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The Washington times., 1922-03-05

divinity shaped their ends for they GER
tainly are well shaped"
The young women who enjoy them
selves on the bathing beach are indignant
at the phrase sea Vamps," which the
Purity League has Spplied to them5 They
point out that the worthy women of the
League. for the most part, belong, to
generation which .hourished before auto:
mobiles were invented or wireless tcle'
phones were used or the "shimmy" had
been discovered. They declare that those
who complain of the bathing costumes OF
the girl of 1922 are outof-date and ought
to get into adjustment. with modern times.
Nowadays" said, one of the Sea
Vamps," I'VE do real hard athletic work in
our water sports. Grandmother used to
cover herself up. from her toes to her chin
and walk down and step timidly into the
water and statd around for a while and
then 60 out and call 1t sea bathing.
Nov things have changed. We go in
for real athletic sports. We swim, dive,
play water polo and all sorts of stunts and
II can't be done with skirts and pantalets
and water-soaked bathing shoes. That is
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st. Petersburg she would not dodge the
issue, but would find a way to stop the
vampish antics on the beach.
And another element has entered into
the controversy. The Florida Art School,
with Miss Edith Tabb Little at its head,
has taken sides with the Mayor and de-
cares. there is nothing wrong with the
onepiece bathing suit-it is cheap, shape
ly and artistic. The art school is chiefly
Mortified at the threatening aspect of the
return Of grandmother's style of bathing
suit with skirts and pantalets visible be-
meath them. Upon esthetic grounds the
art school is prepared to take the field
and campaign against their sisters in the
Purity League at the next election.
Meanwhile, as the Purity League an
nounces, pressure is being brought to bear
to put through a State law which will pro-
vide the authority which City Attorney
Mack says the Mayor now lacks. After
and when this law s passed by the Legis-
lature the unfortunate Mayor Of st. Pet
ersburg will be forced out into the open
for or against the frolicsome vamps of st.
Petersburg's famous beach,
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the one-piece bathing suit issue Anu
large element Of the business men would
not like to risk the results Of bme-law
management of st. Petersburg's beach.
So, to gain time, Mayor Pulver referred
he letter of the Purity League to the city
.ttorney, who is tbs Mayors official legal
ldviser, and thus then secured legal
opinion which lets Mayor Pulver out OF
ais hole for the present.
Here is the letter the Purity League sent
Mayor Pulver:
Frank F. Pulver, st. Petersburg, Fla.
Dear Sir-The attention of this organiza-
lion, the Purity League, has been called
20 the outrageous bathing suits being worn
Oh the beaches around st. Petersburg. Alb
breviateC to an extreme, skirtless and
sleeveless, young women in reckless aban-
don appear before young men and their
elders in costumes that never would be
tolerated in Christian communities.
Mr. Mayor Pulver, II is up to you to take
some action on these bathing suits. You
must compel the young ladies to wear
stockings and skirts to their suits, You
make them wear sleeves. AS il is now
permitted, these girls don't care how they
hook on the beaches. They are half naked.
Further, this league will protect the
married men in it's membership from the
wiles Of the "Sea Vamps" even If 1t has to
engage its own law enforcers. Members
of the Purity League nave gone on record
in opposing the present costumes being
worn on the bathing beaches, and 1t fur
Their urges you, Mr. Mayor Pulver, to do
away with the suits named after certain
Annette Kellermann.
Give back to us the modest bathing suit
and take away the shameless. ones your
police permit the young women OF this
community to wear ocfore the men and
our husbands.
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"F. J. MACK,
"City Attorney"
Backed up by the decision of the CITY
Attorney, Mayor Pulver spread the dis
appointing news to the men Of the town
who had applied for the job OF bathing
suit inspector that there would be nc sucn
office created.
Furthermore" said Mayor Pulvei, u
see no good reason for allowing the de-
mand Of the Purity League. even II I was
within my power to appoint censor for
the bathing beach.
81 am not very familiar with water
sports and, in fact, have seldom been on
the beach here. But when I have been
there I have never seen anything objec-
tionable about the bathing suits worn by
the girls of St. Petersburg, nor their
behavior.
ut seems to me that we have as lovely
girls here as can be found anywhere and
Just as modest maidens and do not be-
lieve that they would wear insufficient
clothing or vamp the males who go into
the bay with them. am strong for the
girls. They can wear what they want to
wear. They will do 1t anyhow, so what's
the use?
chairman but ! declined and II there Is
anything done to require the bathers to
wear stockings and long skirts and a lot
of other clothing when they swim. the
leaders Of the League will have to take
the cases into court.
"The human form Is divine and judging
from some q the oathers ! have seen,
srrs, Britain Rights deserved.
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what the women Of the
League don't seem to grasp.
And another thing. Some
OF us come TO Florida at the
advice OF our doctors 20 get
a., he sunshine we can get.
The doctor advises a gener-
Gus coat of tan. It's healthy.
And how are we going TO get
al Drowned up if we wear
grandmother's bathing suit?
"Of course things have
changed. But that doesn't
mean that they have changed
for the worst. There is
nothing to get frightened
about. When the taxicabs
first began 10 appear on the
streets some people were
afraid TO get into them. But
we are all of us pretty we'll
used to taXicabs now and
nobody is shocked or fright
ened about them any more.
The Purity League has got
to get used 90 us girls wear
ing our brothers one-piece
bathing suits Just the same
as they have had to get used
to taXiCabs."
But the end is not yet.
The Purity League feels that
Mayor Pulver has evaded the
issue. Miss Hazel Van Free
don, the secretary, believes
If she was elected Mayor of
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A Group of Rollick-
ing, "Sea Vamps" on
the St. Petersburg,
Florida, Beach.

censor. On the other
hand, the younger voters
among the women are,
many of them, wearers OF
the one-piece bathing suits
and they would vote
against him. The young
men could be counted on
to vote against censorship
and whispered warnings
from many of the older
qrAi married men lead
Mayor Pulver to think,
that the bald-heads and
gray-beards would be like
-. - ~ tnot him nm
The Washington times., 1922-03-05

It is a complicated situation. Florida is
a Winter resort and the importance OF
the decision is a far-reaching one. The
Purity League and the church element
have looked on with increasing dismay
at the frolicsome antics of the feminine
charmers, who frisk about the ocean beach
in tight fitting bathing trunks without
skirt stocking or shoe.
But pleasure resorts are dependent for
their business prosperity upon Turing the
tourists. If the news travels abroad that
a bathing suit censor stalks the beach the
Winter visitors, many of them, may not go
to st. Petersburg Thus the hotels and
rooming houses and restaurants and mer.
chants will feel the effect Of the bathing
suit censor in their pocketbooks.
The question Of suppressing the lures OF
the beguiling young Sea Vamps" has be-
come acute, because OF the recent official
action Of the st. Petersburg Purity
League This earnest association OF
worthy citizens has served notice in writ
ing upon the Mayor OF st. Petersburg that
the antics Of the visitors on that Florida
beach must be stopped.
Frank F. Pulver, the Mayor, happens %
be a young man and a bachelor. When {
became known that the Purity League de-
manded the appointment of bathing sur
inspector he was INCLINED tC pigeonhoe
the letter from the league and with few
diplomatic phrases hoped to see the mat
ter blow oyer.
But the newspapers printed the rather
of hn Fif / .na
long lines of men formed at the Mayors
office. Offering their services as bathing
suit inspectors. Young men and old men,
tall men and short men, near-sighted men
and men with acute vision, fat men and
thin men, married men and bachelors
offered to accept the proposed new onlce
of bathing suit inspector without salary o"
fees or compensation OF any klnd' he
was surprised at the public-spirited I'M
selflshness of the men OF the town.
Mayor Pulver, whose youthful portrait
in white Winter fannels and straw nat Is
printed on this page, is regarded as very
eligible matrimonial catch. When ne
strolls on the beach many of the more ct.
tractive of the "Sea Vamps" have beguied
him with their most skillful wiles. They
rather interest young Mayor Pulver.
But Mayor Pulver cannot overlook the
political aspect Of the situation. What
would be the probable lineup OF the voters
OF St. Petersburg on the sharply defined
issue of Sea Vamps" or bathing suit In
spector?
or course, the Purity League and the
church element would be solidly benin
the Mayor II he appointed bathing sui
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-08-11
Z ADV IL STILL. AZ WORK
Motor Drivers Continue to Com
n1andeer Her to Guard Their
Tires and Cut Gasoline Price.

Have you ever seen Lady Luck?
Have you called on her and had her
come? Half dozen sculptors say
they have seen her and have modelled
from memory the pose, the look and
the lines Of the lady. But their YER
sions vary. True accounts of the same
thing always do. But the sketches
they did in clay which have now be-
come casts of metals have certain SIM
ilarities.
The truth of these sculptors' phan.
tastes has obtained strong popular
support. Without any complete plebi.
cite the idea has been accepted en-
Enthusiastically by that enlightened por-
lion of the population which buys tires
and gasoline.
So Lady Luck has become the ia.
vored mascot of the 1922 car, declares
the New York Sun. Wherever it fol-
lows the road she rides ahead, as her
ancestress rode ahead on the prov of
a Genoese ship. Both of them face
the wind.
One favorite of these figures is
poised for leap like a girl on the
end Of springboard. But she stands
on couple Of wings and she holds the
pose.
Another is the Indian maid Hair
bobbed, arms crossed, face imnlobile,
she stands straight and still against
the wind. Her rival is tiny creature
OF the type of a French marquise-
lovely little doll with a Vatican face,
with a crinkled bit of pompadour
pulled close to tiny ears, who wears
for further charm a drapery that COW
ers her very heels.
Way along at the last of the pro-
cession comes the screaming eagle.
Five years ago the eagle led, said the
dealer. After the war it gave way
to others, and most of the owners of
cars have gone back to the ancient
faith. They carry modern version
Of the same old Lady Luck.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-08-11

Esr
.suess we're Pierz call Sunday. s5ss5
w lillian sbach left for Fargo
Tuesday.
Joseph suess and Eugene Jansen
left for Montana to work II the harvest
fields. 1.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Brausen and
Helen Knop left for Jessie, N. D., to
work in the harvest fields. S
Threshing machines are beginning to
hum in this vicinity and straw piles
are seen on some farms. Many farm
ers are almost finished with stacking,
and many will thresh out Of the shocks.
Those who were Pierz callers Satur-
day were Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Mueller,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Grundhofer, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Schmid and Peter Sitzman.
ST.. Adelia o. S. B. left for St. Joseph
Tuesday.
Math Zenner who was sick for the
last few months, is able to be up and
around again.
Mathie Mueller is employed at John
Heurung's for few weeks.
Joseph Jansen was Royalton caller
Saturday.
Miss Lizzie Jansen of Minneapolis is
visiting with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Jansen, here for few weeks.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-08-11

straight line then CD will equal F.
E, or so long as the working range
falls within straight line portion of
the characteristic curve, symmetrical
changes in grid potential will cause
symmetrical changes in plate current.
From this it can be seen that if the
working point "A" be selected near
the bend of the characteristic curve
symmetrical changes in grid potential
Will not cause symmetrical changes in
plate current. Since the plate current
variation in such case would bear only
slight relation to the grid variation in
potential, the output of the tube would
be distorted.
In applying ampli6ers to receiving
sets used to pick radiophone stations.
distortion is one of the greatest diff
hcultles to overcome. Too strong
signals will result in decreased am
plification. In Figure q, if the ap-
piled variation in grid potential were
III times that shown in the example
the plate current would not change
10 times as much, because of the
bends in the curve, due to saturation
FINALLY, condition can be reached
where the use Of an amplifier tube
will decrease the signal strength be-
cause Of the saturation of the tube
The rectified incoming signals would
be louder without the use of the ampli-
fer tube, because of the inability OF
the plate current of the tube caused
by saturation to increase in proper
ton to the signal strength.
There are, in general, two factors
that can be taken from the charac-
teristic curve and the second is the
length of the straight portion of the
curve. The slope Of the straight Dor
ton of the curve determines the am
plificatiOn Of the tube. The more
nearly vertical the straight portion
Of the curve is, the greater will be
the change in plate current for
given change in grid potential, or in
other words, the louder will be the
response in the telephone receivers
corresponding to a given received
signal. The length of the straight
portion Of the curve determines the
maximum variation in grid potential
that will cause the tube to function
properly without distortion.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-08-11

eeSte Sf Of 9; MoSTison, ;
In Probate Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate of James
| T. Brown, Decedent:
The State of Minnesota to all persons
Interested in the determination Of the
descent of the real estate of said de-
cedent:
| The petition Of Warren w. Donald
son, having been filed in this Court, re-
presenting that said decedent died more
| than five years prior to the filing there
of, leaving certain real estate in said
petition described. and that no will of
decedent has been proved nor admin
tstration of his estate granted in this
State, and praying that the descent Of
said real estate be determined by this
Court. ',0 = /, :. -
Therefore, You and Each of You.
are hereby cited and required to show
cause. II any you have. before this
Court, at the Probate Court Room in
the Court House in the City of Little
Falls, in the County Of Morrison, State
of Minnesota, on the 18th day Of Aug
ust, 1922, at ten o'clock A. NJ, why
said petition should not be granted.
Witness, The Judge OF said Court
and the seal thereof, this End day Of
August, 1922. 4. n ss. q ! as
(Sea1) 43z8sE C. w. KEMP.
-, ,..-. -. ss33#s Probate Judge
Attorney for Petitioner. Il
American National Bank Bldg.
Little Falls. Minnesota. 1926
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-08-11
RADIO
VACUUM TUBE when
USED AS AMPLIFlER
It Will Function Thus for Either
Radio Frequency or Audio
Frequency.

Starting today we shall give a de-
tailed description of the vacuum tube
when used as an amplifier This series,
as in the past, is continuous and If
clipped out and saved will be con-
venient for reference.
When the three-electrode vacuum
tube was used as a detectOr, the cir
cults associated with it were such
that where symmetrical alternating
d1ference was applied to the grid,
a symmetrical change in plate current
resulted. That is to say, the vacuum
tube acted as rectifier. In addition
to rectifying, the tube also amplifed.
The variation in plate circuit was *"
where "K'' is the amplification con-
slant of the tube, times what it would
have been in two-electrode tube, for
the same potential impressed on the
grid.
BY properly adjusting the electrical
constants of the circuits associated
with a three-electrode tube, symmetri-
cal variations of grid potential can be
made to produce symmetrical varia-
ton in plate current, which are TX"
times the amplitude Of the plate cir
cult variations of a similar two-elec-
trode value with the same applied
grid potential. This means that if a
threeelectrode value be used in the
proper circuits in radio receiver, the
signals can be made to appear as
though the received signal is "K''
times as strong as it actually is. If
two tubes are used with their proper
circuits in conjunction with radio
receiver the received signals will ap-
pear to be ''K'' times as strong as they
actually are and so the apparent
strength of the incoming signal is
multiplied by "K'' for each additional
tube added to the receiver circuit.
A vacuum tube used in conjunction
with circuit that will cause the plate
current to vary in exact proportion
to the applied grid voltage, but ap-
parently caused by "K'' times the &C.
tual grid voltage variation, is called
an amplifier. If the tube functioning
as an amplifier is used to amplify the
incoming signal at radio frequency be-
fore it is rectified by the detector, it
is termed radio frequency amplifier.
If the tube functioning as an amplifier
is used after the incoming radio fire.
quency has been rectified by the de-
tector. it is termed al, Audio frequency
amplifier.
Returning again 10 the. character
istic curve of the three-electrode vac
uum tube, shown in Figure %,
notice its shape. Suppose that pos
tive potential was applied to the
grid by means of "C' battery so
that the tube would function at a
point represented by "A" on the
characteristic curve. If now the ap-
piled grid potential from the "C'' bat
terry be reduced by an amount rep
resented by ALB in Figure % the
corresponding reduction in plate cur
rent will be represented by BE. On
the other hand if the grid potential
be increased by an amount repre-
sented by A-C, where A-C equals Be,
the corresponding increase in plate
current is CD. H..
If the portion of the characteristic
curve in the region of FAD is a
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-08-11
RUINED HER HUBBY'S SWORD
Princess Mary Used Weapon Of Wis
count LasceIIes to Cut Open
Her Wedding Cake.

Viscount Lascelle's sword might do
henceforth for can opener, but as
weapon it is probably out of bust
ness for good. Princess Mary used it
at the wedding breakfast to cut a
London wedding cake. We need no
further account of it's condition. It
Is ruined. No temper of Damascus
could emerge from such a test other
than bent and hacked-up thing, un-
fit for further service except splitting
shakes, or perhaps taking up carpets
Prince Henry offered to get a
Ratchet, but the bride, with that pref
ty persistence in destruction which
sometimes impels the sweetest Of
women to dig out a damned washbowl
plug with her husbands razor, re-
jected it and sacrificed the sword.
Anticipating the wreckage that was
about to ensue the duke Of York sug-
gested Lewis gun for the job, but
the lady went ahead, and strewed the
plain with crumbs and chips.
The devastation must have been aw-
full. We can think of but one parallel
to that chaotic scene, and that &C.
CURED when J. D. Galloway returned
from overseas, where he had been
serving as major, and was made to
serve a cake at certain club dinner.
He fell upon that cake as though it
had been a platoon Of Prussians, and
soon had it beaten, butchered, routed
and dispersed all over his end of the
table. Whereupon O. K. Gushing re-
marked:
II understand for the first time in
my life what is meant by the old
the Argonaut.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-08-11
TIPS TO RADI0lSTS

At Muncie, Ind, bacon was
fried by means of a radio cur
rent. At last an explanation for
that "frying' noise.
Clifford Pinchot, nominated for
governor of Pennsylvania by the
vote Of the people, acknowl-
edges his great Indebtedness to
the radio. A primary coil no
doubt played an important part.
An inventor of Chicago claims
to have invented radio apparatus
that permits Of successful COM
munication with the spirits.
We hope that the anti-prohibi-
tionists will not misinterpret
this claim.
The police department of
Portland, Ore, has asked for an
appropriation for radio receiv-
ing and broadcasting stations
and to equip the police automo-
biles with radio apparatus. Cop
per wire, II Is needless to say,
will be used.
Lord Northcliffe, famous Eng
fish editor, in speaking Of the
future Of journalism, recently
predicted that radio would have
an effect upon the publication
of newspapers that will equal
the invention of the linotype
and high-speed press. He said
that radio would undoubtedly
come into general use of news
papers and newsgathering agen-
] cies.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-08-11
CITATION :T'.: HEARING ON FINAL,
ACCOUNT MD FOR DISTRI-
ECIION
ESTATE OF MALVINA GENDRON

State of Minnesota,)
County of Morrison)
In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Malvina
Gendron, Decedent:
The State of Minnesota t. all persons
interested in the final account and dis
tribution Of the estate of said decedent.
The representative of the above
named decedent, having filed in this
Court, his final account of the admins
tratlon OF the estate of said decedent.
together with his petition praying tor
the adjustment and allowance OF said
final account and for distribution of
the residue of said estate to the per-
sons thereunto entitled.
Therefore. You, and Each of You, are
hereby cited and required to show
cause, If any you have. before this
Court, at the Probate Court Rooms in
the Court House. in the City of Little
Falls, in the County of Morrison. State
of Minnesota, on the END day Of Aug
ust, 1922, at ten o'clock A. M, why
said petition should not be granted.
Witness, the Judge of sal i'd Court, and
the seal Of said court, this 9th day Of
July, 1922.
(SeaD c. W. KEMP,
Judge of Probate.
E. F. SHAW,
Attorney for Petitioner.
First National Bank Building,
Little Falls, Minnesota. 22-2E
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-08-11
State of Minnesota

State of Minnesota,)
County of Morrison.} -
In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Peter
Adams, Decedent:
The State of Minnesota to all persons
interested in the final account and dis
tribution of the estate of said deced-
ent:
The representative OF the above nam
ed decedent, having filed in this Court
his final account of the administration
of the estate of said decedent together
with his petition praying for the adj
justment and allowance of said final
account and for distribution of the res
idue of said estate to the persons
thereunto entitled;
Therefore, You, and Each Of You.
are hereby cited and required to show
cause, if any you have, before this
Court at the Probate Court Rooms in
the Court House, in the City Of Little
Falls, in the County Of Morrison, State
Of Minnesota, on the 18th day Of Aug
ust, 1922, at ten o'clock A. NJ, why said
petition should not be granted.
Witness, the Judge Of said Court, and
the Seal Of said Court, this 21st day of
July. 1922. a..#=ss +. ii. ss,Se @
(SEAL) c. W. KEMP. i
LOUIS W. vASALY, ~, No
Attorney for Petitioner. :;
Vasaly Building,
Little Falls, Minnesota. 1924
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