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MESSAGES IN MUSIC

would she stand in the shadow of this
majestic temple of song?
Even the writer of the rhapsodic
commentary may not hope to reach
the breadth and depth of this theme.
At us will he jeer Ivory apes and
peacocks." His soul, dazzled by its
own imaginings, sees Amneris as glo-
rious as the peacock and the carper
as ignominous as the ivory ape. So
be It. We rebut him with his own
sentences (see "The New Eternities") !:
Behind the mind of every great
writer there marches a shadowy mob
of phrases which mimics his written
words and makes them untrue indices
of his thoughts. These shadows are
the unexpressed ideas of which the
visible sentences are only eidolons !;
a cave filled with Platonic phantoms.
The phrase of Laforgue 1--WE are APP
plying the authors accounts of this
Frenchman to himself) has a timbre
capable of infinite prolongations in
the memory. It Is not alone what he
says nor the manner, but his power
Of arousing overtones Of his keyboard.
His aesthetic mysticism is allied with
semi-brutal frankness. Feathers
fallen from the wings of peri adorn
the heads Of equivocal persons"
A warped dream of beauty. is It?
Well, what is beauty, anyhow? We all
clamor for pure beauty in music, but
who is to decide what beauty is?
There is a proud independence about
this matter, for every man demands
the right to make his own verdicts.
-"I know what I like" he declares,
land If you do not like It, that is no
affair of mine" If he chooses to steep
his soul in the raucous squawk of the
jazz band and call that the eternal
bath of beauty, who dares to quarrel
with him? James Gibbons Huneker
certainly must not do so, or the jazz
adorer will rejoin that for himself. he
does not at any ratio esteem beauty
by quantity. but by quality.
Both are nevertheless dreamers, and
IL one has celestial visions and the
other nightmares each is wise after
his own kind. And thus after many
variations more subtle than Istar's and
far less uninforming than her slowly
disappearing seven wells We return to
the theme. Music is invited to accom-
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theatre tomorrow morning all the re-
naming tickets Will be on sale from
o'clock A. NJ. until o'clock p. NJ
Mrs. Joseph ]. Simmons is president
of the auxiliary Mrs Eugene w. Leake.
vice-president; Mrs. II. V. Schieren.
corresponding secretary. and Mrs. w.
Q. Morgan. treasurer.
The Daughters of Michigan in New
York, Mrs. Thomas Gladstone Messy
president. will hold their annual meet
ing at the home OF Mrs. Frank A. Pet
Ter. the Hendrix Hudson, 10th street
and the drive, on Tuesday.
The executive board meeting is at
ESQ; the annual report of the officers
and chairman at 3, followed by the cleo
ton of officers for the new year.
The members have been active the
past month in making garments and
knitted articles for the Belgaians and In
their canteen work at the Michigan
headquarters
The tenth annual white and gold
breakfast OF the New York Mozart
Society. Mrs. Noble Mcconnell founder
and president, was held yesterday at
the Hotel Aston. The ballroom and ad-
joining rooms were filled with guests OF
Mrs. Mcconnell. Maurice Deiches and
others. The rooms were beautifully de-
corated with spring flowers. There was
musical programme and competitive
ana general dancing followed. Mrs Nc
Cornell presented souvenirs to all those
members of the club who Joined Ave or
more years ago, and gifts also were
presented to the active workers OF the
club. There were prizes for the COM
petitive dancing.
Mrs. Mcconnell was assisted in receiv-
ing by Mrs. Samuel Gardner Estabrook,
the chairman OF the breakfast commit
tee, and the Junior committee. On the
breakfast committee, all OF whom wore
white wigs and red, white and blue
streamers. were Mrs. Benjamin Biance.
Mrs. Charles II. Allen. Mrs Thomas
Bentley. Mrs. David II. Bates, Mrs. Nell
lie b. Claoby, Mrs. f. II. Edmunds,
Mrs. Richard Corron. Mrs. Horace W.
pu Moulin, Mrs. Louis c. Frese, Mrs.
franklin Fiske, Mrs Stella Fields, Mrs.
Walter Gibbs. Mrs. c. +. Goepel, Mrs.
Walter Griffith, Mrs. T. ]. Geisler, Mrs.
Henry Hawkins. Mrs. Carrie Hesslon.
Mrs. William NJ. Haradon, Mrs. Frank
2. Jones. Mrs. Joseph T. Martin, Miss
Adelaide Mcnamara, Mrs. Owen ]. Nc.
Williams, Mrs Edwin H Merklsy. MIRA.
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Miss Blanche Potter. J. Louis Schaefer
Jacob II. Schiff. Walter Scott, Edward
W. Sheldon and DR.. N. Sulzberger.
Subscriptions for tickets will be re-
ceived at the office of the Institute, s04
University Hall.
A springtime morning musicale will
be given on Thursday at IL o'clock
at the Hotel Astor by the Women's
International Auxiliary OF the Daily
Vacation Bible Schools. The affair will
be for the benefit OF the auxiliary IS
work here. as we'll as in France and
In the Orient. There will be recital
by Mime. Flora van Weston, Dutch con-
tralto, assisted by Maud Farrar, violin
Of Mrs. Finley J. Shepard. Mrs. Russell
Colgate. Mrs. James c. Colgate, Frank
s. Hastings, Miss Clara l. Kimbail, Mrs.
Robert c. Boville, Mrs. BENJAMIN
Prince. Mrs Jessie Merrick Smith. Nine
Katherine Won Klenner. Mrs Frank s.
Hastings. Miss Ella A. Holmes and Mrs.
Edgar Parker Holdrdge. Mrs hold
ridge Is president OF the auxiliary. Mrs.
Boville treasurer. Miss Sidney Louise
Miner secretary and Mrs A. A. Ander-
son of Greenwich. Conn, Is one of the
many Independents, who include: Mrs.
Lee Ashcraft, Atlanta, Ca. Mrs. Fam
ME NJ. Jones. Chicago. Ill; Mrs. T.
L. D. Bradley. Wilmette, Ill. Mrs.
James r. Skillman. Louisville, Ky. (:
Miss Eleanor w. Fresland. Baltimore,
Md; Miss Eliza Ridgely, Baltimore,
Md Miss Sarah Grindley, Detroit.
Mich-s MrA ~. L Bs<hArt Kansas city,
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NEWARK's MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

Newark's annual music festival, the
fifth. will take place III the First Regi-
ment Armory, Sussex avenue and Jay
sire ct, Friday May l6; Saturday. May
II, and Monday, May 10. The prin-
cipal soloist is Enrico Caruso. who
makes his final appearance in this
country, prior to his departure for
Europe, at the concert of May ~. APP
pearing with him Is Nina Morgana,
coloratura soprano. Caruso will sing
the Celeste Aida" Una furtiva Ia
grima" and the "Vesti la glubba"
arias. An orchestral novelty will be
the first performance anywhere OF the
intermezzo from a new opera by
James p. Dunn, called THE Galleon."
Tho opening concert has as soloists
Anna Case and Reinald Werrenrath,
and the programme has been prepared
as a Peace Jubilee" II contains
songs of the Revolution, Of the civil
war and of the world war now just
about settled Mr.. Werrenrath will
sing a now Hymn for America" by
Marley. which has as yet not been
publicly performed. The Mltional
hymns Of all tie Allies will be sung
by the chorus or 700 and the audience
has been requested to join.
The performance on May II will
comprise excerpts from light operas
such as "Pinafora.' Pirates Of Pen.
zance" and robin Hood" Toscha
Seidel. violinist, is the instrumental
soloist. The singers will be Orville
Harold, who has been engaged for
the Metropolitan next season; Lila
Robson and Thomas Chalmers Of the
Metropolitan Opera, Helena Morril
soprano, and Fred Patton. bass The
Newark Police Glee Club viii also
assist.
An orchestra OF sixty players from
the Metropolitan Opera House will
furnish the instrumental support. c.
Mortimer Wiske. who has conducted
the festivals since their inception, has
been training the chorus and will di-
rect the concerts
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for the early summer months. The first
of July Mr.. and Mrs. Oppenheim will go
either to Southampton, l.. l., or to the
Adirondacks for the rest of the season.
The wedding OF Miss Carolyn Stoff.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Hayman Stoff
OF % Mount Morris Park. West. to
Maxwell Civic. took place on Tuesday
at the Hotel St Regis. The ceremony
WAS performed by the Rev. DR.. Samuel
Schulman and was followed by recep-
ton and dinner, after which the bride
and bridegroom left for their honey
moon. This will be spent in the West
She was attended by Miss Helen Ikle-
heimer, Miss Clara Schundler, the
Misses Lillian and Sadie Rosenwasser,
and Miss Edith Klein.
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themselves evangelists. Orchestra con-
ductors arrogate the dignity of high
priesthood, which can hardly be won
dered at when one notes how many
different kinds of women bow down
before them. What is the peculiar
charm of orchestral conductors for
women? But that Is another ques.
ton, and calls for another story. which
the present writer will never attempt
to tell. Possibly II there were upon
the rim of the city wall another Lalun
she might explain 1t all.
But If you look upon the city wall
you see no Lalun. Your eyes are
stricken by pictures of Geraldine Far
rar in THE Stronger Voice." or is 1t
Vow" No matter. OF her the.
Hunekerian muse sings naught. She
Is neither massive like the contralto
Lady Jane Of grand opera nor subtle
like the Gardenian leopard.
Beauty as truth, truth beauty-that
Is all
know"
So Keats pronounced It in the lyric
sweetness of his melody. while Voltaire
put II perhaps more concisely in cold
prose: lie. tout est beau parce que
tout est vrai."
And both prevaricated, for what can
be truer than a crab canon which is
incontrovertible, whether read forward
or backward, and yet what is more
repulsive to the beauty loving soul?
So here we return to the original prop
osition. buried early In the first COL
umn. that music is taken too seriously
for its own good or that of the must
clan. Meanwhile there can be no man
ner of doubt that by this time the pa
tient reader is lost in a wilderness OF
verbiage and wonders what II is all
about.
Reader, it is about the two columns
necessary to make the inevitable Sun
day article at the end of the season
when no one does anything suggestive
Of pertinent comment.
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Mo-: Mrs. Francis II. Dodge, St Louis
Mo-; Mrs. John Franklin Birss, Omaha
Neb. Mrs Gonzales Lodge, New York
Mrs. William Brancroft Hill, Pough-
keepsie, n, Y: Miss Minnie L. Red
ford, Raleigh, y. c.; Mrs. John Loman
Philadelphia Miss Margaret Steel Moss
Reading. Pa: Mrs Mary Boothe
Walker. Portsmouth, Va: Mrs. ]. p.
McLaren, Ottawa, Canada: Miss Matte
L. Foster, Toronto, Canada Mrs. Alfred
Ross Grafton, Montreal. Canada, ana
Mrs o. c. $. Wallace, Montreal, Canada
The purpose of the Daily Vacation
Bible Schools Is 10 bring together in
every community and In every COM
munion idle children, idle churches idle
students and idle vacations in unsec-
tartan. daily vacation, Bible schools
combining worship, work and play. The
purpose OF tho auxiliary Is TO maintain
schools of method for training teachers
and have international exhibits of chill
dren's work, and provide funds for In.
ternational extension and cooperation OF
church and college women. The head
quarters of the organization is 90 Bible
House.
At the annual luncheon yesterday OF
the Association for Collegiate Alumna
which was held at the Hotel Pennsyl-
vanla, Dr. Henry f. Jackson. community
organization specialist Of the United
States Bureau OF Education. and John
Collier of the Peoples Institution spoke
on community centres in this city.
For the benefit OF destitute children
and French orphans a card party was
given Monday afternoon at the Hotel
Marseilles.
The hoetesses included Mines. w. j.
Fleming. w. Lindsay. Fred L. Fried,
A. Henegman, George w. McFadden, D.
Woodrow, w. NJ. Phillips, p. ]. Holman.
H. a. Carpenter and e. L. Fosbay.
Among the guests who had tables were
Mines. w. II. Wallace, A. Sturgis. w.
Thwaite. c. L. Smith, W. II. Smith,
w. Ct. Werner, C.. p, Cornell, p. II AS
pell. D. Weaver, r. Depew. c. s.
Mitchell. +. n. Rodman. W. H. Wallace,
II. h. Mack, A. w Frost, r. D. John
ston. F. b. Wagner. S. Cunningham, A.
l.. Davis, +. Kuhn. +. Strong. d. Knapp,
@. W. Sterling. A. T.. Amess, W. c.
Fried, C. s. Allen, II. s. Crawford, r.
f. Powell. ]. Wilson, f. S. Coy, L. C.
Hubert, T. Radley, II. w. Baker, T.
T. Marsham. T. G. Smith and the
Misses A Smith, L. Eddy. NJ. Hansen,
NJ Smith and L. Macmillan.
30 successful was the entertainment
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NOTES OF MUSIC,

Great satisfaction is being expressed
among concert goerS who remain in
the city during the summer months
over the announcement that plans
have just been consummated Whereby
an eight week season of concerts at
the Stadium somewhat similar to last
years is assured.
That Adolph Lewisohn, to whom the
city is indebted for the historical and
superbly beautiful structure in which
the concerts will be held has done
much toward the disqualification Of the
scheme. 1t was at a meeting at his
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satnerng Of relatives a reception was
red a, the ST Regis The bride. who
vas dressed in white satin trimmed with
''se point lace and wore a tulle veil, had
..!y one attendant, n maid of honor,
MISS Th'rZa Spadone. daughter of Mr..
ana Mrs Walter Warren Spadone OF
hrookyn. Miss Spadone was dressed In
Ereen taifeta trimmed with silver lace.
me oest man was John Hedges Leger-
wood After their honeymoon Mr.. Cav
thaEh and his bride will occupy a house
Great Neck, L. T.. which they have
leased for the summer.
The wedding OF Miss Adelaide NJ. De-
n daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
,'s'huth, to Edward ]. Erwin OF WASH
tston, took place Wednesday morning
! nc Church OF the Ascension, West
5''th street. The ceremony was per-
l'rmed by the Rev. Father Tighe. and
vas followed by a reception and break
'hst at the Hotel Marseillea Miss Car
one D. Demuth attended her sister as
'Ia!d Of honor. and w. B. Beckham was
the best man. Serving as ushers were
frank Demuth, Jr. and Harold Demuth.
W.. Erwin and his bride left later in the
lay FOR Florida. After their honeymoon
,a'y VIII reside at III Kenyon street.
~. W. Washington.
MANY New Workers. went over to
- 'oh'yn Wednesday afternoon for the
1rr.age OF Miss Hazel Hopkins, daugh-
wy Of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Porter Hop
ms 70 Emory Leyden Ford of Detroit.
."e ceremony was performed at the
-o'ne u the brides parents, 1S6 Clinton
enle, in tho presence OF relatives and
y leW Intimate friends, by the Rev. DIR.
Mares Harold Albertson. The brides
Lo"n' OF white lace. was trimmed with
hea''s and orange blossoms. and she
"'fe lace veil. Her bouquet was of
'aHse blossoms and white orchids. Her
.,-slFt Miss Helen Human, was her
ns.a ~ honor and only attendant. The
'.at man was Ford Ballantyne.
g - Peters Church, New Brighton,
Wednesday. Miss Anne McGoey.
nav ter Of Mrs. Catherine Mccoy OF
mnk .nsv!lle. was married to Joseph
Grady. Tax Commissioner. of Rich
""H Terrace. The ceremony was per-
urea by Mgr. Cassidy In the presence
~ large gathering.
MA Mary Cross Rruyu. dauRhtsf OF
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mentatorS on music suffering from the
conviction that their mission In this
world is to make the crooked straight
and the dark places light. The I'M
prejudiced listener-the listener who
was not possessed by notions furnished
to him in advance either by press
| agents or programme annotators-held
! the composition mercilessly to It's ulti-
mate duty-that of being good as mu-
sic pure and simple.
! Ernest Newman, a true adorer of
Strauss, lamented that this was the
the work of clever man who was
once a genius. Cogitate upon that.
friend reader-"once a genius" Had
he ceased to be a genius because he
could not make us realize his ecstatic
vision of papa, mamma and the baby?
Or was 1t because his music as music
| had lost Its throb and glow it's ire
| sistible rush of force and flame? But
is there any reason for establishment
that so many musicians and singers.
especially singers. regard themselves
as special messengers OF the graces,
charged with the dissemination OF
some mysterious gospel which they
shroud in a halo of meaningless
words?
And after they have read about
themselves in the pyrotechnic phrases
OF James Gibbons Huneker, which
they do not understand they bow
down before the affairs of their own
divinity and are overcome by their
own eXaltation. Mr.. Huneker makes
! fantasies in nouns. fugues in verbs
and etudes in adjectlves. and all the
world wonders. But the musicians
about whom he writes become en-
physematous. What does Mary Gar
| den think Of herself after she reads
one of Mr.. Huneker's symphonic
studies OF her extraordinary person.
alityf
And what thinks the mighty Matte
nauer? Not in all his other dreams
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= DERIDES THOSE WHO FIJI
1t Is the Purest of Our Dreams, With
out Unitarian Quality or Ethical
significance, but Simply an Ap-
peal to Our Sense of Beauty
By w. J. HENDERSON.


possible that all the of music l than
selves too seriously or is it rather that pont
of view? remarked earned ON
English AT bottom there nothing or beautiful
our lives put our Music Of
greatest Of them ALL entirely without oat
The inspiration OF song to soldiers the granted But
that mercy .he erect OF rhythm on the
end attained when music
Of m by the beating OF two sticks together inspiration of
time he made melodies accompany and ern. h
and thus the baaa the khoovod you choose TO cali
into existence 49, ~ " ~
But cannot unitarian foundation for an art b;c, ~
times be made to What music exen 20
the Imagination! And what basis Of
of the elements which constitute an audience, -
mae who cherhes her heart Of hearts ~ |
o writer: Wv N
why don't write ethical significance f
music" e''e VI
at hasn't any," answer
Then write about that exclaimed lover not 70 s
daunted ' INV W NC
people oeheve .,d
where! What moral lesson in aBab fno 49,
Beethoven sonata? What lesson be drawn from
eude Schumann novelette,? namely fo~I
Keats "a thing of beauty a joy forever" W
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Alvah Nicherson. Mrs. Frank Netschert
Mrs. Lyman d. Post, Mrs. Harry Prut.
ting. Mrs. Lincoln Rogers. Mrs JOSEPH
j, Root, Jr., Mrs. Emma T. Seaman
Mrs. Catherine Trimmer. Mrs. Everit De
Witt Trumbull and Mrs. D. Il. Van Ri
per
Tho Rev. Or A. Edwin Keigwin de.
livered the Invocation. This was fol-
lowed by the singing of THE Star
Spangled Banner" Conrad's orchestra
furnished the music. Several thousand
dollars worth of Victory bonds were
sold.
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of fair women has the author of "Icon-
oclasts" equaled his visions of the
grandly planned Austrian, who be-
strides the narrow field OF opera like
a Colossus. What would a slim and
serpentine Cleopatra be to him7 How
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plish more than it can. Musicians who
tickle keyboards or strings regard
themselves as deliverers OF world ut
terances planned to alter the course OF
human conduct.
Community Sing" leaders believe
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Mrs. William Bartlett Cross Of Brock
ton, Mass. was married on Tuesday TO
Charles Leslie Bonham, at her home,
ego Riverside drive The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Dudley II. Fer
rell of the Church OF the Messiah. Mon
treal, and was followed by a reception
for members of both families. The bride
was attended by her young daughter,
Janet Bruyn, and Harry Bonham was
his brothers best man. Mr.. Bonham
and his bride are spending their honey
moon in the South.
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Mr. and Mrs Laurent Oppenhelm
closed their apartment at the Plaza
Thursday and went TO Briarcliff Lodge,
Brlarclin Manor, Westminster county,
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A musicale followed by dancing was
given Tuesday afternoon at the Bitmore
m aid OF Bido-a-Wee Home Association
fund for the care OF army and navy
mascots. one of the Interesting Tea,
lures was the exhibition OF dogs Of
every description from the battlefields Of
FRANCE ana from sea service, many OF
them wearing wound stripes. They in.
GUIDED Bobby. a fox terrier, survivor OF
the Argonne Forest battle: F'renchv. a
wire hair survivor of the Somme Okla
hona, the ma scot of the battleshin
from which he received his name. and
tritzie, an exile German despatch
bearer caught with discriminating docu-
ments In his possession BY Lieut. Chalon.
who exiled him to this country. Mrs,
vernon Castle presented a handkerchief
in one corner OF which was her hus-
BANDS signature, This was sold AT
auction She also gave an Autographed
copy of her book entitled my Husband "
This was purchased by Mrs. William
Sakee Hostra. There was a brief adj
dress by Miss Margaret Mayo ana the
entertainers included Miss Kathyrn Lee.
Greek Evans, Jan Van Vommel. Cor
neiius Van Vliet the Chalif dancers and
Mme- Elfreda There was a CzechosIo-
wax orchestra On the committee were
Mrs A. V. T. Ellington, Mrs William
Hostra' Mrs. Harry u. Kibbie, Mrs. s
Is. Probasco, Mrs Francis Wilson and
Mrs Charles Burnett.
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The annual election OF officers OF the
new Iheatre Club Mrs. Belle de Rivera,
moor at the Hotel Aston. Mrs. HELM
whitman Ritchie, first vice president
Will have charge OF the study period and
lead the discussion OF the play, .srohv,s
Bow" a performance of which the CHM
attended recently. Plans for the clubs
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Continued on Seventh Paca
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tic score depicted the great Richard
himself seated at a table with a sheet
OF score paper two feet high in front
Of him thereon scrawling orchestra
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-23
Militarism Reborn.

When she knew him
For the feS short weeks
Before he went across,
His face was so brown
And. his eyes were 50 bright,
And he was so straight,
And muscular,
And his uniform was so perfect,
With its little gold bars on the shoul.
ders
And the heavily embroidered wings
over the heart,
And the shiny puttees-
He was so much the man
And the soldier
That she forgot that the war was go
ing TO end some day
And she went and married him. .
And when the war was over
He came back
And got out of the army.
Whereupon it developed
That he had his hair cut round from
choice
And that he liked silked shirts
With broad red and blue stripes
Or purple dots
The size of moth balls,
And that he wore yellow shoes
With bumpy toes.
And bright green hats.
And vivid suits,
And that he had passion
For Pinoche and Snsppy Stories
And cigars with bright bands
Which he never removed,
And that he had happy way OF max
ing himself
More comfortable than any one else
At social gatherings,
And that he said, He don't" and You
was
an "athaletic,"
So now
She sits at home
In the house her father pays for,
While Charlie pushes an adding machine,
And she prays fervently
For more wars.--Evcniug Sun,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-23
WILL TALK OVER ATLANTIC.
Before Peace Treaty Is Signed, Declared
Godfield Isaac.

London, Jan. % British wireless -
by the time the peace treaty is signed
we shall be talking across the Atlantic
by wireless" declared Godfrey Isaac,
managing director Of the Marconi Wire
less Telegraph company, in an interview
Zone day in the not far distant future"
he adds, Il think we shall walk about
with wireless telephones attached to our
bodies and we shall be able, standing
say in Picadilly Circus, to call up
friend who is flying somewhere. Or we
may have an invitation by wireless tele
phony from friend flying in France to
Join him at dinner in the evening.
Wireless telephony has been very
largely used in war for communication
between airplanes and headquarters and
for artillery work. But there is no rea-
son why it should not be available over
very much longer distances.
1T will not be very long before one
will be able TO sit at ones desk in Lon
don and speak to New York practically
instantaneously. Equal facilities viii be
available for communicating with Paris,
Rome, Moscow or Amsterdam. In my
view it win be as easy to speak to sgd
ney or Melbourne or to New Zealand.
Long distance wireless telephony win
apply also to ships at sea and to air
planes and airships."