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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-31
LUTHERAN
Luther Place
Memorial Church

(At Thomas Circle N. W.
G. M. DEPENDENCIES, D. D.,
Pastor
9:45 A. M.-Bible School.
100 A. M. Service with ser
mon. theme, "A WALK
WORTHY OF GOD"
300 p. M-Union Reforma-I
ton Services, professional
led by The Times-Herald
Newsboys' Band around the
Luther Statue. Address by
Prof. NJ. Hadwin Fischer, Phi.
D., Gettysburg Theological
Seminary.
TOO p. M.-Special services
by the C. E. Societies.
800 r. M.-Seryice with SER
mon The Works Of Jesus
= the Works Of God. =
This Church Welcomes YOU
Evening star., 1925-08-27
Pointers on Getting the Most from
Your Superheterodyne-Pa i.

A superheterodyne receiver is CON-
plicated only to the extent that more
parts and circuits are found in this
receiver than in most of the other
types of circuits. When the circuits
are reduced to units there is nothing
very complicated about the superhete-
rodyne, either from the standpoint of
understanding the circuit or construct
ing the set.
The greater possibility of trouble in
superheterodyne receiver lies in the
fact that more parts and wiring are
used in the set and more tubes are
required to operate 1t. In checking up
possibilities of trouble in this type of
set there are more parts to be checked
up and more time is necessarily re-
quired to find the source Of trouble.
Most of the troubles met with in the
superheterodyne can be eliminated at
the source. Careful inspection of the
parts before they are mounted up.
tests on the windings of the coils, tests
on the condensers, tightening of the
screws and binding posts on the rheo-
stats, sockets and other apparatus be-
fore assembly is the best and surest
way of insuring trouble proof opera
ton later.
You may save some time by slap
ping the parts together as they come
! in the packages, but you will waste
| more time than you saved when you
Evening star., 1925-08-27

devise means of softening the tone
without destroying quality. Resist
ances across the primary and second
ary windings of transformers are
sometimes used, as we'll as a bank of
fixed resistanceS in cries with the
output of the last tube. proving en-
tirely satisfactory except that poor
regulation is secured.
Best tone quality Is maintained
with a fixed resistance across the
secondary of the transformer, and
volume controlled by using "A variable
center contact like a potentiometer.
connecting this contact to the grid of
the next tube. Approximately 500 900
ohms put the proper load on the
transformer for best results, while the
Evening star., 1925-08-27

by the opening or closing OF jack
circuit is likely to burn out fine wire
used in winding the transformer core.
A serious problem presents itself,
however, when jacks are eliminated.
The volume of the receiver must be
controlled. If the rheostats are
turned low, volume will be reduced,
but at the expense of clarity. If
turned too low, distortion results.
Partially detuning the receiver, with
the tubes operating at their most eff
ticient setting of the rheostats, often
is done. In this day of congested
broadcasting. however, such a proce-
due will result in interference be-
tween stations.
Engineers have been working to
Evening star., 1925-08-27
MUSIC OF ROMANYS|
ISFEATURE OF WRC|
Marine Band Concert and
Dance Program to Fill
Bill Tonight.

The concert by the United States
Marine Band, played at the Sylvan
Theater, and the Romanys' Royal
Hour OF Music, presented in the
studio of station VIZ, New York, will
be the leading musical attractions on
WRC'S program for tonight.
The Marine Band concert will begin
at 1880 o'clock and will be broadcast
Jointly with station WRC by stations
WIZ, New York; WGY, Schenectady,
and WBZ, Springfield. Taylor Bran
son, second leader, will conduct the
band tonight in the absence of Capt.
William II. Santelmann, who Is at
present on his vacation at Tupper
Lake.
Special features of the concert will
10 the Saint-Saens 'Algerienne"
suite, and grand selections from Vic
tor Herbert's opera, "Natoma." Mu-
sician Albert Bennert, trombonist, will
be the soloist this evening, and will
play tho Evening Star" aria from
''Tannhauser.''
Immediately following the Marine
Band concert WRC, together with
WIZ and WGY, will present the week
ly entertainment of the Romany Or
cheStra.
Other events on WRC's program
will be a dance concert by the Meyer
LAWS LIE ParadiS Roof Band and d
dinner concert by Sidney Seidemann's s
Hotel Shoreham Orchestra.
Klark and Jacobs, the popular ball
room entertainers. who made their
radio debut with the lie Paradis Band
last week, have been engaged for a
second appearance with the orchestra
tonight At 3:45 pm. WRC will re
turn to the air for announcements of
the details of the PhiladelphiaC Cleve-
land base ball game. which is to be
played in Cleveland. These announce
ments will be followed at o'clock by
a play-hy-play account OF the Wash
ington-St. Louis game, to be played at
st. Louis.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
Early Program Tomorrow.
SMALLEST RECEIVER.
Will Be Exhibited at Coming
World Radio Fair.

Washington's smallest known radio
receiver will be exhibited at the coming
radio world fair, which is scheduled
to be staged at the 258th Field Artil-
lery Hall, September IA to 10. The
tiny set is built on the shaft of an
ordinary straight pin seven-eights of
an inch in length and consists of lay
er-wound tuning coil, crystal detector
and adjusting handle, together with
connections for antenna, ground and
phones. The receiver was built by
Rufus P. Turner, operator of amateur
station 3LF of this city, and has been
exhibited at some of the leading radio
shows of the country.
Accompanying the infinitesimal re-
ce1yer are two more specimens, three
tiny Lorenz basket-woven coils and
small "doughnut" coil. The former
are one-eighth of an inch in height
and have a diameter of one-eighth of
an inch and the latter coil has a mean
diameter of one-quarter inch with
many turns one-eighth inch in
diameter.
Evening star., 1925-08-27

variable arm must have perfectly
smooth regulation from zero to the
maximum resistance.
Such a. resistance tx the Ceutr1IaT
modulator, made in Milwaukee,. Tins
is supplied with three terminals, pr..
cisely like a potentioraeter except thai
the resistance is a graphite riu2 upou
which n metal disk is pressed a.
make contact
When connected in an audio arnpl.
flying circuit. as shown by the accom-
panying diagram, the incubator give.
noiseless adjustment to any desire.
tone volume from a whisper TO mas
mum loudness, with improved qnalff,
of reproduction.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
MULTITUDE RADIOING
BECOMING POPULAR
Use of That Typo Of Receivers and
Superpower Broadcasting
Stations Discussed.

The general use OF multitude re-
ceivers and superpower broadcasting
stations has done much to eliminate
the old system of using several Jacks
in radio set. The latest receivers
are using only one jack at the most
to which the loud speaker can be con-
nected. Many Of them are eliminating
all jacks and providing binding posts
In the rear of the set for the loud
speaker connections.
The elimination OF plugs and Jacks
is ridding receivers of two very COM
mon sources of trouble.
Any receiver is better or without
Jacks, for that matter. Wiring is
greatly simpiified. capacity of the wir-
ing is reduced, and the front panel is
improved in appearance. The use of
jacks where any audio transformer is
used with high primary impedance,
such as the high quality, low ratio
audio transformers that are becoming
more and more popular, is hazardous
The sudden surge of current caused
Evening star., 1925-08-27
LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 1925
STANDARD

stations. Meters. Miles.
Evening star., 1925-08-27

set to doctor" it up to perform prop
erly. In most superheterodynes six
to eight tubes are used, and if all of
them are not on the job you are not
only going to get poor results, but
you are going to take the chance of
spelling your good tubes. This Is espe-
cially true of sets in which several
tubes are controlled from a single
rheostat. You may find. for instance,
that you cannot get results unless you
turn up the rheostat so as to put
more current through the tubes. This
will give more current to the partially
exhausted tube in tho number con-
trolled by that rheoStat, but such an
adjustment is giving the other tubes
too much current, with the result that
in a short time the good tubes viii be
ready for the scrap heap.
Test Tubes Monthly.
The tubes OF your superheterodyne
set should be tested at least once a
month with a good tube tester. Your
local dealer will be glad to make the
tests for you. You will find 1t much
cheaper to look to your batteries and
be sure that the "A" battery especially
Is always fully charged than to lessen
the resistance of the rheoStat to in
crease the current through the tubes.
When your superheterodyne has
been working well for some time and
thea shows signs of weakening, the
the first thing you should do Is to have
the tubes tested.
If you find that the tubes are in
good condition then it will be time
enough TO look to the other apparatus.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
WRC-Radio Corporation of America
1862 Metersl.

3:45 p.m.-Play-by-play account of
the Westinghouse. Louis base ball
game.
6:55 p.m.-Base ball scores.
700 pm.-Sidney Seidemann's Ho-
tel Sboreham Orchestra broadcast
from the Hotel Shoreham.
1880 p.m.-Concert by the United
States Marine Band, Capt. William H.
Santelmann, leader: Taylor Branson.
second leader, conducting, broadcast
with stations WIZ, WGY and WBZ
from the Sylvan Theater.
900 p,m.-"The Romanys' Royal
Hour of Music broadcast with sta
tions WIZ and WGY from New York
1000 p.m.-Myer Davis lie Paradis
Roof Band with Klark and Jacobs,
broadcast from the roof of the LIE
Paradis Cafe.
Early Program Tomorrow.
a.m.-Woman,s hour, broadcast
Jointly with WIZ.
12 to 1 p.m.-Organ recital from
First Congregational Church.
l p.m.-Luncheon music by the Ho-
tel Willard Orchestra.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
REAPPEAR ON AIR.

Ellsworth Tompkins and George T,
Ross, who made their radio debut as
THE Foolish Entertainers" from
WRC last Friday, will return to the
microphone for another half hour to-
morrow afternoon. The entertainers
are both announcers and staff artists
at WRC and have been heard in the
past in more dignified recitals.
Tomorrow's program by THE Fool
ish Entertainers" will begin imme
diately after the conclusion of the
broadcast of the Washington-C Chicago
base ball game.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
FIFTEEN MINUTES OF RADIO EACH DAY
BY JOSEPH CALCATERRA
Noted Authority adj
Prohibit

have to take the set apart later to
determine the cause of trouble.
1t doesn't require more than one
error in wiring or one piece of defec-
tive apparatus to render a circuit of
this type imperative. It is even nos
Slble for the set to operate to some
extent with some part defective or
improperly connected. but you cannot
expect to get maximum efficiency un.
less every part is up to the mark and
every bit of wiring has been properly
installed.
Most Of the trouble met with in the
operation of superheterodynes can be
localized to small number of causes.
Poppy Tubes Important.
The tubes used in the superhetero.
dyne are the most important single
parts In the set. Unless they are per
forming their functions properly, it is
useless to tinker with the rest of the
Evening star., 1925-08-27

GAS to 7:45 a.m.-NIorning setting
up" exercises by the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Co, direct from the Metro
politan Tower, Madison avenue, New
York City.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
Local Radio Entertainment
Thursday, August 27, 1925.
NAA-SavaI Radio Station, Radio, Va
43i5 MeterSl

3:45 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
1915 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
Early Program Tomorrow.

WCAP-Chesapeak and Potomac
Telephone Co. 1868 Meters).
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Said one little boy to a neighbor-
hood lad. Say. I got a reason to
really be glad. The doctor came
calm, and gee. he was kind. He
left me a wee baby brother behind.
IT don't know his name, cause
he can't talk as yet, and, so far,
my father has just called him pet.
He looks kinda funny and hasn't
much hair. but, shucks. he's my
brother. so whadda 1 care?
1T seems kinda mean cause they
don't feed him much I'd slip him
some jam but 'twould get me in
dutch. He's wearin' long dresses like
girls wear. Aw, gee, I'd kick like
the deuce If they put EN- on me.
But nevertheless. he's my
brother, and say, he's gonna come
in mighty handy some day. They
tell me he'll grow till he's big as
can be. Jes' think of the things he
can do, stead of me.
I'll let him burn papers and clean
up the yard. Here lately I've really
been worl1in' too hard. He'll do all
my errands. Aw, 1 amt so dumb.
No wonder I'm glad that my brother
has come"
Copyright, 1925. NEA Service. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-22
HUNTING SEASON
OPENS BRISKLY

F~1EORGE d. HUMPHREY.
Indianapolis fireman, was
- killed the other day by the
accidental discharge Of his gun
while squirrel hunting. He stopped
TO rest and leaned his shotgun
against a tree. The weapon fall.
The hunting season opens brisk
ly-with the usual casualties.
An English Gnd) man was mis-
taken in the woods for a squirrel
by his hunting companion the 9th
er day. The victim of mistaken
identity was wearing a squirrel tail
in his cap at the time-which is
equivalent to dropping a match in
a powder barrel.
For the next few months such
fatalities will be recorded with dis
tressing frequency. Forest and
fields will be full Of ambitious
hunters, who will be mistaken by
eXcitable companions-o them
selves-for squirrels. rabbits. ducks
and other ferocious wild creatures.
~ NCNASCf AAhiiAiilE 10 ilO iOuEtI
an economic necessity-food is
purchased in tin cans from the
corner grocery. And it is not nee
essary to protect the human pop
ulation from defamation by bold.
bloodthirsty squirrels and infuriat-
ed rabbits. Still hunting survives
"a relic Of the most primitive hu.
man instinct.
AS a sport it pays its way. 1t
draws its enthusiasts into woods
and fields and celebrating autumn
air. which is worth while. even II
it doesn't grease a skillet.
But hunting involves the use of
firearms. The nature of a shot
gun IS the same out in the great
open spaces as on the streets of
Indianapolis. It's a deadly weapon.
Unless treated with discretion and
respect by the hunter, it is liable
to bring down game that is not
good to eat or boast about-unless
one is a canniba1.
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a. 1890. There is a south approach
Viaduct of fourteen spans, length
1888 feet, and a north approach via
duct of eight spans, length 966 feet,
and the two great spans of LILO
feet each, including a central girder
Of S461a feet. The pro iacting arms
of the cantilevers are 6s1 4 feet long.
The two main spans are 15G feet
above water-level, but the towers
reach total height of 361 feet above
high-water level. About 81 900 tons
Of steel are included in the structure.
1t is a double track bridge.
Has Gloria Swanson any chill.
dren?
Shs has one child Of her own, a
daue liter. She has also an adopted
son.
Is chloroform a good substance
with which to kill and preserve
spiders?
No; it will kill them, but as a pre-
sentative will turn them black. City,
cerine will preserve the color of
specimens ALMOST indefinitely.
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Hitchy Tells the World What He Thinks
of Woman Who Weighs $50 Pounds

ing feature of the show. The trou-
BILE is rather with the individual
efforts of the three acts, which are
only mildly entertaining.
Harry and Mildred Otto open the
show with a comedy magic and IL
fusion turn.
Gardner and Revere offer comedy.
The comedian is not nearly so eff
fective in his own act as in the
afterpiece.
Ross and Edwards. well.known as
the "Bull-Garians," present a snap
by line of comedy songs.
Billy Champ and company, an
act not connected with the unit or
ganization. offer a mystery farce
called 1855 Sycamore Street" A
lot Of spooky mechanical effects help
them to put over a good comedy
sketch.
The movie feature is "The Night
Ship" starring Mary Carr. AT the
Palace today and Wednesday. (BX
Observer.
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BY David DietZ
NFA Set.f,ica Writer


HE pioneers of science are
continuously reaching out for
- new fields. So rapid are
their strides that many branches of
science have been practically revo-
lutionized.
Thus, for example, the branch of
modern astronomy which deals with
the physical nature Of heavenly
bodies marks so great a departure
over the astronomy of a century ago
that it is frequently called the new
astronomy"
Similarly the branch of physics
which deals with atomic structure is
frequently called 1.-The new physics. "
Nevertheless there still remain a
number of problems to be solved in
the "old" astronomy and physics.
One of them is the Irregularities in
the motions of the moon.
The motions of the moon have
been studied for ESQ years at the
Greenwich Observatory. England,
but the puzzle has not yet been
solved.
After allowances have been made
for all known factors which disturb
the moons motions, it is still impos-
sibl etc predict accurately the moon s
future positions. 1t is always little
ahead or a little behind.
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allow that he speaks a little Chin
csc but "Oh, how little" Whether
the playwright thought up all of
these Hitchy-talks or not. it doesn't
matter. The thing that matter most
~ is that Hitchcock is in the cast.
Service for Husbands is a glori-
fed .nonologue for Hitchy. He has
plenty of chances u look the audi
ence right in the face and become
chummy.
Hitchy allows in his curtain talk
that in the past he has been with
shows that have a chorus and music
And he states frankly. How miss
the music"
Am convinced that people buy
Raymond Hitchcock and not the
show that he is in. He is a comedy
institution and he sells himself
In 1.-THE Old Soak" he made his
first excursion into the legitimate
without a chorus and music. In
this second venture he has a chance
to be Raymond Hitchcock every
minute he is on the stage. And l
am firmly convinced that is just
what the public wants.
AS vehicle for Hitchcock,
Service for Husbands" is not bad
service. 1t is the way Hitchy serves
the dish that makes it appetizing.
There are many wise cracking re-
marks and they all bear the Hitch
cock stamp.
1 expected Hitchcock to burst
forth in song at any minute because
the program stated he would sing
Such A Way With Her" but he
didn't forsake the Legitimate" for
one minute last night.
The show has laughs, many of
them. 1t is constructed along the
Hitchy formula and that pleases.
The basic idea of the story is ORR
ginal. 1t is done in three acts and a
curtain talk in which Hitchy talks
on traffic congestion, congress, pro-
hibition, income tax. evolution and
fishes.
The cast is a large one with Pacie
Ripple as Mr.. Binks, boneheaded
husband, standing out as a fine
comedy artist. OF the women,
Celeste Dueth is most prominent.
You will find enjoyable Hitchy
service in Service For Husbands"
At English's today and Wednes-
day.
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Tom Sims SAYS

Tough steak is best because the
exercise Of chewing one bite gives
you an appetite for the next.
You don't have to go to a show to
see Siamese twins. You can find
them in autos parked on country
roads.
If you are a pedestrian, an auto
will kill you. If you own a car, you
work yourself to death supporting it.
Elephants live longer than people.
But they never worry about trying
to reduce their weight.
You can enjoy thinking you may
be rich some day. But the rich can
only fear they may DO poor.
Six men escaped from the Jail in
Seattle, and now will have to worry
about keeping warm this winter
Mountain pen man may be New
York's next mayor. And just think
of the blots on his past.
copyright. 1925, NEA Service. Inc.)
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What Is a Morals
Expert?
ssDRY LAW SURVEY Is AssAII,ED
BY METHODIST MORALS EXPERT"

r. o reads newspaper headline. What the
y deuce is morals expert?
Does it mean man whose morals are so
very good that calling him simply good man
or moral man wouldn describe hlm2 How
do you 60 about becoming expert IN good
ness7 The title suggests man who has prac-
ticed so hard at being good that now he can
do it almost without thinking Probably he
can be good with both hands tied behind him.
He certainly can with both eyes shut. For
the morals expert referred to in the headline
is our friend DR.. Clarence True Wilson, gen.
eral secretary of the General Board of Tenn
yperance Prohibition and Public Morals.
Doctor Wilson has shut his eyes tight and
hard in the matter of the report issued by the
Federal Council of Churches on the subject of
prohibition. He can t see that report. 1t ism
his idea of any kind of report for the
churches of America to be putting out. Why,
+ that report says that prohibition is facing its
supreme test and that there is doubt as to the
final outcome!
1 So, as a morals expert, he disposes of the
report thus
eff the writer of the articles for the Fed
eral Council is not getting anything from the
National Association Opposed to Prohibition,
he is fool. 1t is exactly the kind of stuff that
organization pays for
Not being a morals expert, we would have
hestated about making an insulting insinua-
ton Of that kind especially since the Federal
Council of Churches represents nearly all the
churches, including the Methodist church
which hires Doctor Wilson. We would have
sought a little information about the man be-
fore we accused him of being either a fool or
a crook That what Doctor Wilson s sug-
gestion amounts to, of course.
Our lack Of moral experiences would have
caused further hesitation. 1t would have oc-
Cured to us that it might be unkind and I'M
Christian to call brother church worker
fool.
But morals expert must know his stuff
AS said before he can be moral without even
thinking, just as an expert automobilist never
has to think in any emergency-shifts gears
from low to high and from high to low, almost
automatically So with morals expert
Shifting from high morals to low morals is just
as easy. For Doctor Wilson certainly wasn't
going in high when he offered that remarkable
insult to his fellow church workerl
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for him to have marched about with
a big harp. he would have played
that instrument. Here is one of the
best novelties in the show business.
Just why Clara Kimball Young
picked Ills Adorable Wife" for a
vaudeville venture is beyond me It
is a poorly written thing based upon
a foolish idea-a wife who faces the
woman in the case. Even the orches-
ira has to play music for the en-
trance Of the star. A woman may be
great or has been great on the
screen. but it isn't wise to offer such
false theatrical stuff as this sketch.
Even the role played by Miss Young
does not fit her talents. The sketch
just doesn't ring true for one second,
according to my way Of thinking.
And, as usual, you be your own
judge.
Irene Ricardo is back w5t whoa
Pagliacci," one of those delightful
bits of musical nonsense put over in
an individual ano artistic, sort of way.
She has three other good numbers
surrounding the theme song. She is
a real joy.
Laura and Billy Dreyer have a
dancing turn that has no outstand-
ing merit in it. according to my way
Of thinking. Harry Lang and Ber-
nice Haley offer some eccentric non.
sense in who Is Your Boss?" The
whistling of Lang ard his comedy
work put this team over in good
shape.
Galetti and his trained monkeys
have an act of splendid merit. I'm
tala, dancing monk, is marvel. This
monkey dances TO the strains Of
The March of the Wooden Sol
diers." A mighty fine novelty. The
two comedy monkeys hand out good
fun. Ed Levan and Joe Doris do
some hoofing and several songs, but
their dancing is easily their best bet.
The movie is Glenn Tryon in
Madame Sans Jane"
At Keith's all week.