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a fine home at Bayside. Long Island,
eats three square meals a day and
is seldom idle. Jim possesses all the
SAVIOR faire of the finished artist, and
a breezy spontaneity which Is sensed
by all his auditors. But even those
accustomed to the horrors Of an
opening first night" frequently fail
before the microphone. The lack of
a visible audience, with its immediate
appreciation or other response. is a
deadly deterrent to a satisfactory per-
Torrance, assuming that the star is
able to go on at all. Having had
some experience with stage folk in
front of Mike" I was especially
anxious that Corbett should not
suffer from microphone fright. My
fears were groundless, however, for
Jim was always a lap ahead of me.
We had agreed before going on the
air that / would put questions to him
concerning various high spots of his
pugilistic career. Apart from that,
the former heavyweight champion
was unprepared. AS fast as shot a
question, he responded with an
answer, always turning 1t at the end
with a clever extempore line 'of his
own. He was what the theater calls
a wow Hundreds of letters poured
in that week, referring to the event.
y X
PENNY LEONARD is another scin.
tillating meteor who needed no
smelling salts. Leonard attacked the
microphone with all the energy he
displayed against an adversary in the
ring. He literally crawled into the
instrument.
Vincent Richards, buoyantly youth
full, spoke his piece without fear.
One night Tex Richard was sched-
uled to appear with me. At the last
moment he sent pinch hitter. "
Strangely enough, the gentleman who
arrived at the studio had voice
closely, almost weirdly, resembling
that of the famous ring impresario.
There was no intent to defraud the
public by putting this man on the air
although Tex's most intimate friends
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>ambers Testimonial Encourages Spirited Tale of the Pas

His country residence, Weston, was
a large manor out on the Rockville
pike. and embraced all the land that
is now being beautified by the erection
of the magnificent Episcopal Cathe
dral. \TEere he erected large anil
spacious cOlonial-type home that was
the pride of ante-bellum Washington.
but which in the march of progress.
being directly on Massachusetts ave
nue., was demolished in 1905.
''Mr. Causten and my father were
great friends. and / recall when a
kiddie the pleasure had in visiting
the old ancestral place. especially
from boys viewpoint. as II was full
of the finest cherries, peach, pear and
plum trees.
Mr.. Causten and his people, espe
cially the YoungS, We're of the best
that old Washington produced. and 1t
was sure some good memories your
article created.
Yours sincerely.
JOHN HADLEY DOYLE"
While you were reading that testi-
monial you were thinking that 1 had
something to do with it. The idea
makes me indignant. My gorge rises
and spleen swells at the charge. 1
have not met John Doyle for weeks
have not written, nor phoned, nor
radioed him about any testimonial.
l have not sent any of my agents to
see him. I have not said to any friend
of his or mine, IF l could have q few
testimonials sent to the office. i would
be willing to collaborate in their com
posing and bear the postal charge.
Testimonials might give me q better
rating among the other greatest writ.
ers, and perhaps the lovely typist in
the shop would throw me a glance
once a while" I had nothing to DO
with encouraging, abetting and writ
ing that testimonial. 1t was an un-
avoidable accident. Tell 'em so.
Tahni
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the public man who lived there in
1870.
X X X
WELL, here is the list: Senator'S
w Schuyler Colfax, Vice President,
South Bend, Ind, z Lafayette Square
west; Henry B. Anthony. Providence.
r. J., 1917 Pennsylvania avenue;
Thomas F. Bayard. Wilmington, Del,
Wormley's, 1900 Fl; William G. Brown
low, Knoxville. Tenn, 4 North A;
Simon Cameron, Harrisburg. Pa,
Whitney's Hotel; Matthew ii. Carpen-
ter, Milwaukee, Wis, WIZARDS Hotel:
Eugene Casserly, San Francisco, 1918
II; Zachariah Chandler. Detroit, 1903
II: Roscoe Conklin. Utica, 1876 FIT
teenth: Aaron II. Cragin, Lebanon.
n. H., 325 c; George f. Edmunds.
Burlington, VT, 1411 Massachusetts
avenue Highland Terracel; Orris 8.
Ferry, Norwalk. Conn, 1910 G: j. W.
Flanagan, Wallings Ferry. Tex, Cas-.
paris House: Morgan C.. Hamilton,
Hagerstown, Md, SIC Tenth; Hanni-
bal Hamlin. Bangor, Me-, Seaton
House; James Harlan, Mount Pleas
ant, Iowa, 1923 II: John w. Johnson,
Abingdon, Va, sos Twelfth: William
p. Kellogg, New Orleans, Wizards
Hotel; John f. Lewis. Port Republic,
Va. 1880 I: Thomas c. McCreery,
tin S. Morrill,. Augusta. Me-, $40
Twelfth: Lot NJ. Morrill,, STAFFORD,
VT mo Washington address,; Morton
p. Oliver, Indianapolis. National Ho-
| tel Samuel c. Pomeroy, Atchison,
Kans, 1923 II; John Pool, Raleigh,
\. c., st. Cloud Hotel; Hiram P. Rev.
els (colored), NatcheZ. Miss, 1928 K;
| Willard Salisbury, Georgetown, Del,
kirkwood House; Carl Shurz, st.
Louis, 1920 F: John Sherman, Mans
| field, Ohio, Hamilton House; William
| Sprague, Providence. r. l., COL +; NJ.
Stewart. Virginia City. New, 1928
| Massachusetts, avenue: John +. Stock.
ton. Princeton. y. j.. 1907 II: Charles
Summer. Boston. corner Vermont ave.
nue. and H; John NJ. Thayer, Omaha
Nebr.. National Hotel; Allen G. Thur.
man, Columbus, Ohio, Wormley's; Ly.
man Trumbull Chicago. sos Thir-
/ tenth; George Vickers. ChestertoWn,
| Md. National Hotel; Henry Wilson.
| Natick, Mass, Washington House;
William Window, Winona, Mimi, 1872
| II: Richard Yates, Jacksonville, Ill.,,
/ St. Marc Hotel.
Sentatives-.James G. Blaine
Speaker, Augusta, Me-, S21 Fifteenth
William B. Allison, Dubuque, Iowa
| Wormleys; Ames Cakes, North Eas
| ton. Mass. tho Washington address)
Stevenson Archer, Belair. Md. Cas-
paris House; Nathaniel p. Banks. Wal
than, Mass, Arlington House; james
3. Beck. Lexington, Ky. 1925 F; Johr
A. Bingham, Cadiz, Ohio. Washington
House; Benjamin F. Butler, Lowell
Mass, 1445 /; Omar ID. Conger, Port
Huron. Mich, National Hotel: samue
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I Christian-The Rev. o. A. Bartholo-
NEW.
Unitarian-The Rev. Frank Hinck-
ley.
Universalist Murray Universalist
Society, service at Masonic Hall, Ninth
and F.; Observation-Disclosures Hall,
Pennsylvania avenue.
New Jerusalem-The Rev. Jabez
Fox, free reading room over MetZerott
Hall.
Lutheran-The Revs. G. l.. Rietz.
William Frey, J. G. Butler and w. f..
Parsons.
German Reformed-The Rev. j. w.
Ebbinghause
The heads of congregations in
Georgetown were Father Charles
Stonestreet and the Rev. w. w. VIII
liams, j. Z. Brown, j. Fl. Chew, A. b..
Atkins. j. III. Dashiell, j. w. Hoover,
III. c. Mcdaniel, l.. w. Bates. A. Fos-
ter, James Nelson and John Suman.
THE Rambler does not get many tes-
timonials. but that does not dis
learten him. He goes to the cash
ier's office every Monday. just as
though he were worth it.. Some of our
special writers get so many testimo-
library this morning, Say, 30, are
you a writer or a patent medicine?"
One consolation is that I do not pay
the postage on my testimonials, and /
give the names and addresses of the
writer's. Here follows testimonial
that f1atters me so much / cannot keep
it to myself. 1t is from my old friend.
and your old friend, John Hadley
Doyle Johnny Doyle for short, No.
3016 o street northwest tGeorgetown):
MY Dear Shannon:
'You know how muchly am inter
ested in your 'Ramblers' and i follow
your digging up of the hallowed past,
being of the old cycle class, with a
high degree of enthusiasm, and The
Star is to be congratulated on your
work. as it is superb. (Quit yer
kiddin', JohnD
I'm yesterdays Ramble you men
toned the tomb of Mr.. James II.
Causten and the wonderful array of
names and legends that adorned the
sepulcher, and you. will pardon me if
inform you something of that splen.
did character. He was one of the
leading characters of this city. law
yer of national reputation, closing out
his career as the international head Of
the Mexican Claims Commission, which
he carried through to a success, pleas
ing to both countries, as there were
many intricate claims OF the war be-
tween the United States and Mexico
in 184S.
His town residence was on FL
street, where the Washington Hotel
now stands, a large and imposing resi-.
dence, the scene OF many brilliant so
cial gatherings and attended by the
elite before the stormy days Of 1851.
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one of the first stars I ever intro
duced to an unseen audience. Gene
was beginning to flash, but he was
still in the class of those young fel-
lows who are trying to get along. TX
there is one outstanding or conspic-
uous quality Tunney Is notable for. IL
is cold. calculating. self-assurance.
In the ring or out, he Is well bal
anced. In the parlance Of the cauli-
flower industry. he waited for the
microphone to lead to him and then
he socked 1t with all he had.
Gene spoke in a low voice. enun-
ciating slowly and clearly. The first
give-away of nerve-shot radio
victim is the tendency to rush pell-
nell through the time allotted or to
read monotonously. They are usually
so badly scared that they see only a
tumble of words on the manuscript
before them. The frightened speaker
is often quite apt to inject a nervous
cough. These are sure signs.
On the other hand, the experienced
speaker converses or should converse
with his invisible listener, accentuat-
ing this word or that line. so that the
auditor does not sense that something
Is being read to him.
Tunney delivered one of the smooth
est talks that ever went over the air.
Following the talk, women as well
as men wrote in commenting on the
genteel and cultured manner of his
delivery. One elderly lady said she
would always be more interested In
prize fights in the future.
Several folks actually wrote in and
said that Tunney's talk did not com
pare with that of the boxer who used
desc" and dem They thought
that Gene was trying to "high-hat"
them. The low-brow talk exemplified
more of the spirit of the ring and
camp, in the opinion of others.
Scores of famous characters have
appeared at different times sharing
the microphone with me. Each had
his own manner of approaching the
little metal disc. This much can be
said of them: each. with few excep-
tions, would have far preferred COM
peting in his own speciality than try
ing conclusions with radios fearful
little contraption known as the
microphone.
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| conscientious objector can take the
air" instead of go on II.
Well meaning folk often complain
| that the announcer has too much to
say, but in most instances the re-
cipient of this criticism has no author
ity in the matter. He is simply given
| his written announcements and intro
auctions by the program staff, and
more frequently than not reads some
| one else'S words.
! X X x
TT has been a privilege during my
l. broadcasting efforts to introduce
champions in the various fields of
sport. AS a simple confession. it is
! far easier for me to speak for Is min
| utes than to turn champion loose
| on the air. in a manner OF speaking.
| am always sure of what ] am going
| to say but perspire freely while my
guest is talking.
It must be remembered that q great
athlete may not be a fluent speaker.
| The environment and education tor
| lack of it, of many fine boxers miti
gates against the acquisition of an
imposing vocabulary. They are more
accustomed to expressing themselves
with their fists than by the more art
full usage of the spoken word.
1t is therefore obvious that their
talks necessitated considerable prepa.
ration. A 50-cent word followed by
| a desc" or dem" would sound luGA-
crous. This does not imply that all
boxers, particularly the present gen.
Grafton. are illiterates. 1t was my
function. however, to write clearly,
simply and succinctly for them the
words they were to speak. This was
usually followed by a dress rehearsal"
short time before we were due to go
on the air.
1t was necessary to time ourselves
so that we would not extend our period
or, for that matter, be too brief, thus
causing a dead spot between our fea-
ture and the one scheduled to follow.
How did these stars face the I'M
responsive microphone? In other
words, how did they get away with
it?
One of my first victims, a well
known fighter, who for the purpose
of saving him embarrassment shall
be nameless, caused me night Of
sleeplessness. He arrived at the
studio too late to enable us to rehearse
our line. The story had been written
for him the day before, and at 1880
we were on the air. This young man
bore all the trade marks of his bust
ness. He was what is known as the
typical prize fighter. His tone was
cultural, although clear. 1t was not
until he reached the first "the" that
the studio staff began to gaze ques-
tionably at each other. Out it came.
dee" Then followed a perfect tor
rent of desc" dose 'dem," wit,
dis gotta and 'woild."
1t was too late to shut him off the
air. AS a matter of simple fact, he
was saying nothing which could be
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| irish to play ball before such a crowd,
but to speak to them.
| The consciousness of all this
struck frankie full between the eyes,
as he uttered his first word. The
| papers In his hands shook like blow
| ing leaves befoEe n gale. Frtsch
| would have preferred being any place
| save within two feet of that terribly
| ing instrument listening to the hollow
| sound of his voice.
I stood back of him ready to leap
| to the Mike" in the event Of an
| emergency. Frank, however, called
upon all his youthful courage and
| weathered the thing. l hope. IL he
| reads this, he will forgive me for
| telling this yarn about him.
Paavo Nurmi, the great Swedish
runner, had just concluded a victori-
| Gus race. Thousands Of spectators,
| in true American fashion, rose and
| shouted their adulation for the
slender, pale figure who flashed along
| the cinders like q deer in flight
| Shortly after the run L introduced
| Paavo to those who might never see
| him but who could hear his voice. He
| could not speak English. He began
| bravely enough in his native tongue.
| He faltered, his lips trembled, his
| voice trailed off to a whisper. and he
| ended in the middle of a sentence.
| The microphone had licked him.
| Sam Jones, pitching ace Of the
| Yankees, is another athletic hero who
appeared with me before Mike"
| While Sam. was not visibly nervous,
he recalled to mind tbs small school
boy who had suddenly been called
| on to speak his piece.
/ shall not soon forget my little
friend Joie Ray, "Chesty joe" as he
is known. Gifted with flying legs and
a heart of steel, the diminutive track
star radiated confidence. Joie liter.
ally stepped up and shook hands
with the microphone. and at the con-
clusion Of his talk we discovered that
he had exceeded his kme by five
| minutes. Joie fairly jumped at his
audience and ran them ragged. In
fact, he was surprised when he was
stopped.
Paul Berlenbach, former Olympic
| wrestling champion and light heavy
| weight champion, as some may know,
was deaf and dumb for many years
preceding young manhood. He is in
| possession of his faculties today, how
ever, although his voice is not particu-
larry strong. and he speaks with a
| slight accent. Laboring under this
handicap, Paul managed to fight
Mike to a draw by the end of the
scheduled times.
Then there was dear old Jim
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s. Cox, New York, Arlington House;
Shelby M. McCullom, Springfield, ILL.,,
6lO Thirteenth; Henry L. Dawes,
Pittsfield, Mass, Ebbitt House; r. T.
w. Duke, Charlottesville, Va, 419
Fourth; John F. Farnsworth, st.
Charles, Mo-, 116 c; Orange Ferris,
Glens Falls, n. Y, SO Twelfth;
Thomas w. Ferry, Grand Haven,
Mich, National Hotel: James A. Gar
field, Hiram, Ohio, 1927 l; JamSs X.
Gibson, Abingdon, Va. Ebbitt Ho~>e:
Samuel Hambleton, Easton, Md, Cas-
paris House; George f. Harris, Her
nando, Miss, 3s9 Third Robert s.
Hefiin, Opelika, Ala, 440 l; George F..
Hoar, Worcester, Mass, 1927 F; Will
liam S. Holman, Aurora, Ind, Third
and Missouri avenue: Eben f. niger
soil, Peoria, ILL.,, 1903 X: William d.
Kelley, Philadelphia. Wizards Hotel;
Michael c. Kerr, New Albany, Ind,
461 Missouri avenue; John II. Ketch-
am, Dover, n Y, Wizards Hotel;
j. Proctor Knott, Lebanon, Ky, 72O
Thirteenth: John A. Logan, Carbon
| dale, ILL.,, 8 Grant place; Horace Ma
nard, Knoxville, Tenn, Washington
House: Daniel J. Morrell, YOUNGSTOWN.
Pa, 1921 Fl; John Morrissey, n. Y,
| a
Petersburg, Va, 1918 K; Luke p. Po-
| land, st. Johnsbury, VT, 4 North A;
Samuel J. Randall. Philadelphia, 121
| Ingle place; Philetus Sawyer. Oshkosh
Wis, Ais Fourth; Henry II. Stark
| weather Norwich, Conn, Jenness
House: Frederick Stone. Port Tobacco,
Md, Union Hotel, Georgetown;
| Thomas Swami, Baltimore, 1923 Fiji
teenth; Daniel w. Voorhees,, Terre
Haute, Ind, AIS Missouri avenue.
There were Delegates from the Ter
ritories of Colorado, Montana, New
Mexico, Washington, Utah, Arizona
| Wyoming. Idaho and Dakota.
| I find in the Congress Directory OF
| 1870 the following places of interest
which may prick your-no, not your
conscience, but just your memory
Department Of Agriculture, the Island
opposite Thirteenth street; county Jail,
corner Fourth street west and G north
Temperance Hall, E north between
Ninth and Tenth west; American Col
onization Society, Pennsylvania ave
nue. and Four-and-a-half; Y. M. G. A.,
! Ninth corner d; Washington &
(secr3etown Railroad Co. New Jersey
avenue; Board of Trade rooms, No. 4
| Market Space; Academy of the Vista
ton, 462 G north st. Vincent's Catho
| lie Female Orphan Asylum, 439 Tenth
west; Arlington House, Vermont ave,
nue. between I'll and /; Kirkwood
House, corner Twelfth and Pennsyl
vania avenue; Seaton House, Louisi
| ana avenue between Sixth and Sew.
enth: Continental Hotel, Pennsylvania
avenue between Third and Four -and.a
half; Washington House, corner Third
and Pennsylvania avenue; st. Charles
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~ LIVIA BRIGGS was writing
Capitol stories before 1870 for
John w. Fordney's Wash
ington Chronicle and Phila-'
delphia Press The Oldest
Congress Directory in our Office library
is Of 1870. and in that Mrs. Briggs is
registered among members of the
press at the Capitol with three other
women, Maria A. Stetson, Topeka
State Record; Mrs. Lippincott. New
! York Tribune, and Miss Snead, New
York World.
In 1870 Mrs. Briggs looked on and
wrote of men whose names have his
toric significance, and l will pick from
the list of Senators and Representa-
tives names that have a reminiscent
value. You can claim to have been
intimate with them. You may have
lodged in a boarding house with one.
or have stood by another at the ma
tional bar. You may have been in a
group at Wizards, which listened to a
great man telling stories which he
had told on the hustings a thousand
times and which had been told before
him. You may have heard one of the
q barbecue at Green Spring, picnic
on AnaIostan Island, a jolly meet at
the Schuetzen Park or a tournament
at Bladensburg Spa. For 90 years
you may have been telling your chill
dren and theirs of your intimacy with
,nese historic men. Perhaps you have
written papers on them for a literary
society and have given innocent lis
teners the idea that you and Senators
This and That We're triplets. OF
course. you may have been an affec
tionate companion OF some of the men
whose names will follow. IL is q sat
lsfaction to us to have known some
man who amounted to something
When we think of those we know
now, it is refreshing TO recall that
we once knew a man whose stories
Ue could hear with pleasure.
with the names of the big men of
1870 the Rambler gives you the home
address and the Washington address.
There are reasons for this. The home
address ought to give thrill TO every
hodv IN Washington who came from or
has relatives in the town named. The
Washington address may suggest te
YOU that certain changes have come
in Washington in fifty-odd years
Every one now living at the number
given can tell his friends that he
lives in a historic house and can tell
that a. great man lived there in 1870
II ia not necessary 10 say that you
read il in the Rambler. II will sound
better il YOU say that you bought OF
rented the house because Of its his
toric qualities, and that you have al
WAYS been a student OF the career o.
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Electric Thermometers.

THE measurement OF temperature
by electric means is called electric
pyrometry. Such perfection has been
attained that. it is claimed, in this re-
spect such measurement Is applicable
from near the absolute lonesome 400
degrees F. below the ordinary zero-to
a temperature Of melting platinum.
more than 5000 degrees F. above zero.
Among the methods Of measuring
temperature by electrical means may
be mentioned that which depends on
the increase Of electrical resistance OF
a pure metal with increase of tempera-
ture. Another method depends on the
production of an electro.motive force
in circuit of two metals when one
junction is kept at a constant tempera-
ture and the other is heated to the
temperature which it is desired to
measure. Many electric pyromsters
give o continuous record Of the ten,
psraturs on revolving drum. a.
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to go to church in 1870. There were
not many amuSements. The dusty
roadway of F. street was scarcely
stirred by horses hoof on Sunday
and the peal of a church bell could be
heard afar. In the paled gardens al
New York avenue and Fourteenth
street simple flowers grew. In cot
tages on G. and III and out Fourteenth
street as far as the coppices and
groves on LINN streets, law-keeping
families read the Bible O. evenings by
waxlight or by the mellow glow of an
Argande lamp. The neighborhood
would be upset did Susie come home
at am AS / remember, the young
ladies of the family did not dance
Black Bottom on the dining room table.
The engaging topic was not how to
make a cocktail out of turpentine,
chloroform and paint. How much bet
ter those dear folk were than you
will not say. l lack the nerve. My
! job is to hold readers. not to drive 'em
off But in those days churches were
quite prosperous and most ministers
had a we'll fed look. To call your no
tice to that part of the ancient history
of our city, / have taken from the old
directory the names Of ministers, with
the hope that you will be interested
in the list. I believe that some of you
will recall that your grandparents sat
under the spiritual guidance of one of
the piOus men named, and even 1t
may be that a few of you will recall
that you once heard sermon. 1t is
not the Rambler's wish to put too
great a tax on your memory, but
and here follows the list
Presbyterian--The Revs. Byron Sun
derland, S. S. Mitchell, John c. Smith,
G. b. Boynton, George III. Smyth, J. N.
Coombs, John Chester. B. F. Bittinger.
Louis r. Fox, J. NJ. Armour and A. w.
Pitzer.
Episcopal-The Revs A. Jackson,
A. Floridus Steele, Charles H. Shield,
John " Lewis, Thomas G.. Addison,
Thomas A. Starkey. William Pinkney,
r. w. Lowrie. A. Holmead, James A.
Buch and John e. Mckee.
Catholic-Fathers j. A. Walter, j.
Rabbia, Charles I. White, James Nc
Dewitt, Matthias Alig, F. Coll, Domi-
nick Young, NJ. B. Fortune, B. A. Ma
guire, Aloysius Roccofort, p. F. Nc
Carthy, John McNally, F. Barotti and
F. Hoganforst.
Methodist Episcopal-The Revs.
John p. Newman, w. 7. ID. GLENN,
Alexander e. Gibson, 3. Peyton
Brown, Samuel A. Wilson, w. T. L..
Weech. J. b. Vanmeter. James Brads,
E. D. Owen. Thomas c. Clark, w. B.
Tudor, l.. T. Welderman and James G..
Henning.
Methodist Protestant--The Revs. -
Drinkhouse and Joseph p. Wilson.
Gongregafi0nal-The Rev. DIR. Ran
kin.
Baptist The Revs. Cuthbert,
.-WaSreE 81 g. Mead0e. J. ~ Par.
ker and. N(1er burlington.