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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-10-18
davek nekolik lahv1 VIVA. Pr1-
jennie to zivobyt1!

JC1IIIlC W AIVOOV I'll:
Ale co Ultra? = Pc dlouhem
op6tnem hledan1 jsme Sc ko-
necne rozhodli, re budeme IL
ira hrati dive jednoaktovky a
Size nastudovanou jiz veselo-
hru "Cesky dobrovoln1k a fran
couzska selka," V ktere Sc mlu-
vi mnoho francouzsky, cemuz
beztoho Prusaci nebudou rozu-
metz a k tomu veselohru "Nur
Hindernisse'', kterou jsme ma
sli i S 1lohami, take nemus1ce
rozepisovati, mohli jsme Sc d.
kladn6 prospati, cehoz nam by
10 velice vsem treba.
Rano ub1ram sc ma zkouSku,
zarazen vsak Sc zastav1m. Co
vidfm? NaSe obecenstvo Sc
st6huje! Kapitan Ojneke jiz
ma koni VIOLA ma mne. Posp1sil
jsem k nemu. Vstiknuv mi diva
tolary "a upotTebenou lozi pc
ony dive hry, podotknul, re mu-
81 jeho dill ku pTedu, re vsak
odpoledne pride jina posadka
kterou jiz ma mil podnik upo-
zornil, jen abych pry hral, re
budu m1ti op6t pine divadlo.
Pc tie Sc mi poroucel.
"Vyhrano," pomyslil jSem
81, "nemusime alespon davat
dneS mic nOvehO. Dame "Za-
kleteho prince" a mGzeme po-
iodine ma Ultra studovat a
zkouset." A tax sc take stale.
Nova posadka prijela a my
hrali S 1spechem "Zakleteho
prince"
Druhy den ODE shora uvede-
ne jednoaktovky hrany a pTi-
pravovali jsme pc tTetf pTedsta
ven1 Benedixovu veselohru
"Pan strycek."
Den ten nam vsak pTipravil
move pfekvapen1. Probuzeni
byvse casne rano nezvyklym
hlukem vyhledneme ven a vidf-
me k svemu podivu ma nase O.
becenstvo opet Sc stehovati.
Ale "a MIN takorka v patach
prichaz1 v nahradu zas move.
| Zacali jsme, pouceni jiz, no
YOU serii her "Zakletym prin-
Gem" atd. a k tomu jsme obo-
hatili svuj nemecky repertoir
"Panem StrVckem."
Jelikoz pax Sc posadka vzdy
tfet1 nebo ctvrty den strfdala,
v~ystacily nam til hry pc celou
pruskou okupaci.
Vedlo Sc nam pr tom INA
menite a byli jsme snad jedi
nou ceskou spolecnostf, ktera
pc dobu valky a okupace hrala
divadlo. Ovsem - osterreich-
schen Dialect!"
(KONEC.)
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-10-18

XIV C.S SllS DC 3SllSf JIG J@llSt CS SSIS1
nalenf dramatickeho umenf do
mac1ho. V pravde chudicky
vdek. Ale skromnemu Pokor-
nemu p~ostacil a dovedl vyhla-
dit ryhy 1trap z mysli i celia.
Jakoby byl omladl ten vecer!
Byl z mas nejveselejsim, mel
zdravy vtip, nadsen1 a k tomu
.jeste jake dvaapadesatilety
muz V podzimu sveho zit1 take
shy ideally mladistve. Zavide-
nj hodna pruznost dusevn1!
Cd tie dolby jen jeste jednou
a to hned roku nasleduj1c1ho
slozila spolecnost Pokorneho
svoje pTenosna hn1zda ma ne
kolik nedel v Prostejove.
Ale to nebyl jiz ten Pokorny,
plny vzletu! Sklamanf, nevdek
a starosti posledn1 DOLBY odn1-
maly mu sflu a pruznost byva-
lou.
Snad Sc jeste vzepjal starry
orel k letu odvaznemu, ia vsak
Ijsem toho jiz vice nevidela. )
Nechtela jsem a prece mar
ne zatrhuje mole pero o posle-
dnf vzpomnfku meho setkani
Sc S Pokornym.
Pc tezke rane, kdy nadeji
svoj1 synu milovanemu hledel
V zej1cf row, prisel Pokorny do
Prahy. V letech staroby, kdy
znavenemu telu sc chce odpo-
cinku, kdy tidy tuhnou, hlava
Sc chylf a ruce Sc tfesou slabos-
tt, namahal Sc Pokorny o naby-
tt skrovneho zamestnan1.
We sve tfsni obratil Sc k fla
te naSf kaplicce.
Doufal, re ctyricitileta jeho
zasluzna cinnost herecka i VIA
stenecka, jeho pricinenf o I'VE
leben1 umen1 dramaticke = to
budou dost dobrym pf1mluv-
elm "a malou cestnou sluzbic-
ku.
Tezce Sc vsak sklamal! .
Zach, ia Praha je pfece jen
"kamenna", stezoval 81 mi ten
da utyrany.
Ny Cesi jsme velice vdecny-
mi Ike sym zaslouzilym zakop-
nfk6m. Ia ziva castujeme je
kamen1m a pc smrti davame
linn kamen ma hrob.
Pokorny zkusil utloukanf ka-
men1m "a Viva vice nez dost.
Tolik, re Sc uz AMI kamene ma
hrob jeho = nedostalo -.
, 1935-05-22
N.Y..
New York
BY NJ ASWELL
Central Press Staff Writer

NEW YORK, May a. I have
lust received q rather curious fan
letter. 1t runs as follows:
Because you write a column, ]
am sending you a personal letter
instead OF the form, a copy OF which
Is enclosed for your convenience.
las a newspaperman, you must
certainly be interested in the good
Of the people and the rediStribu-
hon OF wealth. You will surely also
not object TO a $500 return On a
l0-cent investment.
For the prosperity OF the whole
country and for your WI financial
return, for good luck and the con-
seriousness OF a good deed done. send
IL cents Ccoin) to the person whose
name appears at the top Of MS list.
Then add your name and address
at the bottom Of the list OF names
&C that you, too. car receive thou
sands Of dimes.
~Copy the enclosed form letter
five times with the list OF names
and mail II TO five friends. Before
long you will begin TO cash in"
These letters, / am told. are flood
ing New York. The mathematics OF
the scheme are a. engaging as the
figures proving that the way TO IN
crease the prosperity OF everybody
lies in the curtailment Of the pro-
duction of goods and wealth
Silence On This
on the other hand, if the gov
eminent doesn't feel like waiting
for the schemes mathematical
cycle TO run its course, ] SUCCESS
an alternative plan. Why not have
the government start a monster
chain letter itself with the federal
treasury as the first name on its
list? Surely enough maZuma could
be garnered in this way TO pay
for all the alphabetical agencies
through MIMI.
Granted. the chain letter plan on
such a large scale might leave the
cltiZenry without anybody else TO
write 10, but there Is a solution 70
this, too. After the entire popula-
ton had sent its dime 70 WASH
ington there would remain foreign
countries to be circularized. Russia
an. China offer fascinating vistas
for the governmental chain letter.
I can think Of no more effective
method of collecting the war debt.
An utter realist might detect some
eight danger here. While the for
eign governments were paying off
their debts to us via the chain let
ter, they might become so enriched
themselves Cafter all. they'd have
70 buy their stamps TO answer US.
wouldn't they2) that they wouio
possess the wherewithal for an
other war.
= any case. this reporter submits
, 1935-05-22
RADIO PROGRAMS
WEDNESDAY,. M

WEDNESDAY, MAY q Central and Eastern Standard Time)
Note: All programs to key and basic chains or groups thereof unless speei-
fed; coast TO coast &c to e) designation includes all available stations.
proorams subIectt IN IA > A. (DduI0ht time ~ hour later
, 1935-05-22


NRc-WEAF NETWORK
BASIC - East: weaf wlw weei vito
WAR wtag wcsh kyw who wfbr wrc
& when wcae wtam wwJ wSai, mid;
ksd wmaq wcfl who WOW wdaf wkbf
NORTHWEST & CANADIAN wtmJ
wiba wstp webcw day kfyr crct cfcf
SOUTH - wrva wptf wwnc wis WAX
wfla-wsun who'd wsm wmc wsb wapi
wjdx wsmb kvoo wky wfaa wbap kprc
woai ktbs kths wsoc wave tar
MOUNTAINOUS kdyl kgir kEhl
PACIFIC = kgo XII kgw konho khq
kfsd ktar kgu kpo kex kga kyr kya
Cent. East.
$50 4:3O-James Wilkinson, Bari.
3:a5- 4:45-Sam and Dick IN Woods
900 5:oo-Harry kouen's Orchestra
$50 5.3o-Press- Rado Jews Period
4:3s- 5:35-Pea Ia Contra IN song
A:4S- Stability a Betty-weaf only
500 6.00-Tommy Tucker Orchest.
Sis 6:f5-Blaek Chamber. Dram
$50 e:30-Easy Aces. Serial Sketch
s:4s- 6:4S-Uncle Ezra Radio Station
500 7:oo-one Mans Family-to c
$50 7:3o-Wayne Kings Orchestra
700 s:oo-Fred Allen and Amateurs
800 s:oo-Guy Lnmbardo's orehest.
$50 s:3o-Ray Noble and Orchestra
e:OO-fo:0o-John q. kennedy's Talk
s:fS-fo:fS-Jesse Crawford az Organ
s:3o-fo:3o-Leonard Keller Orchestra
e:4S-fo:45-The H~ootnohams, Sketch
fo:oo-ff:0o-E. Madriouera Orchestra
io:3o-ff:3o-"Liahts Out" Melodrama
c5S-WABc NETWORK
6ASIc-East: wabc wade woke wcao
waab wnac wgr wkbw wkrc Wink XIV
wdrc wcau WAS wean wfbl wspd wjsv
wbns: Midwest: wbbm wfbm kmbc
KNOX wowo whas kfab
EAST-wpg whip whec wlbz wfea wore
vice CRIB ckac wibx wmas
OINIE-wgst VISTA wbrc wqam wdod
klra wrec wlac wdsu wtoc krld wrr
ytrh ktsa waco koma wdbo whit wdae
wbig wdbj VIVA wmhg wsjs wmnr
wala ktul kgko wcoa wdnc wnox kwkh
MIDWEST - wgl wmt wmbd wish
wibw KIN wsmk wkbn wcco wsbt ksc1
WAX voc
MOUNTAINOUS klz koh ksl
COAST - khj koin kfrc kol kfpy XVI
Rink kmj kwg kern kdb kgmb kgb
Cent. East.
$50 ~4:3o-Jaek Armstrong east;
Psychology Talk-Dixie; vocal-w
3:45- 4:45-Diek Tracy-basic. Carl
ton a Shaw-Dixie; Between Book
ends-west; Miniatures-midwest
400 5:oo-6uek Rogers-east: Mau-
rice Sherman Orch.-west A Dixie
4:f5- s:f5-Bobby 6~enSon-east. Os,
Son Of Fire-midw. McCartys-w
$50 5:3o-Musie ~Box-wabc: 5run-
esco Orches.-east: Organ Con-
west: Jack Armstrono-midw rpt
4:45- B:4S-6runesco orches.-basic
, 1935-05-22

thu perfect share the -weanh plan never seen one which looked more
to the people free of charge. l have practicable.
, 1935-05-22

Cent East.
4:55- s:5s-Press- Radio News Period
500 6:oo-Just Entertainment - a
Betty 6artheli-Dixie; Concert Or
chestra-west
s:1s- s:is-Just Plain ELL east:
Maple Street, Sketeh-Dixie
$50 $50 - O'NeiHs - east; Buck
Roaers-west repeat; Cariotta Dale
Dixie: Musical knieknacks-west
5:4s- 6:45-Boake Carriers Comment
500 700 - Johnnie and the Four
some-east: The Acknowledgements:
The Old Timer-Dixie
6:15- 7:f5-World Peace Foundation
$50 7:30-Broadway varieties-to g
700 s:oo-Present Mark Warrow
$50 s:30-Burns and Allen Comedy
500 e:00-Jack Pearl and Shariie
$50 s.30-Howard Barlow Symph.
5000 .O0-Frank Daley Orchestra
s.f5-fo:f5-Golden Gloves Boxing
f0.00-f1 :O0-Ioe Haynes orchestra
east: Art Jarrett Orchestra-west
fo:3o-ft:3o-WiII Ryshanek Orchestra
II :oo-Danes Musie-west only
NBc-WJz NETWORK
BASIC - East: wiz wbz-wbza wbal
wham kdka wgar wjr wlw wsyr wmal
Will: Mid: wcky wenr wis kwk kwcr
kohl wren wmaq kso wkbf
NORTHWEST & CANADIAN wtmJ
wiba kstp webc wday kfyr crct cfcf
SOOIH - VIVA Mpu HNhG Wis MJaA
wfla-wsun who'd wsm wmc wsb wapi
wjdx wsmb WOO wky wfaa wbap kprc
woai ktbs kths wsoc wave
HOUNTAIN-koa kdyl kgir kghl
PAClFlc-kgo XII kgw komo khq kfsd
ktar kpo kex kga kgr kya
Cent. East.
$50 4:3o-The Singing ~Lady-cast
s:45- A:a5-Orphan Annie-east only
400 5:00-Education from the News
AIS 5.f5-capt. Tim Healy. Stamps
$50 5:30-Press- Radio News - ba-
sic: The Singing ~Lady-midw rpt
4:35- 5~:35-Three y Sisters, Harmony
4:45- 5.a5-Loweil Thomas east.
Orphan Annie-rcpcat 70 midwes
500 6.o0-Amos n Andy-east on.y
Sis 6:f5-Tony a. Gus, Serial kit
$50 6:30-Red Davis Serial Sketch
5.45- 6.A5-Danoerous Paradise, kit
500 7:0o-Hal Kemp and Orchestra
$50 7.30-House Of Glass. Serial Act
700 s:oo-our Home on the Range
7:45- s:a5-U. s. and World Affairs
800 5000 Be Announced
Sis s:f5-Grace Hayes. Mus. Com.
$50 9:3o-America IN Music, orch,
5000 :oo-Sleepy Halt Orchestra -
east. Amos m Andy-west repeat
g:f5-fo:15-Tony ard Gus-west rpt-
9:30-1o:3o-Ink Spots; Coburn Orch.
east. House OF Glass-west rpL-
0:oo-1f oo-Shandor and His Violin
| i0:oe-ff :o5-Gene Marvey Orchestra
! to:3o-tt:3o-Diek Fidler & Orchestra
Evening star., 1935-02-20

rangements for the dance includes
Mrs. Eldred Dickinson, chairman;
Mrs. Clarence Disney, Mrs. Print
Hudson, Mrs. Allen G. Maxwell, Mrs.
Tremaine Rambo, Mrs. Herman 5.
Ward and Mrs. T. H. Whitaker.
In the receiving line will be Mrs. n.
B. Hargrave, president Of the MI
nerva Club; Mrs. Louis Bradford, Mrs.
Emily Dickinson and Mrs. o. w. Nc
NeeSe.
The Pine Manor Junior College
alumnae of Washington, Maryland
and Virginia will hold reunion
luncheon at the Parrott Saturday at
l o'clock. The luncheon is in honor
of Miss Hetty Shepard Wheeler, the
dean of the college, who is In WASH
ington attending the conference OF
deans. All alumnae who have not
received notices may notify Miss
Martha B. Harris at 3107 Woodland
drive, who is in charge Of the arrange
mentS.
There will be no program at the
Arts Club of Washington this evening
because of the indefinite postpone
ment of the two plays on George
Washington by Maj. r. B. Lawrence.
Miss Ruth N. Untiedt, daughter Of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. John Unteidt
of Randolph, VT, and Mr.. Charles w.
Bracket, son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
E. Bracket, were married THURSDAY,
February IA, in Gettysburg, Pa. Mrs.
Bracket Is a graduate of the Wash
ington Sanitarium Nurses Training
School and Mr.. Bracket, who is
graduate of the Shenandoah Valley
Academy in New Market, Va, and did
advanced college work in Washington
Missionary College, is in business IN
Washington. They will live at lG25
Flower avenue, in Takoma Park. He
is a member of the Neff family, resi-
dents of the Shenandoah Valley for
$50 years or more, and also nephew
of DR.. j. H. Kellogg, medical super
intendent of the Battle Greek SAM
tarium.
Prof, and Mrs. John L. Shaw has
returned from California. Mrs.
Shaw went to California about four
months ago to visit her Son-in-law
and daughter, DR.. and Mrs. Everett
Stone, at their home in Oceanslde.
Prof. Shaw has been in the West
about six weeks and visited several
schools, including the Pacific Union
College and the sanitarium in st.
Helena, and the Southern California
Junior College located in Arlington,
Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Pyle enter
tanned the Florence M. Brown class
of the Calvary Baptist Church in their
home last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Gallagher of
Lacorina, N. H., accompanied by Miss
Gallagher. are at the Willard for q
visit.
Miss Olive M. Cote Of Great Neck,
Long Island, while visiting In Wash
ington, is stopping at the Fairfax.
Miss Elsie v. Mckenzie Of New York
Evening star., 1935-02-20
ARRAIGNED IN THEFT
Youth Held Under $5, 900 Bond
in Jewelry Store Robbery.

Charged with having broken into
the window of q jewelry store In the
TOO block Of Seventh street last week,
Swanson Gunter. 10, was held under
$1,000 bond for the grand jury when
arraigned yesterday before Judge John
p. Mcmahon in Police Court.
Gunter admitted possession OF ap-
proximately $700 worth of jewelry
taken from the store window, police
said, but claimed he had bought 1t
from another man. Edward Voight,
proprietor of the store, identified the
jewelry.
Evening star., 1935-02-20
KERMESS GROUP TO DINE
Local K. Of c. Committee to Be
Feted at Holy Comforter Church.

The Kermess Committee Of the local
knights Of Columbus will dine on tur-
key tonight after a short march from
Fourteenth and East Capitol streets
to the Holy Comforter Church School
Hall a block awiy. The Boys Band
of the church I'LL conduct the visitors
to the hall.
The dinner, an annual one spon-
sored by the church, is to be in
tribute to Alfred P. Neff, one Of those
in charge of the recent Kermess held
by the knights.
The Knights will hold a bingo party
in their quarters Saturday night, fol-
lowed by a social affair in the "Old
Heidelberg" room.
Evening star., 1935-02-20
play to Be Presented.

A three-act play, "Mr. PIN Passes
By" will be presented at $50 pm.
on March / by the Essayons Dra-
matte Club, Fort Humphreys, Va, In
their auditorium. Lieut.. Staunton
L. Brown, U. s. A., Is directing the
production.
Evening star., 1935-02-20
Minerva Club Dance
Tomorrow Evening

The Minerva Club Of the Washing
ton City Rho Chapter of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Fraternity will sponsor a
dance tomorrow evening from 10 to 2
O'Clock in the chapter house at 1923
Sixteenth street for the benefit of the
local chapter of the fraternity.
The committee in charge of the ar
Evening star., 1935-02-20

is spending several weeks at the Mar
Unique.
Mrs. Fred Bolts Of Miami, Fla, Is
at the Willard for q short stay.
Evening star., 1935-02-20

Miss Olive M. Cote Of Great Neck,
Long Island, while visiting in Wash
ington, is stopping at the Fairfax.
Evening star., 1935-02-20

Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Pyle enter
tanned the Florence NJ Brown class
of the Calvary Baptist Church in their
home last evening
Evening star., 1935-02-20

Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Gallagher of
Lacorina, N. H., accompanied by Miss
Gallagher. are at the Willard for
visit.
Evening star., 1935-02-20

Miss Elsie v. Mckenzie Of New York
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
NATURE STUDY CLUB
TO HOLD OUTING HERE
State Group to Spend Sunday at
Earl Kiger Estate.

The Nature Study Club of Indiana
will spend Sunday afternoon and
evening at the country estate of
Earl Kiger. 1O6th-st and Spring
Mill-rd.
During the afternoon leaders of
nature walks will observe the geol-
ogy. botany. birds and trees on the
estate. The walks will commence
at and reports of the mixers will
be given around the campfire. John
w. Noble will be the leader for the
dav.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-13
new MAP MAY
AID IN SEARCH
FOR LUSITANIA
KinSaIe Harbor Master
Gives Document Showing
Liners Bearings.
BY GILBERT MALLISTER
Times Special Writer

ABOARD SALVAGE SHIP OR
PHIR, Sept. l3.-Capt. Henry Rus
sell received a new clew to the Lnsi-
tsnias location today when Harbor
Master Coleman of Kinsale turned
over a document on which he wrote
the liners bearings when she was
torpedoed. Mr. Coleman had known
Of the papers existence for some
time.
Nevertheless. Capt. Russell is
sticking to the path Of scientific
elimination for the present. and is
holding Mr.. Colemans evidence in
reserve.
The deep depression predicted yes
terday by the Air Ministry hit the
Orphir as she left the lower cove of
Kinssle. The heaviest Atlantic swell!
that has yet struck the expedition,
was breasted.
The seas piled themselves up be-
fore breaking 40 feet in the air.
Sometime the Orphir's bow cracked
down !;to a trough sending the
stern clean out of water. so that
from amidships one could see it rise
higher than the bridge before hit
ting the water with a sickening
thud.
Visibility was nil and 1t became
impossible to take accurate bearings.
Chief Officer Bestic kept a soil
tary watch and cursed silently.
Capt Russell kept long vigils on the
bridge. with only one man at the
wheel. The captain gszed with un-
wearying patience at the echo
saunders recordings hoping for
some sign of the Lusitania.
Evening star., 1935-01-20

Visibility Is the broader term which includes
such factors as acuity, color, size and contrast.
It can be realized, however, that by increasing
visual acuity the lighting engineers are I'M
proving visibility.
II sodium yapor lamps have all the advan-
tages just mentioned you may be asking why
not have it in the home? Don't rush of to
the nearest electrical store and buy one for
your own house on that assumption. You
would return 1t the next day.
That pretty green rug on the floor and the
green walls harmonizing with 1t would appear
to be white under the yellow light. The red
draperies at the windows would be black. You
and your friends would look like ghosts with
jaundice. All colors except yellow would be
greatly changed
No, sodium yapor lighting in its present form
Is not for the home and Is not designed for
such use. Neither will the monochromatic rays
be used on busy shopping thoroughfares where
the value Of display windows lies, in part, In
their color appeal
Sodium vapor Is designed for safer travel on
highways at night when the artistic appeal Of
the landscape is invisible anyway, and for in
dlstrial plants where artistic appeal means lit
tie but where the improved seeing means more
accurate workmanship.
Laymen accustomed to the rounded glass
bulb Of present-day incandescent lamps are
amazed by the physical appearance Of the new
sodium vapor lights They look more like the
glass walled vessel inside . thermoS bottle than
electric lights.
Evening star., 1935-01-20

The bulb really Is . thermos bottle necessary
to conserve heat and maintain the sodium
at 40 degrees. The light, instead Of coming
from q compact source like q flament, couaes
from the entire wall Of the lamp, for there =
no fllament.
One can look right at the yellow vapou
without being blinded The light source an
pears to be much less brilliant. But don't be
fooled. It's only because the radiation counsa
from such .. large area and without the CO.
tomary glare.
And because there Is no flament present IN
the new lamps they do not spring their nnal
yellow glow the moment one turns ON the
switch. As . matter Of fact they give Oh q
pinkish radiation which gradually turns to yel-
low after about . half hour, when lamps ara
warmed up f
The pink color comes from discharge Of
neon gas which b sealed within the lamp - .
self f-staxter." g.
Sodium vapor, you see, will radiate its yeS.
low Light only when 1t Is hot As the switch h
turned on the neon vapor goes to work and
gradually heats up the sodium present. Tho
thermos bottle walls help keep the heat inside.
sodium takes over the job Of creating light Be.
cause II Is present In 50 much larger proper.
hons 1t does almost. the entire Job and masks
the fainter pinkish rays Of neon. ~E
Science has known about the purity of the
yellow rays from sodium vapor for several cen-
turtles. In way it Is surprising that aemethod
was not found, before this to use the vapor
in lights
The obstacle, which has only recently ,been
overcome, Is that sodium vapor Is dificult
to handle. Even when sealed in a vacuum
away from air. sodium vapor attacks the walls
OF the containing vessel. Sealed in an electric
light bulb, it "eats away" at the walls if they
are made Of ordinary glass.
It has only been the recent discovery Of q
kind Of glass which will Withstand the attack
OF sodium which has made possible the new
yellow lamps which may some day light the
highways Of America. More than that, sodium
vapor lights may find other uses.
AT the Cape May Lighthouse at the entrances
TO Delaware Bay, In New Jersey, sodium
vapor light now shines at night to guide MARI
ners. When the test period Is over the Light
Service Of the United States Department OF
Commerce will know whether the yellow colored
rays are suitable for lighthouse purposes Since
the light can run at q low consumptiond elec.
tr1city, the factor Of economy In latsd
places where power Is costly may lead TO ~
Use Of the system for lighthouses.
Evening star., 1935-01-20

About 95 per cent of all the light from such
lamp comes from the yellow colors. One
minor reason why the eye sees better in yell
low light Is that this Is the color to which the
eye Is most sensitive.
More important for accurate seeing by So
dium vapor lighting is that these yellow lights
help the eye to overcome one Of its defects
about which scientists have long known. This
defect Is the fact that the human eye does
not have q perfect lens.
Considering that the eye focuses, not by
moving the lens in and out as in q telescope
or microscope, but by changing the thickness
and curvature Of the lens, it Is not surprising
that the eye has q defect.
An ideal lens should be able to focus all
colors Of light exactly on the retina of the eye.
Actually the blue rays in sunlight or other
white lights are focused q bit ahead Of the
retina and the red rays bit behind. The
resulting slight out-of-focusness Of ali objects
illuminated with two or more colors Is a handi-
cap to which one becomes accustomed and
which is not noticed without some comparison
VIEWING objects under sodium vapor lamps
radiating only q single color Of light pro-
vides the comparison by which one can under
stand why such light Will be found useful on
highways and decrease accidents due to faulty
vision.
Under the yellow glow small objects and
detail become easily visible where ordinarily
the eye would have to be strained to see them.
Evening star., 1935-01-20

A printed page
becomes clear
and sharp and
the letters al
most appear to
sparkle. This
8 h ar p ness Of
detail Is called
visual acuity. It
comes about be-
cause the eye
has only one
color of light to
Gus on the
retina and can
do the job ac-
curately. Par
ticularly IS this
true Of yellow.
for which the
eye Il naturally
adapted.
Visual acuity,
Just mentioned,
Is not to b e
confused w ith
better visibility.