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or two trees with one of them very
close to the house. It relieves one
of the need of erecting one or both
antenna supports. The antenna
should not be less than thirty feet
above the ground and its length
should be about rs feet. See Fig.
1. While this illustration indicates
a horizontal antenna. II Is not i'm
portant that 1t be strictly horizon
tai. 1t Is in fact desirable to have
the far end as high as possible.
The 'Iead-in" wire or drop-wirs
from the antenna itself should run
as directly as possible to the light
ming switch. II the position Of the
adjoining buildings or trees is such
that the distance between them is
greater than about IS feet, the an
tenna can still be held to q 75-foot
distance between the insulators by
increasing the length of the piece
of rope, d, to which the far end
of the antenna Is attached. The
rope, H, .tieing the. antenna insu-
lator to the house should not be
lengtheRed to overcome this din
Guilty, because by so doing the an
tenna "lead-in" or drop-wire, j.
would be heightened.
Anteans Parts.
A and I are screw eyes sufficient
ly strong to anchor the antenna al
tho ends.
B and H are pieces Of rope three
eighths or one-half inch in diane
ter, just long enough to allow the
antenna to swing clear Of the two
supports. = - Hs..-... ~
D is a piece Of three-eightha or
one-half inch rope sufiiciently, Ions
to make the distance between z
and G about seventy-ive feet.
C is q single-block pulley which
may be used II readily available.
z and G are two insulators which
may be constructed Of any. dry hard
wood of sufflcient strength to with
stand the strain Of the antenna
blocks about 1kx2x10 inches will
serve. The holes should be drilled
as shown in Figure !. sufficiently
far from the ends to give proper
strength. II wood is used as the
insulators should be boiled in, par
ann for about one hour. II porce-
lain wiring cleats are available
they may be substituted instead OF
the wood insulators. II any un-
glazed porcelain is used as insu-
lators. 1t should be boiled IN paraf-
I'm the same as the wood.
F Is the antenna about seventy
five feet between the insulators E
and G. The wire may be No. IA or
1s copper wire either bare or in
sulated. The end of the antenna
farthest from the receiving set may
be secured to the insulator. e, by
any satisfactory method. being care
full not to. kink the wire. Draw the
other end of the antenna wire
The Washington herald., 1922-03-05
City Club Issues TlDO
Life Memberships

Life memberships in the City Club
were issued yesterday to Milton
Hopfenmaier and John Holmes Ma
gruder. Among the active members
admitted were John J. Bartlett, for
mer governor of New Hampshire. and
now president of the Civil Service
Commission. and J. Cloyd Byars. for
mer State senator Of Virginia.
At a meeting of the board of gov
ernors yesterday afternoon thirty
one new members were accepted and
twenty-five former members were
admitted to membership. None OF
these resulted from the membership
drive now in progress, applications
having been in before the membership
campaign was started.
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as distinctly as though the machine
was at the bedside.
The inventor of this system dis
covered that he could transmit the
voice and music through the area
covered by the hospital with using
high frequency currents such as are
ordinarily required In radio work.
The waves from his apparatus travel
through space at the rate of less than
10000 waves a second Passing
through the magnets of the receiver
they cause vibrations of the
diaphragm slowly enough to be heard
as sound by the human ear. The bed
spring is the aerial" The body of
the patient serves as a counterpoise
and makes it unnecessary to have a
ground connection.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-05

the cat-whisker. A good SPOT re-
mains q good spot unless burned
out BY heavy signal
Q. have a SET consisting Of a
loose coupler, phones akdlerron
detector. Aerial IL IS feet long. 10
feet high at one end and Is feet at
the other. When I connect the
whole set up " will not worlc. but
when I connect the detector up
alone Il works well. Why fs this
so? Can / receive music7
A. Your aerial is too low and ~
you cannot receive with the coupler
connected in there is either a
boken connection or you have not
got IT wired up correctly. You will
not be able 20 receive music with
the present aerial Get it as high
as you can. and make Il 100 feet
long II possible.
O. viii I be able 20 receive the
music from Chicago and Pittsburgh
with a loose coupler. pair OF
1,OoO-ohm phones and a crystal de-
tector? Aerial Is sc feet high and
20 feet long. Will ] be able TO
hear WIZ and wDY very loudi
J. D.
A. You will be unable TO hear
Chicago and Il is very doubtful II
YOU will be able TO hear Pittsburgh
You should be able TO hear the
nearer stations very well, but you
will have to keep the phones close
TO your head.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-05
BUREAU EXPERTS
EXPLAIN WORKING
OF RECEIVING SETS
Complicated" Device Is
Really Simple to Most
Amateurs.
ACTS EFFICIENTLY
Knotty Problems for Listen
ers" Made Easy by Study
ing These Designs.
ACTS EFFICIENTLY

So many amateur rireless operators
consider the radio receirino set q
mystery and are so much at a loss to
knoto chat to do t1heH dnythir0 goes
toroHg Nth II that the Bureau Of
Standards has supplied material for an
article, toith Illustrations, that should
make the radio receiving phone quite
easy to HHderstGnd.
The plans here are taken from no
particular patent, or device, but merely
to illustrate the principle Of the ,ofre-
less in operdtion.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-05

Readers are requested to save the
diagrams for reference in connec-
tion with succeeding installments
Of this article.
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Questions and Answers

Q. am using a crystal detector.
Please tell me " the sensivIty of
the galena VIII =eer out. Is IT
true that each time the cat-whIsiSer
touches the minefal that an Inn
perceptible scar is left, making the
crystal useless?
n. II. NJ.
A Galena IL not affected by age.
II Is not affected by the contact of
The Washington herald., 1922-03-05
Irish to Celebrate.

The Padraic ii. Pearse Branch
Friends of Irish Freedom, will cele-
brate the anniversary Of Robert
Emmers birth at a meeting IN
Typographical Temple. 423 G street
northwest, tonight. at o'clock.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-14

time old Deaves gets himself in an
other mess.
Perhaps our opinion of Mr.. Foot
ner's yarn would be higher had we
not read Immediately afterward an
other mystery story, THE Red House
Mystery" (Dutton). by A. A. Milne.
which was so incomparably its supe-
rior that The Deaves Affair" seemed
pretty poor stuff.
Mr.. Footner's mystery dissipates
rapidly. Midway through the book
one knows about what to expect, but
Mr.. Milne leads you on to build up
one explanation after another, in
jects one suspicion after another
which becomes conviction, and then
surprises you utterly.
We grant that Mr.. Footner pro-
vides a thrill or two, particularly
when the blackmailers capture Evan
and carry him off to their heaiauar-
tiers in The Bronx. We leave him
facing the secret circle, which has
just informed him that ne must be
put out of the way.
Are you ready?" demanded the
harsh voice Unexpectedly close.
Shoot and be damned TO YOU"
said Evan.
He felt Little rim of cold steel
pressed against his temple. With
that touch all Evans agony rolled
away. After all. Wat was life but
a jest? Thanh God! he was not a
coward,
The other man was still speaking.
Good God. would he never have
done. Il will give you The word"
Then he began 10 count: zone two.
three,"
Evan cried gayly: $50 long. all,''
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In Which We Maintain That No Mystery
Story Deserves the Name Unless 1t Pre-
sents a Young Man of Independent
Income and irresponsible Habits
BY DONALD ADAMS.

Tn all mystery stories in which the
l. mystery is not delved into ex-
clusively by professional detectives
there is one character absolutely es-
sential TO the mechanism. 1t is the
bored young man who by accident is
caught in the web of the mystery
and takes it upon himself to solve it.
He is encountered. of course. early in
the story. and may be recognized at
once because all ground for suspicion
against him is Immediately removed.
He is an irresponsible youngster
with a keen interest in people. If
an Englishman. fond old uncle who
grew rich in the Indian service. has
usually left him a comfortable an
nuity. 1t is no trick at all for him
10 take a few weeks off from doing
nothing to pit his wits against those
OF Scotland Yard. The young Amer
lean may enjoy similar advantages,
or he may be struggling beginner
in a profession. whose absence from
his office or studio is purely his own
affair.
Accordingly we do not claim for
ourself any exceptional keenness of
perception when we turned to the
first page of THE Deaves Affair"
(Doran). by Hubert F'ootner, and
discovered Mr.. Evan Weir sitting
very much out of sorts in his Wash
ington Square studio.
Evan Weir's pipe was foul" We
read: "he threw it down with an ex-
clamation of disgust. Its foulness
was symbolic; everything was out of
killer. He looked at the picture he
had been painting for a week-rot-
ten. He paced up and down
the room wondering what the devil
was the matter with him: he couldn't
work he couldn't read; his friends
bored him; life was as fat as beer
Gregs.~
OF course il was. Everybody knows
that al about this point Evan de-
cided to chuck painting for that day
anyhow that he went out for a walk
and before the end of the chapter
stumbled on the mystery he was pre-
destined to solve.
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An Excellent Murder.

THE versatile Mr. Milne. with his
l. first venture into the field. has
captured the technique of the jetec-
tive story completely. II is not de-
manded that mystery be aecoinpa-
MED by humor. but when ths two
are combined. as in this case. the
result is rare entertainment. II is a
jaded reader who viii not frd his
interest quickeled By The Red
House Mystery"
The indispensable young adren-
turer-is present in the person of
Mr.. Antony Gnlingham. who has in
herited f40O a year. We hid no
doubt whatever of his membership in
the fraternity when we ..ad that
his idea OF seeing the world was 10
see, not countries. but people. and
to see them from as many angles as
possible There are all sorts in Lon.
don il you ow-fIow to Iool: fot
them. So Antony locked at .bem
from various strange corners; from
the viewpoint Of the valet. the news
paper reporter. the waiter. the shop
assistant. With the independence of
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-14
Mediocre Mystery.

TN Evans case the mystery cen
l. tered about old Simeon Deaves. a
misery and eccentric capitalist, who
with his family. has been subjected
for lsome time to organized black
mail The old mans cupidity and his
peculiarities are continually invoIv-
ing him in trouble during his walks
about the city. and the money is ex-
torted. b. a threat of publicity each
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Of the Heidelberg. Neanderthal
and Piltdown varieties. 1t is an
lucid summary. sk1llfully
avoiding matters still in dispute
which-none Of ttem being material
may be laid aside without impair
ing the whole demonstration. He
also issues the often needed warm
ing that the whole science of anthfo-
pology Is still very young. The
spade may reveal a great deal. but
it is not at all likely to upset the
basic facts
At this point the book pauses to
discuss the present continuance of
evolution and the evolutionary pros
pect for man as well as for the other
animals and plants. These present.
day pictures Of the process actually
going or are highly Illuminating and
have certain novelty that much of
the rest Of the book necessarily
lacks.
He then turns back to a knottier
question, in the chapter on "the
dawn of mind" This is one of the
most valuable in the book, but il
defies condensation. 1t cannot, as
yet. reach any dogmatic or very
positive conclusion. but it indicates
a sound beginning of study. He
brings out usefully the dangers Of
confusing instinct, automatic re-
hexes and responses of habit to
stimuli with truly perceptive or ra-
tional processes. And beyond per-
ceptual inference. or intelligence,
lies reason and the ability to think
in generalities, distractions, con-
ceptual cerebration- These. so far as
we know. belong only to man. How
and where the mind, as it exists
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in man. began is still a problem.
About all that science can as yet
say is the dictum of Prof. Ladd.
formulated forty years ago. that as
We know 1t the relation of brain
and mind is one of reciprocal inter-
confederation" We do not mind as
apart from the brain. 1t almost fol-
lows that the potentiality of mind
has existed from the beginning
whatever We may mean by begin
ming. Prof. Thomson summarizes:
Perhaps the life of the organ
ism is always a unity, at one time
appearing more conspicuously as
mind-body, at another as body
mind. The most important fact
is that neither aspect can be left
out. by no jugglery with words
can We get mind out of matter
and motion. And since we are in
ourselves quite sure of our mind.
we are probably safe in saying
that in the beginning was mind.
But il must be remembered that
he is not using that phrase at all
in the sense of the Logos. The plain.
bald truth is that We do not know.
So, too, the problem of the origin
of life. as distinct from the inorganic.
is still unsolved, though here, it may
be, the chemists may yet have some
thing decisive to report. Prof. Thorn
son touches the topic but briefly.
Properly so. since there is as yet no
scientific answer.
VI.
The final chapter of this volume
deals with the Foundations OF the
Universe" in the atom, or its parts.
1t is a remarkably full though short
discussion of the recent discoveries
of radio-aetivity, the theory of the
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The Whispering Gallery

f400 a year behind him. he enjoyed
it immensely. He never stayed long
in one job, and generally closed his
connection with it by telling his en-
ployer exactly what he thougnr OF
kim
And Antony runs true to form in
his manner of encountering the mys-
terry at the Red House. Travelling
on holiday. he gets off at Wood
ham because he liked the look OF the
station. The innkeeper mentions the
Red House. and Antony recalls that
he has a letter in his pocket from
his old friend Bill Beverley. a week
end guest at the house. What more
natural than to walk up and see
good old Bill?
As Antony comes down the drive
he hears a man banging at a door in
the hall of the Red House and shout
ing. open the door. say: open the
door" The master of the Red House
is found lying in the room with a
bullet through his head.
We must say no more. It's dan
gerous business to talk about mys-
terry stories in anything but the most
general terms. and We have no in
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-14

electron, the fnterrelations of the
elements. the new views of matter.
and finally of electricity in manifold
manifestations. heat, light and the
elements of physics" in general. in
GLIDING Einstein and the latest the
cries. Here, too, the book succeeds
in being extraordinarily lucid, deal
ing with very difficult matters in
such way as to be fully ineligible.
While it is most important as an
essay upon science as whole, the
mere seeker after the newest data will
find an abundance here. There is
also enough in each department
treated to serve as sort of intro
duction for further study. Moreover,
it is so appetiZingly presented that 1t
always rouses further curiosity. II
is hard TO imagine any one reading
the chapter of THE Romance OF the
Heavens" without wanting to know
more of astronomy and of its latest
discoveries. That is one of the great
values of the book-its Indictment TO
further effort.
1t is very well made, with numer-
Gus illustrations, many of them in
full color. When complete 1t will
contain forty colored plates and more
than 500 other illustrations. Some of
the color printing is not altogether
successful, but the average is high.
1t is a colossal undertaking, true
public service. Indeed, one may say
of it that it may well prove to be
even an epoch-making performance
of incalculable value as step toward
wider and better education, and thus
itself a step of Importance in the for
ward evolution OF humanity.
H. L. PANGBORN.
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tention Of providing you with a clue
Mr.. Milne fooled us too often.
Super Mysteries.

super mysteries.
WITH the very definite picture
w he has in his mind of the
other SIDE" we wonder If it has oc-
Cured to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
that when he passes over there VIII
be marvellous possibilities for Sher-
lock Holmes. Sir Arthur has assured
US that we shall not find the Or
binary trappings of life missing wnen
we die. There are to be gardens ana
libraries and all that sort Of thing,
and we naturally suppose there Will
be mystery stories. With ectoplasm
at his finger tips. Holmes should be
able to get some very good effects.
We picture him amazing his spirit
acquaintances.
Il beg your pardon" Holmes will
remark: II see you lived in the early
part of the fourteenth century and
that you were very fond of hunting
the wild boar"
"You amaze me-" says the spirit
open mouthed.
Holmes smiles and tells him: Its
very simple / noticed that you eat
your meat with your fingers and.
knowing that you were a gentleman
in your time, 1 naturally supposed
YOU went in for the things that
amused gentlemen in your day."
We do not think the conversation
would be dissonant with the sort of
future life Sir Arthur imagines.
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Science Focused
For the Lay
Reader
Continued from Preceding Page.

fact of all science. an essential part
OF any synthesis. He says:
Matter, says the spectr.seope. is
essentially the same every where,
in the earth and the sun. in the
comet that visits us once in a thou
sand years. in the star whose dis
lance is incalculable. and in the
great clouds of "fire-mist" that we
call nebul9.
That is one of the eornerstones
OF all science.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-16
NORTH CALAIS

Mrs. Jennie Strong of South Wood
bury was in the place Saturday to at
tend the w. K, c. meeting.
Harry Adams was a recent visitor ii
| Hardwick.
Regular meeting of Stowe Relief
corps, No. 80, and w r, Burnap camp
| No. 80, vii lbe held at their hall Sat.
urday evening, March is.
Mrs. Emma Lilley returned to her
home in the Pekin district Sunday
after spending several weeks at the
home OF her daughter, Mrs. Mary Blair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Fair and sob,
Stanley, of East Calais were Sunday
visitors at J. B. Fairs.
Mrs. Dora Converse and Mrs. Nellie
Wheeler of North Montpelier We're in
this place Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Fair visited at
the home of j. o. Lilley in the Pekin
district Sunday.
Daniel Smith of Worcester was a
visitor at j. B. Fairs Sunday.
Mrs. Linnie Persons and daughter,
Miss Francelia, of North Montpelier
were in the place Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. 5. NJ. Earle Of East
Hardwick were visitors at Mrs. Kate
Earle's Sunday.
Ruby, the pet dog of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Lunge, died recently at the age
of IL years
Mrs. Foster and daughter of Marsh
field have moved into the house which
they recently purchased of Joseph
.Sicely.
George Adams was recent business
visitor in Hardwick
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Orr were in East
Calais Monday 10 visit Mrs. 0rr's
mother, Mrs. Sarah Slayton.
Joseph Sicily has moved into S. p.
Chase's house.
Ivan Ainsworth was business vis-
itor in Plainfield Friday.
George Cate was in Plainfield Sat
urday.
w. d. Fair was in Hardwick Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blake Fair of Worces-
ter were in the place Saturday to Wis
il Mrs. Mercy Wheelock. who is very
i'll at the home Of II. +. Scribner.
Harry Young was i'll with indiges-
ton, instead of swallowing marbles,
as reported in last weeks paper.
Lavake Ainsworth Is quite ill.,
win Sicily has moved into Joseph
Sicely's house.
NJ. A. Slayton was in Woodbury. on
business Saturday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-16
Church Notes.

! A helpful neighborhood prayer meet.
| ing was held with MIR. and Mrs. Wal
lace Colt last Friday evening.
The pastor attended the district sun
! day school convention al Randolph last
Thursday.
The district convention for Williams
town and Brookfield and East Brook
field, postponed from Wednesday
March s, was held with the Brookiield
church ON Sunday afternoon, with a
very helpful program. Lunch was
brought by many and TO others coffee.
sandwiches and cake were served by
the ladies. Rev. George Robbins. state
Sunday school superintendent, was
present and gave several informing and
inspiring addresses w. p. Waldo OF
Williamstown spoke on the standard
school. The pastor and Mrs. Clark dem
onstrated missionary and temperance
programs of worship, and fine solo
was rendered by A. G. Bigelow. Roy
Gilman of Randolph Center presided
over the convention, responding to the
excellent welcome voiced by Alfred
Hall. Such conventions reveal both the
possibilities and the failures of the av-
erage Sunday school.
The woman's association meets next
week Thursday with Mrs. Henry Hyde,
with program in charge of Mrs. Frank
Patterson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-16
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
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Most Women Can Have
Says DR.. Edwards, a Well-Known
Ohio Physician

DR.. r. M. Edwards for IL years treated
scores of women for liver and bowel all
ments. During these years he gave to
his patients a prescription made OF a
few well-known vegetable ingredients
mixed with olive oil, naming them
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets. You will
know them by their olive color.
These tablets are wonder-workerS on
the liver and bowels, which cause nor
NAL action. carrying off the waste and
poisonous matter in ones system.
If you have a pale face, sallow look.
dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head
aches, a listless, no-good feeling. all out
of sorts, inactive bowels, you take one
of DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly
for time and note the pleasing results.
Thousands of women and men take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sue
cessful substitute for calomel-now and
then just to keep them fit. l5c and Soc.
See him today. Tell your
newsdealer that you want a
copy of the Boston Globe ev-
cry day in the year. Read
the Boston Daily Globe to-
day. Make sure of your copy
of next Sundays Boston
Globe by ordering the paper
in advance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-16
BERLIN

William Brown. who has been stay.
ing at his home in Berlin, has returned
to Barre.
Isaac Congo is confined % the house
with hard cold.
The town spelling contest win be
held on Friday at p m. at the town
hall. Berlin Corner
Mrs. W. r. Brown was called to st.
Albans on Tuesday by the serious ill.,
ness Of her father.
Town meeting passed of very quiet
". new officers being; Lister. Milton
Glines; sclectmsn. Fl. q. Dwinell:
school director for three years, Clinton
Benjamin.
A son vas born 10 Mr.. and Mrs.
Gomez on "Wednesday night. March ;.
Several people from here attended
the radio concert at Montpelier on
Tuesday evening.
Mis- Linda CrandAll Is IN with tn.
chickeupox.
The grange viii hold q dance on Fri
day evening. March ~. At the last
regular meeting they voted to post
pone their sext meeting uufil the 2gth
Al granrsrs hear fhis in mind
Miss Bpice. the ccuntv aren't. sin
mret TIE ladies in torn a. the hone
II Mr. Perkins On Thuredav after
nrcn. Marco - Tar on nutritien.
A Sex of wilf rrcss ves srrn On
lueseags sanz neIth