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Nearly a thousand. Red Ad- miral and Tortoiseshell butterflies have been frozen to death in an fice house at the Zoo, says a Loan don paper to hand by the mail.

They were the victims of an experiment made to see whether

Or, instead of going there at all, sold outright. In addition there. the insects could thus be kept in we may be listening in on pro-are many more that have been a stata of hibernation during the grammes winter, to be taken out and awake librarias for our home consump-

broadcast by our built by enthusiastic fans.

Broadcasting stations-500 of} ened when required for exhibition. tion.

them, in the United States!--send Though the first test, as pre- That this is the trend of radio out their programmes daily with viously recorded, was successful, as far as public education is copperfect self-assurance that they when a box of butterflies was cerned, is brought out by a recent are being heard by thousands of taken from the ice safe a few days discussion of this subject by mem-listeners far and near. They ago, the insects refused to "thaw." bars of the American Library Ag-get encouraging letters, telegrams To make matters worse a num-sociation in New York sald and telephone calls, but the ap ber of similar butterflies left to Augustus H.-Shearer, formar pre-plause, they say, is not in the hibernate in the outdoor cagesident of the association:

least commensurate with the succumbed to the present cold; "The position of the library audience. Many fans детер spell.

with regard to radio must be con-write in. By means of artificial "sun-sidered vary soon and with great. light"

Like the phonograph, radio is and honey-sprinkled caro... flowers the few butterflies which

being taken incidentally in the, "The recent drop in circulation lives of many fans. Like the are still alive in the Insect House of books may be caused by in-phonograph, the set is not ton will, it is hoped, be kept active terest in redio. But the library ched some evenings, and some- for about two months.

doubtless has a place in the times the dials aren't set for days broadcasting programme." } at a time. But the receiving set In this, there are two ways is there, just like the phonograph, open for the library, Shearer Fready for entertainment-new points out. One is the system of entertainment--wheneverwanted. broadcasting education. The Interference persists in annoy- other of receiving educational pro-ing radio fans. Static is still to be grammes for the benefit of the eliminated Amateurs who have library's patrons.

not yet discarded the ancient

It may not be long before weɣsales of records, whils that of shall be going to our libraries, not radio cannot. All that is knownj to withdraw books for home read-is that there are 2,000,000 or more)

radio programme. |ing, but to listen to a broadcast sets in the country. That in- aludes only sets thất hava bean

For the sixth consecutive year Buick has been assigned first place at the National Automobile Shows which will be held in the United States during January 1924.

As has been the case in previous years, the choice of positions was made on the basis of the greatest dollar volume of business done by manufacturers during the year at hand. The fact that Buick has been given first place six times in succession is convincing evidence of Buick's leadership, and the leadership of General Motors, in the automotive world.

Buick is now producing over 1000 cars a day-the greatest production in its history.

alice.

Yet radio fans have increased- if you consider only the 2,000,000 sets accounted for at the rate] of about a million a year!

"New books, book reviews and spark. still bother listeners with children's stories have all been their crackling. Local interfer proposed as fields for the ilbra-fences add to the general annoy- rian," Shearer explains, and there is no doubt that the librarian expert in various lines would be glad to serve in these ways.

"Receiving by the library is still a question. Where libraries

What Will it be when the radio have suitable auditoriums it is engineers will have succeeded in possible that the library's func-correcting some of the difficulties tion should be broadened to pro- now encountered? vide for its clientele the things Much credit for this im- which the books cannot give—} mense popularity in radio the spoken word and music. This goes to the US government. is one of the effects that radio No-other country has been so may have on existing institutions, liberal, and indeed so-encourag- and the library must be alive to ing. to radio listeners. The its possibilities."

only limits set on radio are con- cerned with transmission. Any- one, without restriction, may pat up a radio receiving set. United States is the only country. except certain parts of Canada, that basn't put any limitation on the use of receiving sets.

RADIO IN STORMS. Wires down," no longer holds thoughts of terror and destruction and loss of life in a heavy storm. For when wires are down and no communication can be main tained by land with a stricken territory, radio can keep in touch with the district.

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In fact. America encourages radio reception, through its own To assure safety and constant broadcasting of market and farm communication, storm br no news, aducational, and other in- storm, the Santa Fe railroad bas formation. The Department of arranged for radio help from the interior has its own radio the American Radio Relay broadcasting department. and Leagua. Under the supervision other large government depart- of Norman R. Hood, mananger ments are following its example. of the Rocky Mountain division Thus, the people of the United of the A.R.R.L, the amateurs of States have every encouragement that district, especially those to adopt radio and develop its ready to jump into the breach for waning of interest. whenever and wherever it occurs.

LISTEN WHILE YOU This is only the beginning of a

WALK. nation-wide plan for amateur aid. in the event of storm or other emergencies. The American Rail- way Association is working out the programme with the officials of the A.R.RL.

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The east in the U.S.A. no longer will monopolize the benefits to be derived from broadcasting of im- portant events, athletic and other- wise, says an American report. A plan has been devised by which large broadcasting stations may be linked up by direct line, so that both may broadcast an event at the same time.

At present WJZ in New York and WGY in Schnectady are joined by a land wire of 170 miles in length. The first test of this combination was made during the Princeton-Harvard game, when both stations sent out the reports of the tussle simultaneously. »

This may be extended out to- ward Chicago and even farther, zo that those who cannot got New York, direct, may derive the benefits of easterners, never- theless,

POPULARITY OF RADIO. Despite the daily publication of radio broadcasting programmes and the numerous periodicals on the subject, there are some who wonder whether radio still is és popular as ever. Is it! Well think of at least 2,000,000 radio receiving sets in use in America -one for every 10 families. Then remember that the popular usa of radio is only about two years old, and you may get only a faint idea of the popularity of radio.

One million receiving sets, sold annually is quite a large numbar, especially for an industry that is only an infant and is still to reach perfection

Compare this with the other popular musical entertainer the phonograph. There are 12,000,000

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WIRELESS IN SCHOOLS,-~

In consequence of the damage caused and the danger arising of these in the United States, through school children climbing accumulated through. "three the roofs to attend to wireless in- decades of development. That stallations, the use of wireless in has become so popular that it is the schools is being forbidden by now taken as a generally accepted the managers of the Worces- piece of furniture in nearly every tershire elementary schools, and home.

Instructions have been given to The popularity of the phono-head teachers to remove existing graph can be measured, through apparatus.

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