Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-21

Television. demonstrated between Eu-
rope and America, quickens imagtna-
lions on both sides of the water and
gives rise to forecasts Of further tri-
umphs Of science over natural limita-
tons that will make the world very
small place. indeed. The results OBJ
tanned recently by the British inventor
John l.. Baird are regarded as marking
an appreciate advance.
OF human figures in London which
were seen at q receiving station near
New York the Albany Evening News
says: While they were dim and hazy.
nevertheless the principle OF this new
scientific achievement has been proved.
1t has been proved In this country at
Schenectady, but, OF course. transmits
sion across the ocean Is much more
difficult. Televtsion Is only be-
ginning. It Is imperfect. crude. So
was radio half decade or more ago.
In five years what great. new changes
In the world Will be brought about?"
"The world 20 years from now" OBJ
serves the Des M0ines Tribune Capital.
will be just as strange 10 any Rip Van
Wrinkle who may 60 to sleep now and
wake up then to see 1t as the world
OF this hour would seem to Rip Van
Wrinkle who dozed Oft back In 1908, -
Assuming that more experimental work
will perfect the mechanism. the New
Orleans Tribune adds: 1T Is hard to
imagine beforehand its uses and the
scope OF It's influences. But II television
Is perfected. II will serve many purposes
as a medium OF communication. infor-
nation and entertainment"
If television now. what may not be
expected In the future?" asks the Pasa-
dena Star-News. Perhaps around-the-
world broadcast" continues that paper !:
perhaps Americans sitting In their
homes and hearing what Is broadcast
from Japan and Buenos Aires and the
far corners Of the earth. as a commons
place thing. This not only will be mar
velous. but II should be- immensely use
full, not only In a commercial way. but
In promoting peace and understanding
among nations and people.
IF these conquests keep on at their
present rate" the Duluth Herald de-
clares. who knows to what an amazing
| extent mankind In another generation
will have conquered the limitations OF
It's cnvironment~~limita which.
though they seemed a. substantial AS
block of stone. haves been proved by
titE6G IOIluuEhhD M nave biNb tff~' ~"
| sion. One thing this progress mas done
Ii 10 xiii skepticism about new things
There are few emuiators Of Sir walter
Scott aud Lord Byron. who were among
those who ridicuied the foolish IDEA
that light and heat could be had from
gas produced by the burning Of coal.
THE fact that both sound and slgn'
are carried by wave movements mace
long distance sight al ultimate GER
tainty when long distance hearing was
| perfected" states the Memphis Com
merctalv Appeal. THE same fact argues
| the same sort of extension to all OF the
| sensOry faculties. There VIII
be no doubtern Of the complete success
of teievision. but there will he some VINO
will doubt It's practical usefulness, These
skeptics should never forget that the
sight II credited with more authority
and accuracy IN the gathering OF knowl-
edge than the ear. When seeing any
thing III combined with hearing II, prae"
ticai finality can be credited Ia the
impressions and Judgment concerning
that thing"
1T viii create new interest on the
part Of man IN mankind. make the
world stiil smaller. and open up new
avenues Of happiness and progress" the
Regina Morning Leader believes. and
the Springfield Republican says Of the
results: while It II easy 10 speak Ot
! the humiliation of space, In practice
Europe II q long way on. aud In daily