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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-02
PESKY
BED-BUGS

(Pesky Devils Quietus) P. D. 0. Is the
new chemical that puts the everlasting to
the Pesky bedbugs. reaches, fleas, ants
and csoties - impossible for the pesky
devils to exist where P. D. 0. Is used.
Recommendations of Hotels, Hospitals,
Railroad Companies and other public insti-
tutions are guarantee TO the public tn at the
of RIDING the pesky insects Is by the use OF
p. ID. O.. as this chemical kills the eggs as
well as the live ones, and will not inlure the
clothing.
A S5c package makes n full quart. enough
to kill a million bedbugs. reaches. fleas or
cooties-and also contains a patent spout to
get the eggs nests in the hard-to-Qet-at.
places and saves juice. At your druggist
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-02
DYER

John Thiel spent Saturday night
and Sunday at St. John with is par
ents.
Lillian and Gerald Keilman and
John Gresser from Hobart spent last
Saturday with Mrs. Paul Gettler,
and family.
Frank Gettier was taken to Chi
cago Heights hospital on Sunday ev-
ening and was operated for Appendix
citis on Monday morning
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-02

ting and adjacent to the proposed
Improvement and to said City will
be equal to or exceed the estimated
cost Of the proposed Improvement as
estimated by the City Civil Engineer.
A. J. SWANSON.
F. C. DIETRICH.
Board of Public Works
DELLA MILLER,
Clerk. $50
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-02

The second Manchurian plague
epidemic spread from Manchouli to
vladivostok, distance of 1,o72
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-02
McPhail

This Grand has been sold on its merits
for the last fifty years-marvelously
toned and exquisitely finished. An In
strument that will last for generations.
Compare it with any other make for
tone and beauty. regardless of price.
The McPhail is not luxury. but it will
make any home luxurious In appear
ance.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-02

Our Terms make it easy for you to
become the owner of a Grand
Piano.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-02

'sighty-two 1922 six co inch pipe
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-02

Nothing enhances the beauty of
home more than to possess a Grand
Piano.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03
What Kind of Movies
Please Our Riddles?

Chicago, May Whether it is
the movies that are being tested or
the quality of public school children
themselves, is entirely immaterial to
the 5000 boys and girls who storm
the Tivoli Thater each Saturday af-
ternoOn. What attracts them is a
free picture show.
The management of this palatial
south side theater, cooperating with
superintendent of schools Peter A.
MOrtenson, is showing a carefully Sc
lected program and issuing compli-
mentary tickets TO different group
of schools each week. with a view to
ascertaining what kind of pictures
make the strongest appeal TO school
children. The results of these show
ingS are being classified and will be
passed on to film producers for their
future guidance, as we'll rs to school
women's clubs and parent
teacher associationus throughout the
community
"It is too early to draw definite
conclusions Rom these experiments
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03
TRUSTEES SALE

By virtue of deed of trust, dated
October l. 1919, recorded in Deed
Book 20, page "a, Alexandria City,
Virginia, land records, to the under
signed Trustee, default having been
made in the payment of certain of
the notes thereby secured, the under
signed Trustee will at the request of
the holder of said notes, and
pursuant to the provisions of
said deed of trust, offer for sale at
public auction, at u o. clock noon, on
Saturday, May 9th, 1922, in front of
the Royal Street entrance to the Mar
ket Building, Alexandria, Virginia,
the following described property, to-
wit:
All that lot Of ground, with the new
frame dwelling house thereon, on the
west side of Royal Street, between
Wolfe and Wilkes Streets. AleXan-
dria, Va, known as No. 405 South
Royal Street, bounded and described
as follows, to-wit:-
Beginning at a point on the west
side of Royal Street II feet 6 inches
south of Wolfe Street, at the south
line of an alley feet inches wide,
and running thence south on Royal
Street II feet 3 inches to the middle
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03
Invsrsd " vSY~

The masts (ND and (M) support
the spreader (S) and (S) aud be-
tween these spreaderS the wires are
stretched horizontally with insulatorS
inserted as shown. The essential diff
ference in mechanical construction be-
tween the inverted l. and the L types
is that, in the former, The lead IN"
or vertical wires are connected TO the
centre. IL is very important Tor
transmitting aerial to be thoroughly
insulated in order to efficiently radiate
the energy of the high voltage oScll-
latiOns. In marine installations the
fiat top earials are usually OF four
wires, spaced approximately two and
one half feet to three and one half
feet apart, each wire being from 70
to 200 feet in length. The dead in
wires have a combined crOsS-sectional
area equal to the total croSS-Sectlonal
area of the horizontal wires and en-
ter the station through an insulatOr
for connection to the transmitting and
receiving apparatus. The aerial wires
are usually>>of stranded phosphOr
bronze. copper, or aluminium.
The aerial has a natural wave
length due to the fact it possesses in
ductance and capacity i'm distributed
form and the amount of this induct-
auce and capacity depends principally
upon its dimensions An increase in
the length of the aerial causes an in
crease in the inductance and capacity
and consequently an increase in the
length of the radiated wave.
For use in receiving stations only,
the insulation of the aerial is not as
important as it does not have to with
stand the high transmitting voltage.
For receiving radiophone messages a
single wire approximately one hun
dred feet long of this type is very
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03
Lesson %
THE AERIAL

The important feature of the aerial,
or antenna is its ability to serve the
double purpose of radiating or receiv-
ing electromagnetic waves. For pur-
poses of transmission 1t radiates, IN
the form of electromagnetic waves,
the energy contained in the oscillation
of the open or antenna circuit. When
used for receiving purposes it inter
eepts the electromagnetic waves rad
lated from a more or less distant
trans hitting station and conveys a
portion of the energy contained IN
these waves TO the sensitive recelv-
ing apparatus where it is converted
into audible signals.
There are various types of aerials
in general use, namely the inverted
L type, the T type, the vertical fan,
the loop, and the umbrella type. OF
these types the inverted l. type and
the T type are very extensively used.
Both these types are flat top aerial
and consist of two or more parallel
wires stretched horizontally between
spreaders which are in turn supported
by masts OF by attachment TO high
projection. These two types are Sown
in a simple form in the following dia-
gram.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03

The oscillations are known as dam
ped oscillations due TO che fact that
the amplitude decreases AT each sue
cessive oscillation because OF energy
losses in the circuit. For example,
the amplitude Co is less than am
pHtudc ca, amplitude (E) Is less
than amplitude CO., and 50 on. Ii a
train of waves is radiated in which the
ampHtudes decrease too rapidly, inter
ference with certain definite ratio be-
tween the successive amplitudes of the
oscillations. The logarithm of this
ratio is known as the "decrcment"
and must not be greater than , fer
each complete cycle. Without explain
ing the mathematical development Of
this figure, it may be stated that the
minimum number Of % complete oS-
citations must be stated in the open
or antenna circuit, by a single spark
discharge in the closed circuit, IN or
der to conform TO the U. ). regula-
tions.
The length of a wave may be eX-
pressed as the distance between the
points OF two successive waves where
the energy is at u maximum or min
imum, for example, in teh diagram
above, the length of single wave IS
the distance between points (A) and
co., or between points CD and (2).
I'm radio practice wave length is eX-
pressed in meters
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03
Lesson "a
TNE ELECTRIC WANE

electromagnetic waves travel with
the speed of light, at a velocity of 1885,
600 miles per second, or 300,00O,OO0
meters per second. If the velocity of
the electric wave (300,000,000 meters
per second) is divided by the number
of waves generated per second, the
result will be the length of single
wave Due to the fact that the num-
Der of waves radiated is equal to the
number of cycles of current in the op-
en- circuit or, in other words, to the
frequency of the oscillations, the
length of a single wave may be OBJ
tanned by dividing the velocity Of the
electric waves by the frequency OF the
oscillations. For example, if the fire.
uuency of the oscillationsis 100000
cycles per second, the length of a sin
gle wave will be 30C,000,000 divided
by 100000 or POO meters. Inyersely,
if the wave length is known, the ire
Quency Of the oscillations is 100000
tanned by dividing the velocity Of the
waves by the length.
The train of oscillations set up by
spark discharge in radio trans
mttor is shown in the following dla-
gram. L
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03

or TO predict exactly to what the
data collected may lead" said Lloyd
d. Lewis of the theater's staff to
representative of Society for Visual
Education, but We shall at least find
the course Of least resistance In ale
mating the affections OF the young
sters from the blood and THUNDER
pictures which have been so popular
with them in the past"
One of the most hopeful signs OBJ
served from the reactions of the boys
and girls to the various types OF
films thus far screened. was the APP
plause given to a picture produced
for the civics series of the Society
for Visual Education. Hats Off-A
Story of the Flag" featuring high
light events in American history,
drew an even greater storm Of en-
thusiasm than a Larry SIMON com
edy just preceding it. Although, ac-
cording to one young fan from the
Harper School, "One dish of ice
cream in the face is worth more than
a thousand toads," the Stars and
Stripes are worth still more, II the
yells and screams Of delight from
5000 young threats can be taken as
evidence.
"Toads," a nature study film. was
heartily approved in its most active
scenes, but "Thc Bear Hunt" met
with disapproyal Anxious inquiries,
Are they hurting him? ?" while a
cub was being trapped, bespoke the
fine spirit of Young America. On the
other hand, nature studies which
showed animals free in their natural
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03
THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1922

haunts proved most popular. Travel
pictures, such as scenes in Nor
mandy and Egypt. plainly bored the
youngsters, but they shrieked with
delight during the presentation of
airships, automobils guided by wire
less, and other speed contrivances.
I'VE intend to continue the Satur-
day morning test-exhibits indefinite
ly," declared Mr.. Lewis. after all
the grade schools have been given
an opportunity to attend these Sc
lected shows the high school pupils
will be invited, and later programs
will be given for the students Of
the University Of Chicago"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03

For amateur communication the
u. S. Government prescribes trans
hitting wave length not TO exceed 200
meters; She present highly developed
"broadcasting" is performed on a
wave length of 800 meters. CONNER
cial stations operate on standard wave
lengths of 800 and 500 meters, or, on
wave lengths in excess Of 1900 meters.
For example, powerful trans
oceanic station at Rock Point, Long
Island, N. Y, uses a wave length of
approximately 16,5OO meters and the
familiar time signals sent out by the
Naval station at Airing
ton (Radio, Va are radiated at a
wave length of 1850 meters.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03

of the partition wall of the house on
the lot hereby conveyed and the house
adjoining on the south; thence west
and parallel to Wolfe Street, with the
said middle line and extension there
of, 81 feet inches, more or less;
thence north and parallel to Royal
Street, II feet 8 inches, to said 4 foot
6 inch alley and thence east and bind
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03

ing on said alley 81 feet inches, to
the point of beginning, with all APP
purtenances thereunto belonging or
in any wise appertaining.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash. All
conyeyancing, stamps and recording
TO be at the cost of the purchaser.
VIM. P. hoolls.
Trustee. 95-eod till may 6.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03
NOTICE

"The Annual Meeting of the Stock
holders Of the Virginia Brick Com
pany will be held at their plant at
South Washington, Virginia, on Tues
day, May 9. 1922 at 1900 o'clock
noon."--W. L. Pearson. President.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-03
BY EDWARD n. DAVIS

satisfactory in intercepting the cleo
trio waves aid is simply and easily
erected.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Shakespeare Survives.

Is it, then, true that "at no time
in our literary history was the
English public, as represented by
its critics and leaders OF taste, less
qualified to admire and celebrate
William Shakespeare? Is it true
that never before has his fame been
so low or so confused? My own
answer would be that never before
have Shakespeare's critics been SO
generally enlightened. his essen
tial potencies SO clearly felt. his
fame so secure. and his contempo-
raneity SO obvious And this good
fortune arises in large measure. l
think, from the fact that i'm these
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Dickens's First Schoolmaster.

THE reference in Miscellany" to
L Mr.. Giles of Chatham recalls
the interesting fact that Dickens's
first schoolmaster, in later years.
was closely associated with religious
and educational work in Lanca,
shire. In 1882 he became the min
lister of a Baptist church in Preston.
His stay. however, was short and
after a brief sojourn In Liverpool
he appears to have quilted the min.
istry, for in 1884 he was conducting
Barton Hall School, PatricrOft. In
the Manchester GudrdidR of Janu-
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Reading and Rereading.

IKE everybody, / have rel
some plays of Shakespeare in
Vulnerable times. But of whole
books in the ordinary sense. c-n
think Of only three that | have read
more than once:-''Vanity Fair"
Treasure Island" and Boswell s
Life Of Johnson" This last book [
had lying around on my table. the
first time l read it, for three OF four
years. 1t seemed to me like fsw
grains of wheat in whole measures
of chaff. The second time | read il
more consecutively and more IA DID
ly. So far as I know my mem Try
has been enriched by only one gem
from this double reading. but thai
gem is real one. il is that of the
conversation in which Boswell re-
marked that Sheridan was natural
ly dull. WELL" said Johnson
thoughtfully, Sherry is naturally
dull. But he must have attained sis
present state of dullness by persist.
ent effort. For such dullness as he
now displays is quite beyond ua-
ture."-From THE Buying OF
Books" By Carl s. Patton in the
Atlantic Monthly.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
The World of Letters as Others See It

airy 4, 1884, there is an illustrated
advertisement of this establishment
and a note saying that prospectuses
may be obtained at the Office Of
this paper" Among an imposing
list of references" there appears
the name Of ID. Grant, Esq, Mosley
Street" whom, euriously enough,
Dickens five years later idealized
and immortalized as one OF the IA
nous Cheeryble Brothers in ''Nicho-
las Nickleby."-From the Manches-
ter Guardian.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

times the readers of his plays are
more directly fixing their attention
where Shakespeare certainly fixed
his. II we are losing interest in
those vexed inquiries as TO when
Macbeth first conceived the mur-
der, why Emilia was silent about
the handkerchief, and why Hamlet
pretended madness, we are the
more direct and ardent in our at
tentiOn to Macbeth, DesdemoRd and
Hamlet themselves. / venture to
believe that the informed reader is
giving himself more artiessly to
the thought, the utteranee, the po-
etry, the crisis OF emotion and in
sight - those moments when the
play disappears and We dwell for
brief instants in the presence of
life itself. This reader, l take it,
is more willingly, and less fearful
ly, taking counsel of the school for
which Mr.. Shaw speaks when he
advises US Ito dissect out the alb
surd sensational incidents of the
borrowed story from the genuine
Shakespearian tissue" I shall not
boast that our generation is the
first to discern the genuine Shake
spearian tissue" Ny impression
is, however. that the teachers and
critics Of our time will fall below
their privilege il from the labors
of the skeptic they do not derive
means for delivering the general
reader from the delusion that all
things in Shakespeare are excel
lent. and. more. particularly, that
Shakespeare is a flawless artist
By Karl Young iR the North ABseri-
eau ReUieio.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

ness. But the potentialities for a
wider outlook than at present OBJ
tains are there. People do read
more widely, l think, than the
corresponding class in England.
They welcome lectures from the
Chautauquas and other organiza-
tions which provide them. If these
do not carry them very far, the de-
mand for them shows that there is
fruitful soil to work upon.-By
Archibald Marshall tn the North
American Reuielc.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
A Picture of Henry James.

pUT, then, James was more than
- most authors. And a little
while after, / ran into him in
Macmillan's Office in London, and
he asked me to lunch at his
fiat in De We're Gardens. I re-
member it was hot, and James was
standing in a red undershirt before
a high writing desk in dark room,
which wasn't exactly the usual idea
of him. And l remember, too, that
he told me he was settling Daumier
In his place in the art world by the
article he was writing; and l, with
one OF those inspired bursts of
cheek which come TO one sometimes,
told him that he was not able to do
so. / remember that he was some
what surprised.-FroHt "AdUeHtVrcs
Of an illustrator By Joseph Pen.
nell in the Century"
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
A Briton on "Main Street"

I HAVE not found the inhabitants
L of these small towns fairly rep
resented by those Of Gopher Prairie
in Main Street." although some OF
the more enlightened Of them have
told me that they themselves do
recognize truth in that picture. If
they recognize it as true in any re-
spect. its effect upon their future
may be beneficial. / think that
the chief fault of Main Street" is
that it takes the pettiness of life
for granted, and makes you feel
that the only possible thing is to
escape from it. But that is not how
i feel about the reality. Many Of
the people who live in these towns
are of good education, and / have
met not a few men of mark In the
cities whose early life was spen.
in one Of them. / mean men Of
culture and character, and not only
men who have been successful in
business. Those who remain behind
are not as a rule people of any
wide outlook, and perhaps never
will be. A small town is a small
town, and where it is many hours
journey from the nearest city it is
bound to impose a certain narrow
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
The French Ambassador.

M JUSSERAND, who has for
A'As mally denied the report that
he is resigning his post as French
Ambassador at Washington, stood
in high favor with Roosevelt. In a
letter written during his Presidency,
Roosevelt remarks. "JuSSerand is
one Of the best fellows / ever met"
nj. Jusserand's extensive knowledge
Of our literature inspired one of
Canon Ainger's happiest epigrams.
After he had reviewed The English
Novel Before Shakespeare" Anger
wrote to a friend: What an excel
lent and readable book it is! I
used to say of another French critic
Our English critics their dull wits
keep straining.
When-enter Taine And all is
entertaining.
But the epigram would be truer il
it could be adapted to Jusserand-
A Frenchman straying into English
fields
Of letters seldom has locus
stdBdi;;
But il there's one to whom objec-
ton yields.
'Tis Jusserand-he has the jus
eiTaHdi"
From the Manchester GHdrdida.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Shakespeare and the Mob.

ME p know that Shakespeare de-
tested the city mob. II we
care to know why we have only 10
exercise a little imagination ard
picture to ourselves the finest Gre
ative spirit in the world acting in
his own plays before a pitfui of
base mechanicals.
there
And made myself motley to the view,
Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap
what is most dear.
The man who used that terrible
phrase, who 'gOred his own
thoughts to bring shillings from
the pockets Of the greasy, grinning
crowd in front of him, had no cause
to love them; and Shakespeare did
not. He was an aristocrat, not in
the political sense; but as every
man of fine mind who shrinks from
contact with the coarse minded is
an aristoerat, as Anton Tchehov
was an aristocrat when he wrote:
Alas, / shall never be a Tolstoyan.
In women l love beauty above all
things, and in the history OF man.
kind, culture expressed in carpets.
spring carriages and keenness of
wit. From "A Neglected Heroine
of Shakespeare" By J. Middleton
NHiTy IN the London Mercury.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
AS Clemens Saw Harte.

pRET HARTE was one of the
pleasantest men / have ever
known. He was also one OF the un-
pleasantest men / have ever known.
He was SNOWY, meretricious, insin-
cere: and he constantly advertised
these qualities in his dress. He
was distinctly pretty, in spite OF
the fact that his face was badly
pitted with smallpox. In the days
when he could afford it-and in the
days when he couldn't-his clothes
always exceeded the fashion by
shade or two. He was always con-
spicuously a little more intensely
fashionable than the fashionablest
Of the rest of the community. He
had good taste in clothes. With
ali his conspicuousness there was
never anything really loud or Of
fensive about them. They always
had single smart little accent.
effectively located, and that accent
would have distinguished Harte
from any other Of the ultra-fashion-
ables. 0ftenest it was his necktfe.
Always it was of a single color, and
intense. Most frequently, perhaps.
il was crimson-a fash of fame
under his chin: or it was indigo
blue. and as hot and vivid as il one
of those splendid and luminous
Brazilian butterflies had lighted
there. Harte's dainty self-compla-
cencies extended TO his carriage and
gait. His carriage was graceful and
easy; his gait was OF the mincing
sort, but was the right gait for him.
/ knew him intimately in the
days when he was private secretary
on the second floor and I fading
and perishing reporter ON the third.
with Smiggy McGlural looming
doomfully in the near distance. I
knew him intimately when he came
East five years later, in 1879, TO
take the editorship of the proposed
Lakeside NdgdziHe. Chicago. and
crossed the continent through such
a prodigious blaze oe national in
terest and excitement that one
might have supposed he was the
Ficeroy OF India on progress, or
Halley's comet come again after
seventy-five years of lamented ab-
sence.
knew him pretty intimately
theneeforth until he crossed the
ocean TO be Consul, first at Crefeld.
in Germany. and afterward in Glas-
gov. He never returned to Amer
ica.-From mark Tloaia's Aato-
biography" Ia HdFpeT's Magdzine.