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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03

essary to use transmitting tubes In all
of the stages.
To minimize the possibilities of dis.
t~ortion, if more than one stage or
power amplification is used, it is best
not to connect the transformers be-
tween the high tension source and the
plate. but to use a choke-coil, as shown
In the last stage of the diagram, above.
Similarly. the secondary of the trans
formers should be shunted by a grid
leak, the value of which depends upon
the make of the transformer. IL the
amplifier has a tendency to howl. 1t
NAV be stabilized by connecting. fixed
c~ondensers between the grid and fila
ments of the tubes. Another good
p~recaution TO prevent noises is to con-
| meet the iron cores of the transform
ers. and other metallic. parts to the
positive of the plain battery, so that
no difference Of potential exists De-
| tween these parts. 1t should be noted
that a high capacity condenser con,
nected across the plate batteries OF
the amplifier is shown in the diagrams:
this is for the purpose of providing
a path of low resistance for the os-
i citations, which are considerably damp
ed. when the resistance OF the plate
battery increases with age, If this con,
denser is not used.-Copyright 1sZ2
by Radio News.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03

thence TO the eye of the safety pin on
the detector movable stand. From the
eve of the safety pin, which old the
detector crystal, run a short piece OF
cable TO the other connection of the
condenser. Now fasten your ground
wire. which may be a piece of bare
galvanized wire. No. IA or larger, TO
the tuning coil, and run to a water or
gas pipe where a good ground connec-
ton must be made. An iron rod placed
in the ground and connected with the
wire will do, il there is no gas or wa
ter pipe accessible.
The next step in construction will
be to obtain A phone. Secure an olo
telephone receiver or better yet a 1000
ohm radio receiver, and connect to the
two condenser terminals. You are now
ready to "listen in" See that all con-
nections are secure and that both slider
contacts touch the coil wires. Place
the slides about half way along the
coil, then with the phone receiver to
your ear, bring the detector point in
contact with the crystal and very gent
ly feel for a sensitive spot, by NOV
ing it from place to place on the crys-
tai. When a spot" Is touched, a slight
grating sound will be heard in the re-
c~eiver, or possibly the dots and dashes
of some distant radio transmitting sta
ton. Now move the sliders a little
each way until a spot is reached where
the message is the loudest; then try to
adjust the detector and perhaps the
receiving will be still clearer. Expert
ence will quickly enable you to tune
the instruments to the wave lengths OF
the broadcasting stations.-Copyright
1922 Radio News.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03
Few Drops of Lemon
Juice Will Soften
Piece of Tough Meat

Five or six drops of lemon juice add
ed to a piece Of tough meat when it
begins to boil make it tender and also
add a delicious taste TO it.
When you cook a high-priced steak,
cut out the bone for soup. put the end
of the steak through the food-chopper
and form 1t into the shape of a chop.
This may be broiled with the tender
part of the meat.
In preparing soup for a child or an
invalid, an easy way TO get rid of the
fat is to strain the hot soup through O
clean cloth wrung out of ice water.
This is a simpler and better way than
waiting for the soup TO cool to skim
off the fat that rises to the top.
You can save an egg to two every
time o make an omelet or scramble
eggs for breakfast if you will add
cup of leftover cereal, rice, bread
crumbs or mashed potatoes to the dish
If tomato soup curdles when milk
and tomato pulp are put together, bea,
| quickly with a Dover z g-beater unit
it is quite foamy and the curds will
have disappeared.
When cooking cereal, rice or other
things in a double boiler, use the low
| er half to cook small vegetables in ant
save fuel by the double cooking.
Pour cider into an earthen kettle
and heat it just enough to form bub.
bles on the surface. DO not let 1t boil
Put the cider into quart cans and SCI
it away in a cool dark place. 1t will
keep sweet for months.
Roll your pie crust on a thickl,
Toured paper and you will have nc
trouble in cleaning off the table OF
cabinet. One fold and roll and thu
mess is all cleared away.-From the
September Designer.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03

zach edCe of the coil, as shown. This
il done so that the slider springs may
make contact. -Four pieces of pine,
hxNx7 inches long, and two pieces
Kx&x17 inches long are obtained.
The long pieces are used as the sliders.
With No, 3 Iath nails or one inch brads,
fasten the short pieces to the ends of
the coil. as shown. Bend two safety
nins about ia inches long and place
them in each slider piece. Place a nail
ia inches long through pieces nailed
to the ends of the coil about n inch
from the coil core piece. (Do not drive
all the way In until wire connectors
have been placed, as described below.l
These nails are to hold the slider spring
contacts against the bare wire of the
tuning coil. but still allow the sliders
70 move freely. The tuning coil is now
The Condenser
Next comes the condenser which is
obtained from the family ~flivver. Hunt
around for q burned out or a dead
shark coil; IL you haven't one perhaps
yomr neigbbor or the local garage man
has Dissect it and carefully remove
the condenser which will be found at
ono aide of the coil, and is about INK
4yIh ;nches thick. Secure this to your
bass board or table by some strips Of
tame and a couple of carpet tacks.
The Ostector
The detector consists of a piece of
ralena or silicon crystal, which can be
purchased of any radio supplies dealer
for about 25 cents, and is held to the
dashboard by a safety pin and a ou-
nIe ~ tecks. as shown. Take q piece
of common wooden clothes pin, and cut
out a section as shown. Bore a hole
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03
Junior Radio Receiving Set
Simple in Construction and inexpensive. This Set is Ideal
for the Schoolboy or New Convert to Radio.

through it using an awl or small drill.
Glue to a thin wood base a inch wide
by . inches long "a piece of a cigar box
will dol, and cut q small slot IN the
center, as shown. Now bend a safety
pin as illustrated and place the pin IN
the slot in the clothes pin, and secure
it there with a carpet tack or nail.
Place a small rubber band around the
post and pin, to secure a slight tension
and hold the point of the pin in contact
with the detector crystal. Mount or
base board, as shown, using carpet
tacks, but leave the crystal loose
enough so that it may be moved about
with one hand. The outfit is now
ready TO hook up.
Three or four feet of flexible wire
cable which may be made from the
| secondary coil wire in your Ford coil
will now be required. Take u or Ia
| strands of this fine wire and twist
them together, which will make a very
neat and serviceable cable. Scrape the
enamel from the ends of a piece of ca
BILE about IL inches long, and faster
one end securely in the eye OF No. ]
slider safety pin contact, and connect
the other end of the cable to the tack
on the end Of the tuning coil, as also
shown, leaving the cable long enough
so that the slider may be moved the
| entire length Of the coil. Take an
other piece of cable about IS inches
long. and clean its ends as before; con
meet one end to the wire of the coil
and the other end to the condenser, a:
shown in the diagram. Clean the ends
Of another piece of cable IL inches
long, and connect from the safety pir
| slider No. . to tack in the base, ant
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03

New York.-(special Correspond
ence.)--Of recent months / have been
perfectly appalled, at the tales that have
been related to me about the young
girls mania for a silhouette akin to a
slender string. Nor by hearsay only
have I arrived at the conclusion that
in flapper language a pound Of flesh
means "doom"-utter and infalible and
parent whose locks have been carried
off by the "flu" are soft southern
lullabies compared to the agonized
groans of youngsters II, Is. 16 and II
who are afraid they will get fat or are
already a trifle overweight.
They write me letter after letter
asking me how they can reduce; how
they would die rather than weigh an
other pound. Yes, some Of them even
offer to put themselves on a starvation
diet that may cast a shadow OF mean
proportions, only they interpret 1t as
stylish proportions, not mean,
But l suppose with father doing MS
daily dozen in one room, mother dong
her youth preservers In the next ana
older sister rolling hers off for want
of outstanding accommodations in a
normal sized apartment, the thing is
in the air and these youthful imitators
do their worrying in the space that Is
left.
In Terror of an Extra Pound
7 did not realize the seriousness OF
fhe situation until a mother told me OF
her subdeb offspring refusing to eat
breakfast at all IS fear of adding a
pound. This was an undernourished.
coloriess young miss with every law OF
health and beauty paging not one but a
whole number of pounds to help her
out. :,
A girl tells me of her 1~5-year-old
sister in high school, in no danger
whatever of ~rotundity, who refuses
luncheon and cuts up high dudgeon
when forced to eat a dinner OF three
courses.
This worries me exceedingly. hope
these are exaggerated cases and that
the mania will be checked before II
becomes an epidemic among the young
or generation. Else the woman OF TO-
morrow is going to be one of impover-
isbed body. impoverished brain, impov-
erished heart, incapable of mothcring
wholesome, healthy young citizens.
Let Mamma Do the Dieting
No girl is fully matured until she is
20 years old. What she will be at u
depends a~0Solutely upon lHc MnnhcA AZ
which she treats her body during the
period of growth in her teens. Ii may
seem a broad assertion that she make
Of herself a beautiful girl of 21, but
unless she is hopelessly deformed there
is no reason why, with proper HYGIENE
care, she may not arrive at her tul
maturity a being to be admired ane
to be courted for her charms.
A starvation diet will do nothing
toward the perfect development of the
young girl; quite the contrary. Instead
Of the lovely young thing with color IL
her cheeks, ~buoyancy in her step
youth in her eyes, there will be al
anemic or highly strung creature mel
Their a joy to know nor to look upon.
So, now, all you young girls VIII
have established in your minds the err
roneous impression that to be attrac'
tive means to be un~derweight, please
take my advice and eat three meals Q
dsy-normal, healthy, wholesome meal:
for no other reason than to make YOU
not only prettier when you are 20 but
right now in your teens. Let MON
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03

The easiest way to determine the prop
er resistance of the leak is to coat a
small piece of bristol board with lndla
ink. insert il between two clips when
dry. and vary the distance between the
clips until the signals received are
loudest. A bpzzer can be used as q
standard, and allows the operator 10
Judge of the difference between var
ious values of leak, if the signals are
made very weak by placing the DUE
! ger far from the set. Once the resist
ance giving best results is found, tne
niece of cardboard should be perman-
emily clamped on an insulating base
| and the whole unit made weatherprooI
by inserting il in a glass tube sealed
| with sealing wax or paraffine. or IN
| some other way. To adjust the plate
voltage. if a variable "B" battery is
not at hand. a potentiometer should be
connected across the filament battery
and the negative of the B" battery
connected to the slider.
In order TO obtain good results with
an amplifier. it must be carefully built
| and all the connections soldered. The
tranformers should be placed far
enough from each other to prevent IN
! duction effect which produces IN the
| telephones a characteristic roar.
As il is desirable to obtain maximum
amplification without distortion, trans
formers having different ratios should
be used in the different stages. other
| wise distortion is most likely to occur
when a high plate voltage is applied
on the tubes TO operate a loud talker
at full volume. This effect is more
marked in a three-step amplifier and
it is best to experiment with various
makes of transformers to obtain maxi
mum application with the tubes in
use. The grid potential must also be
| adjusted when high y%oltages are used
| For voltages below 100, a potentio.
meter connected acros the filament
battery and having its slider connected
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03
NEWS BRIEFS
: From the Radio Field

An international union of radio op-
orators has been founded in Brussels.
Radio concerts are proving Of de-
cided benefit to inmates of institutions
for the insane.
In Montana, radio Is furnishing en-
tertainment to the oil well drillers
during their idle hours.
Dealers are getting business by test
ing out each set sold, using it to re-
ceive over their own antenla.
The federal government now main
tains 10 broadcasting stations for the
purpose of sending out crop and mar
ket news.
The Yonkers, n. 7. Herald, fur
| nishes entertainment TO huge crowds
! by means of a radio set maintained on
a recreation pier.
A boy in Cambridge, Mass. n eve
| ming received on his set a time signal
| from Nauen, Germany, and one from
Honolulu.
Radio was first installed in China
by the Germans some TO years ago
| consisting Of obsolete apparatus of 9
| type that would now be scorned by an
American boy enthusiast.
Faint radio messages received at
| Nome, Alaska, announced that Cap
tain Amundsen was leaving for the
Arctic, where he hopes to drift past
| the north pole.
A great broadcasting station is TO be
erected on the top Of a building on
Forty-second street, New York. When
| completed, it will replace WIZ at
| Newark.
1t is proposed to broadcast lectures
on American traditions and American
institutions so that foreign born resi-
dents of the country may make more
rapid progress in Americanization.
One writer suggests that the presi-
dent of the United States set aside IL
minutes each day for personal radio
talk with the American people.
WBAY. a new York broadcasting
station, had 100 applicants for its use
before arrangements were concluded
for the initial broadcasting.
Prospectors in the deserts of the
southwest now take along radio outfit
SO they can communicate with the
nearest stations in ease help is needed
One broadcasted service became SO
popular that the local telephone ser.
vice had to be temporarily discontinued
because of the constant calls to the
radio station for encores.
The sparsely settled portion Of
northern Canada is TO be linked to the
cities and towns of southern Canads
by a ~broadcasting station TO be in
stalled by the Manitoba government.
Three desperadoes broke Jail il
Monmouth county, New Jersey. Com.
plete descriptions of the men were
broadcasted by WIZ and soon q posse
of 800 citizens was on their trail.
In canvassing the alumni of The
Ohio State university to raise fund;
for a university broadcasting station
il was found that so per cent of those
solicited owned their own receiving
apparatus.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03

love affair would certainly mean the
urgent need of medical attention.
MILE: Two toe stout ankles
stand between you and a chorus girl
job? With your heart and ambition
pinned upon the electric sign you have
the impetus to do some vigorous kick
ing to shed the flesh. 1t is slow work,
this traing down ankles, unless you
work at it like everything. But L have
some very good exercises for which
/ would request the stamped addressed
envelope. Kindly repeat your request
when you send it.
HANK: SO you want TO dye your
eyebrows, Hank! ] wouldn't advise
you to. Instead use a little yellow
vaseline, rubbing it well in and then
brushing with a small, fine tooth brush,
night and morning. BE careful not TO
get any of the vaseline into the eyes as
IL is most irritating to them. In time
the vaseline will darken your eyebrows.
Come again, Hank!
=. X. L.: I have a very good formula
for a hair curling fluid which is to be
applied before the hair is curled or
done up for the night. 1t makes the
curl stay in longer. Please send s. a.
e., won't you, repeating our request:
MAY: The depilatory will remove
the hairs from arms and legs, but
they will return and become coarser
with each return. The same is true OF
shaving the superfluous hair. ] think
| the better thing to do is to bleach them
with equal parts of peroxide and am
monia. Apply with a sponge. In time
| the tendency is to kill the roots. But
the bleaching modifies the trouble
| greatly.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03
Best Methods of Receiving
Maximum Radio Amplifcah0n

to the secondary Of the transformers
provides sufficient variation; but above
this voltage a grid battery is often nee
essary. It's voltage may vary from 2
to As, according to the plate voltage
used. To supply q loud talker which
is designed for great volume, the last
stage of the amplifier should consist
of a Swat power tube with 200 to
400 volts on the plate. 1t is not nee
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03
BY ROBERT e. LACAULT
Associate Editor, Radio News

The soft tube, that is the type con-
tanning a small quantity of gases, Is
the most sensitive, but requires a care
full adjustment of the filament and
plate voltage. The value of the grid
leak is also of Importance, and is gen.
orally to be found through experiment.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03
LINES OF NEW FROCKS

For street wear, the straight frock
with skirt easily wide y considered
flare suddenly in a circular ruffle. The
slender chemise with a circular gore
flaring at the side front is another
mid seas model of which we shall
see more next winter. These chemise
frocks are appearing in Paris at the
mon ent with inset belts at the hips.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03
NEW BRoAocAsTERs OF WEEK

WA Q-Capper Publications, To-
peka, Kansas.
" A ] T-Kelley-Vawter Jevelry
Co. Marshall. Mo.
K F b H-Thomas Musical Co.,
M~arshfield, Oregon.
" l. A Waco Electrical Supply
Co. Waco, Texas.
Val U-Yankton College, Yank-
ton. s. d.
w ] A S-Pittsburgh Radio Supply
House. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03
ANSWERS TO BEAUTY QUERIES

S. L.: Losing eight pounds in three
weeks, which you cannot afford, and
the baggy eyes indicate an early call on
a physician, which ] sincerely hope you
will not postpone. 1t is serious to lose
weight like that. unless one were de-
liberately reducing. Are you unhappy
about something? Cannot eat and
cannot sleep at II. if not a serious
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03

cord tip these posts work well with
phones.
If desirable to hook two sets of tele-
phones in parallel use two double
grooved posts, connecting n side OF
each headset to each binding post. To
connect two headsets in series, use
three posts, the W. outside posts only
being connected to the inside wiring.
To use one headset On this arrange
ment it can be connected across the
outside posts.
1t is obvious that any number OF
headsets can be connected in series by
adding double grooved binding posts.
1t is said that the radio business in
the last two years has grown some
thing like $4,000 per cent.
Cascara bark, used for medicinal
purposes is an important product of
the Oregon forests.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03

the cord tips ordinarily supplies on
phones are hard to grip in these posts.
BY simply filing a groove across the
brass case as shown, to a depth equal
to about one-half the diameter Of the
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-03

An international union of radio op-
orators has been founded in Brussels
Evening star., 1922-01-11
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, January 1.-THE cot
ton market was nervous and unset
tied early today, owing largely to
reports of an easing spot basis and
apprehension of spot liquidation in
the south. First prices here were
barely steady at decline of l to IA
points. with March selling at 1886
and May at 1851. making new low
ground for the movement and a
break Of 1.30 to 1.50 points from the
high level Of early last week. South
ern spot interests were reported SELL
ers on the decline, while there was
further scattering liquidation or
local pressure. which was absorbed
by covering and trade buying at the
lower prices.
Futures opened barely steady. jan
uary. 1900: March. 1888: May, 1888;
July. 1904. and October, 16.3S.
NEW ORLEANS. January 11.-Poor
cables and claims on the short side of
freer offerings of spots put the cotton
market lower today. In the first half
hour Of the session prices lost 1s to "a
points, March dropping to 1880. A
considerable portion Of the selling ap-
parently came from liqutdating longs,
and it was floor gossip that, as the
market dropped. stop-loss orders were
caught on the long side.
Futures opened steady. January,
1900; March. 1887: May. 1880; July!
1915; october, 1856.
LIVERPOOL, January 11-Cotton,
spot. quiet: prices steady. Good mid
ding, 11.47; fully middling. 11.07; mid
ding, 1879; low middling. 9.57; good
ordinary. 500, ordinary, 1927. Sales,
1000 bales. including 5000 American
Receipts. 5000 bales, all American.
Futures closed easy. January, 1858:
March. 1o.47; May. 1898; July. 1925;
September. s.sS: October, 9.79; Decem-
ber, 9.61.
Evening star., 1922-01-11
HEAVIER CREDITS GIVEN
AGRICULTURAL REGIONS
Gov. Harding Says It Is Not True
Board Has Been Hostile
to Farmers.

NEW YORK. January 11.-Heavier
credits have been extended to federal
reserve banks in the agricultural re-
gions than to those in sections where
trade and commerce predominate. w.
P. G. Harding. governor Of the fed
eral reserve board. declared a. a meet
ing of the New York Board Of Trade
and Transportation.
Gov. Harding offered this as sub
sanitation OF his emphatic denial OF
the charge that the federal reserve
or crop loans. He also opposed efforts
to amend the banking laws in favor
Of the AGRICULTURAL interests.
TT 10 not true" he said. that the
federal reserve board is hostile to the
farmers. We all know that agricul-
activities in the country, represent
ing 40 per cent of It's buying power.
But we should stand against any leg
islation designed to favor one class
at the expense of other classes. They
are all interdependent"
-Four things-high taxation, ma
tional, state and local; the high cost
of Transportation, high rents and the
high cost Of fuel-stand at present in
the way Of return to normal condi-
tions, Gov. Harding told the board
members. Money conditions. he said.
"6f0 easy, Win IHS TcSoISo SySlcHu
ready to accommodate itself to an in
creased demand for currency with
return to prosperity.
Charges Of extravaganza in salaries
paid federal reserve bank officials
were also taken up by Gov. Harding.
"It takes brains and judgment to op-
crate . federal reserve bank" he said,
''and in order to get officials who can
competently handle this business 1t Is
necessary to pay salaries In competi-
tiou with other banks"