The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-01

Poor old Ray D. Owe has his troubles as we'll as any one else. You have all heard them say, If it isn't one thing it's another" (only more elaborately expressed, using 8 F larger vocabulary). Well, that is the r way Ray feels about 1t. He has de- cided that no one in tho Owe family can be trusted and he has to lock up the set every time he leaves 1t. Ray has designed method of keeping the "Owes" from using 1t while he is ab- - sent which believe. if he would pat ' ent and put on tho market. he would mop up." I have asked him to do so :. but he has refused I will let all you es bugs" who are having the same ss trouble take 1t for your own use. - It Is this way: Ray has a small :. tin box formerly used by Mrs. Owe s to keep candy in, that Is kept candy in it until Ray or his brother located :. it. This box will just hold his three eebulbs. So he takes them out every s- time he leaves and puts them fin this box. Probably you are wondering if ; he Is big enough nut to carry the box with him everywhere he goes. Ray has taken some of this paper used to stick things together with and he signs his name to one or two of these and sticks them on the box in such manner as to prevent opening the box without breaking the seals. I Now he doesn't have to worry about bulbs as he has threatened to prohibit the whole family from listening in any more if the seals arc broken.
 Now some of you fellows that have been Up against the problem of keep ing the Old Man or that little brother from trying to listen in while you are not there can try this and see how it works.
 Ray has his weaknesses as we'll as his troubles and this brings on more :. troubles. His brother 0. Owe and the sold man got him to let them tune ono night. The old man and o. Owe got along together just fine for near :. ly thirty seconds and then the row started. Both wanted to tune and neither one of them could tune any way and the result was that a hot argument followed. Finally however the little boy got 1t" and again MT. Owe retreated from the scene. Rays weakness came in right in this part of the performance. Mrs. Owe con- vinced him that 1t would be all right flor him to leave the set with her while he went to see Anne Tenna. The whole family acted like they were not a bit anxious to listen in while Ray was there, but as soon as he was out of sight they all made a mad rush for pair of phones. When Ray returned he found all three bulbs on full blast and the family still fighting about whose time 1t was to listen in. Considering what the old set had gone through l think 1t was in fairly good condition. The potentiometer was busted" as Ray put it, and the threads on the phone plug had ceased to be. The charge Nthat Ray had paid one-fifty to have put in the battery had also ceased to exist. I think outside of that the set was in perfect condition.
 Oh! yes, Ray took 1t fine. In less time than you can imagine the rest of Nthe Owe gang was out of sight and Ray with disgusted look on his face went to work fixing the various damages.
 If some insurance company would insure radio sets against damages or the family I think they would get many sets insured. but as far as making money is concerned, I'm afraid they would lose.
 One afternoon just lately there were enough radio bugs at Rays < house to start a radio club. Let's see there were five including myself. As we have already given Ray D. Owe shis name I guess we had better not give the names of the boys that were there to see nm SD Wc WILL HdHic &them also. Of course Ray D. Owe was there and U. R. Fading was there ztoo with Y. R. Ammeters and c. w. Set.
 never heard such records before in my life. You have all heard the expression. Fish Tale" We'll, I guess that 1t started from so many people saying they caught fish and it got away, but if radio keeps up much longer it will be changed and instead of the term Fish Tale" the term Radio Tale will be used. It is easy to say they caught fish and she got away but 1t Is much easier to %say you heard Germany over your set Hor got a card from Alaska saying they heard you on the night you swere sending, etc. c. W. Set said he Sahad heard don't know how many sta- Ations the night before and Y. R. Am meters had to tell one to beat c. W.'s sstory which he did and so the stories lwent on. After every one had told