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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22
Fifteen Minutes of Radio Each Day
BY EDWARD N. DAVIS
Formerly Technical Electrical Expert for o. s. Government
By EDWARD N. DAVIS

his course and bring the plane and
air voyageurs to safe landing at
their destination.
Train Wrecks Can be Prevented by
Wireless
The marvellous developments IN
radio are logical grounds for a
prediction that in the near future
terrible collisions on our railroads
will be eliminated through the con-
slant and direct communication by
Radio between the train dispatcher
and the locomotive engineer. The
installation of a delicate instrument
which responds only to certain
electrical wave length would al
low the dispatcher to single out any
locomotive on the system. Only a
short time ago the Interstate Conn
merce Commission ordered the IN
stallation of automatic stops on
some of our Eastern railroads, 10
prevent the passing of danger sig
nails. Is it not possible that through
the recent wonderful developments
in wireless that the Government
will order railroad trains to be pro
vided with radio equipment so
that. day or night, the dispatcher's
voice. carried on the wireless waves
can warn the engineer of a danger
toward which the train is rushing
at a mile-a-minute speed
To the uninitiated reference to
wavelength in radio is a vague cleo
trical term. As in water waves, 1t
is the distance from crest to crest
of the electrical oscillations. The
rapidity with which short waves
vibrate is almost incomprehensible,
for example, waves of 200 meters IN
length used by amateurs, oscillate
at the rate of 100000 times in one
second. The length of waves is ex-
pressed in meters, one meter have a
length of three and one quarter feet
Long waves vibrate more slowly, at
rate of 10000 times per second.
Long waves are generally used for
transoceanic communication, while
short waves are used by amateurs
and for broadcasting the popular
concerts and speeches.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22
CHAPTER II.
MIGHTY HUNTERS OF LONG
AGO

People must have quivered at the
bare mention of some Of the fierce
wild beasts which infested Europe IN
I the earliest part of the Stone Age.
/ This was because their weapons were
poor. After the stOne-pOinted spear
was invented;S however, men began 70
hunt for animals which had before
made them afraid.
How can we tell what animals were
most often killed? By heaps of bones
which have been preserved.
In the island of Sicily have been
found the bones of great numbers of
appropriateness. These animals once
lived even farther north, but the cold
weather at the time of the last glacier
drove them southwark. The people
of Sicily certainly liked the meat OF
the hippopotamuS. In one cave, the
bones of about 1000 were found!
The remains of thousands of cave
bears, c,.vc-liOnS and bison have been
dug out of various caves in Europe.
The deer was also a favOrite food.
Notice the hunter in the picture to-
day. He is preparing to kill one of
the giant nlOOSC-llhC OCeI NulCh
grazed in southern Europe long ago
Even mammothS were sometimes
killed by Stone Age hunters. Such
huge beasts could hardly have been
slain in the open. II is believed pits
were dug and covered over with
branches and Shrubbery. When a
mammoth came along it might tumble
i'm. Then the hunters could kill it by
hurting spears into its body and strik-
ing it's head with large stones.
Among the most interesting heaps
of bones are those left in France near
the city Of Lyons, at the site of an
open-air camp. Strewn over a large
area were the bones of bison, reindeer,
and above all, wild horses.
The heaps were six feet deep in
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22
SAVING. LIVES By RADIO
Lesson No. SO

Lesson No. 50
The first collision OF express
planes in the air and the resulting
lioss of lives in the flaming wreck
|age. brings wildly to mind the ne
leessitv of radio equipment IN an
INSTRUMENTATION to safeguard the
Lives of the passengers, and pilots.
SEVENTY miles north of Paris, over
|tbe village of ThieullOy, a British
plane manned by pilot and carry
ing mail crashed into a French air
plsne in which was a pilot, mechan-
lie. and three passengers. Inc
planes had been travelling at ter
rifle speed, completely engulfed in a
sea of fog, and after cOlliding both
fell To earth, the aviatOrs and pas
senrers periShing in the burning
remnants of the LUXURIOUS alrshipS.
Disasters in fogs are not unusual,
but i'm operations on sea and land
the use of sound signals and power
full lights prevents to great de-
gree such unfortunate happenings
and their consequent loss of life.
The high speed of airplanes,
commonly 100 miles an hour,
places them outside the range OF
sound instruments or brilliant
lights which penetrate fog but
short distance. Radio waves, how
ever, travel at a speed of 800 mil
Mon meters of $4,000 miles per
second, their action is instantaneous
land they radiate in all directions
like ripples resulting from the inn
pact of a stone on the surface of a
quiet pool of water. A few lengths
of wire stretched from end to end
of the airplane, small adjustable
coils and condensers connected to
that radio marvel the vacuum
tube" form combination by which
the pilots of passenger carrying air
planes can send out radio signals in
all directions through an impene-
trable fog Powerful land stations
sendings warnings of dangerous
storms will enable the pilot to alter
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some spots. 1t is estimated that the
bones of 100000 horses were found!
What feasting must have gone on
at that CAMP Probably the hunters
gathered there each summer from far
and wide. They sat around great
fires, roasting meat. When they had
chewed away to the bone, they would
split it open to get at the marrow
Then. they would seize another hunk
of meat to roast. OF course they all
ate with their hands. They wouldn't
have known what a fork was for.
AS the hunters ate, there must have
been much wild singing, shouting and
dancing.
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VEGETABLES

String BEANS peas lettuce cabbage, squash tomatoes
We handle the best quaitymoney can buy and sell as
cheap as any cut rate store in the city. Compare the
prices
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22
RICHMOND THEATRE

If you must elope, don't lose your
marriage license! That is the pre-
dicament in which T. Roy Barnes
and Lila Lee find themselves in
the new Paramount comedy, as
Matrimony A Failure?" which is to
be shown Friday and Saturday at
the Richmond Theatre. After sue
cessfully GLIDING their pursuers
and making their way to noun
tain resort to spend blissful hon
eymoon, the lovers are refused ad-
mittance by the Puritanical propri-
etor, who has been wired by dis
appointed rival that the couple are
not married. The bride searches
for the marriage license, but it
has been lost en- route! This leads
up to a series of laugh-provoking
situations, which are enacted by 4
cast of notables. James Cru2c was
the megaphone artist.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22
WITH THE MAJORS
NATIONAL LEAGUE
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

Brooklyn. 15; Pittsburgh, is Go in
nings).
Chicago. s; Philadelphia. 3 (called in
sixth inning, RAIN.
Other games postponed (rain).
TODAY'S GAMES
Brooklyn at New York.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22

"John, you've promised and prom
User to get me runabout."
81 will, my dear, one of those
DAYS"
"Humphl Your present is always
in the future. Boston Transcript.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

Chicago. :; Washington. &
Philadelphia. 5; 81. Louis. D..
New York. Z; Cleveland, s.
Boston. Q; Detroit, $.
TODAN'S GAMES
New York ~ Boston.
Cleveland at ChiCaSO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22

"What is your object in telling
people you think of retiring from
public life?" r.,
81 consider it desirable" replied
Senator Sorghum, "to offer the
suggestion so that my friends can
show how difficult it would be Tor
the nation to get on without me. -
Washington Star.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-22
THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE THURSDAY, JUNE o. 1922.

"Tye had a hard day at the office,
dear. and I'm hungry as bear. Is
dinner ready"
90 to restaurant tonight. I've
broken the can-openell-Judge.
The Meeker herald., 1922-12-16
Railroad. Add Many Fr.'sh. Cars.

Observation-Disclosures during the
present year have added mach more
substantially to their eq4 .,ent for
transportation service than rney were
able to do In 1921, according to a re-
port made public by the car service d.
vision Of the American Railway Asso-
ciation. Up to Nov. they put In
service, or had In process Of manu-
facture. III ,23S new freight cars. which
was 47.SO2 more than were procured
during the entire year Of 1921. On the
same date. this year, they had In
stalled tn service 800 new locomotives
and had 1882 more under orders at
manufactures,
The Meeker herald., 1922-12-16
A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS
By CLEMENT c. MOORE

BY CLEMENT Z. MOOkE
>TWAS the night before Christmas. phsn all
through tho house
Not a creature stirring, not epen mouse:
7hs stockings cere hung by tho chimney with care
In hopes that st. Nicholas soon you'd b there;
The children Vere nestled all snug in their beds,
While risions of sugar-plums danced in their heads
A nd mama in her kerchiet. and in my cap,
Had Just settled our brains for long sDinters nap
When out on tho laUn there such clattsr.
/ sprang from my bod to schat was the matter
Array to tho vindoU flew ike flash.
Tore open the shutters and threw up tho sash.
Tho moon the breast of the new- fallen snou
Gave a luster of midday to objects below;
When " what to my wondering eyes should appear
But miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.
Wsh little old dripsr. lively and quick.
knew IN moment It must be 81. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came.
And he vhised and shouted and called them By name:
"Now Dashey! now Dancer noto. Prancer and Vi1sni
To the top of the porch to the top of the aaHi
Nor dash away. dash avoy. dash array air.
AZ dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly.
Whom they meet an obstacle. mount to the sky.
So up to the housetop the coursers. they few.
With the sleigh full Of oys-and st. Nicholas. too
And then in tUinkling heard on the roof
The Nranctng and powtng of each little hoof
As drep in my head, aud was turning around
Dorm the chimney st. Nicholas came NTH bound
He mas dressed all in fur from his head to his foot
And his clothes all furnished Nth ashes and soot
bundle Of toys he had flung on his back.
Aad he looked like peddler Just opening his pack
His eyes how they twinkledl his dimples hop meryi
HIS cheeks Uere ike roses. his nose like cherry;
HIS dron little mouth gas drawn up like bow
And the heard on his chin whits as the snow.
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth.
And the smoke It encircled his head like a srreath
He had broad face and a little round belly
That shook. when 10 laughed like bopl full of ielv
He oas chabby aud plnmp-a right Jolly old elf;
And laughed Uhen saw him, in spite of myself
w'nk of his eye and twist of his head
Soon gaze me to know had nothing to dread.
Hs spoke not rord, but vent straight to his Uork
And flled az the stockings; then turned nth jerk
And laying his finger aside of his nose
And giving nod up the chimney he rose
He sprang 10 his sleigh to his team gave thistle
And array they all feV hks the down of a thistle
Bvt heard htm erclaim, ereh he drope out of sight
"Happy Christmas to all. and to all a geod-niqhtp'
The Meeker herald., 1922-12-16
A MODERN KRIss ERINGLE
By HAROLD BARNES

KRIS Kringle laughs sith a merry glee;
"i'H fool the children this year." says he;
"They think am coming NTH deer and sleigh.
And Jingle Of bels. IN the SANE old vay.
Bat III do It,. he says. w'th knowing wink.
There stands in ito shed Ike waiting train
hs finest brand Of an deroplane.
Shining and cleaning and new and spick-
Just made to order for Old st. Nick.
The Meeker herald., 1922-12-16


Just before Christmas Of 1922 shs
sent a copy to the editor Of the Troy
Sentinel. And that's how the verses
came to be printed in the first place.
Clement Moore, like many . man
With serious purpose in life. had
q hobby which he did not ride In pub
lie. His vocation was the teaching
Of Biblical learning TO theological stu.
dents. His avOcation was writing 20
etry for the edincation and pleasure
of hls children. As for the children.
they thought their fathers verses were
the best fun In all the world. He I'M.
derstood 50 well their likes and dis
likes and sympathized 20 keenly with
their Joys and griefs. Sometimes tho
poems contained a moral that could
be applied right at home. But In gen.
eral the verses were Just sheer. clear
rollicking fun.
Clement Moore, as he related In lat.
er yearA nrst heard the story Of st.
Nicholas a. told in. the poem from q
Jolly fat Dutchman who lived near
his boyhood home. The Dutchman had
heard the story when q boy in Hol.
land.
Well. when the Christmas Of 1922
drew near Clement Moore thought he
would write a Christmas poem ~ .
present for his children. And he
picked out the Dutchman's story Of
st. Nick a. the subject. The Moores
lived in q big house on a hill that
sloped to the Hudson. The ground
was all covered with snow. There was
a great fireplace where the Christmas
stockingk we're hung. The setting was
Just rigk.. So one evening Clement
Moore S.. down In front of cheerful
blaze in the big fireplace and began
the verses that will Keep his fame
immortal as long as there are chill.
dreu and Christmas is celebrated.
Clement Moore was a very modest
man and his personal feeling about
the verses he wrote for his children
was that they had little merit except
as verses for children-and for his
own children. And for that reason
he was reluctant to disclose his au-
thorship. Finally. in 1874. he did pub
lish a collection Of POEMS" which
included "A Visit FROM st. Nicholas."
In the records Of the General Theo-
logical seminary is the following testi-
monial from its faculty to the sterling
worth Of their associate:
ave recognize In him one whom God
has biased with selected gifts: warm
hearted In friendship. genial In society.
kindly and considerate to all; pos
sessed Of 6ne literary tastes. poetic
instincts and expressiveness, and Of
cheerful humor withal; at the same
time we'll accomplished In severer stud
ie. and resolute for more laborious
undertakings, as his learned works In
Hebrews grammar and lexicography dis
tinctly testify"
"A visit From st. Nicholas" Is hero
with reprinted In full And no apology
is made for reproducing = poem that
millions Of children-and grownups,
too-know by heart. It's not hard
work ut Christmas time to run over
the old, familiar llnes-they're good
reading yet for the Oldest and crusti.
est Of ~.
The few lines Of verse below. print.
ed lust for the contrast, are the be
ginning Of clever Twentieth century
version from the Philadelphia Public
Ledger in which an up-to-date st. Nicl
travels By airplanA
The Meeker herald., 1922-12-16

l
old portrait that hangs on
The portrait Is that Of Clement Clark
Moore (17sl-1s8s). founder Of the
seminary who gave It the whole block
known as; Chelsea square. Moreover.
from 1921 to 1850 he was the professor
Of Biblical learning and was professor
emeritus from then until his death.
And In addition he compiled she
brew and English Lexicon" (1SO9), the
FIRST TO be published In this country.
This notable scholar and dlgnified the
illogical professor was born in New
York City, the grandson Of Maj.
Thomas Clark, a retired officer Of the
British army. and son of the Rt. Rev.
BENJAMIN Moore. third president Of
Columbia university and second bishop
Of New York. He studied for the min.
istry. but was not ordained.
Christmas morning, at 9:S0 O'Clock.
several hundred Sunday school chill
dren-maybe as many az thousand
will march from the new Chapel Of
the Intercession in New York City with
trumpeters and banners, singing
Christmas carols as they 60. and lay
q great wreath on tomb in famous
old Trinity cemetery. This tomb II
that Of this same grave and reverend
professor Of Biblical learning and COM
piler Of a Hebrew lexicon. And this
memorial celebration Is now feature
Of Christmas day.
It il likely that this Christmas the
theological students and the Sunday
school children will add special fea-
lures to their memorial celebration For
Clement Clark Moore is, as everybody
should know, the man who wrote
"Twas the Night Before Christmas"
and this Christmas season Is the CEN
tennial Of the writing Of the poem thnt
has gone around the world and Is the
delight of children wherever Santa
Claus Is known. or course ( nre
lots OF people who do not know who
wrote 1t. And that's because 1t has
become so much a part Of our Christ
mas tradition and literature that 1t
never occurs to them that 1t had an
author. It's like Mother Goose. you
know.
December o. 1923. the Troy IN. "
Sentinel printed the now famous poem
with the title. "a Visit From st. Mich.
solas." The name of the author. was
not given. Il.
The Jolly Jingle met with instpnt
appreciation. Other new spapers pub
lished Il. City after city all over the
country copied 1t. It was published
in magazines. Next 1t went into the
public school readers. Then came
special editions of the poem, illustrated
by artists who had made name by
their pictures for children. Finally
1t was translated Into many languages.
Now 1t may be heard almost all over
the world.
And all this time the name Of the
author was unknown The fact is that
PROFESSOR Mocre was not exactly
pleased over the publication Of the
poem and Its worldwide popularity
caused him to shrink from claiming
Its authorship.
You see, he had nothing to do with
its original publication. The poem
was written for his children and was
strictly for family use. but In the
winter Of 1892, shortly after the poem
was written. the family had as visitor
the eldest daughter of Rev. Dr. David
Butler. rector Of st. Paul's church.
Troy. To her one Of Clement Moore's
little daughters read the poem. Tho
visitor was delighted with this posm
The Meeker herald., 1922-12-16

protection could be afforded.
Moffat.-The parting of drill stem
of the rotary Ly which the Valley OIL
Company Is putting down Its well
three miles from Hooper In the San
.uis valley, has left thousands Of ex-
cited men and women in state of sus-
pense. Oil Is oozlng up through the
mud with which the well is filled, and
gas Is Issuing forth. and there is fish
Ing job to be waited on before anyone
an tell the extent Of the discovery.
Denver.-To take charge of the
smallpox situation In Denver and take
every possible means to stamp out the
disease In this city. Past Assistant Sur
geon General Perrin Of the United
States bureau of public health has
been sent here from Washington.
Fort Collins-Santa Claus when he
visits Fort Collins this Christmas will
find new city ordinance which eff
fects his business. The city council at
its last meeting passed an ordinance
providing that no tree can be sold In
the city for Christmas tree without a
tag attached bearing evidence that II
was cut with proper permission or au.
thority.
Apprehension Robson, IA years
I'D, was killed by the ACCIDENTAL dis
harge of small rifle which his com.
panion. Floyd Herman, II. was hand
ing to him.
The Meeker herald., 1922-12-16
~ .OAN DICKINSON SHERMAN

5y sOhN OICkIN9CN oneHWAN
|HRISTMAS EVE the students Of the
General Theological seminary In New
York City, the largest training school
for the ministry of the Protestant
Episcopal church, will gather in their
dining hail and with appropriate cere-
monies will wreathe holly about an
old portrait TINT hangs on the wall.
Evening star., 1922-06-12
PALACE-"Across the Continent.

Across the Continent" and the
epic of the "iivver," with Wallace
Reid and an able supporting COM
pany, is the attraction at the Palace
Theater. opening yesterday. The film
is based upon an original story
written by Byron Morgan. the author
of a number of racing stories in
which Mr.. Reid has made great sue
cess.
In Across the Continent" Wally is
pictured as son of manufacturer
of automobiles-to be exact, of au
tomobiles of the "fivver" type. Mr..
Reid is in love, but not with the right
girl, it seems. He has chosen the
daughter of rival manufacturer of
his father while all the time the
right girl. who is his fathers secre-
tary, is at his elbow, so to speak. Be
cause he refuses to drive cars of his
fathers make, the young man is
dropped from the pay roll. He goes
over to his fathers rival. But this
doesn't last. when he hears that his
father has entered a car in a trans
continental endurance race and that
his father proposes to drive the car
himself The son returns to the fam
lily fold and undertakes to drive the
car in the race himself. Matched
against other cars, big and little. and
against rivals who do not hesitate
to use unfair means to win the race,
Wally drives the "fivver" across the
continent and wins the race.
A Snub Pollard comedy, Pathe
News Topics of the Day, scenic
subject and the overture by the or
chestra are other attractions.
Evening star., 1922-06-12
Photoplays.
COLUMBIA Foolish Wives"

All the gorgeousness of Monte Carlo
is portrayed in Foolish Wives" the
great photoplay being shown at the
Columbia this week. The picture is
full of thrills, and gives an insight
of the traps set by international
crooks to prey on the rich who visit
this famous gambling resort.
Erich Won Stroheirn, the author and
director, also is the star, and gives
realistic portrayal of the bogus prince
who. with the aid of two accomplices,
posing as his sisters and Russian
princesses, attempts to victimize the
newly arrived envoy from America
and his wife. They sponsor the dipIo-
mat and his wife through the pleas
ure resort, during which time the
young wife commits foolish but in
nocent indiscretions with the count
While in the counts villa, in response
10 a call for aid, both are trapped by
fire set by a servant maid. who had
been wronged and cast aside by the
count
Maude George and Mae Busch play
the parts of the counts sisters. Miss
du Pont plays the foolish wife, while
her husband is Rudolph Christians
Dale Fuller plays the role of the
Reryant girl
Evening star., 1922-06-12
RIALTO-"Over the Border"

"Over the Border" now being pref
sented at the Rialto. in which Betty
Compson and Tom Moore are starred,
is adapted from Sir Gilbert Parker's
story, She of the Triple Cheveron,"
with the scene laid on the Canadian
border during the winter season,
with its attendant SHOWS and bliz-
yards.
The story concerns Jen Galbraith,
whose father and brother are LIQUOR
smugglers, and who is in love with
Tom Flaherty of the Canadian mount
ed police. She tries to get him to
leave the service. which he eventual
ly does. In the meantime Jen's
brother Val has an alteration with a
police spy and kills him. Seeking to
cross the border. he is caught in a
blizzard. Flaherty, as the wires are
down, is sent with sealed order to
the police inspectors. for them to
apprehend Val. Flaherty Is stopped
by Jen's house on his way with the
message and is drugged by the girls
father Jen, wishing to save Flaher-
tvs honor, and not knowing that the
message was for the apprehension of
her brother. secretly delivers it in the
night. Things then begin to come to
a speedy climax. The film, Poor
Boy" with Lloyd Hamilton, is a SUBJ
sidiary attraction.
The Beautiful Galatea" is rendered
as overture number.