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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-15
WLW (7OO) Cincinnati
THURSDAY


A. M
5:20-Top o. the morning.
6:30-The Quaker Crackels man tNBC).
b :45-Organ program.
forthcoming exercises.
7:30-Dsvotions.
8:00-Crosley homemakers hour.
y:00-Organ program.
9:15-O'Cedar program (NBC).
9:30-Livestock reports.
9:40-Piano solos.
9:45-Charis players.
l0:00-Record concert
10:30-The Doodlesockers.
10: 45-River reports.
l0:55-Time signals.
11:00-Organ program by Pat Gtlllck.
IL :20-Time announcement.
Il :20-Hotel Gibson orchestra.
Il :50-Livestock reports.
10 unconditional Farm and HON period
(NBCl.
P M
IL 3O-George, the Lava Soap man.
IL :45-Hotel Sinton orchestra.
1:00-School of the air.
200-The matinee players
2:30-Chicago serenade (NBC)
300-Livestock reports.
3:40-Program chats.
3:45-Womans Radio Club
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"Out of Story Book is the theme Of
the Mobiloll Concert which will be broad
cast over WTAM. WGN and stations as
ISOLATED with the NBC Wednesday at 1870
D. m.
An excerpt from Ambrose Thomas opera
'Nignon." ''Dost Thou Know That Fair
Land?.' will be, sung by Elizabeth Len
which will be broadcast over WHAS: WGN
and NBC network Wednesday at $3.50 D. m
Knute Rockne. the famous football
coach of Notre Dame University. will be
interviewed nv Grantland Rice, sports
writer. before a microphone during the
Coca Cola program to be broadcast over
WHAS. WTAM, KYW, KTHS and MIC
network Wednesday at $3.50 D. m.
George K. Arthur. motion-picture star.
will sing his own composition. why
Leave Me" as feature of California
melodies which will come from Los An
geles over WFBM and the Columbia net
work Wednesday from 1890 to IL o. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-15
WLW (7OO) Cincinnati

WEDNESDAY
P. M
4.00-Tsland Serenaders.
4:30-SNlt and peanuts.
4.45-No hing but the truth.
5:00-Time announcement.
00-BrookS and Ross.
5:15-Hotel Sinton orchestra.
5:43-Time.
5.44-Weather
SIS Literary Digest topics in 1rief with
Lowell Thomas (NBCl.
6.00-Pepsodent Amos m Andy (NBCl.
6:l5-Jolly time oop corn revue,
6:30-The Quaker Nan tNBC).
6:45-Varietv.
7.00-National radio al, 1rtising program.
7:30-Sylvania Foresters (NBCl.
8.00-Tom's peanut revue.
8 30-Camel pleasure hour (NBC).
9.30-Hotel Gibson orchestra.
10.00-Weather: time.
Greystone ballroom orchestra.
Crosley theater of the air.
II .00-Royal York dance orchestra: Tor
onto (NBC)
II :30-Variety hour.
- Midnight-Castle Farm orchestra.
A. NJ
70 :30-Time announcement-sign of.
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WKBF (14OO) indianapolis
sIndianapoIis Broadcastins. incl

THURSDAY
A. M
6:30-"Wake up" band program.
6:45-Church federation morning worship.
T:00-The musical clock.
7:30-Your coffee cup.
6:00-The Breakfast Club.
8:50-Stewart' radio program.
9:G5-Drink more milk.
9:15-L. S.. Ayres Downstairs store.
9:30-Hoosier Club Coffee.
9:5o-Standard Nut Margarine cooking
chat.
10:03-Home modernization.
10:l5-Circle theater organlogs.
10:40-Capftol Diaries.
O:5O-Indianapolis Paint and Color
II :00-Sander & Rockers decorator.
1:10-Nilson milk talk.
l1:15-Anglo Food message.
P. M.
12:00-The Pied Piper.
l2:15-Crabbs-R Reynolds
12:30-Market reports
12:35-Butter and egg quotations.
12:40-Noon-day records.
1:00-The Marott trio.
1.15-LesSonS in French.
1:30-Honorable Simeon D. Tess.
1:45-Cooking school of the air.
2:o5-Union Ice and Coal program,
2:10-Silent.
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DIES AS CASE is WON

Wcm>n Passes Two Minutes Before
Decision Is Announced.
By United Press -.
NEW YORK. Oct. 15.-After the
death of her husband, Mrs. Louise
Lustig, 65, of Yonkers, sued to col
lect $4,000 life insurance.
Ensuing litigation occupied two
years. Tuesday the judge an
nounced a decision in her favor.
Two minutes previously. Mrs. Lus-
tig had died in the courtroom OF a
heart attack.
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Day Programs

WFBM (1230) indianapolis
indiana polls Power and light Company
THURSDAY
M
7:00-Pep Unlimited Club.
i0:00-Aunt Sammy.
II :00-Colun bia revue (CBS),
1915 to 12-Silent.
Il Noon-Farm Community network tCBsl
P. M.
l:00-Jim and Walt.
1:3o-Ann Leaf at the organ (CBSl.
2:00-Columbia salon orchestra (CBSl.
2:30-Two-Thirty tunes.
2:45-Home service period.
800 to 5:30-Silent.
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WKBF (14O0) indianapolis
frrd;ananoti. R,oadcasfinr Inr1

WEDNESDAY
p M.
4.lO-Sinbac Radio Club.
4:25-Afternoon announcements.
4.40-News flashes.
5:00-ToWn topics.
5:30-Harry Bason at the piano.
5.55-Democrat tic county committee.
6.O5-Republican central committee.
6.2O-Studlo dinner ense!-ble with Anita
6:5O-Msron Sales Branch.
T:00-NeW York Street Evangelical,
church
7.30-Marott Cobblers.
8:O0-Stanley Jewellers.
8:15-Staley & Crabb.
8:30-Mass. Ave. melody hour
9:O0-Wilkin's lives of famous composers.
9:3O-The Mendelssohn trio.
10:00-zenith Grab Bag.
10:I5-TheI story behind the song.
lO:30-The "Wa-Da" trio.
l0:45-A little modern Dirt"
II :O0-Connie's Eleventh Hour Dreamers.
1l:3o-Dale Young's organ travelogs.
12:00-Sign of.
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WFBM (123O) Indianapolis

WFBM (1230) indianapolis
Indianapolis Power ana LIGHT COMPANY
WEDNESDAY
P. NJ
$50 Wheeler Mission sacred program.
6:00-Crockett MountaineerS tCBSi.
6.l5-Sdlon group.
6:25-Republican county committee speak
er.
6.30-Evangeline Adams (CBSl.
6:45-Auto service syncop@ tors.
T:00-Democrati state hook-up program.
7:30-Forty Fathom Trawlers (CBSl.
S:00-General Mills Fast Freight tCBSl.
8:30-La Palma Smokers (CBSl.
9:O0-Household entertainers.
9:l5-Democratic county committee speak
err
p:20-Toscha Seidel (CBSl.
9:3O-Savino tone pictures (CBSl
1O:00-Will Osborne orchestra lCBSl.
10:l5-HeyWood Broun (CBSl
10 :30-California melodies fCBSl.
/ l :O0-Time weather.
II :0f-The columnist.
il:i5-Atop the Indiana roof
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
Disappearance of Anti-Red Leader
Puzzles French and Russians Alike

Where is Gen. Kutiepov? Is he still
alive and imprisoned in the Soviet en-
bassy? Or is he already dead and
buried in some remote place? The
French police is working hard on the
few clues In its possession, but 1t Is
obvious that If the general is held a
prisoner they will never be able to come
to the bottom Of their investigation.
And the general belief is that Kutiepov
is in the Soviet embassy. This belief Is
based on the previous experience OF that
sort. when many q time Soviet Dip
lomatic representatives were covering
by their immunity acts Of criminal
nature. On the other hand, the French
police Is reputed to be one of the best
in the world, and II 1t is unable to
locate man kidnapped in Paris in broad
daylight 1t leads one to conclude that
there must be some way to escape its
vigilance for so long q time. And this
way can only be If there is place where
to the police has no access. Such a
place can only be the Soviet embassy
in Paris.
A group Of patriotic Frenchmen have
announced q prize of 100000 francs
($4,0O0) to solve the mystery. Russians
have lost hope Of finding Gen. Kutiepov
alive. but all Of them hope that this in
cident will help the people to realize
that when they speak Of law and order.
Of justice and humanity, they should
definitely exclude the Communistic
party and the government Of Soviet
Russia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
How Inventors Are elped to Success

brought in and inserted from time to
time after the original application has
been filed. They keep trying, as they
say down here in their technical way,
Ito get away from reference"-that is,
to keep away from infringing on pre-
vious patents. You have to claim"
everything in the universe and yet dodge
every one else In doing 1t, or again your
are out of luck.
1t seems that you are protected in
your rights, in so far as you can prove
''priority"-that is, that you thought II
, up flrSt-in many ways beside the &C.
tual issuance of the patent.
You may have shown a description
and drawing to some one who can wit
ness the fact under oath. You may
have published 1t somewhere. Or you
may have applied for a patent. You are
protected from the time your applica-
ton is filed.
1t sometimes happens that some one
invents something which is little
ahead Of the times. 1t will not pay to
manufacture 1t today, but it will pay
well to manufacture It tomorrow.
1t is right at the beginning. from the
first wording Of the description and the
claim, that the patent attorney steps In
with all his usefulness. His usual fee
| for a preliminary search to see whether
is about $25. If you are clever and
lucky, you may come away with per-
fectly good patent-perhaps a pretty
valuable one-for as little as $3.50 in
lawyers fees. This to a first-class firm
Now, with your lawyers best descrip-
ton and claim and neat drawings made
for you through his ONCE, your paper
has entered this patent maze.
The men who begin the work OF de-
Gliding whether you get your patent OF
not are called examiners" 1t is per-
feet name for them. The first corps OF
examiners look to see what sort of thing
this is you want to make. They may dc
nothing all day but decide what kind OF
device it is.
There are SO divisions and subdivi-
sions of all made things to cover every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16

to shunt your device into the right
technical experts for judging that par
ticular sort of thing-that is, to classify
it, For instance: You have a machine
for separating the seed from cotton.
Shall 1t go to the examiners of cotton
seed machinery or to the examiners of
textile machinery? In other words, is
it the seed or the cotton that counts?
Then the primary examiners take 1t
in hand. spread 1t on their desks. study
each detail, compare it with the details
of every other similar device ever pat
ented anywhere in the world and give
their best Judgment upon it. You can
expect about six months delay while
this is happening, for the ONCE is about
that much behind on its calendar. For
give them when you remember that
were issued, not to mention similar
things these men handle, such as trade
marks, designs, labels and prints.
II you pass these first examiners,
plus q chief examiner, you are then said
to be "sent to issue"-that is, you have
six months in which to pay the final
fee of $40, plus 81 for each "claim."
And about four weeks later your patent
will be sent to the Printing once.
But suppose you're not so fortunate.
Suppose some examiners think they have
discovered an interference. Then you
can appeal from their decision for q
special hearing
In the new building Of the Depart
ment of Commerce now rapidly rising
in washington seven rooms will be set
aside in which to hold these hearings,
and they will all be busy all day long.
You may appear for these special
hearings on engineering questions con-
corning your device or you may appear
before the law examiner on motions to
dissolve the interference"
And If you are still disconnected you
may then go on to the board Of appeals
of the Patent once.
This Is q sort of little court itself. It
sits in a room exactly resembling a
court room, with high mahogany dais
for the judges beside stand of great
silk flags. Here you can bring all the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
Our First Polish Ambassador

brations President Hoover, when he
received him, then expressed the hope
that Mr.. Filipowicz's ambassadorial
rank might be made permanent. Since
then Ambassadors have been exchanged
between the British and Polish govern
mentS, and q similar exchange between
Poland and the United States Is now
but matter of days or weeks. While
in Washington Mr.. FilipowicZ will also
Mexico, where he Is now making q brief
visit. and although not formally accred-
tied to Cuba he will include Cuba within
his sphere of diplomatic interests. He
visited Havana just before making his
trip to Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
PUBLIC LIBRARY

Recent accessionS to the Public
Library and lists of recommended read
ing will appear In this column every
Sunday.
Statesmen.
Baker, g. P. Hannibal. E-H lS5b.
Belloc, Hilaire. Richelieu. E-R3Seb.
Hall. j. w. Eminent Asians. E-9H IA.
Liddell Hart. B. H. Sherman: Soldier,
RealiSt, American. E-ShS4 /.
Mott, r. 3. Myron r. Herrick.
E-H4S5m.
Scheidemann. Philip. The Making Of
New Germany. Two volumes.
Shaw, Albert. Abraham Lincoln. Two
volumes. E-L63sha.
Spring Rice. Str G. A. The Letters and
Friendships. Two volumes. E.SpS6.
Whitlock, Brand. Lafayette. Two VOL
umes. Ell 13w.
Brooks Bright Foundation. New York.
Brooks-Bright Prize Essays, 1929.
JXAR-B79.
Cadman. s. p. Peace. CK-C lisp.
Cecil. z. A. r. &C. Viscount. The
Way Of Peace. JXAR-C323w.
Hughes, @. e. Pan-American Peace
Plans. JxAR-Hs7p.
Aviation.
Bennett, r. r. Aviation: It's CONNER
cial and Financial Aspects. ST.
Day, 8. H., and Vincent. Terence. Min
iature Aircraft. SzP-D33.
Dichman. E. W: This Aviation BUSH
Hinton. Walter: Opportunities in Avia-
ton. Sz-H59o.
Hodgins, Eric, and Magoun, 2! A. Sky
High. SZ-H66s.
Manly. @. B. Aviation From the
Ground Up. Sz-M316.
Pynchon & Co, New York. The Avia-
ton Industry. SZ-P99.
Drawing.
Benson, w. A. S. Drawing: It's His
tory and Uses. 1925. WM-B44S.
Hartrick. A. S. Drawing. 1921. VIM
oehier. B. o. Figure sketching. 1927.
WMA-Oe5.
Renggli, Edward How to Draw the
Head in Light and Shade. VIVA
RAG.
Biology.
Giesen, John, and Malumphy, r. L.
Backgrounds Of Biology. MV-G36.
Needham, Joseph. Man a Machine.
MV-N285.
Smallwood, W. M, and others. New
General Biology. MV-Sm 18ne.
Thomson. D. L, The Life of the Cell.
Weldon. G. CO P. Economic Biology. NV
WAS.
Women.
Donovan, Mrs. r. r. The saleslady.
KWX-D716S,
Frost, H. A., and Sears, W. r. Women
in Architecture and Landscape
Architecture. KWX-F92.
Raven, G. E. Women and the Minis
try. CXC-R lsw.
Smith. E. M. Toward Equal Rights
for Men and Women. KWW-Sm54t.
Own. KW-WSsr.
Travel.
Bhandarkar, d. r., ed. India. Gs9-
B46.
Cole, H. e. Baraboo, Dells, and Devils
Lake Region. G902-C67.
Frisbie, r. D. The Book Of Puka -puka.
G17-F91.
Goolrick, j. r. Old Homes and History
Around Fredericksburg. GB63-Cs64O.
KeySerling, H. A. Graf, Won. America
Set Free GS3-K52.
Kibler. ]. L. Sketches of One Hundred
and Twenty-Five Historic Virginia
Landmarks. G863-K53s.
Laut. A. G. The Overland Trail. G943-
L37o.
Legendre, A. F.. Modern Chinese Civil
ization. G66-L524m.E.
Minis. Edwin dventurous America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
Continued From First Pagel

ers, Russian and foreigners. have-as
the Russians say-"sat"
In 1921, after the Bolsheviks fell back
from Warsaw and had to give up their
idea of pulling disorganized Germany
into the Bolshevik lines, Mr.. Filipowicz
went to Moscow as the chief of the first
Polish diplomatic mission there. In the
year following he was the second rank
ing member Of the Polish delegation to
the Assembly Of the League Of Nations
IN Geneva, and in the Autumn Of 1922
he was appointed Polish minister to
Finland. He remained in Helsingfors
five years, then went In 1927 as Polish
minister to Brussels.
He stayed in Belgium until his recent
appointment as Minister to the United
States. He came to this country last
Autumn. actually as special Ambassador
representing Poland at the Pulaski cele-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16

CONTINUED From First Page.)
not only the right temperament but the
one supreme quality. That quality in
Taft was early graSped while Taft was
at Manila by the racial intuitiveness OF
the Fuipinos, who would have expressed
their notion of Taft by q single Ameri-
can word Not having the word, an
elderly Filipino, driven to symbolic his
opinions about many men whose names
were mentioned to him, used the device
OF stick with which he drew scratches
in the sand. In each case the scratch
was crooked or wavering until Taft was
mentioned, when the Filipinos face
lighted up and he vigorously drew one
long, sharply deinetf line, : absolutely
straight: ;;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
Pulmonary Proportion.

From the Omaha World Herald.
If the Prince of Wales rates an eight
column head with a slight cold, Just
imagine what he could do. with pneu-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-07
Once Famous Port

Though Cowes is now almost synony-
nous with pleasure yachting, the little
town was famous for Its dockyards
long before the annual regatta was
thought Of, says LOCKER On" in the
London Daily Chronicle. Many a tall
ship for war or merchant service came
OF the slips at Cowes in the old days,
including Nelson's famous Vanguard,
and during the World war its ship
yards were adapted again to contrib
ute worthily to British naval strength,
both In regard to new building and re-
pairs How the town came by its
name has some interest. Really the
names is plural, and derives from the
two 'cowes" or circular forts, which
Henry VIII erected to guard the en-
trance to Portsmouth harbor. One
fort is now the headquarters of the
Royal Yacht squadron.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-07
Advises Use of Slogan
to Overcome Detection


Slogans are advocated as an aid to
healthy mental outlook by James D.
Weinland, who considers their effect
and lists a number In an article In
Hygeia Magazine.
A good slogan can brighten our
whole horizon, fill us with courage and
be an emotional stimulus. 1t directs
and holds the attention to a bracing
thought. For instance, when man Is
down in the dumps it is comforting to
think that 1.-THE men who try to do
something and fail are infinitely bet
ter than those who try to do nothing
and succeed" or that there are more
chances and opportunities In life than
we know"
There are slogans hidden away In
the worlds literature that fit almost
any mood or desire, says Mr.. Vein
land. Proverbs are rich in them.
Poems are jeweled with them. Each
person must select the ones that mean
most to him. Used at the right time
the words can penetrate like a sharp
dart into a mood and dissipate It.
They act like a bugle call marshaling
the forces Of our resolution and order
ing them into action.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-07
Possibility That Great
AUX Nav Still Exist

Does the Great AUX still exist? The
last authentic case of one having been
seen was in 1843, but BIRD Notes and
News" raises the question as to wheth-
er bird which has been seen In the
Lofoten islands (off the coast of north
ern Norway is not Great AUX. A
writer tells how Finnish hunter and
naturalist saw a strange bird which
he could not recognize. He was shown
picture of the Great Northern Diver.
but said 1t was not the same. He
was then shown a Razorbill, but de.
clared that the bird was bigger. The
book was opened casually at the Great
AUX, and he Immediately identified II
and persisted in his story, which was
corroborated even to the Identification
by an Independent witness who had
also seen 1t. The bird was never seen
again, but it Is possible that on such
a wIilt coast few Great Auks may
hav e survived.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-07
Florid Epitaph Common
in Revolutionary DAYS

"Stop, Passenger" begins an cpl
taph, dated 1881, on a stone in ceme-
terry in Elizabeth, N. j., "here lie the
remains Of woman who exhibited to
the world a bright constellation of
the female virtues. On that memo:.
able day, never to be forgotten, when
a British foe Invaded this fair village
and fred even the temple Of the Deity,
this peaceful daughter Of Heaven re-
tired to her hallowed apartment, I'M
piorlng Heaven for the pardon of her
enemies. In that sacred moment she
was by the bloody hand Of a British
ruffian dispatched like her Divine Re-
6eemer through a path Of blood to
her long wished-for native SKIES"
There were few brief epitaphs In those
early days. 1t was apparently regard
ed as a lack Of reverence to fall to
enumerate the virtues of the departed,
and as q disregard Of opportunity to
fail to warn the passengers" Of what
was In store for them.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-07

Joseph Van Raalte tells Of New
Yorker who went to see the same
theater play every night for two weeks.
"You seem to be stuck on this show
the ticket seller said to him one eve
ming.
NO" said the man, ats this way !:
You know that part In the second act.
where the husband goes out and the
lever comes in the fire escape Window
We'll. some one O. these nights the hus-
hand is goin' to forget somethin' an
come back for II an ketch that bird.
An when he does, ] want to be there"
-Capper's Weekly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-07
Mexican Coat of Arms
Traced to Aztec Fable

That the name Mexico" comes from
"mexictll," the Aztec word for the ma
tive maguey or pulque plant, Is the
conclusion of Enrique Juan PalacioSI
Of the Mexican direction for archeoi
ogy, who has searched for Its origin
in native Indian documents, as well as
IN other sources of information. Ev.
cry Mexican school child knows that
his national coat-of-arms is an adapta-
ton of the ancient Aztec hieroglyph
or place-name for "Tenochtitlan," az
pre-conquest Mexico City was called.
Mexico's shield, therefore, is at least
six centuries old. 1t represents an
eagle in mortal struggle with a snake,
which he holds with one claw and his
beak. With the other claw he Is bal.
anced on a spiny>nopal cactus growing
on a rock in the middle of a lake. This
perturbation of an extremely difficult
position illustrates the Aztec fable of
the founding Of the ancient city that is
now the capital of the Mexican re
public.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-07
Idea of Broadcasting
Fire Alarm Not Modern

Methods of transmitting news Of
fire are very old and until about the
middle of the Nineteenth century
watch towers with alarm bells were
maintained in American cities. After
the development Of the electric tele-
graph, reliable apparatus was installed.
AS early as 1S45 DIR. w. F. Claiming
Of Boston published an article In the
Advertiser outlining a fire-alarm tele-
graph system. In 1850 Charles Robin
son used Morse apparatus for signal
ing FIRE alarms from police stations
and engine houses In New York city
to watchmen at tower bells, who sound
ed the signal Of the appropriate dis
trlct. A telegraph signal plan was
put Into operation In Boston, April 20,
1862. New York installed a tire-alarm
telegraph system In 1869 and by 1875
II had reached to rs cities Although
various systems are In use. that de-
vised by Charming and Farmer and
improved by Gamewell has been the
me most generally employed In Amer.
lea The keyless door was patented
by Tooker in 1878 and the automatic
keyltgs door by N. II. Suren in 1895.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-07
Hard to Grasp Facts
of the Stellar System

At first the brain reels little In
the attempt to grasp the facts Of the
stellar system, even explained with
the lucidity and exactness Of which
Sir James Jeans is a master. From
the vast extensions Of the sky he car
ries us into the Utmost recesses Of
the atom, where the electron whirls
around its perpetual circuit several
thousand million times every second.
These numbers, says the London
Spectator, are but dazzle painting, and
1t is simpler to say that the electron
travels as far in a second as our
latest seaplane travels In an hour.
Sir James Jeans has happy fertility
in such comparisons, and forcibly
strikes the Imagination when he tells
us that If the carbon atom were
magnif1ed to the size Of Waterloo sta
tion, its electrons would be repre-
scented by six wasps flying round in
the vast vacuity. All the rest is
emptiness; and so In the celestial
spaces 1t is immense odds against any
given spot being occupied. 1--WE live
in a gossamer universe; pattern, plan
and design are there in abundance,
but solid substance Is rare"