The Washington times., 1922-05-07

Cannes, France, resting. His real
purpose in The Vanishing Point"
was TO give an actual background
Of present and recent conditions in
Europe, and for that, he says,
melodrama was necessary.
1T took me ton consecutive
months OF constant slo0ginS as
against the four and q half moaths
which completed The Kingdom
Round the Corner" he says in a
letter just received by his editor.
II think the reason 10 that I start
ed my first chapter in . vein Of
breathless melodrama which had
to be maintained II the carly prom
iss were not to be falsifisd. This
meant q continued tax on ones
inventive powers always TO exceed
the last height Of suspense.
Il see you are using q picture
OF one OF the feminine charactsrs
pointing q pistol at the had Of the
hero. The hero! II va my head
At which her pistol vas pointed.
night and day. for ten months.
Now I'm going 20 occupy .
month in carrying on with my
French studiss-aftsr which I
hope to find myself possessed
Of q new novel.
This coast 10 full o. heirs
apparent and dethroned monarchs.
The other day my little girl went
out to tea and was Introduced
to a girl OF her own age This
10 Mar9ar rot the introducer said.
And what shall I cail v7ur The
child addressed rose up with over.
whelminS dignity. I Am Mary
of Russia she aid
And 70 she was. Her father
is the head Of the Rnmanoffs
and heir TO any Russian throne
that mny crop up. 20 naturally
his daughter 10 Mary Of Rus.
sia. But it's quaint the way the
turned.out royalty maintain their
pretens, ="
Dawson expects 10 make an
other trip into Poland and Rus
sia this summer and TO return to
his home in America early next
fail
Under the title The New Sci.
ence of Radio" Doubleday,
Page 4 Co. will publish within the
next few weeks Donald wilhelnn's
history OF the new science which is
revolutionising the worlds systems
Of communication. The book
servss q double purpose. The first
part 10 devoted TO the development
Of wireless and the personalities
OF the men who have made IL pos.
sible. and the second 20 the me
chsnies OF the instrument itsslf.
He explains clearly the limited
knowledge that even the scientists
who have developed radio possess
OF this mysterious medium which
penetrates space. not only the in.
tangible space about Us, but more
soitd space. such a. buildings.
stone walls. the human body and
the earth itself, and makes DOS.
sibie an instantaneous connection
between places a. distant A. Ar.
lington and Rome. 1000 miles
away.
In the portion devoted to line
radio" M. wilhelm had the Co
operation Of General Squiers. the
discoverer Of wired wireless"
and his associates, who have sfvsn
him tho most up-to-dats and au-
thoritAtfve information obtainabls.
This method Of sending msssasss
on the waves Of other beside tele-
phone or telegraph wires IL an i'm.
portant phase OF the new science.
for " 10 In this direction that com.
meycial vitelsss will probably de-
velop. The other phase OF wire.
les, "broadcastinS." In also dis.
cussed in detail. and the new pos
sibilities which II offers Of send.
ing out nevs and entertainment
to the remotest parts of the coun.
try.
Mr.. Wilhelm tells also what the
Postoffice Department is doing with
radio. how the navy 10 run" ~
wireless. how criminals may be
caught. how ships may be stesred
into port or managed at sea, how
planes may be sent up into the Air
and many other amasins things
that have been accomplished by
radio.
A MON0 the May publica tions
Little. Brown q Company an.
nounce Harley Granville Barksr's
nev book. The Exemplary rhea.
ter" In Mr.. 0ranvfiis-barks~'s
op,nion the thsatr 10 fulfilling
its function perfectly only vhsn II
ssrves - Q real civic institutioa.
re reach THE end he particularly
commSoAs the r~O~rtorv thsat~v