT Slch speed
for Il long period Of time; but the diff
flculties of placing sufficient bunker
space alongside the furnaces were in
Huperablc. The obvious thing. there
fore, WAS TO substitute a fuel which,
O%ccupylnS less space, give, AN cpual
amour ot heat aud is capable of better
distribution, W" found that oil lent
itself we'll. One hundred tons OF oil
give the sam" power that car be got
from about one hundred ana nifty
tons of coal, The tanks can bc placed
in any part "f the snip, between the
skins, II necessary: and the oil caI
he pumped ~ required, So thu
trim OF the ship can be easily rcgu-
lated, and tho Oh can D." stored II
places inacccsSihl" for coal and NJ any
distance from the furnace where IL Is
to he used. on fuel avoids coalina
ship-onc Of tn" nuisances Of sea life
and lessons the terrible strain upor
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other nations possess, and without
which the United States will be at a
grave disadvantage IL opposed TO II
nation possessing them.
"As commerce destroyers It is plain
that their speed and power will enable
them TO overtake and destroy anything
afoat except battleships. The raids
made by the German cruisers upon the
English coasts show how easily they
can slip past "a battelship fleet; and
the Emden has proved what "A swift
cruiser under an able and resolute
commander can do against ar enemy's
commerce until Il swifter and more
powerful cruiser puts an n to its
career. II 1t were not for the English
cruisers. which would seek and cut
them down one BY one. the German
battle cruisers. in spite Of all the
',attleships of the English navy. would
20 to sea and make all kinds Of trouble
FOR the ships bearing to the Allies
munitions. food supplies and money
paid for the manufactured articles
which the Allies in their ships are
sending to the markets OF the world
because they have sea control.
1.-THE battle off Jutland most GER
tainly has not established anything
not already known against the cruiser.
No one eve had the slightest reason
to suppose that one could engage Il
oettleship at any range on equal terms.
The naval engineers put all the en-
pensive and powerful machinery in
hem: the designers of the hull gave
hem the fine lines to keep them at a
ong range from the backbone of the
neet; and when that speed was used
% take them close to the battleships
The inevitable happened.
AS a scouting force to locate the
nnemy these swift powerful ships
break through a screen and accom-
plish what they were intended to do;
and there Ii no doubt that as the swift
wing Of "A fleet they will be invaluable
In pursuit of an enemy and in certain
other fleet manpuvres. That they
cannot he successfully opposed to bat
tleships no more proves that they are
unfit for their strategic functions than
the inability of English b~attleships To
overtake the German cruiser feet
proves that they are unable to give
and receive blows.
80. because battle cruisers have
their W important functions. both in
and out the fleet, the United States
navy must have them. and the more of
them and the soone the better: for
The navy Is the n means Of defence
against a military nation"
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being installed In the latest battle
ships, the New Mexico, Tennessee and
California.
1T will be remembered. at least by
the service, that when Admiral Ger
vera's fleet came out of Santiago har-
Dor the New York, Admiral SIMPSONS
flagship. lost at least twenty minutes
or half an hour because the forward
engines were ~uncoupled at tho mo-
ment. With the use Of oil fuel and
turbines operating on the electric gem
orators the speed Of the new cruisers
will jump from fifteen knots to maxi
mum in "A very few minutes.
There are several reasons why the
cruisers must bc 40 much longer than
the acknowledgements hat
az long again. The most important
Of these IL to insure the fineness of
line forward and the long smooth run
indispensable to speed. with sufficient
%buoyancy to sustain the u~navoidably
great weights Of hull. equipment and
engines. Another reason Is to provide
space enough for the number OF boilers
which will supply steam TO the tur-
bines. The Oklahoma requires fourteen
water tube boilers to furnish her
steam; and on that basis the new
ships will require eighty-four. although
1t probably will not work out in just
that way. These boilers will contain
many miles of tubing.
while these ships will need enor-
nous supplies of oil for fuel the con
sumption NJ lubricating oil. in spite of
their rapidly driven machinery. will he
comparatively light. for the oil will he
delivered through pressure systems by
which IT will Toe returned 10 its tanks
chilled and put again into circulation.
"A special problem for the engineer
after the design % her hull has been
fixed. is to determine the size Of each
Of the ~propellers. their position and
the pitch OF the blades. A factor In
solving this IL the number Of revolu-
tons which tie engines will give and
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is
NOW BRIGHTEST IN WORLD
RPEDO boat destroyers played
very important part In the
battle of Jutland. They would

ORPEDO boat destroyers played
a very important part In the
battle of Jutland. They would
have had many more telling hits to
their credit but for the dazzling in
quisitiveness of the s~earchlights
aboard the ships Of the Kaiser's fleet.
The average layman is not aware OF
this, and yet for years the inventors
and physicists have been doing their
utmost to increase the brilliancy Of the
searchlight's beams and thus to widen
their effective radius. Until Of late the
Germans were unquestionably preemi-
nent.
1t IL a matter of record that the
British Admiralty had tried Just before
the outbreak of hostilitics to obtain
German projectors, but without sue
cess. The lights used so effectively by
the Kaiser's s%quadrons arc what are
known as Beck lights. and the Ameri-
can navy is being supplied with these
powerful instruments of defence and
observation. In u practice here II
was found possible to illumine the tar
get At more than three miles although
the atmosphere at the time was misty.
When three Of the older search.ights
were used to obtain u similar effect 1t
was actually found necessary to move
nearer to the target. Plainly the feet
with the more powerful searchlights
can pick w. the foe at long range and
batter away at him. while the enemy's
gunners, so blinded. cannot see their
target or Judge its range.
Heinrich Beck obtains his brilliant
light by an exceedingly ingenious ex-
pcdient. The ordinary incandcscent arc
would bc brighter If it were lot
diinincd by IA cloud Of carbon cvap-
Grated from carbon tips. Although car
bon does not fuse until "a temperature
Of 1.230 degrees Fahrenheit has been
reached, still this troublesome evap-
Grafton or Clouding starts at a temper
ature of 3,212 degrees. Beck decided
that he would try to get rid of this
shadow. aud found "a way to cool the
carbon tips hv an atmosphere of burn
ing alcohol, which has a temperature of
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.MICHTIEST OF ENGINES FOR
OUR NEW BATTLE CRUISERS

the number which will give the best
results. Although w have built nc
ships Of this size and design and have
no relative data to guide us. the solu.
ton presents no great difficulty, al
Capt. Dyson Is a recognized expert ir
this line and will take are Of this
situation.
The bureau Of steam engineering
will have to lay miles Of wiring for
electric lights and Gig mails in a very
limited space, at least as many as o
town of fifteen hundred inhabitants
would need. For this purpose we will
supply separate generators; but by
way Ct ~precaut!on provision will be
made for coupling the lighting system
with the generators which drive the
propellcr.
ut is needless to say hat in work.
ing out the designs there will he con-
slant cooperation between this bureau
the naval constructors. the ordnance
department. the builders OF the ships
and the manufacturers of the electric
machinery. Every one knows that Ad-
miral Taylor raj juggle with ship
models and find the one he wants:
and 1t may he taken for granted that
the experiments made in the mode
tanks have produced "A hull suitable
for the speed required. The questions
Of armor ard armament, Of the CUR
placements. magazines and balanced
turrets; the thousand details for tn,
stores, plumbing. drainage. lighting
fuel tanks and engine space and the
everlasting question Of weights. have
received the most careful considera-
tion. OF course engineers must know
the shape of the hull before they can
design the engines. but the construc-
tors must know the weights and di-
mansions of the engines before they
can Civ the last word In the designs
1T seems hard that such enormous
sums must be outlayed for ships which
In twenty years will be scrap without
rendering any very good service UNI
less the nation should become involved
in war; II IL also unfortunate that a
police force Of any sort Is necessary
and that IRE insurance premiums
must be paid. The only compelling
cause for the construction Of these
hips IL that they are II type which
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Sperry's Ca Forming Carbon 1ntensl.
fies Ray to Five Times the Power
of the Best German Protector

the veil or cloud caused by combus.
ton. or at least to prevent its fprmin,
by keeping the temperature OF the car.
bons lowered. Mr.. Sperry has dis
covered a way to utilize the crater. ~
that his light IL ever more brillian,
and searching than Beck's.
Up to the present the source %
light used In searchlights has been tho
positive crater Of IA pure carbon arc.
This crater has a fairly constant bril-.
liancy Of approximately $50 cand,o
power for each square millimetcr. ana
! this has been considered tho highcs,
a%ttainable %brilliancy. 1t is true tia,
the standard searchlight arc hereto.
fore generally employed gives tho
greatest radiance Obtainablc from q
heat radiating solid. since carbon has
Che highest melting point OF any know,
element.
But Mr.. Spcrry has been able 10 n,
prove ON this by making use Of flo
positive crater ar a receptacle In which
TO burn a s%uperheaied yapor or GA.
produced in the arc. This superhea,ed
gas is generated by certain special mn
terials that are producers OF s,ron,
light. and the positiye carbon IL I'm.
presnatcd with these substances. who
are liberated and consumed by Tho a..
lacking discharge from tho oppos,to n,
negative carbon
For the successful use OF this bript,
vapor 1t is necessary that +. bo CON.
centrated in "a very small area. r.
end is met i'm the Sperry are bv ma
tanning q very deep crater IN a..
positiyc carbon. and into this c,v,,
the luminous yapor is pressed AM
compressed. As a result the mont
OF the crater em,,s "A worry ,n,e,,.
light, which attains a by,liiancy =.
high as 500 candle mower for ,,ct
square uiiNmeter, or $40 900 candle.
mower 10 tho su,,arc inch. Tho arc
flame from tho negative c,rhnu +. ~,
medium Nv which the dlzzuur ,.,,,
IN nutshell hack and into IN, crate, -,
the positive carbon.
There are other f~o,,,rc.
about the lamp. and. ms in III. ,,,, p.
tho Beck searchlirht. tho positive ear.
bon is rotated TO maintain cycurc.s a.,
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r y that message Is embodied the
humanhuod Of the navy, the
spirit ~ living, the urge for home.
the call Of the heart which beats in
spite OF guns and discipline, Of orders
and war games. ! had made up my
mind to II quiet month in Washington
and put my summer clothes in. the
steamer trunk. keeping the week end
trunl; upstairs under the bed, ready
for Instant use IN case of just such
Il SUMMONS. ON the road ! travel
light, the fruit OF long and bitter OK
pericnc', Once. somewhere hetwcen
San Francisco and Hongkong. I re-
marked to a group that l had only one
trunk. The paymaster's wife, who has
money on the side, said, why. what
do YOU do with your hats?' Il wear
H." was my swift reply, and ! smiled,
but way down deep in my heart
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three rolls every day for my bgcas
fast.
II SO all along the street !ugl
friends and tiredness Slipped FROM r.
and the lights gave me :. sens. uf ,.'.
ming IN my feet suddenly. a. f. $500.
the dark space which marks the rct
leading down 10 the Government .ri.
ing, a sailor came into the Giar, az O..
electric light. two more q foW 5 %.
tered groups, and then a layt FL -
hurrying. pushing. talking. lava.
IL" fleet was in-"ihtrty rt''es
ashore"
stood aside and watched ono y w..
an waiting for her man. r.. 80
not see me, hut ! saw in 'iou ''.
rp!rit o. our service. Tn, ",
young. So strong and hca.'iN ..
and sober" spoke from thrii soap l'i
watcred faces. Several patro' {" -
passed in uniform with s.d. Ulu.. ''a
patrol swung into the lighted ,p,.'
separated and walked awa} IN q I,','
directions To keep order IN '!, IN
and help the local police.
soon officers IN civilian drce- ...o'
! hailed n whom | had 'o' .t7
since Chimes. d.,,, u,., =,
mating ~, ,r. y.n,,.. ,, .,l
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BY M. T

TELEGRAM.
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They're fine Don't stay bil-
ious. sick. headachy or
constipated.

Enjoy life Keep c.ean inside
with CascsretA Take one or two
at night and enjoy the incest.
Rentlest liver and bowel cleansing
you ever experienced Wake up
feeling grand Your head will be
clear. your tongue clean. breath
right. stomach sweet and your liver
aud thirty feet OF bowels active
Get box at any drug store and
straighten up Stop the headaches.
bilious spells. bad colds and bad
days Brighten up. Cheer up. Clean
up Mothers should give a whole
Cascaret 10 children when cross.
bilious. feverish or n tongue 10
coated nre harmless-never
gripc or sicken.
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HIS FRIEND HURT;
He HELPED HIM
Injured Man Laughed When
Simple Treatment Was Sug-
gested, but He Thanked
His Comrade Later

Once upon a time word came to
Henry A. Voehl. Of Plainfield. y. J..
that a close friend had been injured.
and full Of anxiety he visited the
afflicted man. who was suffering
from sprained ankle
1T WAS 40 bad that the leg had
turned black" said Nr. Voehl. in
relating the story. Il told him !
would have him out In week. and
he laughed at me But I took him
a bottle OF Sloan's Eminent That
night he put some on. and noticed
the ankle felt better told him 10
use # every day. and in three DAYS
his ankle was practically well. IN
four days he was working He
gladly admits that Sloan's Eminent
put him on his feet
Slosns Eminent can be obtained
~ all drug stores. 2Jc. SOC and 81.
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COLISEUM
HOW | DARKENED
MY GRAY HAIR
Lady Gives Simple Home Recipe
That She Used TO Dsrken Her
Gray Hair

For years tried to restore my
gray hair To It's natural color with
the prepared dyes and stains. but
none Of them gave satisfaction and
they were all expensive. / finally
ran onto n simple recipe which /
mixed at home that gives wonder
M results. ! gave the recipe. which
IL az follows. to n number OF my
friends. and they are all delighted
with A. To ozs OF water add a
small box OF Harbo Compound. / OF.
OF bay rum and 4. on. OF glycerine
Those ingredients can be bought at
any drug store at very little cost
Use every other day until the hair
becomes the required shade. II will
not only darken the gray hair. but
make II soft and glossy II is not
sticky or greasy. does not rub off
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