VOICE AND PICTURES NOW SYNCHRONIZE New Apparatus Made Available (or Schools, Churches and Motion Picture Theatres. Ji . jww P"' ' la 05V " ' T . . 4 I I i H k 1 3i ills iavyasa J Famous Writer, Turned Country Paper Editor, Boosts the Town Bar d No womler tho Marlon band of Mui lo'n, VirKinia, contltlera iia troubi. j cm I ver, aayi Ilia Conn Mualc Center, Klkliart, Im!. Sherwood Andcraon, wl:o la reported to ret nickel a woi J for hit abort atoriia, la championing the band with half to a column artirlt every week in Ilia Iriun pnpeia, wl.lch ha recently bouglit. Not only liaa tlila lilshly paid writer stirred up support In Marlon, but many national figures hava conw to the support of the band. Otto Kahn, International banker and donor to tht Metropolitan Opera, hni contributed $100. II. 1- Mencken, "cutaed" or praloe.l by perhaps more people than nny other wrlUr In Ameil.a, chipped in 112. So did Horace Livarlfht, well known puMli-licr. Alfrcl Knopf, another publielier of .tiw York City, come across with V, ts (1I1 aho I'rcJ ll'.Btk, Ford Motor Co., Ietrolt, and Brla. General Ilownboum, V.'aihlngton, I). C, Slierwood Amleraon says be Is not an ui lifter. Iln cluiinn lio took up thi band cnuaa from his ow;i :eluth desires, II soya he likes A band Hand music juU suite him. Ha would lika to play the biin'mt hoin In tla banl hlmsilf but lucks ability. He would liko to be the dnnn major be: t of all, he confesses, but he tlockn't hava th fijrure. lt'a in his ryi'.em. I rums, as his father used to play a cornet in liw same town Un.l with th lute Frcaiknt llur.lr,;:. Ilia I ir i tilory v "What does a Inud mean to a lowwJ" Andenmn a ba in oo of his first stunes. "Bitlrr 8k w'.ui U l town wllbout a band I.lfe In a town eoea on. lust ao. I on I no l.o'V it 1 1. Merchants ull!ii!; r.(uU, lawjeta fli.blinif their cn--c', fiirn'.ors roiu.ng into town to buy i.oo-.s, hpinr;, sum mer. fall, winter, t'coiile in their bouses, women cooking, makiiiK lads. Life is dull enough. "Duye come. i , '. s mn of the band have put on ttieir un; forms and are coining up ulong t'" ulinU Tht big drum is booming, ti.j l.oms going. ''Just supi0M now, H nur town, w are vislte.l by amn! frrent man. Hur rah now, let'a give him a big day. It may be the tovsrn"r of the rta'.a ot soma other dignitary. Our principal men are going to i ect him down at th tUtion. They hava tliir bet cars there, tha biptresl an I b-t car? wa have In town, nil our lewlinr -iti-x-ns. And no band. I'ahawt What frost "And what ubout-Anni.lice Dny nn the Fourth of July? "Or when tho fair la on. "Older men, alaid ciliiens of a town may tie awe to gei amtiir wim cut a band but what about the boyiT "When 1 was a boy my ono r.reat ycamlnf? was to play the hlgge.l horn In th town band, 1 never mado it. Try r never was much music in me. ".Still and all, I'm not a jealous mnn. What I can't hnv I ilont want to tak away from th other fellow. Fond of the Ilahd ' "I still liko a band l.Hter than al most anything els in a town. Hand music just suits me. Thero they coma up th street. I-atoly I have only seen the Marion band in action a few timea and then they didn't hnv any drum major. I hope they irrt ona again soon. I lika to see the fellow in tho big bearxkin hat with bit staff and stepping high and wido. AMERICA LEADING IN 'RADIO COMMUNICATION Th opening of a new, direct radio channel between New York and Lis bon, Portugal, for tha transmission and reception of Radiograms was re tautly announced by the Radio Cor poratlon of America. Tha Inaugura tion of this radio clrcut adds another ipok to th world wide communlc. tloa system which bai New York as Its hub and radiates directly to Eng. land, Pranca, ' Germany, Italy, Hol land, Rulglum, Sweden, Norway, Po land, Turkey, Argentina, Brasll, Co lombia, Vansiuela, Porto Rico, th Dutch West ladles, and Dutch Guiana. From Ban Francisco other direct radio circuits Join th Unltod States to Hawaii, Japan, tha Philippines, Hong Kong and Shanghai, China, th Dutch East Indies and French Indo China. To further Insur th continued su premacy of tha United States In trana oceanlo radio communication tha RCA la planning additional circuit for th near future to countries as near a Canada and Cuba, and as distant as Jpalo, Cischo-Slovakla, Chll and irajsciv use (Ahov) MARION KIWAN19 BAND. Thin fin little bind not only furnishes the S'iOU people of Marlon with music on mimmer evening and during rclebra'.iuns but recently made a trip to Wash iiiKton, l. C plnjrinn in 22 cities along (lie way. Thii is the band Sherwood Anderson U "rooting" for and to whose support t)tio Kahn and the rent conlribuU'd. Frank Lieto, director, extreme k-ft. (Left) Sherwood Anderson saya be la happier because ha haa rescued the band In Marion than If he had written tht year'e llest brllcr, not because he hat done a "good deed" but because he'll be cure of band concerts this tummer, IIENRV MrNTKKN. lb famoiis linl timore Hi ll V. ether, v.ho rave a yejr'r dura 1 1 t..o lend boyc. nh l.i con tributiun ra.nc a nolo aayini;, ''It I' an honor and a pbaMi.c. Alt I ns! in tliot the boys play 'I'U V'nc '. nr. Kheln' once a year, preleraVy n riy birthday. Don't lot V.iv ban;' .' Anderiuin wrote bachi t). KM I' enry. When is your birthday? V.e'.l Pat a parade. IM li!:a to i! ) ii nystlf but I li '.ven't rtot the figure for it. "And how faithful and i!;vot( I l!,i band members niq. 1 ho Men 1 1' u:i Minimi band, fur rxami b', to Ci U prnctice twice n w-ek. Fnr frui i ret :lnf paid for th"ir work they do i! vitbout pay. 'J tin memberj evc.i pay lui'S to ko. p the bund Roinr;. "Recently, until tliee last few weeks, our Marion band baa bad a 'nn l leader who was paid n rood Hilary because he wna a pood man. lio was there to keep tho boys up It tntilf and would be thero now but that ho Is sick. "Hut tha boys are at It Ju.-t the .tamo. T hey are keeping the b. ni up. Sacrifice of Band Men "There ar men In tho Marlon band who make a ucrifice every tim they ro out to play. Dear this In mind. When w want our band mont, other towns, that haven't nny br.nd, would ' Mifhtier Than tht Punt How a California newspaper man' pen became aa mighty aa a well tilled purse I told by V. C of liny ward, Cnllf, Scouring tha town for stories, the reporter came upon a poverty-stricken little family men pylng two rooms, with no beds and very little of anything else. The chll dren slept huddled on th floor, lulu hi column next day weut a fulihful aid graphic description. The follow ing day he spent the Inter hours de clining furniture, bedding, clothing and food for lb family, for th prof fered supply soon exceeded the tin medial needs. frugality . Aa boy should be educated with temperance, so th first greater lea. n that should be taught Itieni Is tu admire frugality. It Is by the exec rise of this virtue alona thnt llir can aver expect to be useful mem ber of aorlety. It la true, lecture coutlnuully repeated npon this sub ject may nink some boys, when they grow np, run Into an extreme, and become miser ; bill It were well had wo mora miser than w bv amongst ua, aoidgojun, t like ono too. Our band rets oil ro all over the bouthwest. i to i 'trii i we ' fit ra' ei 'j'TS :ti e I 0 Vlr !.eix t:.e i.Tirs nlmoft nlwayi ttir.o wh' ne-d tliem here and tiiey st loinc. Ini-tou I of i oinT ojt an' ing in money tliey stay hero iin .heir sen'ices. "Anil there aro individual m( if the band who r-tilto a ri nery tin-.o th,-y f o ,.ut to pb; y i.kii 7 T ot they. "Tl.o bov.i of tho band like bund, and o il v.. Hurrah '.bey come. Mii'lc foalrnT l breeze. Kvcry heart jjtnping. Musir. .Hip. "We liko tl nt "Thu peoplo of Marlon owi k to t!ieir bnn'l tt io i: t! hej-'.!rst Unl of -sMpport. Ov't baeU of l'.c..i. When they nee) a llttlj norrv to I'cep foinif, shell out. A oo l l.'.nd is th ", inve.tnuiit a tow.i t:.n make." . Join t'.ie Cory List "Join tho Clory List," fherwoid Amlerton headlines cnother ioi, and continues. "Tho Marion r disu inir Company doesn't intend com a cmsailer.. You kno-.v Ix paH'rs aie. Well, we mak r. U'ntiona of bring a biir clty- ro- pr V. a are Just a l.ttlo old country ree'.c ly, that a what re art. ".Still and ail, as Mr. Kin? L rdner In ro fond of aaying, wa do nc' want ;l.o big city papers to hang it I ' over our eyes. City paper are alwa, t ret tin:; a cru o!o for some ood tnu-e. The;.' uplift tliia on or th t ore. Scmetir.:es vhole recti.. a i of aciely -et uplifted liUu tnal. lt'u (-!,;, rful. "Wo men't, however, r.aite la nn bilious. Up to dat ,v.- havo ta:'T. im but on can and that '3 t i Marion L'and. It uay bj tha er'-.' no v.e i-ver will tako u,). An I v it t'oinj that out of nny altruist' i jesj. It's juit because v.a V.' s t rear the b-md r'ay. '.'o 1.1: 3 '. inorn parauo. v. ncn a lit e ay ea . 1 v a like to se? tliei f u. oi I -e.r m f irr-.s and tuin Llowmj ihi;.' ! u:, 0 f tiji Main street. "1' i"! Cy'r; , e- er-ons fcclin'; jo. t ifa Is drnb cnou r!w!i or linan; ya. V.'a have rever fot'n l er way 1 j bo 1 canary bird ourselves. Sanc? I.i.ilil Concerla "What v. want ii t. ca lha Pan:l boys have a littlj non-y in too rea- i:ry. we want Loti'l loueeiU 00 i Jri iner nights. "0, hearts of noM. who v. i.l j ui 1:7 r..OO a year over a period five venrs to get and keep our b. ! i. b:ini'-up financial condition! V 1 an making thia appeal not on' r tt Murionite but ti all peoplo ) '.he surrounding; country who read thin parir and who like to come t-i o-ji town when there Ij ronn thing atir rln!'. cr on cummer nlfchti to hear the bnnd ulav. "Tha Klnir of Tnglan.!, Presldenf tt r ranee, l-resldent of the rniVd States, f".nntors. Politicians, Mi'linn aires, Rich Authors, Poor One, Farmers, Merchants, Anyone welTom. U you do rot wnnt to cipn t.;i lor . Roma to Part act Childran nome'a municipal government has outlined a program for physical Im provement of Its school children. It started a aurvey to find all unhealthy adenoids aud will remove them free of charge. The governnor of Rome ha decreed the establishment of spe cial clasaea for mentally defective children. No Slouch Thomas A. Kdlaon, Interviewed on his repent birthday, ehook his head modeatly over a voting contest that had mnile Henry Ford, Muaaollnl and himself th three greatest men living. "Only posterity," Mr. Kdlaon said, "can know what men among ua today ar really great Voting contest ar no good, for ein-h of us choose his great men according to his own pe culiar taste. "A pawnbroker ws discussing this voting contest with bis wife th other day. "'Ifdlson. Mussolini and ford, heyr" he said. 'Veil, dey vas great men, yes ; but de mnn vot Invented Interest vssn't no slouch.'" , Mite- " SHERWOOD ANDERSON, famoua noveliat and abort atory wriler, omonx the type faaea of hi weikly newapapcr in Marion, Virginia. Mr. Andt-mon treated a aena.it ion laMt November when he left Nw York City and became puMishcr of two little weekly paper down amonis the Uliie KidKe Motintainit. About the first thine he did wa alurt campaign (or the Marion bund, Ho like bund "better than almost anything ele in town," he aayn. Ilia appeala, wrillin in tl illimit able Sherwood Anderxon atylc not only Nlirred up auppott a.non t.id people or Marion hut brought cn tribuiionn from Olio K!m, inlvr national banker, II. I.. Mriu-ken. i.alcil vriler an rritic Horaca I.ierl'M, rcll known pubil her, nnd ol'irr nallimal li"ri. CTTO II. K.i:i. I1 rnai onal I .-n":r. . ac'-irr i f ll.e M?tropiil!!an I .nunic cnthuiiia.'it and pliiha'".!. j. ;rt. T ho atartrd t';e Marion h .8.1 (".. i c'S v.ilh a c!;ec!i for 10 J. f!?vrra! 1 he. ror.'.ri'n.t'ona fro a nation tl f. Ijliov. cd I ut the b ;!k e f V. e b.'nj i .n .aL.o fro a f.bri.in rco!?e win -.itt the band n ono of tl.o bi.;i;c!;t lV::i in the town. mor? than cue yc-r cr rarnc' ; ive J5.00, io not I't Hist stor1 v"". "JOIN 'ill': Ci-OHY I.I.'T." Spi i ef the Hand Anderson : t J.e would I32 1 1 be lh dri'.n I.I...O.' i.i t!-.i ban ! b ;t I'oefn't Imvo t!.e f.,-ure. Well, h n bo a lil'ile iiu,n, nnd bis l.nej 1 . ti'n may ! n bit oti.T but vc'll ve. 1'rr luin. anyway, lie' csuhes "-)i;it if tno pa:miin:: hand. That's what it t.n ?s to 1 0 n (lr'i-1 rinj'jr. "inv- I anil re,Tc:en:t the to- .1 cn ti fay days," lu sr.ys. "'Vn., t f ir con.v. we- t!ic I: r ce cbm- .ion. l ounli ot July, ney kin.l of a ."iKtreo when rvory ritiren b- .ms . Wy r.f.-.i:i, then n ro-.l band, teT- ; in;: rally out, thi t'rums k. :i:r-, '!ars ft;tr.rr what h a town v.v.iiout roj-.l band: "You c:inr.t,t b.avo a roo'l b.-i I In I" bt. You cannot expert th? btys to Mow pai!y, st.-p cut with real r j3to, wne- ihry rre In debt, to I.;; -e a ".oo l band roiuh-es r.irhts of t.-ady nrai'tiec. it r"nur."3 s'i:!.in? I 1 it. W hat can you cxye-t when the Uoya ;invo to oma to bnnd Mee'ir;-r nnd ilnnk down a dollar ,iut for ts.c r.rivi ' ef v.orliir I) I; ; ) vl wb-11 we vc:-,t tl j.n ro-i "'ihe boys pot n lltUo ilicou-.i ral, e'.i' Sejilcr got sic!:. A lot of ther.i ar woH in;: boys. They'pot a li'.tle in 1I0M. 1 his : aiier la no unlift naner. li U just a rood, littlo ell cuntry 'anir. P.Jt we liko a ban,!. V.'e be ?nu .'rlt.in,' about the Marion band n our pfincr. "We!!, don't you wonv tbout old Marion. Wo r.'ill rako in many a fivo- -loilar Dill K.r the boys." ; Viewpoint of the Hand Men Pew have gotten the viewpoint of the small town band ns has Fbenvood An lerron. He has learned fron the . . .. ... . . ..... . a...., .vm.i.-, ....a .."Jin...., w wt. J iiit, 1 WUU band men what they ore 110 a-ralnst. nothinv rn-IU-r la thia world than to ft nn,.M.tntra n-hrl- li,i t-ia.lll ready mer.na to any town. , Mora Than Fur Deep Mary Kutherliie had a little alley cat ou which she lavished all her young affections, nnd when It was lost lb refused to be comforted. (IramP ma bought her a beautiful Angnrn kitten, but Mary Kiitherlne wu still loyal to the loved and lost. "See, dour," grandma said one d.iy. stroking the thick yellow fur, "Isn't this one much prettier than the other Utile kitty V Mary Kallierlne gulped and tier brown eyee filled. "Hut. grill rlie i; 1 '-red. "If the Inside 01 n iat 11 uuntsl" Kiinsii City Star. Watch Your Weight The best Index of good health, snys the Knnsns City Times, la the weight. Mothers know this nnd weljih their babies regularly In order to be stir that they are well. People who are III usually lose weight. Hut It Is not healthful to be overweight. Fat peo ple bid lest resistant to disease. To be too fut result In siralu upon the heart. Watch your weight; keep It ueur the average for your age and height and yuu Will have good health. I 1 1 Yfrw -hi "Ono of tho first siirns of the decay of a town is when it cannot get up or.thtiEiaim to sunnort a b .nd. Th .Marion b.iml needs support, juoti I oplo don't know it. "in ou!r to keep thpmr.elves.up to n.i!T tbo boys practic twice a week. i rey pay a ilolier a montli out 01 tlitir on po.keti. This tint fair. I'liev siiould n"t bo asked to do that. Tito money r.oe to pay rent for a hall n winch to practice, and otr.cr incl lental expen'.s. "Who will pay tie yearly bic for .. band boy? This paper will r eive it for thorn. Fome of the boys have r.ot l:.l.in;l in their dues. A nod ir..py tf lhe::i work hard for their monv. ,r.en they ret uehind tl.cy do not feel lilte commit around to prncti'' and th banil sulTen. ljja.ty 01 in, imnu "Only luct Armi.-.ticc I'ay our bard hnd an olfrr to fo t inithcr town. 1 ney court have r' t " '"r the ilay. I'liev Ituck to fl.i:- 1 They have niwnya atuclc. .u c.i . . 13 st:rx to tliem. "i rera l coon t) b n show put on m t ;v,n a pa it or li:e proteeiia or h!ch ro to t!ie band. Support that e hen It rnma a'onr. If cu fo?l li!:e Tiiprin.-r in to pav soma fellow s dues ."or a year, v. will bo glad ta hear .ro.ii you." , V, ben the eampaifn hri hi.i lis our.e. the Marion band w ill probably ') completely outfitted with quadruple '.old-plati-d horns and uniforms with eld braid thres inches wi le. Any- vay, the people of Marion are aiurel f band concerts this summer r.nd'nf 'lavinar a anappy band to liven up all (heir days with music. .fl I HORACE LIVER IGHT. publisher, pi ly producer and lilcratrur. In a letter he aayxi "1 want a little band boy of my own. Inclosed find $12 to pay one band boy'a dura for the year. 1'iclt aie I good one, one with good hinue. Let him blow hard. You tell that band boy that when a big day riwifi m Marion, I want him to shine his hhoes. comb bis hair, keep hia eyea off the gir! ' ! r,n to it. Lordy, why didnt I lc. 1 f ) blow a horn myself M.krt t w.. ...... -.,.-1 I .U III. nn. ..f , Iia M.i.lni, linn J ltnM. IHcre'a to them." . , .. Kamtriti Pauing of ftT 1 th "Good Old Timtf I Time hgv changed and peopl have grown so serious that the old de light In holidays has vanished, Is tha complaint voiced by the writer of an editorial In Liberty Mngiiziua. "April Pools' dny was one of the bright spots of the year," points out the editorial, "There was a brick un der the but ; the stuffed pockethook with the string tied 16 It. Ilrcakfast muffins filled with cotton were a rare jest, and ro win enndy shot through with rnyenne pepper. It wu a louj time anticipated and long remembered, ns were SL Valentlne'a day, Christ mas eve, Halloween, and the night be fore the Fourth of July. On Thanks giving we went to grandmother's house and ate gorgeously. There aren't such grandmothers any more, or such cran berries. . "Christmas now mean bills to meet," continue the disillusioned writer, "Independence dny has been mad a Snne Fourth. We no longer get any fun out of April Fool' day. Those unolIU'liil childish holiday were a kind of possession peculiar to the past They are not the same now. We are grown up and serious, and time ,UT hangad." . I ; -, 1 v u -"n it A Engineers ara now at work on simplified photophona device suitable for use la th home, which wilt mak It possible, It Is stated, to repro duce "talking mov ies" In tha home very much as the 0 r d I a a r y radio t- 'I I broadcast programs f I are now being re- f-f f I celved In mora f! H I than l,.hl tnllllnn y "j homes. Thl an Jii nouncement wa mad by General M James O. Harbord, President ot tha Otn. j. a. Harbord Radio Corporation ot America, at tha f .-r-itloo of a new company to ba 1 us "it. C. A. Photophona, Incor I lv-t?" In discussing the formation ot tha new ciwpany. General Harbord pobf I ;U that although tha Radio Corporation, General Electric and Westlngbous bad been preparing tor aereral years to market apparatua aynchronltlng vole and music with mitlon pictures, public- Introduction of 'he apparatus had been delayed un til the engineers had achieved "com plete practicability" ao that It would ba a simple to operate as a radio aet, and, at the same time, highly per fected. "Tha Photophona." aald General Harbord "la both simple and practi cal. The essential principle 1 th recording of pictures and sound on one film. While varloua methods have been devised tor 'talking movies,' ex perience haa shown that the most practical I that ot recording pictures and aound on tha same film. This Is the method employed by tha Photo phone. It la now possible to photo graph the President ot the United States vole aa weU as action and to distribute films reproducing th event throughout th country. Uses and Operation "Easily operated reproducing appa ratus tor as In theatres, schools and cbnrcbes will be nationally available. An entire opera, musical comedy or drama can be electrically recorded on the film. Just as It la aeen and heard, and then reproduced from th same film. Whatever can b aeen or heard, whether It la a nightingale alnglng or n rm In'hittle. can now be record ed and reproduced tor both th eya and th ear. Moving picture dramas with complete orchestral accompani ment, or with music and speech, will be available for nation-wide nse. "Standard films without the aound can be used without any change In the machine. The only thing the op erator has to do Is to close ona swlti U when be Is projecting pictures wlt!i Bound, and opea It when be doea not want th sound. Any type ot 'talkln,; film' can be ised In tha machine. Th" type of sound reproducer to be useJ will vary with the size ot the room In which the picture ar to ba shown The reproducer embodies some re markable new developmenta In acous tics. "Sight and hearing bar been the two avenues ot approach to the hu man mind tor education, religion and entertainment Now one medium com bines tbe appeal to sight and hearing simultaneously, with universal acces sibility and availability. The com-pU-le practicability ot the new art has already been demonstrated, and there remained only tha need for an Intel)) goat and serviceable system ot manu facture and distribution. "Ona can only guoss at th many va lued uses ot this invention a an in strument for tha spread of knowledge, for bringing th people ot tbe world closer together, and tor th advance ment ot civilisation." Old Year Dead When Harvest 1$ Gathered? That the calendar by which w count our days doe not fit in hur- -monlously with the seasons la pointed ont by an editorlul In Liberty Mugs sine. "It has long been obvious," explains lliv vwuu 1 ill. in,,, muiiiiig wv .....- dar on tbe first of January Is all wrong. The year ends with the har vest, when the lust grain Is In, the leaves are fallen, and the earth has gone to sleep. The closing dny of the calendar might well be that ona on which we turn away from outward thing and nsk about the chances of having a little steam heat "It Is unlikely on tbe whole, that the calendar makers will agree to end the year with the full and begin if with the spring, aa Is meet nnd prop er," concludes the editorial, "We must take January 1 as the beginning of the year because Julius Caesnr fixed It that way and nobody has changeI It" Mule Long Imprhoned When his mule disappeared, Dim Parllng, pioneer farmer of Nlxnn, Texas, started a furflung search for htm, without avail, even putting out postcards with a reward for his re turn. Two weeks later, he Iwppened to cross a dry creek In the middle of his pasture, and found the mule wedged In between two banks In such a way that he could not get out. Darl ing procured help, and released tha mule, which had not suffered much In spite of bis long stay without food or water. Indianapolis V.vtfm . 1