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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
President and First Lady
Observing Social Season
With Customary Courtesies
No Departure Made From Program of Hos pitality
That Has Marked Their Stay In
White House.
BY sALLIE V. H. PICKETT.

TIME President Coolidge entertaining with much
their years Of residence White thereby belle
dead season socially Never has there been
more overcrowded season prospect -,
IF there are many delightful diplomatic
b 1n IS 9 ae At I dinner n snS co O hOS
of blue brocad adding special interest to her toilet
eyes seemed looking out at
THE President and Mrs Coolidge
at the White House for Friday afternoon November 49, when
held Northampton,
Mass.
WITH large number newly diplomats attending
the R an es ne g the ahe v several i0fS the
ladies Of the Japanese embassy suite their native dress and
for has been nent and the
will be large
LTHOUGH Washington will social casualties the
Eo we're s eSs to a Senate ae on mad ae e
I Cutting Of New Mexico ranks
good looks and his knshp to Of Gothams most lurous
Andeus Jones 5d tern but he will return for
tenure OF SIX years a1er Marcn 1917
sent back to his old seat Senator David
other of the unmarried members Of the house
was not at stake All Of the wdowers returned also among whom
Senator arthur d holds nigh Place in social d
Montana has large have Senator'S e KenGrc and
while regular pail places the defeat of Senator
Gerry of Rhode Island.
MO interesting function scheduled coming
the a s1NWe % u aa C e @ to be
curtis D. wilbur Mrs Charles P summea Mrs william conmor
NaS and on oou
be g so @ Some 2 yDOna @ nd M
occasion the high spot of their Yuetide visits
MOST brilliant young parties to be given
M this week will be that Of Saturday Evening at the
arriving today from that city to spend some time here She will
the Secretary OF State Mrs kellogg to the White House
Thursday evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11

President and Mrs Coolidge are entertaining with as c
their Of residence in the White House and thereby belle
the old saying that the last of an is
socially there fuller fact
overcrowded season in prospect
Evening star., 1928-12-16
"Graham
McNamee
Speaking !"
McNarl1ee

grams-a telephone wire has to be abb
solutely stripped. Radio carriage, in
cluding the entire range Of vibrations
between a deep bass and high So
prano, or between a bass horn and a
piccolo, must have play Of from to
5000 kilocycles. This means that a
wire carrying program must be used
for this purpose only. Furthermore,
there is vast amount of delicate en-
gineering necessary, with special re-
peaters, stepping up the vibrations, as
they do on an ordinary telephone cir
cult. An ordinary telephone wire does
not have to have these special fire.
quencies, and there Is q margin on
which by-products, such as Morse, may
be carried
No Loss in Transmission.
When my voice makes the round
trip from Pasadena to New York over
these specially prepared, delicately bal
anced wires. in approximately one
twelfth of second, there will not be
the slightest loss in clarity or volume,
no dimming or blurring, no leakage or
obstruction of any sort. With hundreds
of persons participating, on the tele-
phone circuit and in the various broad
casting stations, and with jnnumerable
sensitive instruments involved, the
effect, remote or near, will be the same
as in direct broadcasting to distance
of a mile or two, SO far as the essen
tials of addition are concerned With
out the auxiliary telephone system, the
Evening star., 1928-12-16
IGNORES VACUUM
TUBE D|SPUTAT|ON
BY CounseI'S Advice, Com
mission Keeps "Hands OFF,
Radio Corporation Case.

Finding itself without authority to
intervene In any manner in the cele-
brated Radio Corporation of America
vacuum tube case, the Federal Radio
Commission, upon advice of its general
counsel, Louis G.. Caldwell, will main
tain q handS-of policy until it is
forced to intervene by law.
Suggestions were made to the COM
mission that in view of the decision
of the courts in the tube case granting
a preliminary injunction against the
RCA on the grounds that its agreement
with certain radio manufacturers was
in conflict with the ANTITRUST laws,
the commission Is directed to deny re-
newalS of the many radio licenses held
by the RCA and its subsidiaries, But
Caldwell, in his formal opinion says
there has been no final adjudication IN
this case, and consequently the COM
mission cannot properly withhold the
renewals of the licenses, under the
terms OF section Is of the radio act.
Lacks Discretionary Powers.
Caldwell merely informs the commits
sion that at this time it has no dis
cretionary powers in the tube case. He
says the merits of the case and the
applicability OF section 10 cannot be
considered as adjudicated until the
lower court and the final decree
rendered.
:. Should the case finally be decided
against the RCA-that is, should
tas Supreme Court rule that by its
working agreement with rs radio man
ufacturers, making mandatory the in
Stallation OF RCA tubes in their sets,
the RCA Is violating the Federal stat
uteS-thcn the commission will have
TO consider It's jurisdiction, according
to Caldwell. Even then it is ques-
tionahle whether section Ii is appH-
cable, because it Is vague as to whether
criminal proceedings only" are the
basis for refusal to renew licenses,
whereas the present litigation is civil
Caldwell makes 1t clear that, If, in the
final analysis, the case is decided
against the RCA, and section 13 is
construed as applicable, then the COM
mission has no discretion in the mat
ter and must refuse a license"
Drastic Action Doubted.
But it is hardly likely that so drastic
o step will be taken, even II the case
eliminates in this way. The facilities
involved are of such vital importance
that it is inconceivable to expect that
any Federal authority would permit
their sacrifice, because of a possible in
fraction Of the law such as may be
Involved in the tube case.
Perhaps the greatest danger would
be to- the transoceanic channels allo-
Gated the RCA by the commission.
These aresof incalculable value. Should
the commission dnd that it must obey
the Law, and deny renewal of these
licenses, which are only small portion
OF the licenses held by the RCA and
its subsidiaries that would be involved,
it would give every. other nation the
opportunity to squat on them, be-
cause there then would be no licensed
American occupant. But, it is safe to
say, this viii never come about.
ocopyrieht. 1928, by the Consolidated Press.)
Evening star., 1928-12-16

longest radius for consistent broadcast
ing is about rs miles. OF course, sta
tions with, high output power are heard
across the oceans in remote countries,
but IS miles Is about the maximum
for dependable reception.
As the result of this, with the Nation
wanting national programs and the
radio wizards ready to supply them,
radio is now the largest single user
of telephone wires in the world. Per-
sonally, I have been intensely inter-
ested in the manner in which new
industry has thus stimulated and
strengthened an old one, and has fitted
into the widening pattern OF communl-
cations. now increasingly indispensable
in modern life. ;,
In a recent public address, David
Sarnotf, vice president of the Radio
Corporation of America, aptly pnraSeo
the significance Of radio in its relation
to other industries. / quote from this
address as follows:
Listening Public Created.
"The growth of the radio industry in
the United States is now a matter OF
industrial history. Responding to the
needs of radio service to the home, an
industry has arisen in the past eight
years that now does business of $500,
000, 900 annually. In this period OF
time vast distribution system had to
be created The radio jobber and the
radio dealer are new units in our 1n-
dustrial system. For a long time the
musical jobber and the musical dealer
stood aloof from radio, they were wait
ing for time to determine whether q
receiving set was electrical equipment
or a musical instrument.
When the radio industry outgrew its
first customer, the radio amateur, the
electrical industry of the United States
undertook to create a listening public.
1t was unique experiment in indus
trial development. It was as if the pub
Evening star., 1928-12-16
''Grahafn

YHEN we broadcast the Georgia
A Tech-U. S. C. game, at the
wv Rose Bowl at Pasadena,
January /, the voice will
make a .7,000-mile round
trip to New York before being heard
in a loud speaker block away from
the stadium This is due. to the fact
that national network broadcaSting,
for the present, must flow from east to
west, Just as surely as the Mississippi
must flow from north to south. Tele-
phone wires are now engineered for
one-way trips only In carrying radio
programs from one city to another.
But even with this present, and pos
sibly temporary limitation Tthea develop
ment OF the national telephone system,
in response to the needs Of radio, has
been remarkable, and constitutes a
splendid technical achievement. There
are now about 10 coast-to-coaSt broad
casts every week, employing more than
$4,000 miles of telephone wire in inter-
city transmission. This development
has come about, for the most part,
within the last five years Previous to
1923, national distribution of radio
program was an utopian dream. Then
suddenly technical advances began to
be matched with an economic demand
which made the expansion of wire con-
nections urgently neceSSary. AS a re-
suit, the telephone company has ac-
complished 10 years work in 5.
For network broadcasting- rather
for the interstation carriage Of pro-
Evening star., 1928-12-16

fishing industry were to undertake the
task Of public education in order to
create class of readers for the printed
word; as if the musical instrument
makers were to give lessons in music
and organize bands througout the coufl-
try in order to establish market for
their products.
Despite the fact that chapter and
verse were quoted from economic
precedent TO show that no industry
could survive which was burdened with
a service established upon such basis,
the, industry grew apace and the listen
ing public with it. In eight years more
than 35.000,000 people in the United
States were radio listeners and some
100000 homes equipped with radio
receiving sets.
Sources of Support Found.
"Just as the radio industry had to
chart new roads of industry develop
nlent, so did broadcasting have to find
new sources of support for mass COM
munication to the home
mot only has industry contributed
greatly to the improvement of the
broadcasting program, but it has made
possible the development and extension
of the broadcasting system. In few
Evening star., 1928-12-16

years broadcasting has become o vast
educational medium. Certainly the phe-
nomenal interest in the recent presi-
dental campaign was due largely to
radio broadcasting. The influence of
the printed work is great, but the in
fiuence of the spoken word was neces-
sary to humanize the political campaign
in millions of homes"
While am not personally concerned,
primarily, with either technical or eco
nonlic aspects of radio, am reminded
daily that these developments are in
separable in interest from its artistic
and educational values. 1t is eco
nofnically important because it stirs
new curiosity, new desires and new i'm
pulses to action among great masses of
people. For this reason it seems to me
to be more closely involved with COM
plex living processes, involving all
human society, than any invention since
the printing press.
Graham McNamee signing of.
(Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1928-12-16
U. S. TO EXHIBIT.

& The United States will show how it
keeps the air in order for radio trans
mission ana reception at the interna-
tional exposition at Seville, Spain, next
year.
: A model of the official test car will be
displayed. The car is an American de-
veiopnnent in the field control OF radio
activities. It carries an engineer and
an. assistant. with special gauges they
measure the frequency and field
strength OF broadcaSting stations. That
is to prevent interference, discover "obr
structionSv and generally to provide
better radio service to the public.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
STATION GIVEN PERMIT
TO CONSTRUCT AUXILIARY
KYW, Chicago, Gets Authority to
Build Extra Transmitter
Outside Citv.

The Federal Radio Commission has
authorized station KYW, Chicago, to
construct an auxiliary transmitter of
5000 watts power outside of the city.
1t will be synchronized with the main
transmitter for the purpose of affording
better reception to city listeners who
have had trouble owing to the absorp-
ton OF the waves by steel buildings To-
Gated near the station.
The situation in Baltimore, a notably
Evening star., 1928-12-16

bad spot in the spectrum, apparently
has been cleared up. Listeners report
greatly improved reception from WBAL
and WFBR since the commission
changed the frequency of the latter to
eliminate interference.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

In the past year nearly 800 new fac
tories we're opened in New Zealand.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

Caldwell Back in Chicago.
Nate Caldewll, announcer, has re-
turned to WBBM. Chicago, from KOHL,
Council Bluffs.
Evening star., 1928-02-16
Book Reviews.

The Pubic Library oDncgct& many
sh.iv,,.es .pr ne benefit q! the people
which tie pgb!ic al large .a s1ot a. Vel!
acquainted with a& It well might he
for its oSn p!ot,
Ore cf these eztFg activities IL the
seF.eE of Dtt3k review meetings 2ad Dis
elasions which are Aele III the chill
eren's fooTn u tsse central b4i.ding
Ths meeting WedDtaday night st Q
C'clock WILL De 'yglcai
Or. 0sogge r. Eo@efmzn, librarian
vii review The Rise q. American
Civilization Dy e. A. eGd Ii II. Beard
James Bryce" by II r.. l.. fasier
"1Eotiaer IIdis," ny KGtI4erine Mayo
''Tne Meaning Of . Liberal Education,
ky T. u. Martin: "Lfs!a Currents IL
american Thought" by Y, l.. Pairing
:on, and Tins Believing Woflc." b!
lewis Browne MsE. Helen EHinbatgeI
Will review VIII james Cow Country
SAD e b. hakEeljs Trails Fio"e'
Undsf"
Here ere sorle ~ the discussed kSJki
ei the moment, about which oIe ma.
learn many interesting facA mefei!
through the little erora required y
sIavei down TO Ninth street and EsS
YORK avenue.
tAl interested peEsoaA s4s l1.5alsG Y
Evening star., 1928-02-16
What. Indeed?

Whats that got to co with it?'
countercd Col. Lindbereh when asked
by the curious what he ate during his
recent flight to St. Louis.
The replies of this intrepid young
man continue to be models of conver-
sstional honesty. mixed with q sublime
sort of common-scnsc. He continues
to rebuff, in his courteous manner, the
Unsuitable greed of humanity for petty
details in the lives of Its heroes.
To the hero worshiper nothing con-
nected with the great one is inconse-
quential. He wants to know how the
hero lives. what he eats. how long he
sleeps, what he does for recreation
what he reads. The private life OF
every man in the public eye must be
laid more or less open. in order to sat-
isfy the natural curiosity which per-
haps strives better to understand great
ness by bringing it down to its own
level
The hero. however. is slightly irked
and. naturally enough. by a continual
harping on one topic. He who never
thinks of food when in the air cannot
understand why he is forever greeted
with one question. What did YOU eat?'
What's that got TO do with it?" he
asks, with as near to irritation as he
ever shows. What. indeed? The thing
has got to point where no doubt the
Lone Eagle shrinks from landing. He
knows that no sooner will he have
come through fog and danger. calling
upon all his resources, all his flying
intelligence. than some one will pop
up with what did va eat?"
Some day. no doubt. If this keeps up,
he will smile that wholesome grin of
his and reply, grave,y, The moon and
a couple Of stars. OF course"
Evening star., 1928-02-16

attend" states the library. While thcs
meetings have been well attended. there
is always room for more. The Interest
in books. especially new books, Is
perennial.
What can be more pleasing. to one
who loves books, than to listen to them
discussed by experts' And where, ono
mieht reasonably ask ones self. can a
better expert be found than tbs
librarian of the Pubic Library?
He has his finger Gil the pulse Of the
reading public. He knows what the
people read, he knows exactly how many
books. and what th,ir titles are, and
hc IS in an excellent position to tell
'ct.lcrs about them.
This is pcivilccs which those in
terested in reading should not miss. and
Is merely one phase of the any-sidc<.
activities Of the Pubic Library of
Washington.
Evening star., 1928-02-16
THIS AND THAT
RY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

will be filled promptly and carefully.
And. of course. guaranteed to please
you In every way. And don't forget
to send a letter with your order"
n X " "
Open the catalogue and you run into
something like this,
II think without any question this
is the earliest radish grown, and Is the
prettieSt radish ever saw. A brilliant
scarlet in color. Pkt., 10 cents; o.. Is
cents; y, pound IS cents; pound,
| $125: S pounds. at $i.15 per pound: 10
pounds, at $l.05 per pound.
Asparagus is easy to grow" the
reader is Informed PLANT seed or set
plants early. This talk about trenching
is all bosh. just get the roots In the
ground right side up and cover 3 or
inches deep
course. Plant 10 inches apart In the
row. Rows any convenient distance
apart.
"It really grows like a weed
"Just give it room and decent culti-
vation and you can't help but succeed.
No crop first year, but good crop next
year. and plenty from then on for 20
freeze out or dry out drown out or
hail out Sure income. One of the
best Spring tonics known"
Well, one has a better opinion of
asparagus immediately
Il have always had a preference for
wax beans" declares he. Il have
imagined they tasted little better than
green podded sorts, but guess it was
imagination only. for the color of the
pod has very little. If anything. to do
with the quality"
Some yields from mangel beets for
stock feeding) are almost unbelievable,
he goes on. Years ago I grew IL
tons from one-fourth acre or 48 tons
to the acre Later on. or or, 5 years
ago, grew 80 tons to the acre in our
vegetable trials, but have been afraid
to say anything about 1t for fear some
one would think I was overstating the
facts. But now MFR. says he grew
from little over a seventh Of an
acre at the rate of % tons to the acre
So If you believe him you will my story
of 80 tons per acre"
" X
One is compelled to believe this fell
low when he wakes enthusiastic about
his own seed corn:
Il have sold lot Of seed corn in my
time, but never have seen as beauti-
full lot of high-bred heavy yielding
QTy, Soullu StiOIiS scIlAiIAldtAi6 oSSO "a
this
That's the way man ought to talk
about something he is proud of. but
how many persons do 1t. for fear OF
accusations OF egotism or something
or other?
One positively grows enthusiastic over
the very idea Of seed corn. The guar
antee runs as follows:
OF course. can't guarantee you a
crop. for I can't be there TO plant II
and tend it. but you can take the seed
home and examine 1t and test 1t and
call In the neighbors.
If you think you have been beaten
you can have your money back. o!
course. my guarantee must end when
you begin to plant. as the outcome OF
the crop depends on the weather and
soil and leniency of the bugs and worms
and many other things too numerous to
mention. That's fair enough. All
/ ask is. you give me fair shake and
I'll leave matters In your hands"
. Well old man. shake hands! You're
! a man after our own heart. and after
the hearts OF thousands of other per-
sons. evidently You almost stir us 10
plant corn in our small city back yard.
Evening star., 1928-02-16
PHILOSOPHERS
by
GLENN FRANK

A while ago Sherwood Anderson, ex-
otic novelist, gave some sound advice
to aspiring writer's.
The gist Of his advice to the young
man who wants to be a writer Is that
a man should not try to live by litera-
ture. but should get good JOB that
will support himself and family and
do his writing on the side.
II. L. Mencken devotes a column 70
the elaboration of this advice. He
agrees with Anderson. Eoth Anderson
and Mcncken in this discussion address
themselves to the youns author ana
suggest the theory of part-time author
shin az contribution to the philosophy
of the writing craft but the advice is
even more important to the E.a:ion at
large than to the writing profession.
TO put the thing in extreme fashion,
I suggest that movement with the
motto-Every Man His Own Author
would have far-rcaching implications
for the public thought and life OF
America.
The temptation in our ovcr5peciali3ed
civilization is to develop BODY OF Spe-
cialists to make the thought OF the Ma
ton art.culate in books and magazines
end newspapers and body OF more or
less inarticulate men to carry on the
WOTK OF tile NdtlUli.
The group of full-time authors, work
inZ away in their libraries, without first
hand contact with the work OF the
world save as observers from the side
lines, tends to become academic.
Their thought is not fcrtillzed by ac-
ton, nor is their thought CHECKED and
corrected by experience.
The group of men who co the work
of the world, but who are incapable OF
writing and speaking about the ph.-
losophy of their work or tie fruit OF
their experience, tends to become
routineers.
Their action is not fertili-ed by
thought. nor is their experience ciarl-
fed and focused by thought.
The practice of full-time authorship.
the looking to professiona! writers alone
Tor our literature and criticism, tends to
give US t-o classes that fall short OF
what they might be contributing TO the
life of the Nation:
Articulate writers who have little TO
say.
Inarticula:c men of affairs who have
something to say, but do not say 1t.
Mr.. Anderson's advice to young au-
thcrs will give us better writer's.
And If, while the men whose main in
tercst IS writing follow a business or
profession on the side. the rl2:l whose
main interest is business CT profession
will cultivate the art Of expressing them
selves on the side. the public thought OF
tn, Nation will be greatly enriched.
tCopyrignt Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate }