The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
PEN PICTURE OF
RAY OWE GROUP
Eide Owe Says "Station in
Phones Worth Two in
Aerial"

Listening at the house of the Owe
family is thing of the past, for the
present. Ray has disconnected the
set and put It away for a while. As
the Owes were going to have new
floors put down, Ray thought il
would be a good plan to let the car
penters put them down right over his
ground wire which goes to the radi-
ator. It was found that this could
be done and Ray promised faith
fully that he would have the set out
of the way on the day of the flooring
and a new ground wire free from
breaks ready for the act. On the day
that he was going to do all of this
he left home for school in a terrible
hurry and OF course forget all about
fixing the set and ground wire. That
afternoon when he returned the set
looked like a cyclone had hit it and
the floor was down but the ground
wire was not.
Ray did everything but foam at
the mouth. His terrible temper was
displayed In all styles. OF course some
one should have reminded him about
the matter as he only had from Fri
day to Monday to do 1t and such
Job would take at least Is minutes
During his rage he found several
things he matter with the set. He
at once began taking 1t down to put
1t out OF the way until the workmen
were out of the way. Now the Owes
sit around with nothing to do. May
be some of you fellows who have
had the set "monkeyed with" while
you were absent, can sympathize.
A few of the readers have re-
questioned little detail information
concerning the members of the Owe
family. The best way to describe
anyone is to give their habits land
actions. so very little description Is
necessary. 1t would be the proper
thing to tell OF the most importan.
member of the family first. But the
question is. who is the most import
ant? Ray D. Owe has the most trou-
bles, his Eide Owe probably has
the most sense, Mama Owe has de-
cidedly the most weight, and Papa
Owe has the most fun and fusses
This doesn't throw much light on
what we are trying to find, but l
guess as Ray built the set he should
be the first one to describe.
Ray d. Owe wears a very, very
disnified expression and dark heavy
to listen to any@of the jokes Q. Owe
or some of the others have to tell.
The dfgnified expression and glasses
are of course not the only thing he
wears, but this Is enough for the
readers to have good idea of what
he looks like. His name Is we'll
suited for him and 1t Is rumored
that at one time his mind was really
off Of radio If he Is talking to
fellow bug and the conversation is
not about wireless he quickly makes
the change. His conversation with
me a day or so ago gives fair idea
of what he Is usually thinking about.
Hello. Ray, did you think Andrew
Gump was going to be elected!'-
YES, and that reminds me. was
tust wondering IL 1 shunted vari-
able condenser across the secondary
of my vario coupler and took the
grid leak out after putting an am
plifying tube in the detector socket,
If the vacuum tube would oscillate.'
The rest of the Owe family have
been fairly brought out In the other
stories. Mrs. Owe is Overweight,
but won't admit 1t. She enjoys sit
ting in the dining room and listening
to the concerts, but sees no sense IN
investing any money In radio. Mr..
Owe has most of his fun tuning. Q.
Owe spends most of his time telling
Mr.. Owe how to tune and the dog
Eide Owe Just sits over by the fire
with a disguised look on his face,
taking 1t all in.