Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 27, 1928 Page: 2 of 8
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CAN YOUR CHILDREN WASH
THEIR HANDS IN SCHOOL
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THE BORCER DAILY HERALD
By George Clark
i lUrticlpate In public affairs, this is !
a matter which ao closely affects
the health and future welfare of all
children that it demands the serious
consideration of mothers as well n
'; the public officials responsible
the existing conditions.
Abe's Granddaughter
Give3 Memorial Bells
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (A P) —
A chime of bronze bells, the gift of
Abraham Lincoln's granfltiaUEhtori
will be placed in restored spire of
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
church here, which is to be a mem-
orial to Lincoln.
The bells are the Klt't of Mary |
Lincoln Isham and the company i
which is making them was headed j
for many years by Clinton Hanks
Meneely, who was related 'o Lin-
] i coin through his mother, x liilena
Hanks Meneely.
Mrrthw- in homes- all over the
country are busy these mornings
getting Hieir children ready for
ichool. It is no ea y job. Five days
'it the week, Betty must be re-
minded to brush her teeth before
breakfast and Junior sent back lo
Th'' bathroom to wash behind his;
ears, While she fixes the breakfast,
packs up luncheons, and gives the
grocer his order for the day. Then j
when the children are sent forth |
shining with cleanliness from head I
to foot, what is the result ? The
chances are thai! there isn't a place
in school where they can wash their
hands properly during the day.
The astonishing lack of hand-1
washing facilities in our public
schools was brought out in a sur-1
vey recently conducted . by the |
School Health Bureau of the Metro-j
politan Life Insurance company. A j
check-up of 404 schools located in
relatively progressive communities
in the United States arH Canada dis-
closed that only a snu.il percentage
were equipped with hot water, soap ^ Cntfnn Fjinpral
and towels easily accessible to the :1 unts di
students. Rite Not Yet Fixed
According to the report, in one!
of the school surveyed, the children j AUSTIN. Nov. 27. OP)—Funeral
must rely on the cold water of a arrangements for Dr. William Sut-!
drinking fountain to wash their j ton, former acting president of the |
hands. In this school no soap is university of Texas, who died here I
yesterday are awaiting arrival of j
his son, Herbert, from Dallas. Doc- j
tor Sutton was stricken while talk-j
ing with members of his faimly.
available and the children's cloth-
ing must serve as towels for their;
chapped hands. Not only are the
facilities in most schools inadequaf.>!
but existing equipment is often not j
used to the best advantage.
While it is not easy for many j
mothers with children of school age j
to attend meetings and otherwise j
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HOW TALKING PICTURES WERE DEVELOPED
First Heard in New
York in August
of 1926.
ITAPHONE
years old.
is but
Yet in
two
that
time it has revolutionized
an industry and has trans-
formed the world's most
popular medium of entertainment—
the motion picture.
It required courage, foresight and
Imagination to undertake the pnblic
introduction of Vitaphone which
was to give a voice to the silent
drama. In the face of opposition
and skepticism Warner Bros, dared
when their competitors hesitated.
Today as the entire picture
business is accepting the arrival of
this new era in screen history,
Warner Bros, are advancing far
ahead of the field with a confidence
that is born of practical experience
and the assurance of the successful
pioneer.
In August, 1921, Warner Bros.,
as licensee of the Western Elec-
tric Company, proclaimed them-
selves ready to present for public
approval tho most epoch-making
development in screen history.
Previous experiments in talking
pictures from time to time had
proved ludicrous failures. It was
suspected that this demonstration
would be Just one more like the
rest.
But Warner Bros', faith in Vi-
taphone was not a shallow inter-
est in endowing the screen with a
voice to make it a temporary freak
novelty. They saw it as the crown-
'rt; technical perfection of the mo-
tion picture. They backed it with
their reputations as film executives
and the reputafcon of their com-
pany. Moreover, they invested it
with the more concrete assets of
their own tireless efforts and the
vast resources of the organization
which carries their name.
First Heard in New York
The first audience to hear Vita-
phone assembled at the Warner
Theatre in New York. As they,
entered the playhouse on Broadway
thcr: was little enthusiasm for the
experience that awaited them.
Then the house was darkened and
there faded in on the screen the
figure of Will Hayes. A moment
later his voice on the Vitaphone
was speaking, telling of the honor
he felt as leader of the industry to
indorse the marvelous device. At
his first words there was a gasp of
'breathless astonishment. At last
the illusion of speech in connection
with the motion picture was real.
A spontaneous burst of thunderous
applause from the amazed specta-
tors followed and Vitaphone was a
success.
The system and apparatus em-
ployed by Vitaphone were devel-
oped by the Bell Telephone Labora-
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tories and the Western Electric
Company. Through Vitaphone mu-
sic, speech and song are electrically
reproduced, as the performers seen
on the screen appear to render it;
music especially played to accom-
pany a certain picture is electri-
cally reproduced in synchronism
with the action on the screen; and,
in general, the visual and audible
presentation of performti* is given
j mechanically and electrically at
j any place or at any time, without
j their actual presence in the theatre
or hall.
The sound vibrations created by
the orchestra are picked from the
air by microphones, which arc
placed out of the range of the cam-
eras and yet within a few fset of
the players. Where the rendition
is that of a single .singer or player
one microphone is sufficient, but in
the performances of large orchest-
tras like the New York Philharmo-
nic, six or more microphones may
be U3ed.
From the microphones the fluc-
tuating electrical current passes
through wires to the control room
where it passes through an ampli-
fying system. Amplifier panels of
the Western Electric Public Ad-
dress System type are used in this |
connection. Because the current
get up by the fluctuations of sound
pressure at the diaphragm of the
microphone are too minute to oper-
ate the registering device which
cuts the grooves on th ; oft wax
disk which serves as a master rec-
ord, this amplifier system is intro-
duced to take the small current at
its input end and by means of dis-
tortionless vacuum-tubes amplify
it to tho requisite strength. There
is also a monitoring system here
used in connection with regulating
the total volume of sound, a volume
indicator, and panels for testing
purposes which have nothing di-
rectly to do with the registering
equipment.
Soft Wax Record
From the amplifier system the
current passes to the recorder.
Here the fluctuating electrical cur-
rent is translated into mechanical
vibrations. These mechanical vi-
brations—faithful facsimiles of the
sound vibrations which reacted on
the diaphragm of the microphone—
are recorded oil a dink of soft wax
by means of a stylus made of sap-
phire and shaped oval-fashion like
the end of a spoon. By means of
mechanical filters all extraneous vi-
brations are eliminated and the
movements of the stylus are bo
governed that all tones are regis-
tered with fidelity.
In order to synchronize the pic-
ture and the music perfectly, tho
camera and the turn table on which
the master disk revolver, (In an-
other part of the studio building)
secure their motive power from two
alternating current motors of th<3
Has Revolutionizes?
the Motion Picture
Business,
synchronous type made to run at
uniform speed. To record, the mo
tors arc smarted and gain full speed
together and continue to run to-
gether. Connected to the recording
arm is a suction tube which draws
the cut wax particles up and away
•from the disk.
The operation of the reproducing
apparatus is comparatively simplo.
The av rage moving-jjjcUu.fj, ojjora,-
tor can be taught to handle the Vi-.
taphono show in a week or less
while the average theatre elec-
trician can easily bo taught to re-
place a bad vacuum tube or make
minor adjustments in the appara-
tus. The turn-table is located im-
mediately adjacent to the picture
projector, both of which arc driven
by the same motor, the speed of
which is controlled by a speed-con-
trol mechanism which keeps the
speed constant. The electro-mag-
netic pick-up mechanism in at-
tached to the turn-table. The, am-
plifier panels are compact and
require but a very small amount of
floor space. These are also installed
in the projection booth and near
enough to the projecting apparatus
so that the operator can also han-
dle the volume-control mechanism.
Four Horns Required
For the ordinary theatre two to
four horns are sufficient. These
horns are of the folded type, and
if spread out would be twelve or
more feet in length.
The electric motor can be run
from the usual power supply. A
battery room, however, near the
projection room is needed for the
vacuum tubes.
The actual operation is simple.
The record is placed on tho turn-
table; the needle set on the start-
ing mark; the film threaded into
the projection machine with the
starting frame opposite the pro-
jector opening. Tho motor is then
started and the film and the record
are mechanically "run off" in syn-
chronism. The mechanical vibra-
tions of the needlo are transformed
into electrical current fluctuations
which are, in turn, amplified and
transformed into sound vibrations
from the horns. The horns are so
placed that the sound reaches the
audience as though coming eithei
from the persons depicted on the
screen or, when the music is used
only to accompany tho clnevnq
story, from the orchestra pit.
Vitaphono is now installed and In
successful operation in more than
500 theatres throughout tho coun
trv.
THIS PROJECTION
MACHINE GIVESA
MOTION PICTURE AUDIENCE BOTH
ENTERTAINMENT.
THIS RECORDING DISK IS SENSITIVE TO THE SLIGHTEST SOUND. MICROSCOPES ARE USED
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Byrne, W. G. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 27, 1928, newspaper, November 27, 1928; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth209608/m1/2/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.