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THE GALLEON
light and blew such a gust that
the Venus de Milo, on the oppo-
site side of the house, went
down with a thunderous crash,
but the light didn't go out as he
expected. By this time, I had
reached him, and, in a friendly
manner, I inquired whether or
not there was something I could
do for him. He wanted to know
where I found that extraordin-
arily magnificent lightening
bug, and why I wanted to tor-
ment the poor creature by hang-
ing. I told him that it was not
a bug, but an Edison Mazda
bulb or simply an incandescent
electric light. His next ques-
tion was: "What does it burn?
When I said, "Fjectricity;" he
asked, "What's that?" Then I
reminded him of his kite exper-
iment and told him that elec-
tricity was essentially the same
as the lightening that he had
played with.
He wanted to know if the
supply of lightening in the
clouds wasn't about exhausted.
I tried to explain to him that
we manufactured it, but it was
just like trying to make plain to
a four year old boy why some
clay is red and some is gray. I
thought it best to change the
subject so I told him that we
also had electric stoves, dish-
washers, foodmixers and waffle
irons. He was shocked (elec-
tricity didn't do it, however; it
was my astonishing assertions
that did it). When I mention-
ed the vacuum cleaner, he began
to get interested, because clean-
liness was one of his hobbies.
He asked me if it would really
take the place of a bath rag, but
I advised him not to try it since
the contraption was designed
for cleaning curtains and car-
pets, not the human anatonomy.
Then I told him about the
electric shaving mug, ironingmachine, hair curlers, water
heaters and dozens of other
electric fixtures, appliances, and
conveniences. By this time he
was delighted, enraptured, fas-
cinated, enchanted. In fact I
may say, he was pleased, be-
witched, and captivated beyond
my ability to portray.
Just then a passing street
car caught his eye; anl when he
learned that it was electrically
propelled, he was by no means
reluctant to take a ride on it.
I went with him to point out the
places of interest such as the
staycombed houses (I meant to
say stuccoedj, the boulevard
"with a street on each side" and
I even showed him the gray
stone of Simmons' former mas-
cot, the ill-fated little DI-t. On
the way back we saw two very
tall poles supporting a single
wire. He wanted to know the
why and the wherefore, so I told
him about the radio and the
necessary aerial. I told him
what a great blessing it was to
"poor downtrodden humanityy"
I told him that we had one at
the store and that I would be
glad to demonstrate when we
returned. The mention of radio
led to a discussion of other
means of communication. The
telephone and telegraph were
veritable marvels to his simple
mind.
My surprise came after we re-
turned to the store. I "tuned in"
our radio set and got Philadel-
phia. They were broadcasting
a lecture on "Thrift, by Dr.
Bigspont." There was never a
child who was happier on
Christmas than Benjamin
Franklin was at that moment.
He executed 57 varieties of
contortions and dances, both
plain and 3ancy. He was simply
overflowing with pure joyous
ecstasy. He continued these12
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