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tive at the Royal Academy, to assist with the illustrations for his book, "The Theory and Practice of Per spective."
 Among the most notable of her paintings which have been hung at the Royal Academy and exhibited in most of the principal cities of the United Kingdom are: Dives and Lazarus" The City of Refuge,'' "The Bapistry at San Marco, Ven ice, Tn the Shadow of the Palatne Rome ''r"His Majesty, King Edward, VII" "rhe Triumph" and s'The Dew il's Daughter
 Other painting1 include Her Majesty. Queen Alexandra" Gin her majesty's possession). I'll. R. II. the Prince of Wales Gin the possession of Queen Mary), and An Empire Tribute to the Flag of Stars" a large allegorical picture purchased by the late Capt Ira B. Castell, commis- sioner of the American Red Cross for Wales dyfing the war. This painting was exhibited at tthe Wash ington Red Cross headquarters, and at Denver. Col, on Armistice Day. 1921.
 Williams has just completed a large picture of the scene in Westminster Abbey on the occasion of the great Welsh serivce held there in 1918. This canvas, which measures IS feet by 10 feet, contains about 1S0 portraits of distinguished people.
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of telegrams from other cities in re- sponse to the appeal.
 Out-of-Town Donations MT. Corenblum left Saturday morn ing on tour of the neighboring towns in the interest of the cam paign. Among the telegrams re- ceived by MT. Corenblum and the committee are the following:
 'Anniston, Ala. Confirming telephone conversa- tion, shipping merchandise today. Wish you abundant success.
 4 "z. E. MURRAY BROS"
 ass5@ "Gadsden, Ala. To-day freight five cases of candy. Glad to do our bit for such worthy cause.
 "z. E. MURRAY BROS"
 "Talladega, Ala. shipping goods for Y. M. H. A.
 IS. S. FRENKEL." Numbers of similar telegrams are being received and several shipments have already been delivered to head quarters.
 While the first sale will be con fined to goods that are perishaple, and many donations of this class of goods have been received, many and various are the other classes of do- nations already sent to headquarters. The list is too long tC enumerate but includes wide variety of articles such as shoes, motor oil, hats, rub Der goods, clothing. new and second hand: furniture, varnish, store fix- lures. crockery, pictures, in fact Dickens Curiosity Shop could not have possibly contained wider va riety of articles.
 It is the plan of the committee to classify these articles and to auction them off from time to time. In ad- dition to the goods sent to headquar- ters there are many donations made
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BUGS EVERY WHERE
 II AID IN PLANS FUR RADIO WEEK
From December 23 to 30 Every Radio Fan Will Try to Interest One Another
 in Subject

We have been talking about Ma tional Radio Week, for several Sun days and now many of you are ready for 1t to come and have decided t. do your part toward making it success. This is a week set aside to give radio a push. In that week tDe- cenaber 23 to 30, inclusive), everyone who has a radio set is supposed to interest at least one person whC has no set
 Have you ever listened over a ra- dio set? That is, really heard the distant concerts come in on one of those cold, brisk nights? Just think of the pleasure you can have if you would take a little time and build a set just using one tube. Think of it. there are 500 stations sending every night and out of this number you surely could pick any kind of enter tainment from a sermon to a jazz band. In weather like this you could hear from coast to coast. You can start listening in at o'clock in the afternoon and listen until after l o'clock in the morning, and have all kinds of music and speeches to lis ten to. The only cost to keep a set g6ing is having the battery charged and this is necessary only about once a month.
 If you have no set and have not had the chance to listen over one, you have a better chance now than ever. On the twenty-third of this month National Radio Week starts and all boys with sets are going to get the fellows like you to come over and listen. Every broadcasting station in the country is going to have spe- ciaI concert for this special week and you will be assured of a good pre- gram any night during National Radio Week that you test the ether for it's entertainment. I am sure that you can find at least one boy in your neighborhood who will be glad to have you listen over his set.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-17
| NIGHT. SCHOOL FOR SERVANTS IS PLANNED

TOKYO, Dec. 16.-Baroness Takeko Kujo. prominent poetess, has plan ned the establishment of a night school for servants where she will act as principal. The Japanese language, sewing, music and santa ton will be the subjects of study. She is issuing a new volume of verse in support of her organization. Baroness Kujo is the only daughter of the late Count Otani. Lord Abbott sof the West Honganji of Kyoto. Her husband is the brother of the pre- sent Empress.
 The Baroness life romance is well known in Japan. Soon after her marriage and honeymoon trip to England, the Baroness returned alone to Japan and It was during the ten years of separation rom her hus- band that she wrote the poems of the Golden Beil.p Baron Kujo; re- turned year ago and the couple. reunited. However the Baroness is now living fin the Hongwanji temple at Tsukiji and is busy with her new philanthropic work
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HARDING SITS FUR B RITSIH PAINTER
Miss Williams Stands in Front Rank Among Living
 Portrait Artists


 LONDON, Dec. Is. - American will at an early date have the oppor- tunity of welcoming distinguished British artist in the person of Mar garet Lindsey Williams, who will shortly proceed to Washington for the purpose of painting a portrait of President Harding. Sittings have been arranged for next January.
 Daughter of a South Wales ship broker. Miss Williams has had a phe- nomenally successfulS career, and by general consent, she now figures in the front rank of living British DOT trait painters.
 Miss Williams first studied art at the Cardiff Technical college. and later at the Royal Academy of Arts, under Sir Arthur Cope, R. A.. and George Clausen. R. A. She subse- quently studied for some years in Italy. France and Holland
 Chief among her academy success es was the gold medal and travelling scholarship, the blue ribbon of the Royal Academy of Arts, for his- torical picture entitled The City of Refuge" She also secured the -res- wick prize. much-coveted honor.
 Miss Williams had the distinction of being invited by the late G. A. Storey. R. A., professor of perspec-
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WHY D0ES TIE SET. STOP JUST WHEN. COMP ANY C0MES?.
Ray D. Owes Trials Are Many and He Offers Binding Post Prize
 for Solution

Owe, look!
 Here the Owes are back with us. Last Sunday we related in tragedy Of eighteen stanzas, how they got all ready for the concerts and the "A" bat was "out O juice" Now they have had 1t charged and the old set is working like 1t never worked be- fore.
 l was over the other night and we hard everything in the country for awhile. We heard Denver Havana Los Angeles and many others. By the way, there Is one way to tell when you have Havana. Each time when 8 selection is over.' the an nodncer puts his watch right by the microphone and the ticks can be heard very loudly. This enables the one operating tho receiving set to know that he has station PWX with out having 70 hear the announcer.
 Well, anyway. as we were saying. The old set was working fine and the Magnavox was hooked up" send- ing the music all over the house. Without any reason, the set stopped working on the distant stations and look as he would. Ray could not find tho trouble. It seemed strange at first, but in a minute the cause lighted up my mind and the reason was this. Someone had come over to listen. For some reason, which I have not been able to figure out, all sets stopped working as soon as company comes. Have you ever noticed 1t? Ray D. Owe told me to announce that he would gladly give binding post to the one that can give the best answer to that ques- ton. Why does set stop working as soon as someone comes over to listen?
 After a time of whistles and squeaks mixed in together with the melodious cracklec of static and loose connections. Ray got the set flo working. He even did so well as to get Denver on the Msgnavox. but then the announcer seemed like he was afraid to say where he was. He would say This S KFAFs and
 
 listener that it was Denver and he would nod at Ray like he understood, hut still there was a feeling that the new listener had his doubts. Then Ray would work little while and get Pittsburg. but all he could get the announcer to say was, ''kDKA, broadcasting." Ray D. Owe then told me to tell you he would give two binding posts to the ono who offered the best answer to this ques lion. Why do the announcers refuse 10 give their location as soon as an outsider is listening over his station?
 Who wants to win some binding posts? Here Is your chance.
 After q while of unsatisfactory listening, the person who had come back to the dining room. where the set is located. left and went to talk to Mir. and Mrs. Owe. The old set started working as soon as the per- son left and Ray got Los Angeles on the string He went up to the front of the house to ask the would be listener" if he wanted to hear a station m California. The person, of course, answered in the affirma- tive and gor back In time to hear the announcer say, signing off, Good Night
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First Aid For Radio Fans

able for that purpose. You can easily tell if tube is in that condition, be- cause as soon as 45 volts are placed on the rlste circuit the tube will show a blue glow.
 The Double Function Circuit
 Q. Inclosed find diagram of wiring of my present set. It is a French set, obtained from the army. and gives good results with crystal, but like every one. l wish to spread and improve my set if possible and have desire to try the reflex hook up." providing I can use my present set with same. I would like to attach to my set the double function re- ceiver," diagram of which appeared In your paper with full details as to the parts required. May I ask few questions regarding his hook-up? |. Can the w. D. II tubes be used at 1la volts? What about the plate voltage? 2. Can the adlo-frequency transformers be the same capacity i? 3. Would you advise the use of the audio-frequency transformers of diff ferent capacities? 4. Can I expect distance anl volume with the change l? Any suggestions regarding the above will be appreciated. H. iB. L.
 A. You can use the tuning clements of your receiver in conjunction with the double function circuit. Of course. this circuit is still more or less in anEexperimental state. and everything depends upon having the fixed condensers of correct capacity to fit the characteristics of the tubes that are used This can be deter mined only by experiment.. There Is a possibility that the W. D. Il tubes will work in this circuit. but I doubt very much whether they will give suitable results, as they are not al
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that will be delivered from the ad- dress of the donors, such as coal, ma chinery. and other heavy and cum bersome articles. t Success Assured N The committee is much enthused over the success of the campaign thus far and feels that its success is practically assured.
 Among additional donations of per- ishable goods to those already ac- knowledged are:
 Southern Coffee company, liberal donation of coffee, spices and tea.
 Wo6d-Crabbe Grain company, 60 12-pound sacks of meal.
 Birmingham Macaroni company, 15 cases Eagle brand spaghetti.
 Loose Wiles Biscuit company, one dozen sugar wafer dainties. one dozen afternoon tea cakes. six pounds of Sylvet fruit cake, dozen Sun shine cocoanut snaps.
 Plosser- knecht Flour and Grain company, two barrels of flour.
 George w.. Hopsch and company. two boYes of Oetagon soap, ? boxes of baked beans.
 Alabama Mill and Elevator com pany, 10 bags of Arab mixed feeds.
 Interstate Flour and Grain com pany, five barrels of flour.
 Martin Biscuit company, liberal donation of candy and crackers,
 Davis Produce company. 10 boxes of apples.
 Southern Storage company, $50 worth of assorted merchandise.
 Marx Brokerage company, cases of Durham cocoanuts.
 Max Newman, one sack mixed nuts.
 Hamilton Robinson Produce com- pany two boxes of raisins.
 Mir. Jackson. manager of the Postal Telegraph company, personally do- mated telegraph service and head quarters has just installed phone, Main i559
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WBAP, Fort Worth. Tex.;, WBAB, Syracuse, N. Y; kHJ, Los Angeles, Cal; KISS, Long Beach. Cal; KIP, Los Altos, Cal; KLB. Pasedena, Cal; kFC, Seattle, Cal; KSD. St. Louis, Mo; KDKA,. East .Pittsburg, Pa; XIV, Chicago, Ill.,: WOS, Jefferson City. Mo-; WOK, Pine Bluff. Ark; WDAW, Atlanta, Ga.; PWX, Havana, Cuba; WEAY, Houston, Tex; WJAE, San Antoine, Tex; WBAY, New York, N. r.; WJAX, Cleveland. Ohio; WHAS, Louisville, Ky; WOH, In- dianapolis, Ind: WRL, Schenectady. N. Y.; WFAA, Dallas, Tex.
 These are stations which I have re- ceived in the past two weeks. I am. Yours very truly,
 l.. H. PERRY,
 Coal Valley Ala.
 MT. Perry. we appreciate very much your letter, and wish to say that you most have fine set. We would like to hear from you again.
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NeetIs Morc CapacIty


 Q. After few more att tempts. I have. finally gotten the uper-regenerative set, accor ding to your diagram and specifications, in working condition. There seems to be a body effect on the middle con- denser which controls the whistle and I desire to ask if you can tell me why I should get this? There also seems to be places on the ma- chine, which, when touch, make the sounds very clear, and in other places. the sounds diminish. Is this due to. anything which Is not proper ly adjusted on the machine; or is it characteristic of the machines ?- F. S. vanv.
 :, A. The indications are that wherever you touch the receiver and get the effects you describe that part of the circuit requires a little more capacity This may be obtained by shunting the fixed condeasers around the condenser in that partic- ular part of the circuit. There hould not be any capacity effect in this circuit whatsoever.
 How to Correct vernier
 o. have radio set which made myself, consisting of detector tube. variocoupler, two variometers and a 43-plate Variable condenser in the ground circuit u is hard to get fine tuning. probably because of inacu- racy in winding. Will you also be good enough to tell me, through your columns, whether you think a Yer nier would help. and where would be the best place to put it?~ Thank you. III. D.
 A. A Vernier adjustment would up- doubtedly greatly heln in tuning your set This can be obtained by placing a three-plate condenser in parallel with your present 43-plate condenser.
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Dots and Dashes

Ray D. Owes dog, Eide Owe. says, Stop talking before the mierophone's turned on. if you don't want to tell the world.9
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Scene at campaign headquarters of Young Mems Hebrew association, 2o17 First avenue. Saturday afternoon, showing part of the donations for the big auction sale of produce. grocer ies. fruits and candies and other per- ishable goods that will take place Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, the proceeds to go to the furnishing fund Of the Y. M. H. A.
 With active workers in the field during the past week the campaign to raise funds for the furnishing of the Young Mems Hebrew Association building. now under construction headquarters were kept busy all day Saturday receiving donations for the auction sale that will be held Wednesday at 10 o'clock.
 Workers report a most generous response on the part of the mer- chants, wholesale and retail, in mak- ing donations to this cause. and 1t Is predicted that by the time the sale takes place there will be several thousand dollars worth of goods to be disposed of. And another thing in this class of donations. they are all standard goods, new and of the best variety.
 Henry c. Goodman, chairman of the committee in charge states this sale will be to the advantage of prospective buyers
 In addition to the donations from the merchants and business men of Birmingham. many large donations are coming in from nearby towns and from distant states. Ben Corenb1um, who has been actively assisting in the campaign, has taken this feature of 1t over, and has received a number
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On the W. ID. II Tube

Q. 1. Can use ordinary vacuum tube circuits for w. D. II tubes? 2. In using detector and two stages of amplfication should be fllament circuits of w. D. Ills be separated or can they be connected as usual? 8. I notice in an art cle that the dry cell tube Is especially suited to radio
 frequency amplification. Can w. D. II he so used2 4. If special circuit is needed for W. D. II tubes, as in questions 1 and 8. will you kindly give such clrcuit7 S. c. w.
 A. 1, The ". D. Il tubes can be used in any circuit in which the U V. 200 and U. V. POI can be employed. ?. In using these tubes as detector and audio- io-frequency amplifiers, they can all be Joined together to the same "A" battery, but should have separate rheostats. If they are joined together to the same battery it will be necessary, where these tubes are employed, to use three dry cells joined together In parallel. In other words. all of the positive terminals of the dry cells should he jo ned to-
 gether, and all of the negative ter minals of the dry cells should be connected to each other. A connec- tion from the positive and negative terminals will go to the set In the usual way. It is very important that the three dry cells should not be joined in series because if they are you will burn out the filament of the w. D. II tubes. 3. These tubes can be used for radio-frequency amplification, but 1t may be necessary to change the tubes around, because if you happen to get one which is little .ssnff and nra ssN', if Nnnld n nf ha slif
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listen. This, has never failed, try It.
 Last Tuesday night many of the local listeners heard the program from WHB, the Sweeney Automobile school at Kansas City, Mo. It was given for the Royal Order of Radio Bugs. This was the first of these programs and they are to be given every Tuesday night. If you are searching the ether for a little humor tune in WHB next Tuesday night.
 Ut looks like the bugs have stop ped doing any thing this past week. Probably they are not making any improvements because they are ex- pecting to get the needed improve ment Christmas. We'll fellows, we will be expecting a, lot of letters from you right after the holidays. Be sure and let us know how that new set works.
 We have received a letter from Jack Rhodes, who has home made set. using variometers and two stages of audio frequency ampifi- cation. The letter is as follows: Jack Turner, Radio Editor. The Age
 Herald, B rmingham. Ala.
 Dear Sir: I am sending you list Of stations which l haze heard on my set. They are as follows
 EXT, Oklahoma City. Okla; WISE, Atlanta, Ga: WHB, Kansas City, Mo; sWDAV, Muskogee, Okla; WEAY, Houston. Tex; KDKA, East Cal. Wl4AJ, Waco Tex; WoS, Jef- Mn Tex; WHAS, Louisville. Ky; WDAF, Kansas City, Mo-; WWJ Detroit, Mich; WGY, Schenectady. N. Y.; WAAB, New Orleans. La; WEY, Wichita, Kan: woe, Davenport, Ia.; WKN, Memphis, Tenn: WLW, Gin cinnati Ohio; WGAB, Houston. Tex. WBAP, Fort Worth Tex; WFAA, Dallas, Tex; WEAF, New York, N. Y; WMH, Cincinnati. Ohio; WOAI, San Antonio, Tex; WDAO. Dallas. Tex; WICK. St. Louis. Mo-; WET. Charlotte. N. C.: WAAP, Wichita. Kan; WOR, Newark, N. J.; WGAQ, Shreveport, La.: WICK. Detroit. Mich. KSD, St. Louis, Mo-; WIZ. Newark. N. J.; WLK, Indianapolis. Ind; WCAG, New Orleans. la; 2XI, New York, N. Y.; WIG. Philadelphia, Pa; VIDAL, College Park, Ga: WCAJ, Lincoln, Neb. Yours truly,
 JACK RHODES.
 Here is another list of stations to be proud of. We appreciate the letter very much and would like to hear from the writer again.
 Halcott Jones, who has been a crystal bug. Is now changing to one of the bugs that gets the real pleas ure out of the ether. HeS is now ,I,, x.-t,t t,t shortly with a vacuum bug rather than the crystal type. He states that he is building a V. T. short wave regenerative set using two variomet- CTS and a vario- coupler. He states he is to have two stages of amplifi- cation but he has not decided what type he will use. He will probably have one stage of radio frequency and one of audio.
 This sounds like fine set and we will be very glad to hear from the owner as soon as 1t is completed and starts "bringing 'em in."
 We have received the following letter from another out-of-town reader.
 Jack Turper. Radio Editor, The Age
 Herald, Birmingham.
 Dear Sir: As l am reader of the Radio Page of your paper I am writ ing to give you list of the stations have caught with just one tube. The stations are as follows:
 WWJ, Deroit. Mich; WLW, Cincin- nati. O.. WHB, Kansas City, Mo-; WCAG, New Orleans, La.; woo, Dav- enport, la: WGY, Schenectady, N. T.; WISE. WGM, Atlanta. Ga; VIDAL, College Park, Ga; WSY, Birmingham Ala; WDAF, Kansas City. Mo-;
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--------------s------ WOULD KEEP WOMEN OUT OF POLITICAL PARTIES.

TOXIC. Dec, Is. Declaring that the Japanese Jaw does not permit . woman ID join a political organiza- tioM4 th& dfrNftor of the police bu- reau opnoS tbe admittance of Mss Komoto Q to the Kokushfn club. Miss sKomoto, 26, holds the posts of secfetary to the New True Wonen's association and clerk at the social section of the Tokio city of flee. The last session of the Diet removed the embargo on women att tending political meetings.
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AUTOMATIC sLICER CUTS LoAvEs

A mechanically operated bread slicer. described and illustrated in the Popular Mechanics Magazine. is driven by a motor or other suitable power, and has been designed for use in places where large quantities of bread are required.