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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. Their acquaintance
lias ripened into friendship; lore is
a natural sequence, niarriag follows,
and then you'll lie shy a good
steiiog."—Kansas City Journal.
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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."
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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!:"^
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v ] twOl'-y $27 - 50 CJ/J QQ r >v :M L>H 1\ \ Coats i ' , ™ $1 5.00 Cfi Off Coate
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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
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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
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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.