10 NEW AIRPLANE FLIES LIKE BAT Developed by Peter Cooper Hewitt For War, II May Win Michelin Prize New York. —The latest Michelin prize of SIOO,OOO, offered through the Aero Club do France, may be won shortly by an American Peter Cooper Hewitt happens to have a demonstra tion machine already constructed which he claims will do the things the Mielielins require—and more. Not only will it rise straight up into the lr without a preliminary run along the ground and then move forward, and finally when landing descend Into a 30-foot square, hut it will execute maneuvers as well that are much more unusual, almost sensational. For instance, said Mr. Hewitt, when it is running forward through the air it may be reversed and driven backward witout reversing the en gine or turning about. Furthermore, the machine may be made to drop or to jump with the suddenness of a flying hat. In fact, it compares in flight with the present planes, he con tinued, as a but iti flight compares with a duck. A duck can travel only in a smooth line and change its direc tion in a swinging curve; whereas, like a bat chasing a butterfly in the twilight, this machine can make sud den halts, retreats, drops or Jumps. These unusual movements. Mr. Hewitt explained, are made possible by having a propeller which may he pointed in any direction. To rise straight up tne propeller shaft is turned until it points up and down and brings the propeller overhead, so that the. bull of the blades is applied entirely to lifting. There is no side wise motion during the ascent. It Also Hum Speed Once in the air the propeller shaft is inclined forward and the piano Is drawn ahead at a speed which is equal. Mr Hewitt claims, to the speed of any of the fast planes now in use. This speed may be rt versed quite simply by shifting the propeller from forward to rear and applying the pull • uninterruptedly, but in the opposite direction. Furthermore, at any time during the flight the direction of the propeller may be varied and the ma- j chine may pull itself upward ,or may drop, adding its own propelled thrust ; downward to the pull of gravitation. l These eccentric movements in flight said Mr. Hewitt, were part of the. i original object of his research, for: their usefulness in aerial combat dur ing the war. The machine was u do-j fence design, undertaken for the War Department, and it was to domain- , s' i ate it practically that Mr. Hewitt] built tiie demonstration plane, com-j pletely engin.d and equipped fori flight, which he now possesses. At a demonstration which took place before a committee of aviation j experts of the General Staff shortly! before the armistice a complete lest; of the machine was made on an avia tion scale to determine lifting power, balance, etc., and the experts pro nounced it a marvel. Can Ise His Design "You may announce it for me," lie said with a smile, "that if any one feels a sporting inclination to go nf t< r the prize and is willing to support the cost of construction 1 will let him use my design, and he will lie sure to win." The successful alte.nipts to rise 'Vertically with a heaver than air ma chine and attempts to alight on small spaces, sjcir as house lop. have been ■•stunts" requiring extraordinary skill and great daring With a machine of tiie type that Mr. Hewitt has devel oped. he says, it would lie an elemen tary operation to rise from a house top and lo make a landing on one. t would even lie possible to remain stationary in the air alongside a building at. a desired floor level and to step off on to a balcony or into a -window, he says. KEPT WAITING "Better not keep that man waiting any longer." "Why not?" demanded the mag nate. "He's been waiting so long that he has become acquainted with vour stenographer. 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I Jewelers, 18 North Fourth St. jjj FRIDAY EVENING, MOVIE PIANIST'S WORK IS HARD 'Life Is Just One Distorted ! Drama After Another, With a Few Waltzes Mixed In ! Life for a moving picture pianist is one distorted, elongated, tragic drama or comedy after another, gen erously interspersed with etiuiilly disproportionate news weeklies and animated cartoons. And the rapt on looker who sits with placid hands folded in His lap listening to the music which blends on the screen never dreams how the pianist is work ing in order that the correct iiu pde.-sion may lie conveyed. 'Many people believe that a pianist just tumbles into good luck when she gets a job in a movie and thai all she lias to do is to bang off me chanically the music required while she enjoys the thrilling new screen productions day by day," says a woman who has played in New 3 ork and Brooklyn movie orchestras I'or several years. "But they don t stop to think or they would see how far from right they are. "In <lie first place a pianist at a movie tries to avoid looking at the pictures because from her close up view they are Indieroiis. Every actor and all the scenery is out of pro portion and it makes you dizzy to look at tliem. Most Be Alert "And in the second place a movie pianist is far from mechanical. She must he alert, versatile, able 1o play jazz and classical music and must be keenly sensitive in her portrayal and interpretation in order to bold her job ill tlie least important of New York's hundreds of moving picture theaters. "The producer lias come to believe' that one of the most Important fac tors in the suc-cess or failure of a new production is the music and he de pends on it to convey the author s ideas more accurately than the actors or the written words which ac company the picture. Not only does it establish I tie mood, but it pro vides the atmosphere for the screen play and underlines details, bringing out color and contrast. It is never tiie accompaniment, but part ,of Hi*' ■picture." A cue sheet, which tells just wlial music to play and how long 1o play it. usually is prepared and sent lo the movie musicians n week in ad vance. But if the operator chances to lie a poor one and is careless about the length of time lie shows each picture, the orchestra will be blamed for the lack of harmony which Tirol' ably will result. If 110 cue sheet is sent, the director of the orchestic must follow the pictures and indicate when to change the music. When the musicians are unable to gel the music required in the cue sheet. Ihey sub stitute music of the same characti Playing new music every day in the bus'est movies and changing quickly fiotn popular 1o classical, both of which must lie played with skill, is not an easy feat, says the pian'st. And making one's mood tic cord with the varying music re quires un unusual mixture of tem perament and versatility, for the real musician must fori his music be'ore tie can interpret it for liis audience. "When I finish playing at night the strain on my nerves, the mental weariness and the physical fatiguo in my arms and fingers is so great that I feel 1 can never go back for another night." says the pianist, "t'nlike ativ other kind of playing, the music in a movie niust go on continuously for two and tli-ee hour periods, often, with 110 intermission, and with tnus'o that one has seen only once or twice before perhaps, for we have not time nor energy to do much practicing outside. "Contrary to the popular belief a movie pianist would rather p'av classical than popular miis'o, usually, for it one is enough of a musician lo be able to plnr '■ oth well, he is enough of a musician to appreciate most the mus ! e written by the host composers. We always have to buy our own music, and while we sel dom keep the popular pieces, nearly every movie player lias a large library of classical music. Society Dramas and Waltzes 'Society dramas are easy to play for because, as a rule, slow, beauti ful waltzes are played with them. Comedies are not hard either, be cause simple music is generally used with them. lint war pictures ar.d Just a Few of the Thousands of Barrels of Kentucky Whisky on London Docks Awaiting Distribution to English Buyers The Prince of Wales raised a I augh when lie remarked at a recent banquet in London thai I <• w. s gU>d to lie hack in u country where one did not have to pretend to lie "dry." It' tic acquired a taste for American whisky during his visit here he will have no trouble pampering: it. This photograph," taken at West India docks, shows sortie of the thousands of barrels of Kentucky whisky which have been discharged ut the port of Ixindon and tire waiting distribution to English buyers. any with a great deal of action and quick transition from one scene to another tax the musician's ability. "It helps so much to know that the audience is appreciating your music. Once in a while someone comes up to tell us that they have enjoyed it, and it enables lis to play twice us well the next time. But few people take the trouble to do this, for they never stop to think what the picture would be without the music. "Sometimes ludicrous mistakes are. made by absent-minded musicians who play the wrong kind of music with their scenes. I remember once a pianist who should have played a slow, solemn funeral dirge as blind Nidi walked into the sea to hor death in 'The Bast Days of Pompeii' skip ped over a step, and, thinking the picture was ended, was joyously playing 'I Don't Care.' an intermis sion number, as the final tragic being shown." of other things that make sen- -xt q t p-p-i ~T" inaws, Hats and Caps, and other sible gifts.. Holly Boxes with all A I*C"A.TOci S&cl 10 01 i-iIOUSSHICtS 01 sensible gifts that are appre 1° I „ Articles in Every Department ciated StOFO Open livery Evening starting Friday morning we place on Special Sale our entile stock of Men's and Women's, Boys' StOFC op6ll Every Ev6lting Until YMQC and Girls' Wearing Apparel. This sale will continue until next Wednesday. Here is the opportunity TT V„, __ to purchase up-to-the-minute merchandise at after Christmas prices. Uillll AlllclS SIZES. TO 11 - lOU COATEES ' OK SAlili, 100 WOMEN'S AND MISSES' J p If T X * 2*._ COATEES Coats for Women. Misses, That will be so,d at real OIITS atttt Children < /? >{K vV ;1 > s j\ v / sa^'n ffs. Hea\er 1 lush, /, \ At Verv Special Prices During This Sale of Pre-Christmas Specials. J 6fa Seal Plush, Mole Fabric A wflpaj, Mh W)- x{W\ : -A " a " d Mbms ' Girls' CA ATQ fltffi Mil s t, sum JEm* frcoATscoATs!:"^ •< ! ! i "I Wrfvl! v ] twOl'-y $27 - 50 CJ/J QQ r >v :M L>H 1\ \ Coats i ' , ™ $1 5.00 Cfi Off Coate % r JJ / Coatees.... 19 .W V Vi V i\U\ \ $35.00 doo in $0.1? 5 SR . BS (JO \ A if' I 7 ™- V 11/ llJyj 524.98 g -"si 1.98 SS /A. pM\\ —f $24 98 (7)|TI $27.98 $14.98 59.55 i lt """ • A * ST . 534.55 $ coat *l* ...$29.98 IH i ,a s^ s coat o .... s44.9B cfate..... $18.98 coals $16.98 A dsy Boys' Suits, Overcoats, Mackinaws A SALE OF DRESSES 11 cSL * At Savings 10 You During our FreChristmas Sale - that will create a sensation—soo Beautiful Dresses placed 100 Boy s' BOYS' O'COATS on Special Sale. QTTT rp Q Brand New Styles and Shades in Sizes 6to 18 Ser ee Dresses Tricotine Dresses Wool Jersey Dresses / J UJ X X O Years Tricolette Dresses Paulette Dresses Satin Dresses That So|d lTn 1( $10.50 O'CoatS, $6.98 $12.50 O'CoatS, $7.98 Georgette Dresses Crepe de Chine Dresses Taffeta Dresses JploxSa fi $10.50. In Sizes to s ls - 00 O'Coats, $9.98 $16.50 O'CoatS, $11.98 Beautiful Styles, Newest Shades and Combinations iffi 18 Yearß, SIB.OO O'Coats, $12.98 $20.00 O'Coats, $14.98 s lß>o o Dresses $10.98 $20.00 Dresses sl2 °8 A O Mackinaws for the Boys—so Mackinaws that sDresses J'?2"n2 sresses5 resses fil'oo JlNili MM are worth up to $12.50 AO 335.00 Dresses $19.98 $40.00 Dresses $24.98 at ©fl-39 DON'T MISS THESE EXTRAORDINARY VALUES Men! During our Pre-Xntas Sale we j * offer 300 Men's and Young Men's Suits and O'coats at ft© That Are Positively Worth $35 to S4O; New^pJy Q Styles, New Cloths, All Sizes ~.'r. T_.. —*r. — [ -~ MrnW Mill I 111 . LI HARRISBURG '&&&£ TELEGRAPH ! WOMAN'S CI.CB A MECCA San TYancisco.—The popularity of ! the Woman's Club of the National j Dengue for Woman's Service is'un j limited and other women's organiza tions are making it their headquar ters for cluli meetings, dinners and ] informal gatherings. Evidently the ; Woman's Club is just what the San Francisco women have been seeking jin the way of a meeting place. The Monday night dinners, with their in -1 formal talks and discussions on cur rent subjects, always are crowded ■with guests. A recent subject under discussion at one of these dinners was "Grand Jury From a Woman's 1 Standpoint." Among the clubs which lately have held dinners at the Woman's Cluo aro the Grade Teachers' Association i unci the Civic Club. The Woman's Clnh wrt lif'iui ." year I'ro 111 tit ' league to bring all classes of worn ! en together and to aid and a neon rage progress and development in their • respective fields. It Is a club tor business women, women of the lois : ure class and for 1 ail women. SIZK AG.UXST Til KM When the returning troops of the i Twenty-ninth Division were received with acclaim in the streets of their own Baltimore, one ffour-year-old daughter of that community was not only impressed but puzzled. "Where have they been?" site wondered. "In France." "And what were they doing there?" "Fighting, my dear." ' There was a long pause, during which she shook her heud disap provingly. "Well," she said finally, "they look to me I<ke p.e'tv > tight."—The Home Feeio". SRINAGAR UNIQUE! AMONG CITIES Kashmiri's "Venice" Charms > s Traveler; 11 Is the Heart of Asia j All the traditions and personality J lot the Kashmiri —the Intellect, wit, craft, arts, religion, beauty, refine-1. luoitt anil degradation of tills sing-j, nlar people- --are concentrated in tli.s , soi diil yet lovely city, that fascinates! and .repels one by turns. its aonl and impulse is lite river, , I which winds th-ough it in loops,! flowing under its seven bridges; Lstone eiftbanknients in whielt the f shattered remnants of temples and ; I shrines anil violated gods are hurteil, i I its stairs were the people bathe, and j I women, with tliolr bare feet, ties-; •ending and ascending, f.ll their! Iwaterpots; its shops, its mosques, its, ! gardens blow'-tig by the water's edge.: * Side canals, that ultimately linki | with it, flow through dark alleys land under ancient high-backed; bridges, and carry one into the city's; most secret haunts. Streets and j lanes intersect the maze of houses I with the same bewildering complex-j j ity that they do in Venice; and cu'i-; ' oils Hurpr'sca await, one as when the, j Mar t'aiip.l, after an hour's wander-1 j ing, carries one's beat to a point; 'whence it is borne upon the shoul ders of a dozen men through a | j crowded land of li'gli houses that a!- ituost meet overhead, and dropped | Ii; to the wide open ttrcam of the liver. * Mere in 111" heart or this city isj Asia: life and death jostling each' other; children that swarm in prol l -: fie homes, while cholera and disease slay them w thont p'ty; vice in the dark alleys and secret places; pie in the streets, where men seem ever; at prayer; houses t'at grow Into heaut'ful forms and ilalhale tracer-; ties as by tie light of nature, yet are; so shaken and awry with neglect) that one marvels how they escape I an instant dissolution; gardens laden! w'th roses and filed w'th scent of, litaes and .jasmines, overhang dark j waters, whose breath is the breath | of a sewer; a populace seeped in' poverty and given to Incredible toil with tine needles, that In bygone days wade fine shawls of Kashm'r a won der of the world: vet a people >dl" and pleasure-loving, who pass you w'th smiles upon then - handsome faces an l the treachery or centuries of prurtiee at their hearts; homes T ipi MM '^PV ■>/ %B 'M / H B B^^B c l^ : I^V> v 'l, B /H. Blw ' w bv W* ; ■ / b ' \//;' • • - Ji/ / i wjagw ____ i MS. MARK ET SOU ARE HARRISfURG. PA. DECEMBER 19, 1919 that no sealed to tlie other world, yet a lif< that in lived In public with n-tontshfng candor, sociability and charm that characterize the Kast. You enter your shilcura and are can ed down the buoyant water, swaying with its life, and as you go ; the houses of the city defile before j you. At the windows are numerous shopkeepers calling upon you w th ! voice and gesture to enter. Yon j yield to the invitation, resolved to j buy nothing; your boat 1s stopped by a flight of Bta'rs —you climb a nar row and sullied street and you ! ■ "o'yinted garden! sale of this Inner court. | sea'ted at the carved Saracenic win- Idows, each a frame for a picture, sit 1 the pat'ent carvers and painter ' wh'lf the rooms beyond are full of i lovely th ngs, the product of their 'skill. From the windows on the • riverface tliere is a view that is ono jof the world's masterpieces. You resume your journey, t'po.t ! the silvered roofs of the temples the i sun shines with a dazzling light, 'and the whole face of the river is I luminous w'th a brightness thar. | vanquishes the eyes. A puff of white ] smoke suddenly emerges from one 'of the bastions of the fort overiook ilhg the city, tlie air is filled with a roar, and slowly round a bend in the bsolutely No Pain f it y Infest Improved nppll- )|L MH. incliidlnc; mi JfjT (I nlr uppnratuM, muk..*M at wV r raetinir and all ilcnfal A V rk positively pnlnlra* ir I IM perfectly Imrm- A? (ARC no objection) oet of ION jT .*•* y zw"*.riz W ■ iT Gold rrnnna mid JSr bridge work, I'iK O % r . jSr *olil eronrn . sr. no JT AT Jr .""iVu da J t ly - i sao B (■raiiuatr & A P ' Monday, ■ Vh sijp jdr edncsday and Sat- I j/yy32o Market I S HARRISBURG, 1 PA. ft bnrt . blf | river conies the Maharaja's barg" with Its towers in scarlet. Its walla •- lacquered and painted in red and yellow, I lie colors of >Spula. In the i rush of boats that follows your own is jostled and splashed with thai ! sparkling waters. —V. C. Scott i ! O'Conner, in "Asia" magazine. A SIGNAL. KRROR A woman hailed a tramcar con—■ jductor In tin* excited manner custom- j jury with many of her sex, but the j car did not stop until some of the ; people inside had called attention of [the conductor to the fact that the woman wished to enter. As she i entered she glanced at the man In i dignantly. J "Why didn't yon stop tlie car torf • me?" she snapped. ! "How wasl to know you wanted to jget on?" asked the conductor. "Didn't you see mo swinging my | arms und jumping up and down, i waving my umbrella?" ! "Of course. Could any one help I seeing you?" j "Then why didn't you stop?" "Because T thought you were danc ing to- that street organ."—Parson's I Weekly.
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