Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-15
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BY Arthur B REEVE
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They soon found themselves in a
small room, quite plain except for
the draperies hat were artistically
arranged to hide the bare walls.
There were a few plants and flowers
about, also. At one end stood a
beautiful piano of the reproducing
variety. Some of the best known
artists had in reality played on it,
all had played on 1t through the
perforated paper rolls. There were
Photographs Of all the standard
well-known makes and on the other
side an automatic organ.
A small table with a silk-shaded
lamp added a touch of nominees and
there were a few. not many, deep
cas- chairs.
But the most important piece of
furniture which interested Garrick
more than anything elsei as the at
tendant conducted them in. was the
cabinet containing little lamps ami
plenty of switches and wiring. COM
prising what is known as the modu-
lating equipment. 1t was a wooden
framework covered with copper
screening to prevent the delicate ap-
paratus from being disturbed by
electrical and magnetic influences
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ductors connecting up the cabinet
and the transmitter were sheathed
In beautiful, bright and neat woveh
copper sleeves or tubes for the same
reason.
There the little transmitter.
mounted on that portable stand"
pointed out Dick. THE radiophonc
transmitter, proper, is located in a
little room under the roof overhead.
h e are a couple of operators. for
1t contains all the 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 tele-
phone to ii, too"
Garrick hardly needed to be told.
He had seen it once before, the a
do telephone transmitter which
consisted of a cabinet closed in by
iron grill work to prevent damage
to the delicate tubes, five If
them for the normal operation. At
the extreme end of a long operating
desk or table was the transmitter.
On the table were ordinary tele-
phone instruments. radio apparatus,
a receiving set with amplifiers. tele-
phone head sets and a loud speak
ing device by which the operators
could hear the speech or music
rendered downstairs. only here act
uated by the long distance receiving
set.
Now, here's the phonetron-the
dish basin some people call it,"
pointed out the attendant, who had
been looking at his watch and a
schedule t determine when would
be the best time to broadcast the
alarm Garrick had impressed on his
mind.
Garrick looked curlously at the
little hole in a cylinder dangling
from an adjustable stand in front o.
him.
rs it about the right height? You
prefer to stand? All right. How's
that? Now. don't forget-talk di-
rectly into that little hole-good and
loud. Keep up your voice. About
three inches away from the trans
mitter. There. Now. wait until /
tell you"
The minutes seemed eternity to
Dick. Would it never be possible
for Garrick to o a on wings OF
wireless to the succor of Ruth and
Vira?
"All set?" The attendant called.
Lets go!"
Ruth Walden and vira Gerard
of Nonowantuc. Long Island, were
kidnapped in a h~ouseboat, 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 and distinctly Garrick
launched into a brief description of
the h~ouseboat and followed with d
detailed description of Ruth AMI
Vira and his own suspicion hat the
sea Vamp' was now somewhere IL
the sound, probably on its way cas-,
Garrick finished. There was a ST.
lence. He looked about stupidity.
Not that he could have expected
anything else than silence. Yet il
was weird. uncanny. He had spoken
to a mute and invisible audience.
Was it one, a hundred, a thousand.
a hundred thousand? No one couli
do other than guess.
always the radio is a temporal
mental thing. that is. if you can say
inanimate things are temperament
al: there's a natural ~depravity about
it. But l think conditions are fine,
just now"
Garrick turned. 1t was Professor
Vario who had just heard he was
there and had hurried into the
building at the news. at has work
ed best when nobody was around 10
appreciate it and not so good when
it's on parade. The radiophone with
its delicate tubes and controls some
times lies down on the job at the
wrong moment. But we don't have
much of that trouble here"
Hasty inquiries and a promise t.
put the whole of the Rock Ledge
equipment at their disposal follow
ed.
Now, Dick" exclaimed Garrick
theoretically. outside. I've got that
first call off. Now you a have
your way. To the city,"
AS they whirled down the SPLEEN
did road Garrick could not get out
of his mind the similar impression
he had between b-roadcasting ana a
picture studio. 81 suppose in one
case it's one-siGed pantomime, in
the other one-sided dialogue. Any
how. the same motto applies 10
both, Get it acrossi' It's a new art,
not much more than a year old, :
it, Dick? An old story to you; but
full of interest to me as a detective.
Broadcasting as a business will set
tie down. I suppose. This Radio
Central service is really a public
service. Just now it's like the talk
ing machine companies selling You
an instrument and giving away the
records,"
A surprise awaited them as they
drew up at Glenn's garage guarded
by the Astra Agency men.
"Glad you came, sir, exclaimed
the agency manager himself. "Ive
got three men here. now"
Three. menu" queried Garrick
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