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The Washington times., 1924-02-29
Gets the Fever.

49,. Gets the Fever. .&r
"The way his. car was webbing
around the Elipse, your honor, /
thought something had happened
to his steering gear. He zigzagged
a little farther, parked. his car in
the center Of Fifteenth street, and
lurched off in the general direc-
ton of the White House.
A LibatiOn to VOlstead.
II helped him back to his car
and was making a note to charge
him with leaving his engine run
ming, when the man in the back
seat stopped snoring, sat up, saw
me coming, and threw a gallon jar
Of corn likker overheard"
Seems Reasonable.
Counsel: How do you know it
was corn likker?"
at looked like corn likker,
smelled like corn likker, tasted
like corn likker, had the horse
power of corn likker, and I'll say
1t was corn likker."
NOIIe PrOs'ed.
He isn't charged with that,
however,"
Not now. He was pretty well
charged with it when, came
along, but he's sobered up since"
Boob: "Ah jes' hyah FUN Jaw
jaw, y'onnah, an All ain nevah
had no trouble 'cep'n' dishyer
time.
Washington and Jawjaw.
"Ah done come from chuch,
y'onnah, an All wuZ adriv'n'
roun' TO to see wuz dey much
Offence 'twix' Washington and
Jawjaw. Down on Fuginny
Avenoo All meets up wiz a cullud
gemman wiz a. jug in he ham.
Pu'cuhlat'n for Two.
He say. Hey, boy. whah yu
gwine?'"
"Ah say, Ain gwine nowhah.
Jes' pu-cuhlat'n' roun'.'
HE say, Dat jes' what ali
pemeditat'n' TO- to do. Any jec!
ton to me pu'cuhlat'n' long wild
your
The jug Mystery.
I'VE driv' rcun' a spell twel we
done come to greet big house,
an nah frien' say, Dat de White
House. Dat whah Pres d'n'n Will
son hve.' So All goes ovah TO-
to look at de house, and dishyer
officah done res me. An All
ain nevah know what in dat ar
jug yit.'
The Mystery Solved.
tSYolr friend was charged with
breaking glass In the street,"
"Yessuh."
"And his fine was 1852"
"Yessuh."
"Yours is SIS"
Lest He Forget.
"I paced him from Continental
Hall to Seventeenth and B streets
at Twenty-Five miles an hour,
your honor. There was a lady
with him, and she asked If he
couldn't run her over to the Navy
building before going to the sta
ton. I went along with EN-"
Boob: II was taking my wife
to work, your honor. I was afraid
she would be late, and that would
cause a lot or trouble. That's
why was hurrying."
Still More Trouble.
The court:'- "You were in an
embarrassing position. If you
didn't get your wife to work on
time, you'd get into trouble. And
in trying to get her there on
time, you got into more trouble.
The only way out Of it is to get
UP earlier. SO.
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$50 FATHERS AND SONS
ARE GUESTS AT DINNER

Fathers and sons, $50 Of them,
attended the dinner in their honor
held in the parish hall of Epiphany
Church last night under the joint
auspices Of the Laymen's Service
Association and the Junior Brother
hood of st. Andrew. DR.. L. w.
Glazebrook, president of the former,
was POSTMASTER.
Congressman John C. Ketcham Of
Michigan, and the Rev. Charles l..
Monroe, rector of Pinckney Me.
mortal Church, Hyattsville, Nd,
were speakers. Addresses were also
given by Robert Vanderlip, Henry
Montague and Thomas FrydelI,
Ambrose Durkin, baritone soloist
OF Epiphany Church choir, accom-
panied by Adolf Torovsky, choir
master, and Master Edward Crouch,
soprano soloist Of the Washington
Cathedral choir, accompanied by his
mother at the piano, were heard in
solos,
The Washington times., 1924-02-29

Spanish Forum Reopened.
MADRID, Feb. 29.-The public
forum was re-opened today for
cultural" purposes.
It had been closed because agita-
tors were using 1t for political mass
meetings.
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DUE
|. CH|PPENDALE
FORART !.
Dominated Cabinet World of
His Period and Never
Copied Self.

Connoisseurs consider Chippendale
to have dominated the entire cab
met making world duE1ng his time.
He deserves our lasting gratitude
for never having copied himself and
1t is a startling revelation to most
amateur collectors to know that
Chippendale never designed very
slender furniture, and that he did
not inlay his pieces but expressed
his ideas of enrichment in the way
Of carving.
Chippendale, sheraton and Hep.
plewhite were three Of the most
famous cabinet-makers and design
ers of the Georgian period. They
were pioneers. Thomas Chippen-
dale succeeded his father. a chair
maker, and carried on a successful
business in London about 1850.
For the last twenty years the
fashion has obtained for collecting
the furniture of a bygone century,
and during this time almost every
cabinet, table or chair, presumably
of English manufacture, has been,
for want OF better title, called
"Chippendale." Chippendale appears
to have adopted theN fanciful Chi
nese ornament and the rocco style
then prevailing in France. Some
Of his designs bear such titles as
French chairs" or "bombe
fronted commode." Chippendale fur
niture so closely resembles the
rocco designs of the French that
the majority of people would call
many pieces of Chippendale furni-
ture, French rocco.
In his mirror frames he intro
duced peculiar bird with long,
Snipe-like beak and rather impossi-
BILE wings, imitation Of rock work
and dripping water, Chinese figures
with pagodas and umbrellas. and
sometimes illustrations of Aesop's
Fables interspersed with scrolls and
flowers. Dividing the glass IN
equally in his cabinet doors by the
introduction Of bevelled pillars with
carved capitals and bases he pro-
duced a quaint and pleasing effect
very suitable to the rather effemin.
ate fashion of his time, and in har-
mony with three-cornered hats, wigs
and patches, embroidered waistcoats.
knee breaches, silk stockings and
enamelled snuff boxes.
Upon Chippendale's early work
the frame Of the cabinet-maker will
always rest. While 1t was an adap-
tation Of the Dutch, it was more
original in that form than in later
years when extra vagantly French.
Wherever the influence Of the Chi.
nese art is seen, it is explained by
the introduction of Chinese art dur
ing the time sof George III by Sir
William Chambers.
THE CoNNoIssEUR.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
SCHOOL JAN|T0R
ACCUSER Or
TEACHER
Declares Miss Young Turned
off Heat to Make Furnace
Appear Inadequate.

An investigation by the board Of
education is likely to follow the
charges Of Stephen Anderson, jr.,
janitor of the Hilton school, Sixth
and c streets northeast, that Miss
M. M. Young, principal, deliber-
ately turned Off the heat in three
class rooms to make 1t appear that
the heating plant of the school was
inadequate.
Inspection Of the three rooms
which were complained Of on Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week, showed that the rooms
could be heated and that it was
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
MEETING WILL DISCUSS
BLACK MAMMA MONUMENT

Under the auspices Of the Negro
Ministers and Deacons Union of
the District, a mass meeting will
be held at the National Cosmo-
politan Baptist Institutional Church,
Ninth and N streets northwest,
Monday night, for the discussion of
the BLACK Mamma Monument" a
Get Work Drive" and a Better
Home Campaign"
Bishop Isaiah P. Brooks will
preside.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
PARIS VACCINE PREVENTS
SPREAD OF DLPHTHERIA

PARIS, Feb. ga vaccine
against diphtheria, invented by DR..
Jules Renault and DIR. Pierre Paul
Levy, makes epidemics of that dis
ease practically impossible, accord.
Ing to the results Of their expert
ments, communicated to the Acad.
envy of Medicine.
The vaccine, which is called "T
plus A. and is injected subcautane.
ously, is hyper-neutralized AID
causes little inconvenience. Three
hundred children treated. with IL
were found to be completely Inn
munized after three injections It
is said.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
TROOPERS AND POLICE
SEARCH FOR MISSING GIRL

BINGHAMToN. N. Y, Feb. 20.
The aid Of State troopers and
police in several cities was en-.
listed in a search for Eleanor Ayles.
worth, sixteen years old, ward Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry e. Hardness.
OF this city, who has been missing
from her home since Tuesday morn.
ing.
Mr.. Hardness, secretary Of the
Binghamton Automobile Club, and
Mrs. Hardness have been absent
from the city, leaving their ward
in charge of friends. The girl Is
said to have been worried over
school work.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29

charged that Charles =. Miner. Of
Louisville. who claims I'd be the
natural son of the younger Jeli-
nings, was in realty the son OF Mr..
and Mrs. William r. Riley, and was
born in Elkhart. Ind.
The attorneys intimated they
might start legal actions against
Miner g
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
JEFFERSON MEMORIAL
FUND REACHES $4,000

More than one-ouarter Of Wash
ington's $4,000 quota in the $780,
900 drive for the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundation Fund has been
raised. it was announced at meet
ing Of the National Monticello AS
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
CLAIMANT TO $4,000, 900
ESTATE is FRAUD. CHARGE

8 CHICAGO, Feb. 29.-Attorneys
for the estate Of the late Edwin B.
Jennings, who left 100000 be-
sides an estate Of, an, almost equal
amount left in trust by his father,
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
Dutch Boat Covered
With Snow Brings
Xmas TOYS

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 29.-
With a full cargo of Wynkens,
Blynkens, and a thousand other
kinds Of toys for next Christ
mas trade, the Dutch steamer
Breedyk reached this port today
after a stormy voyage from
Rotterdam. Her decks and rig
ging were covered with frozen
snow, the result of the north
east gale which passed to sea
and left Norfolk laundering in
its first snowfall Of the winter.
After discharging part of her
cargo here, the Breedyk will
proceed to Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
Fish Course Kills Fourteen.

MANILA, Feb. 29.-Out Of 10
natives WHO ate fish at banquet
in the town of Borongton, Prov
ince of Samar, II have died, stated
message to constabulary head
quarters here. Three of the other
five are not expected to recover.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
The Abb
Artists
A Skeleton Record Of
Cases Tried By
Judge Mcmahon.
BY Donald McDounnl-
! Donald Med Ougal-
SornetIling. Doing.

II paced him over s street at
seventh, your honor. and he was
doing twenty-six miles an hour"
Boob: II wasn't doing twenty
six, your honor. was watching
my speedometer close, and was
only doing twenty-five"
The court: "All right. You can
60 into the finance office and do
fifteen
The Washington times., 1924-06-04
'5QUEALS' s. DUE
To DOZENS Of
REASONS
Expert Puts Most Blame on
Improperly Handled Re-
generatiVe Sets

A regenerative set can cause q
great deal Of squealing%if not prop.
erly handled. When the coils Of
the grid and plate circuits are close
together the point Of regeneration
becomes unstable, and the set oScil-
lates II a strong pulse, such :Is static
surge or local signal, unbalances
the circuit.
The sudden rush of current
through the aerial places a higher
potential on the grid, and this in
creases the current flowing through
Uthe plate circuit, causing the regen-
erative effect to be lost.
Increasing the current through
the plate circuit brings about the
same result as tightening the
coupling.
How to Avoid Excess.
The system briefly described here
shows a way of avoiding the exces-
sive potential on the grid, regard
less Of the amount that may be re-
ceived from the aerial.
This circuit uses a counter ticker,
which is another coil Of the same
size as the ticker itself, both hav-
ing a combined series inductive
value equal to that Of the single
coil ordinarily used. The circuit de.
scribed uses honeycomb coils, with
the three-coil mounting. The middle
coil Of seventy-five turns is the
tuner, and the other two of twenty
five turns each are the ticker and
counter ticker. The circuit is
tuned with a variable condenser of
forty-three plates, as shown in the
aerial lead Of the grid coil.
Theory of Operation.
The theory of operation is simple
enough. The plate coil, which is
the ticker, is in series with the
counter-tickler, and when both coils
| have the same inductive coupling
to the grid coil no regeneration can
take place. When the counter-tfck.
Ter moves away, regeneration &C.
ours.
II a strong pulse passes to the
! grid coil the effect. while it unbal.
ances the grid voltage, does not pro-
duce reaction through the fields
OF the plate coils because the cur.
rent flows through both the ticker
and counter-tickler, and any rise in
the plate-current will occur in the
grid circuit.
Thls arrangement has a tendency
10 stabilize the whole circuit, and
actually prevents radiation. The
outside terminals Of the ticklers
are connected to obtain opposition.
The Washington times., 1924-06-04

PRO. Pecattis'' from "Stabat Mater"
Rossin) Charles Trowbridge Tit
mann; piano solo, paraphrase on
1.-THE Beautiful Blue Danube"
(Strauss Elvar Schultz Elizabeth
Winston; soprano solos, (a) Loves
Old Sweet Song" (Molloy), Cb)
"Goodby" (TostD violin obbligato by
Theo. Roth, (c) 1.-THE Snake Charm
er" Nehmann) accompanied by a
section Of the U. S. Navy band
orchestra, Vivienne Abbott Gilmore:
bass solos, (a) 20, Primavera"
CTirrindellD, Cb) 'Duna" (McGilD, (c)
April in Killarney" Geo. B. Nevin),
Id Little Irish Girl" Nohr), Charles
Trowbridge Tittmann; piano solo,
Second Rhapsody" Niszt), Eliza.
beth Winston; duet, "Crucifix"
Faure), Vivienne Abbott Gilmore
and Charles Trowbridge Tittmann:
chorus with soprano solo, ''Inflam.
matus" from "Stabat Mater" Ros-
sinD, Vivienne Abbott Gilmore and
the choir Of Holy Trinity Church,
r. C. with George Herbert Wells,
conductor-accompanist, Miss Lucy
Rrickenstein accompanist for Major
Tittmann. "
WIAY-WOodward & LOthrOp.-27S.
1890 a. m. and p. m.-Program
Of current events and music.
WMU-DOubleday Hill EIec. Co. (285)
4:3O to $50 p. m.-Baseball scores;
The Washington times., 1924-06-04
Local Broadcast
NAA-Naval Radio Station,
Arlington.

NAA-Naval Radio Station,
Arlington.
HSS Meters, RadiophOne)
12.15 p. m.-Live stock markets.
1:4o p. m.-Fruits and vegetable
markets.
3 p. m.-Live stock.
$40 p. m.-Weather report.
400 p. INLAY and feed:
SO p. m.-Dajry products.
go p: m.-Civil Service Com.
mission broadcast, on the subject
OF The Federal Civil Service"
(2.65O Meters, Spark
~ m. to 10 p. m.-Time signals.
iOOl p. m:-Weather report, ship
orders, naval press news.
WCAP-C. & p. (469
7:O5 p. m.-Announcement of the
major league baseball results.
71O p. ma talk by Captain
Gordon Gordon.Smith, war CORE
spondent and authority on matters
OH foreign affairs, having served
from 1885 to 1914 as correspondent
In the capital cities of Europe.
1880 p. m.-Outdoor concert by the
United States Navy Band, Charles
Benter, director. Broadcast direct
from the United States navy yard
at Washington. Program. /. March,
Major Edwin DENLY, u. S. M. c."
lBenter), dedicated to Edwin DENLY;
z. overture, "Reinzi'' (Wagner); 3.
suite OF two songs for cornet and
baritone, (a) BE Still and Know"
GPierson), o. my Curly Headed
Little Baby" (Clutsam). bandmaster,
q. De Giorgio and ]. Manganaro;
=: Grand scenes from the opera
Rigoletto" VerdD: 5. Three dances
from Henry VIII" (German), (a)
Morris dance, (b) Shepherds Dance
lcl Torch dance; (6 Humoresque on
Gallagher and Shehan" arranged
by Sousa; Z. Suite: (a) Song of the
volga Boatmen," arranged by Lake,
(b) Parade of the Wooden Sol.
diers," arranged by Jessell; 8. Valse
1e concert, wedding of the Winds"
!halD; 8. Excerpts from the popu-
lar musical comedy, "The Merry
WIDOW Nehar); 10. Popular-se-
lected, finale, "Star.Spangled Ban.
9 p. m.-Marian M. Martin Wen.
dell Hall Radio Wedding, direct
from the studio of station wEAF,
New York city.
$3.50 p. m.-Artist recital from the
studio OF station WCAP. presented
through the courtesy of Mrs. Henry
Hunt Mckee Of the Washington
MUSIC Bureau. Program: Soprano
solo, Willamette" Dol Acqua) Vivi'
enne Abbott Gilmore; bass solo,
The Washington times., 1924-06-04
NEW PORTABLE
ANTENNAE
MADE
Aerial Can Be Rolled Up With.
out Damage and Is Very
Effective

A portable antennae, capable Of
being rolled up. hung on a ball or
placed in any other convenient pos
ition. has been perfectly recently.
The portable antennae is a multiple
stand antennae with the wires ar
ranged in parallel rows between
two sheets of paper or other fabric
cemented together with water
proof compound which insulates the
device against dampness of water.
The take-off is an electro-static
connection which acts as a. fixed
condenser, and adds to the efficiency
OF the device. The device is made
of almost 100 separate strands of
wire of high conductivity, and
where used on the second floor, or
higher, is effective with a crystal
set.
Experiments seem to show that
this is the most powerful aerial
device that can be moved from one
place to another conveniently, as
they are readily rolled and unrolletl
and their durable construction per.
mits Of doing this indefinitely with.
out injury. They have found much
favor for use in an automobile. on
motor boat, at camp and at the
sea shore, where they make a very
serviceable sunshade when support.
ed on two poles.
While the three standard types
are deemed most suitable for the
popular demand ror operating the
various sets on the market, they
are made of special dimension ON
order, the widths of the portable
type being confined to "a inches and
So inches wide. p
The ban against outside aerials
in great many apartment build.
ings, hotels and similar domiciles
has created large demand for an
efficient antennae device which
may be used inside and get results.
On account of the special construc.
ton of the portable antennae, there
Is less noise from static than is
common to the permanent outside
antennae. For summer reception,
this is quite an important item.
The Washington times., 1924-06-04
WlRED-WIRELESS PROGRAM
FOR ATLANTA'S PARKS

ATLANTA, Ga, June 4.-PubIic
reception Of all schedules broadcast
by WSB will be resumed at the two
leading parks Of Atlanta in June
through the use Of a unique system
Of wired wireless.
AS in 1928, the only musical en-.
tertainment provided for park Wis.
tors during the summer nights is
the Journal radio service.
Mammoth loud speakers, designed
and installed by the station, receive
the nightly concerts. as well as
WSB's daily play-by-play stories Of
the Atlanta baseball teams Southern
League games.
The horns are situated near the
public bathing pools and entertained
tens of thousands Of outdoor Allan.
tians last year..
The Washington times., 1924-06-04
HALL COURTED
BRIDE OVER
RADIO
bbBU~b~
"Red-Headed Music Maker"
Sang to Her on Tour-Many
of Audience Understood

Wendell Hall, one Of the prin.
cipals in the radio wedding to be
broadcast tonight is probably the
only radio artist who could logi-
cally and naturally arrange for a
radio wedding, and claim such a
widespread interest because he has
just returned from a tour Of the
principal radio stations Of the coun-
try and has become known more
generally than any other radio
entertainer.
On his tour, over $4,000 people
wrote to him. 1t Is because OF
this cordially that he and his
fiance. Marian M. Martin, of Chi
cago, have decided to invite them
all to their wedding.
They are insistent that the cere-
mony be as quiet and as devoid of
sensation by way Of reporters,
photographers and a naturally
curious public, as though it were
being conducted in the brides
home.
COurtship Broadcast.
Our wedding will not be broad
cast because either Of us is especially
prominent" Hall states modestly.
THAT is not the idea. No. sir: there
are hundreds of thousands of folks
whom / feel almost sure are per-
sonal friends, folks to whom I have
been singing along the route that
stretched for nearly four thousand
miles. They all heard me. singing
directly. to Miss Martin back in Chi
cago from whatever section of the
country l happened to be in. Our
courtship in a way, has been broad
cast for the last four months. Peo.
pie seem to realize it somehow, for
they wrote to me by the thousands.
Wrote intimately, just like longtime
friends. Lots of them sent foolish
little things to me. like them all.
And, because we feel them to be our
friends. it seems natural to want to
have them all at our wedding"
Miss Martin will be attended by
Miss Dorothy Fullerton, daughter
of Hugh Fullerton, feature writer
and sports authority. Tom Camp
bell, former Yale track team captain
and track 600-yard sprinter, will be
Mr.. Halls best man.
Miss Martin is newspaper wom-
an by inheritance. Her father,
William, Martin, for many years
was city editor of the Chicago
Herald before it became the Herald
Examiner. Her uncle holds a SINH
lar position with large California
paper. I Through association with
the Journalistic world, Miss Martin
and Miss Fullerton have long been
close friends.
Back in the days when Wendell
Hall was an undergraduate in the
prep school for the University of
Chicago, he had as a team mate on
the schools track team a Thomas
Campbell. Campbell later ran his
way to fame as captain Of the Yale
track team and later by his spectac-
ular sprints over 500 yards under
the banner of the New York Ath.
letic Club. Throughout the separa-
ton of runner from entertainer. the
school friendship has been main.
tanned, and Campbell has promised
Hall that he will do no running
when the time comes for them TO
face potentially 1000 900 on occa.
sion OF the forthcoming radio we'd
ding.
The Washington times., 1924-06-04
CIVIL SERVICE
SEEKS RADIO
ENGINEERS
Number Of Other Positions of
Technical Nature Open in
U. S. Service

Radio engineers. associate radio
engineers and assistant radio engi
neers are needed by the Govern
ment, according to the bulletin OF
the Civil Service Commission issued
today.
In announcing examinations for
these positions the commission says
that the salaries of radio engineers
is $4,000: that Of associates, $4,000
to $4,000, and that Of assistants,
$4,000 to $4,000.
Other positions open are: Dictat
ing machine transcriber, depart
mental service, at 81, 800; laboratory
aid, Bureau of Plant Industry, al
1890; laboratory aid, Bureau OF
Plant Industry, at $1,140 a year
electrical craftsman, grade A, Naval
Observatory, at $2.400 a year; com
puter, garde /, Coast and Geodetic
Survey, at $1,S60 a year; assistant
explosive technologist, Picatinny
Arsenal, Dover, N. j.. at $2,40O a
year; guard. departmental service
at $1,000 a year.
The radio men are needed at the
Naval Research Laboratory, Belle
.vue, D. c., department of engineer
ing, navy yard, and in the Federal
classified service throughout the
United States.
The Washington times., 1924-06-04

Nabroad, Or as he prefers, chase
the nible item in Europe"
Mr.. Vile, at parting, eaSed up q
trifle in his attitude of impartiality,
but his epigrams and metaphors
were as bold and compelling as
usual.
Took Musical HOnOrs.
For the musical honors Of the
evening we again nominate Moe
Baer and his Wardman Park con-
cert trio. There, we think, is some
very excellent music.
BY special request Baer himself
played the violin solo Of Brigadier
| General Dawes Melody" which he
introduced to his radio audience last
! week, it sounded even better on
rehearing than on its first presenta.
ton.
| Another number that was par
ticularly beautiful was Nevin's
''Venstian Love Song"
Soprano Night Enjoyed.
| 1t was soprano night for the
singers with Betty Anderson, ap-
pearing this week at the Tivoli,
| AohNCohu 1NGAoPCA AI1 "oOh anu
Lucy Dickinson Marx splitting up
the recitals.
| Any comparison would not only
be odious. but quite impossible for
us. We liked them all.
Mrs. Lawson, coming to a broad
casting studio for the first time and
having listened to an air concert
but once or twice in her life, asked
that the studio be cleared of
spectators for her recital.
For that we admire her. AS 1t
was her first microphone appear.
ance, it was two to one that she
would have found broadcasting ter
ribly/ irksome in a room full Of
curious lockers and listene9s.
"R. H. T." having read yesterday
of our difficulty in selecting the
five or ten best local broadcas st
| features since January 1, postcards
us that Ito name the five best reg.
ular features is easy"
There's first President Coolidge.
then the Sunday afternoon sermons
of Bishop Freeman, the Sunday
night concerts of Roxy's Gang. the
political talks of Frederick William
Vile and the concerts Of the Ma.
rine Band"
Eliminate those" ."R. H. T."
! suggests" and then start selecting -