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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-12-22, Page 6seeing the News in Your Home How Television Will Affect Our Lives a police charge By Shaw Desmond Xs the (theatre doomed? Are we about to see Hollywood abolished? Will It eoou, be possible to see inside our own homes a Tokio street scene, upon New York strikers, or a. battle in mid-Europe? These are but a few of the questions raised by the coming of television. Television is no longer an experi­ ment. It is actually in existence. t Even now it is possible to speak with and to see a man many miles away. Only yesterday the range of the telephone was but a few miles. To­ day we can speak across the Atlantia. It will, I think, be the same thing with television, or “seeing at a dis­ tance.” j Television, if my memory serves, i was originally the invention of a Polish schoolmaster about thirt/ years ago. Then it had no commercial possi­ bilities, and consequently failed to ma­ ture. To-day those possibilities, in con-‘ junction with the films, are admitted. There are probably nearly one thous­ and inventors at work to-day upon its development. To-morrow, I believe, we shall be able to speak to any of our friends over the television telephone, seeing them as if they were in the room with us. As time goes on our film theatres will be able to show us the events taking place in any of the world’s principal cities at the actual moment of happening. Later, as a furthej' de­ velopment, television is likely to make all parts of the earth's surface free and accessible to the human eye. Every authority appears now to be agreed upon these points. If this is so, what is going to be the effect up­ on the film theatre, the theatre proper and upon broadcasting? Mr. M, A. Wetherell, the producer of the “Robinson and “The Somme” films, tells he is of opinion that the coming of television (1) will kill the theatre, and (2) will never hurt the films, save the topical news reels. He, with others, believes that the ordinary theatre will be killed, be­ cause the drama of real life, so to speak, Will replace the artificial drama of the stage. 'When the day comes that we can scg the most exciting occurrences at the actual moment of happening all over the world, the average man and his wife are, in the view of many film experts, not likely to trouble about similar “made” occurrences on the stage. “Seeing the news” would be a powerful magnet to draw pople away from the theatre. I know that some of the great film interests are seriously perturbed by the coming of television. They, and the shareholders behind thm, are na­ turally concerned for the millions now invested in present film methods. It might even be a question as to whether Hollywood, on its present lines, could survive a perfected tele­ vision. Others, do not believe this. One of the greatest living producers, who is now engaged upon a gargantuan film under British auspices, writes to me In a letter: “News reels are doomed —not the film drama. The settings and locations of the film are so varied that I cannot see for the moment how they could be combined. “The drama of the film, comedy or drama lies in the great variety of set­ ting. Interior one moment, exterior the next. Television cannot hurt that, for it cannot in a constructed picture take us to one end of the world one moment and bring us back to a Lon­ don interior the next. “That television will play mischief with much that exists I have no doubt.” One authority states that the advent of “seeing the news” will enormously broaden tho field of broadcasting. This seems obvious, but the fact of "seeing everywhere” will, in my opin­ ion, do much harm to the novelist, whose work is already badly maimed by the coming of the ordinary pic­ tures and also by radio. Indeed, tho popular novelist may even find his occupation gone. Al­ ready some 30000 novels appear in this country each year, of which only ji tiny percentage are successful. Pub­ lishers tell me that, comp tition from the the output of rovels reduced by one-third. Eoin& to happen to that remaining two- thirds in face of the competition of television? Carrying prevision about television but one step further—what is going to be the effect upon the newspaper it­ self? There are these who already predict the disappearance of the newspaper, as indeed ka® done when radio first mado its appearance. It is a fact, however, that great newspapers have 'since the coming of radio sent up their circulation by leaps, which acts as a salutary cold douche to fevered Imaginations run riot Ono cannot be too careful about prognostication. Tho event nearly al­ ways falsifies the prophet I believe that will be to a largo extent the caso with television. I do not believe the theatre will Ultimately suffer by the coming of television. Wha’l television will do will be to introduce the theatre proper to a bigger public. It will be possible to "see iiislde” any theatre lh tjondon from your own homo from the tele­ vision picture piMcO of the future as time goes on and seeing at a distance becomes perfect famous Crusoe” me that in face of the motion picture, is likely to be What, then, is Will Hollywood Close Down? This I believe also holds, good for the printed word. More people than ©Yer, despite radio are reading news­ papers. Nothing can ever replace the printed word, not even the "living pic­ ture.” The former gives us time to think —the latter changes and is gone. For this reason, also, the real novel, which is worthy of the name as a stimu­ lator of thought, will persist in spite of television. It Is possible and even probable that in its earlier stages television, whilst still new and with new avenues open­ ing up, may throw out of worje thous- iands of screen actors and actresses. | It may even temporarily close down I places like Hollywood and endanger the capital sunk in the film. As time goes on, however, this capi­ tal, whether of man or material, will gradually find Its outlet in the new channel. Also against the contention that television will icill the film news reel there Is to be set the fact that it will not always be possible or convenient for a man during working hours to rush into a television theatre at the moment something Is happening thou­ sands of miles away. There will al­ ways be an “after work” public for the film proper. That, however, we are about to see far-reaching changes in the ordinary methods of transmitting the news is, I think, beyond question. Television is going to affect the life of each one who reads these lines.--------------------- Melting Of Steel By Electric Current Is New British Process London.—The manufacture of steel by means of heat generated by -wire­ less electric current, which has been successfully accomplished in Sheffield puts Great Britain again ahead of the world in modern methods of steel pro­ duction. The new process eliminates the heavy manual labor necessary undei- existing systems, cuts out the use of all -external heat, does away with the necessity of coal or coke-in the opera­ tion and makes steel of the highest purity which will be especially valu­ able for high grade tool manufacture. Under the new process raw- steel is placed in an insulated crucible in which it is melted by means of high frequency of electric current, which without any direct contact with the crucible induces such a heat that the steel melts in a quarter of the time taken by the old method. The value of the discovery is such .that its promoters feel certain that it will place Britain ahead of the world in the production of tool steel. They also expect, after further development, to apply the same system to the min­ ing industry, thus cheapening and simplifying present smelting pro­ cesses. The importance of this discovery to mining in Canada, where electric pow­ er is cheap and plentiful, is obvious. GOOD IN ANY ROLL “That actor does pretty well In that role.'* “A ham actor ought to do pretty well in any roll.’’ Mistress (to cook who is leaving)— “Well, Linda, I hope the man you’re marrying is a worthy one.” Cook—"He ain’t of the best, ma’am, but I’ll inak him do for a bit. Coli’s Widow Thinks Her Share Too Small}- . . c, , . r. , Commissioner ptoeckel rinds That Anger in Traffic Difficulties Interferes With Driving Effich i ency Robbins B’. Stoeckel, Motor Vehicle Commissioner, of Connecticut, has made an appeal to automobile drivers In that State to exercise good-nature and courtesy instead of displaying bad temper under irritating, situations. Owing to the large volume of motor travel this season, which has been especially noticeable on the New i York and Boston Turnpike, posslbill- ‘ ties of accidents have been increased, making it more necessary for drivers Says Bad Temper I Is Safety Menace She Complains Bulk of Amer­ ican Fund for Family Went, to Parents of Lost Flier Marseilles —- American generosity appears to have failed to bring the , solace intended to the widow of Cap­ tain Francis Coil,, companion of Charles Nun-gesser in an ill-fated' at­ tempt to cross the Atlantic by air last May. Mme. Cell is deeply dissatisfied with the apportionment of the share of the Coll family of the fund sub­ scribed in America for the Nungesser- Coll families. The apportionment was completed recently and Mme. Coll is starting an active campaign of protest. c She has written a long and bitter letter to Premier Poincare, expressing . the hope that he will give considera-1 reasonably even and unruffled disposi­ tion to the situation in which she has 'tton is more necessary for safe and been placed. She desires that the san driving than any other single re­ French Government compensate in flnislte. some form for what she alleges to be “The driving of a motor vehicle is injustice on the ’ part of the com-}nn activity which calls for give and mlttee handling the fund. Stake. Most people believe that it is The committee allotted francs (roughly $23,720) to Coll’s mother and father and 97,000 francs (roughly $3,880) each to the widow be even-tempered. He must not start and three children, which represents a^ pessimistic pointy nf view,,and a monthly Income of $20 apiece, Mme. 4t--4 4’-- Coll points out. ' | i to maintain self-restrain and pa­ tience, “Temper enters-into motor vehicle driving just as eyesight or hearing or any other qualification which par­ ticularly fits an operator to meet emergencies,” says Mr. Stoeckel. “A 593 poo Principally give, and there are a few who think that it is principally take. In order to be considerate one must the attitude of mind that the world is against him. In many instances ’ Another”thing which rankles is the'sltuatl°ns which have affected his French law governing inheritances'. !le^?.er £aj0^recej;e^a„^a®c emer; By this at the death of Goll’s father and mother, what is left of the 593,000 francs must bo divided into two equal' ■portions, one going to Coll’s brother, who, she says> doesn’t need it, the other being divided again among three daughters. Mme. Coli says that if Goli was called upon again to risk his life it certainly would not be for his brother. Altogether she contends that the: object of the subscribers—to try to i remedy the injustice of fate by mak-l Ing easier the lot of the bereaved j families-4-has hardly been attained in; the opportlonment. This has result-! ed, she says., from the ~ fact that the' fliers’ mothers were" consistently j kept In the foreground, while she, the j widow, and her children were kept' in the background. She asks if their j American benefactors ever knew of, the existence of herself and her chik dren. --C- Pulled Candy From Fruit Juices Pulled candy made from fruit juices gives a-great deal of fun and Is a de­ licious delicacy. Measure a pint of fruit jelly stock into a convenient sized kettle or saucepan and put over the fire. When it has come to a boil add sugar according to taste, for most ■people about a pound, and boll to the "hard crack”” stage, that is1, until a few drops of the candy in cold water will form a very hard lump and sound ■like a piece of ioe when tapped against the side of the dish of cold water but which yet may5 be pulled without cracking. Pour immediately into a well-buttered shallow pan. As the candy cools, fold the edges in so that they will not become too hard and when cool enough to handle pull to a smooth even consistency. A long pull will lighten the color; in general about 15 to 20 minutes of pulling will be enough. Afterward the candy should be formed into round strips as long as is convenient and about one-half inch through. After a thorough dusting with, pow­ dered Sugar, the candy may be cut Into pieces that are convenient for the mouth. If not to be eaten immedi­ ately the small pieces should be wrapped in^,waxed paper. This candy can be made from any kind of jelly stock prepared as for making jelly, and is very delicious. If cerealose is used in place of a part of the sugar the tendency to stick to the teeth will be entirely eliminated. gency, and, because they have upset his equanimity, they have made hjm less fit; to operate. When an emer­ gency arises he is not his normal self and is not so ready to meet it, and a breach of law or accident may easily occur. 1 “If‘ a man loses his temper to a point where Ills attention is more ab- I sorbed in his anger than by necessary Scare in driving, he is momentarily in ian abnormal state of mind, and for j the time being ho is not a safe driver. "Slow thinking is probably Anore •often an inconvenience than a real i danger_ in motor vehicle operation. | “This, however, is a day of speed. : The human machine has speeded up (as has transportation. In the motor 1 vehicle world it is likely that, because i the development of the auttomobile ■ to such?* a high point of perfection has made it possible to do fast vrork and snappy thinking, this characteristic may show many instances of overde­ velopment. “As between the slow thinker and the fast thinker, the latter is appar­ ently the. more dangerous, although probably toss annoying to other per­ sons. The slow thinker is almost in­ variably cautious, and often caution -fs the reason for slow thinking. Both slow and fast thinking should be dis­ tinguished "ftom poor coordination, •because it relates to the operating ^mechanisms of the human machine Instead of the automobile, and means that the human machine does not obey the mind with sufficient prompt­ ness. Wherever this is the ■ case there is danger, and accidents will fol­ low, “Poor co-ordination almost reaches to the subject of mental defect. It ought to be a well-established prin­ ciple in motor vehicle operation that no person with a mental defect of any type should be allowed to operate a car.” Prairie Swine Herds Increase During the-five years between ,1921 and 1926 the number of swine on farms in the Prairie Provinces of Canada increased by 547,244 accord­ ing to the Dominion Bureau of Sta­ tistics. The figures for the two census years follow: 1921, 1,055,245; 1926, 1,602,389. •» Quoted at Par. Santiago Pahati, a teacher of Rizal elementary school, and who mentioned in a news item published in this column yesterday, is not mar­ ried and is still negotiable, as er­ roneously indicated.—Manila paper. the was Hunger Levels Bravery POSING FOR THEIR PHOTOS The mountain sheop, shyest of creatures, are glad enough to partako of the man-provided fare in the Banff Park Reserve when snow buries the sparse winter feed on the mountains, % Window Box Gardening in England Czar’s Dairy Tells Although more often than not, the town dweller is deprived of that mine of inexhaustible interest, a garden, sol­ ace and pleasure may be acquired through window-box gardening, deal­ ing as it does with gardens In minia­ ture, and sharing with gardens of a wider range similar failures and suc­ cesses, trials and Experiments, The ' seasons of spring or summer with I their varying flowers are just as eag­ erly anticipated by the owner .of a few window boxes as by the possessor of box, ___ many flower ^beds and borders, for en-1 corms planted between the wall-flow T lllioin om CJ'r<k<i4>«n 4.^. ________ I . " - - * period as possible. Therefore plants Which have a long blooming season should be chosen, and when possible, the smaller and earlier bulbs may be planted to form a succession during the early months, An effectrvo scheme in an English home for a spring window box which combines .color and fragrance is found in a combination of dwarf wall­ flowers in varying shades of- bronze I and copper, pale and dark blue mus- ; carl grouped toward the edge of the with yellow and purple crocus thusiasm spurs ono to overcome dlf-} ers to give a touch of color In Acuities.. j uary- quq March, The boxes chosen for tho purpose .' Dwarf forget-me-nots, and should bo as wide as possible, of a ? flowering tulips in roso pink fair depth and made to fit to the mea-: amethyst, planted in groups of yhrees surements of the window, and the I and fives, with clusters of snowdrops | and the cheery yllow winter aconite (between the forget-me-nots, to brighten the box, is another attractive schemo. Where a glow of vivid color Is de­ sired, as on a north facing, the win­ dow box can be filled with orange chelranthus (x'Vlpine wallflowers) and a few clumps of the dellghtftully frag- rantt pheasants eye narcissus. mold used should be of good quality. Adequate drainage is most necessary, as a water-logged soil is fatal to suc­ cess. If the weather is at all dry, a thorough soaking should be given to the soil the day before planting is car­ ried out. As the space at command is neces­ sarily restricted, the great objective is to obtain flowers . for as long a France Reduces Cost of Army Only Three Nations, Have Done Likewise, Is Claim Paris—-While disarmament ques­ tions , were being considered at Gen­ eva, speakers In the French Chamber of Deputies took occasion to laud France’s- achievement in reducing military and naval expenses, declar­ ing that France has- taken tine lead since the war in voluntary efforts for pedee, France, Germany and Russia alone of the Great Powers have reduced the gold output for the maintenance of armiep and navies since 1914,y BouiUoux-Lafont reported Finance Committee and of these three, France thegreatest reduction. The United States, creased its military penses by 98 per cent, in gold since 1914, England 45, Japan Italy 55 and Spain 128. France, sia and Germany qn the other hand, hejsaid, show-eel a reduction amounting' approximately to 25 per cent. France achdeving the most in direction. .Estimating that under the army plan the French Army would be reduced to 580,000 effeffetives in 1928 from the 900,000 In 1914, he de­ clared that this represented- the great­ est proportional' reducion in sanding armies. for the declared that had achieved he 'said, in- and naval ex­ cost 145„ Rus- with this new A patchwork peace that doesn’t wear well generally results from trimmings and scraps.” 1 buoys at the entrance • to for the guidance of marl­ propose an amendment,” As a member of the Harbor Board he was attending The first meeting. The Board was discussing a proposal to plac two the harbor, ners. . “I beg to said the nw member, "that one man should be placed..there instead of two boys, as the latter are two young for such a. responsible position!” ...........................................................-I...................... ........ V of Guards’ Cruelty* Recounts Seizure of His Wine At Tobolsk and Dump­ ing it into the River May­ anil Restrictions Tightened Moscow., — Further extracts from the former Czar’s diary ’ now mad* public tell of the monotonous succes­ sion of days under guard at Tobolsk in 1917 which he spept reading on the balcony of his residence, digging, saw- Ing, wood and walking in the garden. The excerps are ns follows: „ ^'—Another beautiful day* on th®What a pity I cannot walk river bank!” ‘ Aug. 23.—Two years since to the Mogileff headquarters. Wampum Exhibit ' Recalls Old Mint Newark Exposition .Contains Examples of Bead Money' Money Made for Use of Tribes on Plains Among the exhibits in the Indian exposition at the Newark Museum are specimens of wampum money made in a New Jersey factory that for four generations made Indian currency for use on the plains. The wampum mint of the Campbells at Pascack has long since fallen into ruin but -for more than a hundred years it turned out the bead money of the Indian. Not until 1887 did it close its doors. John Jacob Astor and other grbat fur , traders of the early days were calldrs at the Campbell mint, where they purchased the mampum with which to buy the skins of beaver, bear and buffalo from the Indians of the north and west. Until tho middle of the last century stores in tho vicinity of Pascack accepted the wampum as currency for small accounts, knowing that the firm would always buy it back. It was made by the wives and daughters of farmers, under the Camp­ bell’s direction. The decline of wampum as Indian currency commenced in 1830 and prac­ tically came to an end when the Gov­ ernment gave the Black Hills, reserva­tion 3o the Indians. Virtually all the Campbell wampum went to the prairies of the Far West as tho Ted men of nearer regions had become ac­ customed to real money. The famous wampum mint of Pas­ cack was founded by John Campbell about 1775. From a private business endavoi* In his own house it grew to a plant of its own. For black wam­ pum the Campblls used to obtain clam shells by a long rowboat journey to the. Long Island Coast. On returning with a load they laid the clams under} the trees and invited the neighbors to eat them, with tho promise that the shells be saved. When Washington Market was opened in New York City the Campbells contracted for all its empty clam shells. The conch shells from which the white wampum was made came as ballast from the West Indies to New York piers. Once Counterfeited. For four generations the Campbells [ carried on their wampum hianufac-- ture, Abraham Campbell, last of four brothers engaged in the trade, died in 1899. In Colonial times not only the Indian but the white settlei’ recog­ nized wampum as legal tender and on the statutes of several Eastern States it was admitted to be currency. So wid was its use at one time that coun­ terfeit wampum made of stone, came on the'market. •....■-> ■'ir-'.-'- ' . Atchool Chilly Doyebber with his boarding blast Dow cubs ad strips the beddow ad the lawd, Eved. October's suddy days aro past— Ad subb er's gawd. Boston Transcript. I went _ Muchwater has run since then.” “Aug, 25—Walking in the garden v gets„ really tiresome. Here the feel-Al - ing of sitting shut in (to sit Is RusJP^ sian slang for to be imprisoned) is t much stronger than Tsarskoe Selo.” M “Sept. 1—Arrived the new Commis­ sar from the Provisional Government, Pankratoff. He looks like a workman or a pool* teacher. He Is to censor , our letters.”- “Sept. 5—Telegrams coms twice daily, many so garbled as to be impos­ sible to understand. Evidently there has been a big change In the Petrograd personnel of the Government. Ap­ parently Kormiloff has failed com­ pletely and he with his Generals and < leading officers have- been arrested T and part of tho troops moving on Petrograd have been turned back.” Royal Wine Thrown Into River. *“Sept. 8—To-day we went to church for the first time. But the pleasure was spoiled for me by the idiotic ar­ rangements for our going there. All along the route through the town and the park, where there was no one, stood sentries, but big crowds were in the church itself. That upset me profoundly.” “Sept. 23—Among our things which arrived yesterday from Tsarskoe Solo were three or four cases of wine about which a soldier of tho local Orchraua learned, which started a fuss. It was demaned that every hottie in the house be smashed. After a long dis­ cussion with the Commissar and others it was decided to take all the wine away and throw it into the river. They took the cases off in a sleiglr; in which sat the Assistant Commissar with a , hammer, and a whole convoy ofj guards behind. 9 We saw it from tlnf window before tea.” “Sept. 24, Sunday.—On account of yesterday's story, they would not let us go to church for fear of some dis- " turbance. We heard matters at home. “Sept. 25—"While were! walking in the garden, the Commandant and four Assistant Commissars, Ensign Nicolsk and three from the Guards' Commit­ tee”, searched the house for wine, ter half an hour, finding nothing, they went away.” All Walking Put Under Guard. “Sept. 29—Botkin received a paper from Kerensky saying that we were to be town. j might begin, that there could not be any question of that at present owing to come in­ comprehensible fear for our safety. All of us were extremely upset by this answer.” "Oct. 2—Now all of our people who want to take walks are obliged to be accompanied by guards.” “Oct. 5—On Alexei's nameday wo did pot .get to church on^acoou’d^qf Pahkraftoff’s obstinacy and we heard prayers at 11 o’clock. In the evening Alexei showed us his cinematrograph-’,'"Oct. 20—To-day was the twenty- third anniversary of dear paper, and in What circumstances are we spend­ ing it! God, -how sad for poor Rus­ sia! In tho evening before dinner we heard the service for the dead.” “Oct. 27-=-A splendid sunny day. I helped three guards dig holes for the posts of the new woodshed, now ac­ tually started. Wrote to Mama.” “Nov. 3—Dear Olga's twenty-second birthday. Sad’ for her, poor thing, to spend her birthday under present con­ ditions. At noon we had prayers. The weather is warm’’ again. Sawed wood. Began' a now interesting book, ‘Tlio Elusive Pimpernel’.” .... ...................qtf--- ■ i i allowed to walk outside the When Botkin asked when we Pankratoff answered 4 41/ t Betting Tax Has Cut Horse Race Crowds Asserts Jockey Club Critic of Churchill chief cause of depreciation to Lord Hamilton of Dal- London.—During the last horse-rac­ ing season gate money fell oft by as much as 16 per cent, from the pro­ ceeds of 1925. Raw weather and bad trade may have had something to do with this, and the competing attrac­ tion of greyhound, racing also possibly kept people away from the courses where the sport of kings has Its local habitation. But the according zell, one of tho "b!g pots” of the Joe* key Club, has been tho bottlng tax by which Winston Churchill sought to in­ crease tho national rovenuo. Tho Chancellor of the Exchequer got what he wanted to tho tune of about £2,500,000, but tho racing as­ sociations suffered owing to tlio di­ minished attondanco at tho mootings and now aro faced by the alternative of olthor increasing the entrance charges or reducing their money prizes. Fund Being Raised to Save?6 Stonehenge ■> I London—Lovers of British anti­ quities will rejoice to hear that tw5 ■sum of £35,000 has been almost col­ lected, with tho object of preventing | the erection of unsightly buildings in They are reluctant to do tho former I the vicinity of .Stonehenge. Thoro lest they sbaro away even more of their was' grave danger that adjoining land former patrons and they are averse to doing the latter because tho owners and breeders of racehorses ( wlll be, .. __ tempted by blggor money prizes to villa with, a fine view of Britain’s olch send their horses abroad. | Lord Hamilton thinks a solution of > ..... ......„„ tho difficulty can be found by legaliz- wifl bo "utilized to remove the unslght- might pass into the hands of the 'speculative builder, and house seekers I might have been offered a "charming Ost monument.” Tho money which has been raised ing the Totalisor betting machine or!ly end; derelict buildings already by authorizing the racing companies to charge the bookmakers for tho privilege of plying their vocation, Either of these courses would entail a further step in tho Stato recognition of hotting. So far, that recognition has only gone to the extent of levying a tax on betting;. Lord Hamilton’s plea will doubtless insure the eventual recognition by Farliamont that tho bottlng laws as they at presOht stand ate illogical, but what used to be called the non-CdU* formlst consclenco of this country will be gravely disturbed before such a consummation la attained. \ overshadowing Stonehenge, and to buy up thio land within the Stone-* henge skyline, thus preserving it from future invasion. A sum of £18,000 remains to be collected to in­ sure the Above objects, which wlll^e- sult in ah. area of 144-1 acres preserved' in perpetuity bc^ug hfvdTommy’s’ Aunt—-‘Won’t you another piece of cake, Tommy?' Tommy—"No thank you.” Tommy’s Aunt—'Wou eem to b£ suffering from loss of appetite.” Tommy-ain’t loss of appotite, What I’m sufferin’ from is Sfl'lRep.dss/’ ♦