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Evening star., 1924-05-10
How to Build n Loop Aerial for
Indoor RecepftOn-

With the coming of warmer
weather, two arch enemies OF good
radio reception enter the field to do
battle with radio fans These two
enemies are twin brothers. They are
static and lightning danger The
first of these is a very real enemy !;
the second is more of an imaginary
one, but one which none the less
strikes fear into the hearts of the
tmid fans and landlords who, for
some unknown reason, believe that
their aerials as targets for his thun-
derbolts.
As with most other problems, there
is a way out--a method OF reception
which will eliminate the static nui-
sance to a considerable extent, and
which will quiet the fears of the most
timid landlords.
That method is loop reception, with
a powerful set, using some form of
radio frequency application.
Most fans object to the use of a
loop aerial on the general principle
that it is rather cumbersome to have
around. In many cases this diftculty
good folding loops on the market
These can be packed away in a very
small space when not in use.
Few fans seem to realize, however.
how really simple II is to make a very
efficient form of loop aerial-one
which takes up very little space when
in use and which can bo kept out of
sight when not in use.
Door Furnishes Frame.
In practically every room of a we'll
appointed home there is some sort of
door. II may be a door leading from
one room to another or 1t may be a
closet door. but, no matter what kind
of door it is, it will furnish the very
best kind of frame for making a loop
aerial
For best results loop having a
long vertical length. with two sides
of the loop horizontal and two sides
vertical, is the best to use Such a
loop can easily be wound on a door,
as shown in the diagram below.
Evening star., 1924-05-10

shown. This tap switch is mounted
in piece of insulating panel
material.
binding Posts
Two binding posts, b and c, should
also be provided. The beginning or
outside end OF the loop winding, A,
is connected with binding post B.
The switch arm is connected with
binding post G. The first switch
point, 2, is connected with the second
turn of the loop; the second switch
point, 4, is connected with the fourth
turn; the third switch point, 6. is
connected with the sixth turn, and
the fourth switch point. s, is con-
nected with the eighth turn.
The loop aerial is then ready to
do its duty in eliminating static and
enabling you to receive without the
necessity of using an outside aerial,
provided you are using n very sensi-
tive set, using radio frequency am
plification, and provided your set was
designed or was adapted for use with
a loop aerial.
How to adapt your set for loop
aerial reception will be taken up in
a later article.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
WDBD, IN WEST VIRGINIA,
TO HAVE OPENING TONIGHT
Martinsburg's Only Broadcasting
Station Announces Programs.
Sends on 26S Meters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MARTINSBURG, w. Va. May 10
This city's one and only broadcastng
station. WDBD, located on top of the
highest bank building in the city Will
: have its formal opening tonight it
is announced The wave length un-
der the government permit has been
set as 26S meters. 1t will be operat ed
Tuesday and Thursday nights from
8 to 1870 and Sunday mornings and
evenings to broadcast church Serv-
ices. Theatrical productions and
banquet programs locally also will be
broadcast.
The first extended effort will be
made Monday, when the station will
broadcast, play by play, the opening
game of the Blue Ridge Base Ball
League to be played here against
Hagerstown, Md.
The staff of the station follows:
II. f. Burns, owner and controller;
r. Ram, commercial operator; R E.
Etris, announcer; Fulk'S Serenaders,
orchestra
Evening star., 1924-05-10

The size of the sides will. of course,
depend on the size of the door. The
longer the length of the sides the
better the results obtained with it
The winding is started at any con-
venient place from which a lead can
be taken to the set, as shown at a.
The wire is then run up to the top of
the door, about an inch or so from
the edge, and fastened there by any
suitable means, such, for instance, as
double-pointed tacks or staples, or
even by a nail driven into the wood
and then bent over to hold the wire
in place. Tho wire used should be
insulated. and may be any type of
good flexible wire, such as lamp
cord If you cannot obtain that kind
OF wire, ordinary bell or annunciator
wire will do very nicely.
The wire is then wound around on
the door in a spiral form. as shown
in the diagram, until eight turns
have been wound. The space between
adjacent turns should be about half
an inch.
The number of turns required in
the circuit can be obtained very easily
by mounting a four-point tap switch
with two switch stops on the door. as
Evening star., 1924-05-10
wRC-Radio Corporation of America
l469 MPfer~b.

5:15 p.m.-Instruction in interna-
tional code.
E. p.m.-Songs for Children, by Jean
Herbert
6:15 pn.-"The Mothers Memorial
Foundation by Mrs. C. C. Calhoun.
1880 p.m.-Base ball scores.
80 PIMA message from Bishop
James E. Freeman on Mothers
Day"
TAO p.m.-Rible talk by Represent
under the auspices of the Me1s Or
ganized Bible Class Association.
r 1855 pm. to S:15 p.m.-This station
will remain silent while speech by
President Coolidge is being broad
cast.
SIS p.m.-''Have Faith in Our Re
public" by Senator Robert NJ. Stan
field of Oregon.
$50 p.m.-Piano recital by Evelyn
Gardner Cooubs.
Program: (a) 'Gavotte" tGIazoun-
Off, OBJ "Rhapsodie d'Auvergne'
(Saint-Saens). Co Concert Arabesque
on THE Blue Danube" tSchulz- Evler).
S:45 p.m.-"Forty Hours of Gloom
and Gale" by Oliver NJ. Maxam, chief
of the division of operations of the
United States coast guard,
p.maSong recital by Dorothy
D. Wilson, contralto. Elizabeth
Gardner Coombs at the piano.
9:15 p.n--A talk on the Navy by
Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the
Navy.
$3.50 p.m-Concert by the United
States Navy Band under the direction
of Charles Benter.
Program: (a) Navy march, Anchors
Aweigh'' (Zimmcrmann; (b) grand
selection from the Belle of New
York" tKcrker); tc) song recital by
Gretchen Hood soprano; % Land
of the Sky Blue Water" tCadman),
(2) Song of India" CRimsky Korsa-
koff), (3) Where My Caravan Has
Rested .(Lohr), "a Danny Boy'"
srWhistlinc Johnnies" Hager; (e)
idyI. IAN Album Leaf" (Wagner);
% fantasia on popular college songs,
Campus Echoes" Carr. by Rollin-
SOM: (g) valse de concert. ITO Thee
(WaIdteufeD; (h) marine march'
"Semper Fidelis" (Sousa); finale,
s'Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1924-05-10
TO BROADCAST DEBATE.
Farm Crop Exporting Bill Will Be
Subject.

A debate on the McNary-Haugen
farm crop exporting bill now pending
in Congress will be broadcast tonight
by station WIS in Chicago.
Charles j. Brand, former chief of
the bureau of markets of the United
States Department of Agriculture and
now engaged in the administration
of the packer and stockyards control
act, will vigorously defend the Nc
Nary-Haugen bill as essential to i'm
proved farm conditions, while DIR.
Benjamin II. Hibbard head of the
rural economies department of the
University of Wisconsin, will attack
it as unsound and unsafe.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
Lopez on Tour.

WEAF's radio audience will be able
to retire an hour earlier than usual
Thursday and Saturday evenings for
the coming three weeks, because
Vincent Lopez and bis Hotel PennsyI-
vania Orchestra are going to answer
the appeals of their radio audience
outside the metropolitan area
AS announced through WEAF last
Saturday, that famous dance orches-
ira will be in Pittsburgh, Cleveland
and Buffalo, where they will appear
at local theaters They will return
ito WEAF May 22-
Evening star., 1924-05-10
RADIO TRANSMISSION
CARRIER WAVES CUT
University of Illinois Station,
WRM, Successfully Demonstrates
New Discovery.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
URBANA, H., May 10.-Radio
transmission without carrier waves
has been successfully demonstrated
by station WRM of the University of
Illinois and further experiments are
under way, scientists at the institu-
tion announced today.
Tests have brought responses from
all over the United States that signals
broadcast by the new method dis
covered at the university. came in
loud and clear"
Under the present system of broad
casting, the carrier wave, upon which
the sound wave is impressed, con-
veys all manner of sounds and only
the modulation intensity of the trans
mitter and the action of the detector
in eliminating the carrier wave to
more or less degree, enables the
sound frequency to be heard in the
receivers. Often foreign noises pick ed
Evening star., 1924-05-10

carrier wave tendency to pick up c1
traneouS noises.
Sending efficiency is increased; tun-
ing is made more selective at th.
receiver because of the sharper deere
ment and much greater distance NAV
be covered.
Evening star., 1924-05-10

up by the carrier wave become audi
BILE sounds in the receiver, interfering
with perfect reception.
With the new device only the
modulated sound frequencies are
broadcast and these, according to the
college scientists. are devoid of the
Evening star., 1924-05-10

NAA-NayaI Radio Stntion, Radio, Va.
(43J Meters).
S:25 p.m.-Live stock reports.
3:45 p-m.-Wea ther bureau reports.
4:G5 p.m.-Hay, feed, crop reports,
specials.
4:25 p.m.-Daily market reports.
1905 p.m.-Weather bureau reports.
- WMU-Donbleday-H Electric COM
-- pany t26I Metersb.
Silent.
WIAY-Woodward & Lothrop, t273
..- MetersD.
p.m.-Special concert by the Bal
ttmore Serenaders.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
How 10 Get There:

By street car: Take Capital Trac-
ton Company cars marked Ia
koma' that run north on 18th
street, get off at 9TH and Kennedy
and walk one block north on 9TH
street; or take the cars on 9th
street running north marked
"Brightwood" or ''Takonra Park"
and get off at Georgia and Colo
RADIO avenues, and walk two blocks
cast on Shepherd road.
BY auto: Go out Georgia avenue
or 10th street to Longfel1ow street,
east on Longfel1ow direct to Long
fellow Terrace.
Write or phone my Office. Main
457, for map cut showing location
of property and lots tovbe=soid.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
WIAY-Woodward & Lothrop, t27
MnfRr@l
WCAP- Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephohne Company t469 Meters).

TO $40 pm. : Talk on Better
Homes" President Coolidge, broad
cast direct from his study in the
White House.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
DESCRIPTIONS:

Beautiful building sites, some OF
which are wooded, lying between
Eighth and Fifth streets, and inter
secting avenues; served by both
car lines, fianked on two sides by
houses built by such men as Ward
man, Cafritz and other prominent
builders.
Follow Wardman when invest
ing in real estate" He has bought
a tract BEYOND Lcngfellow Ter
race. and will erect 800 houses, be-
ginning at once.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
TERMS:

Onlyf53o cash at the tin1eofsale,
together with $40 per lot auc.
tioneer's fee; balance easy terms.
Evening star., 1924-05-10
Local Radio Entertainment
Saturday, May 10, 1924.

NAA-NavaI Radio Station, Radio, Va
ad2r loft
Evening star., 1924-05-10

Only two blocks cast Of Georgia
avenue and the heart OF Bright
woods business district, right at
banks, schools and stores, and sur
rounded on all sides by high-class
developments. Two $15,5OO homes
just completed in Longfellow Ter
race, and Immediately after this
sale is consummated you will see
dozens of homes going up on the
property.
The Washington times., 1924-11-29
w HEN IN
DOUBT
Meeting the Bride
AR MRS. BEECKMAN:

NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ My brother was married
recently, and his wife's name is
Helen. In meeting his wife for
the first time, what would be the
proper thing to say?
M. H. l..
II think that 1 should begin at
! once to call the new sister by
her first name, since any other
name would seem stilted and
formal. Say something like this:
1T am so happy to know you,,
Helen and to tell you how dc.
lighted we are that we have you
for a new sister in the family.
We have heard so many lovely
things about you from Fred, and
we are all prepared TO love yo'l.."
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Kindly advise ine IL it Is
proper for a girl of fifteen years
to act as maid of honor az her
sisters wedding. Her appearance
Is that Of a girl OF about eighteen.
1T is quite proper for her to act
Il as maid Of honor at her sis
ter's wedding.
The Washington times., 1924-11-29
A NOyelOf Modern Life, Conferred
on the Heart and the Mind
Of the, 'Flapper."

first time she dwelt in the midst
Of youth emo gayety.
Men found her attractive.
Richard Carlisle, dapper. cultured.
entertaining. took her to the best
shows, She enjoyed flirting with
him, and pinned on the lilies Of
the valley he sent with the arE
rogance of a queen accustomed to
pin on diamonds given by adj
mirers.
Feet on Earth.
Godfrey Bell met her after work
at least once \ week. They took
long. tramps to the beach and
dined at the Cliff House. He was
chivalrous and frank in his wor-
ship. She said once: Godfrey,
you make me feel cruel. You put
me on such pedestal. l don't be-
long there. I'm happier with my
feet on the good, warm earth.
I'm a creature of the sod. Why
don't you see. this ana then YOU
won't care any more?''
He answered with sweetness
and candor: "You can't cure me,
Nora Lee. Let me have the friend
ship. I'm glad for it. Don't be.
gin to pity me-"
So she washed herself of respon-
sibility and thanked Life that it
was turning kind to her. What a
joyous thing days can be! She
was a match now for any prob
lem.
1t was this almost dazzling poise
she was now acquiring, this heath
en- gladness for existence, that
Max found so haunting in. the
young whirlwind OF. year ago.
1t was Just a year since they had
met the weekend over the Thanks
giving holidays.
(TO Be Continued Monday
The Washington times., 1924-11-29

FUNNY came hopping into
the house and ] knew ~
- the droop of his ears that
he was unhappy about something.
He sat in the corner Of the room
and began munching on a carrot,
then he dropped that. too, listlessly.
Now when Bunny loses inter-
est in carrot there Is something
wrong, l can always tell at those
times that there is something on
his mind besides his ears.
What is it, Bunny?" / asked.
$50 sorry for Them" ne sighed.
Sorry for whom" queried.
'Those rats" he answered sadly.
Il thought you didn't like rats"
/ said.
I'm not exactly crazy about
rats, Foxy Grandpa. In fact,
they've given my family a lot of
worry in their day, but even at
that feel sorry for them.
What rats, Bunny?" 1 asked.
"And why are you sad about
them?'
I'll tell you, Foxy Grandpa.
You know that there have been
some very bad rats out in our
barn. They have been eating. the
grain and chewing the wood.
Bunch, the cat. says that she has
done her best, but that the rats
have gotten beyond her. So this
morning heard John, the coach
man, say that he was going to set
the biggest trap he could find.
That is what makes me sad. The
thought Of the poor things being
caught in trap. I know what
it is like. I was caught in
trap myself one day."
\ That's too bad" I agreed.
The day passed and evening
came. Bunny did not cheer up
the whole afternoon and as the
sky grew darker, Bunny's ears
dropped lower and his whiskers
had no style at all.
We had our supper and Bobby
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yasSs ss:a

with tea gowns and rose-coiored
negligees. I.
Wherefore she tinteth her lips
as q Cupid,s bow and reddeneth
her fingernails with henna ana
tortlfreth herself to pull out her
eyebrows.
4 Wherefore she cultivateth lisp
and a baby stare and studyeth to
acquire a fascinating line"
Wherefore she delighteth not in
hen luncheons, and f1ndest the
dinner party an exceeding, great
bore il the men be all married
and there are no bachelors to
charm and entice.
\ Wherefore she endureth the tor.
ments Of a permanent wave.
Wherefore she feedeth upon
glutton break and pineapple and
lettuce left and encased herself
in garments Of rubber.
Wherefore she "mothereth" the
lone bachelor and boasteth of her
COOKING and showeth her
kitchen cabinet with pride.
Wherefore she asked always
concerning a man, rs he MAR
RIED-or Interestingly"
Wherefore she spendeth her
substance upon mud packs and
marcels and silver slippers and
many hats, rather than save it
for the long and independent life
Of the single.footer?
For surely, surely, my son, she
doeth not these things to please
her MOTHER, neither to delight
the heart of her BROTHER.
And NO business office re.
quireth that a damsel shall ap-
point herself in Paris perfumes
and array herself in patent
leather pumps and French frocks
and invisible hose!
Go to, my son. AS politi-
clans election promises, so are
woman's declarations against mar.
riage-valid only until the CAM.
PAIGN is won.
SELAH
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The Washington times., 1924-11-29
WHEN DID IT.
HAPPEN?

d.
when was the German plot
for the invasion of the United
States revealed?
p 2-When did Austria begin to
lombard Belgrade?
S-When did King Constantine
Of Greece dismiss Premier veni.
zelos?
4-When did James Russell
Lowell write "a Fable for
I Critics?"
s.s 5-When was a papal legate
sent to the Khan Of Tartary?
Answers to these queries will be-
printed Monday.
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Question.
1.-The Indian village of Ala
media, N. NJ, was destroyed in
1851.
3 q 2-The allies began their at
tack on the Dardanelles February
8, 1915.
3-The ancient Confederacy of
Delos was formed in ATT B. C.
4-DeIsarte. the great exponent
of dramatic expression, died July
10, 1870.
5-The first battle Of Ypres be.
gan October IA, 1914.
Copyright. 1924. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1924-11-29
CHAPERONE OR NOT?
DOES THE IDEA BELONG TO THE PASTf
Beatrice Fairfax Comments on the Dam
gers to Girls Who Disregard Ac-
cepted Conventions.

the Judgment and worldly wis
dom Of eighteen. I shall worry
until you come back to me-"
Belle started gaily while moth
err watched with a sad heart
Truly this is not an easy age for
mothers who feel helpless to
stem the tide of popular fashions
in morals and conventions.
AT 5 the next morning Belle
returned almost too terrified to
talk. But at last she managed
to tell her story.
The two young men, it seems,
drove the girls to a fashionable
roadhouse. Dinner was served in
a private dining room.
Eyes, know that was a mis-
take. mother" Belle hurried on
when she saw her mother was
about to interrupt. But | didn't
realize it at the time. 1t was
such cozy little paneied dining
room. And it never occurred to
me that Jack or Dick meant any
harm
I'm sure they didn't mean
harm until they begin to drink.
They almost forced me to subs.i-
tute whiskey for the ginger ale
I repeatedly ordered. But / knew
because they were beginning to
get maudlin and make violent
love that the responsibility for
getting home safe rested with
me.
by sheer will-power / forced
them to take us home unframed.
Jack was unable to drive steadily
its just luck that we escaped
collisions and an overturn. 1t was
a terrible experience. never
Z want to go out again with men,
Yet, despite this one narrow
escape Belle, thanks to her I'm
F., nate good sense and dignity ana
the bond of intimate affection
between her and her mother, takes
good care of herself in all the
situations that arise; through the
fashion Of foregoing chaprones.
She loses some good times by
refusing invitations to unchap-
eroned joy-rides. But this hasn't
prevented her, from being pre-
scented with a ring Of which she's
very proud-l1er betrothal soil
taire.
A willfully wild girl will elude
the strictest chaperonage. She
wants to chaperone. herself. The
girl who is innately fine, guided
by motherly advice and intuitive
good sense, will refuse the ride
over lonely roads, the unwisely
long. train trip, the supper club
or doubtful reputation to which
q man invites her unless an older
woman is along. BY doing so
she'll not sacrifice the friendship
or love of any man worth while.
The other sort of eomrade is well
lost.
It's an age Of rapid change
through which we're passing.
But the heart and soul of woman
remains the same. The womanly
girl will not seek in any way to
chaperon herself. She welcomes
the background afforded by pro-
tectfve chaperonage. And she's
not less precious to the man who
seeks her love because she's
guarded well.
The Washington times., 1924-11-29
FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

and / were settling to play a
game Of dominoes. Bunny sat.
watching the game for a while.
Then he hoped out CT the room.
He was not gone very long,
however. In a little while ne re.
turned.
Cant you do sometning?"
Bunny asked, with a eaten in his
throat.
What is it, Bunny?" l asked.
1.-THE first rat is caught. Please
come out in the barn." he begged.
1 left the game. put on my hat
and went out into the dark barn.
There right under the grain bin.
I saw two little eyes shining a.
me. looked into the corner and
there were at least twenty little
eyes shining at me. =
please let him loose" pleaded
Bunny. "I'll tell them they must
go somewhere else to live If
you'll only let this rat So;
"All right" answered as /
leaned down to loosen the strong
spring that held the poor rats
foot in its iron bite.
There said I. as the rat
liInped off and this eyes in the
corner disappeared. John will
think this is a pretty poor trap"
"Oh, thank you, Foxy Grandpa!"
exclaimed Bunny. cit was a sad
sight, / tell you. When / came
out into the barn that rat had
just been caught and he was
The Washington times., 1924-11-29

squealing for dear life. All of his
friends and family had heard his
cries of distress and had rushed
to his aid, as rats do. But they
were helpless"
do rats answer such ssqueals?"
asked in surprise.
"Oh. yes" replied Bunny. "Just
like pigs will
Zone wouldn't think they had
such feelings" said.
1--WE all have more feelings than
human beings thing said Bunny
as we started in to the house.
Bobby beat that night at DOM
inoes, by the way.
Copyright, 1924. by international
Feature Service, Incl
The Washington times., 1924-11-29
RECIPES OF
CONTESTANTS
Orange Charlotte.

Orange Charlotte.
One and one-thirdK tablespoon
fuls graduated gelatine.
One-third cup cold water.
One-third cup boiling water.
One cup sugar.
Three tablespoonfuls lemon juice.
One cup orange juice and pulp.
Three egg whites; whip from
two cups of cream.
Soak gelatine in, cold water,
dissolve in boiling water. strain,
and add sugar, lemon juice,
orange juice and pulp. Chill in
pan of ice water, when quite thick
beat with egg whip until frothy,
then add whites Of eggs beaten
stiff, fold in cream.
Line a mold with sections of
oranges, turn in mixture and
chill.-ELIZABETH III. NICOL,
1914 N street northwest.
The Washington times., 1924-11-29

TNROS alias Daniel Cupid alias alias
n enemy, would stop the clock there
How he hates Monday Tuesday this year and THAT
they the beautiful
thing that happened long Time he lies in wait for and often
succeeds holding him for moments while Time
frantay to- disenange his feet from the spraying
Dan and his locked And when
on Dan chucles while he rowns and
You lost minute, old dear!"
first embracLove would hold the hands the
then The first ksshe meeting of Romance and innocence
flame tndery the
Of the spheres suddenly becomes audible nearhy sweet
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