Archive for February, 2008

A New Name for Swiss Cheese 1927

WHEN IT’S REALLY SWISS CHEESE
SCANDALS in the Swiss Cheese Family, the reformers sadly admit, have made it almost as notorious as the Swiss Family Robinson. It is not merely that a ring of cheese around a hole bigger than a silver dollar, and filled in with mustard, as the New York Evening World complains, has [...]

Alternative to Platinum 1927

A RIVAL TO PLATINUM
THIS TITLE IS BESTOWED on tantalum, one of the most important rare metals produced on a commercial scale, by a writer in The Engineering and Mining Journal (New York). Says this paper:
“Its unusual resistance to chemical corrosion makes it of much value to the chemical and allied industries as a material for [...]

Did Daniel Boone dislike dogs 1927

DID DANIEL BOONE DISLIKE DOGS?
WHEN the career of that great Indian fighter, hunter, and frontiersman is considered “in the light of all that history, tradition, and border romance have had to say about him,” the question of his attitude toward dogs may be of small importance, remarks the New York Sun in an editorial which [...]

DUI Tests 1927

TESTS FOR DRUNKENNESS
JUST HOW DRUNK must a man be to make him unsafe as a motorist? This is the problem that has been bothering British experts, as already noted in these columns.
The British Medical Journal (London) tells us that for several years public attention has been aroused by convictions of persons charged with drunkenness when [...]

Huge Broadcasting Vacuum Tube 1927

THE BIGGEST VACUUM TUBE
A ONE-HUNDRED-KILOWATT VACUUM power-tube is now in use at station WGY, Schenectady, New York, operated by the General Electric Company. This, it is asserted by the company in a press bulletin, is the first practical use of a tube of this size by any broadcasting station. The tube takes the place of [...]

Johnson Outboard Motors 1927

Joyful Hours of Relaxation are Yours when water-motoring with a Johnson
You who love the waters know the lure of wave-lapped shores—the joyful hours of relaxation that lie in peaceful pools—the thrill of spray-tossed bow and foaming wake —the joys of water-motoring.
This summer go water-motoring with a Johnson at the stern of your [...]

Passing of the Jazz Age 1927

JAZZ - THE GOOD NEWS FROM ROME
LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD should welcome, and do, the good news from the Vatican that the jazz age is passing, and that the flood of immorality which lapped every shore is receding. Civilization is returning to normalcy, custom is becoming sane, Governments are checking orgiastic vices, religion everywhere is [...]

Saving the Texas Longhorns 1927

TEXAS longhorns are nearly extinct.
The thundering herd has joined the buffalo, the six-shooter and the brass rail as a vanished part of the more or less wild life of the old West. A few specimens of “the most spectacular domesticated— or semi-domesticated—animal that America has produced” will be preserved by the Government in the Wichita [...]

Summer Skiing Holidays in Switzerland 1927

SUMMER SKIING IN SWITZERLAND
MIDSUMMER sports are seldom associated in the minds of vacationists with skiing, yet this. is one of the many events entered on the calendar of Switzerland this summer.
This is made possible by Switzerland’s sharp contrast of altitude. While the valleys and lower mountain slopes are flower-decked and the lakes fringed with rich [...]

The Return of the Toll Bridge 1927

THE RETURN OF THE TOLL BRIDGE
A FEW years ago the toll bridge was thought to be on the verge of obsolescense, but the automobile is rapidly bringing it back. New and expensive toll bridges are being erected all over the country to handle automobile traffic and to be paid for by that traffic. So it [...]