The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-05


ItroubIes OF the social leaders q
lsortof nnonicia1ad yiser. with mo
iprofession except having a good
tttime and with the Garrick fortune
THAT was ample to indulge his
Ihob bies. 8sE b
80 here you are Been
looking all over Suffolk County
for you, Guy It was Dick
iDefoe. Suppose you've heard
this new tale of Dame Runor--
about the Radio Dance last
Inight2
NIT himself. This was an ideal
chance. He wanted to see how
much Dick knew and whether he
could add anything. Perhaps
some fresh angle would offer a
new attack on the case. Dick
knew less than Mrs. Walden, but
life1t as much.
Guy" he pleaded. "you must
you must help me save Ruth
from herself. and her friends"
Curiously. here was Defoe ap-
pealing to him to do what he had
already agreed to do. Garr1ck
was used to such condolences.
| We'll, then, tell me something
the radio kid, Glenn Buckley"
Garrick watched with concealed
amusement the reaction on<Dick's
face.
ooh, he's like a great many
people today. It isn't the scienti-
fic interest in radio that's Glenn
feels. It's the entertainment value
in tin anything-that appeals
to him. AS a scientific study, I
suppose, motion pictures were in
teresting to people who were fol-
lowing what Edison and others
were doing. But when they be-
came a source of entertain ment,
pictures became the fifth industry
That's the way it is with radio
today with Glenn. Besides, just
now Radio is fashionable. It's
smart. Like the automobile was
twenty years ago, I imagine
Glenn wants to be smart So he
has asked the advice and assist
ance of Professor Vario over at
Rock Lodge. The rest of the crowd
/ guess you know-that Jack Cur
it's You've seen him around the
Club. To me, though, Ruth is
the center of everything. But
then, there's Vita Gerard
IA. and that Larue girl. OF
fancy in this wireless craze of his
to Professor ,Vario at the Radio
Central
What about him?" riterated
Garrick.
"Oh>. y. nothing 1850 guess
I'm thinking too much about
!! Glenn! Anyhow, it just shows
how foolishness radiates and hits
everybody-Hke Hertzian waves" "
The Radio Central at Rock
Lodge some ten miles east along
the Sound shore covered an area
of ten square miles with twelve
rows of 31O-foot towers radiatlns
for a mile and a half from the
the largest radio plant OF the
kind in the world.
but you haven't told me yet
| whether you were at this Radio
| Dance last night recalled Gar
rick.
"of course not. You don't
! think they'd invite me, do you?
My tastes are just a trife too
[ quiet for that speedy set
But you do go out with Ruth
great deal, don't you?"
mot as muc has I'd like. But,
as for that dance they didn't
/
they'd invite me to Dick
cut short.
'.Where?"
Dick shrugged and was silent
Come, now. If you want me
! to help you, play fair, Dick. You
can't hold back little things-and
! expecte me to be of any help
| Garrick was an electroscope for
discovering stray currents of
! facts.
well, then" unwillingly, ION
the Sea Vamp'."
1.-THE Sea vamp'? What's
| that?"
!! "a houseboat-7down Duck Har-
best bathing beaches to the west,
between us and the city. A lot
of the young folks chartered it
and chose that spot because itswas
not far from the Club and yet not
| too far out from the city. It's a
! bit out of the way, but that makes
! them specifically own the. beach
and that end of the harbor for
| their swimming races and water
sports Some of the sportier old
er folks go with them-once in a
! while"
"WelE -. what of it?''
Gust this. There's. more de-
viltry cooked up on the upper deck
or in the saloon OF the Sea Vamp'
than =. : than will ever get into
| Town Topics"
/ Garrick turned toward the
i steps.
Jump into my racer, Dick.
You're going to take me to look
over this Sea Vamp'."
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Ardas Straight. Lloyd Batson,