, 1922-06-21

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lamp added a touch of nominees and
there were a few, not many, deep
easy chairs.
But the most Important piece Of
furniture which interested Garrick
moro than anything else. as the at
tendant conducted them in, was the
cabinet containing little lamps and
plenty Of switches and wiring, COM
prising what is known as the modu-
Eating equipment 1t was a wooden
framework covered with copper
screening to prevent the delicate ap-
paratus from being disturbed by cleo.
lyrical and magnetic influences within
the room itself. Various conductors
connecting up the cabinet and tie
full. bright and neat woven copper
sleeves or tubes for the same reason.
There's the little transmitter.
mounted on hat portable stand"
pointed out Dick. "The r~adtphone
transmitter. proper. is located in a
little room under the roof overhead.
Their are a couple Of operators, for
1t contains all h elements of actual
transmission. When this studio is to
broadcast it is connected by this
switch over here with the radio sta
ton upstairs. Here's a wire telephone
to II, too"
Garrick hardly needed 10 be told.
He a seen it once before, the radio
telephone transmitter which consisted
Of a cabinet closed in by iron grill
work to prevent damage to the deli
cate tubes, I've OF them for
the normal operation. At the extreme
end Of a long operating desk or table
was the transmitter. On the table
were ordinary telephone instruments.
radio apparatus. a receiving set with
amplifiers. telephone head sets n a
loud speaking device by which the
operators could hear tho speech or
music rendered downstairs. only here
actuated by the long distance receiv-
ing set
sNow. here's the ph~onetron-the
dish BASIN some people call It,"
pointed out the attendant. who had
been looking at his watch and a sched-
ule to determine when would be tho
best time to broadcast h alarm Gar
rick had impressed on his mind.
Garrick looked c~uriously at the ut
tie hole in a cylinder dangling from
an adjustable stand in front of him.
els it about the right height? You
prefer 10 stand? An right. How's
that? Now, don't forget-taK direct
ly into that little hole-good and loud.
Keep up your voice. About three
inches away from the transmitter.
There. Now, wait until I tell you"
The minutes seemed eternity to
Dick. Would it never be possible for
Garrick to soar on wings of wireless
to the succor of Ruth and vira7
"An set7". the attendant called.
Lets go"
Ruth Walden and vfra Gerard OF
NNonomantuc, Long Island. were kid
mapped in n house boat, the Sea
'vamp,' from Duck Harbor, Long
Island. tonight, about nine o'clock"
The attendant nodded to Garrick
that in his opinion he was no novice
in handling the affair.
Slowly n distinctly Gar1ck
launched into a brief description of
the house boat and followed with a
detailed description Of Ruth and vira
and his own suspicion that the Sea
Vamp' was now somewhere In the
Sound, probably on fits way east.
Garrick finished. There was q 81
lence. He looked about stupidity. Not
hat he could have expected any
thing else than silence Yet It was
weird, uncanny. He had spoken to
a mute and invisible audience. Was
1t one. a hundred, a thousand. a
hundred fhousand7 No one could do
other than guess.
Always the radio Is a tempera-
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