LIFE’S LITTLE WANTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 3 December 1926, Page 4

LIFE’S LITTLE WANTS.

The Talking Film. IVe arc going to sec 'a good deal of the talking film before, long, and we are so used to hearing tilings by wireless and listening to exquisite reproductions of music on the gramophone, that the marvel of the talking film does not perhaps strike one as it deserves. Long before tfie war inventors had succeeded in photographing speech on. a kincmatograph film, and by passing the photograph between an electric lamp and a selenium cell, had made the cell reproduce in a telephone the original voice. But; like many another invention, it reached an impasse, and had to wait for many years until tho wanted link BL, the chain was provided by a discovery. The stepping-stone .to success has been provided by the ‘‘elec- ; trie eve” —the little bit ot apparatus that technical people call a photo-elec-tric cell. It consists of a deposit of potassium, or some such metal, oil theinside of a vacuum tube,.with a plate or metal ring to act as a collector. When a rav of light falls on the potassium elect rods are liberated and fiy acrossthe collector, providing a path for an. electric current. The currents dealt with are. excessively small, and require great amplification by means of valves. * * * * * Beautify the Town. To-morrow’s carnival in aid of the funds of the Beautifying Society is an object well worthy of the whole-hearted support ot" every citizen of Alasterton. The policy of the Society is to beautify Alasterton, and this laudable aim should stimulate residents to take a pride in their town. The Society is in need of funds to-develop its undertakings, nmjjij the more money placed at its the greater will be the achievements. The residents of Alasterton generally will, we are sure, assist the Society in every possible way in the good work it is doing, and will seize the chance to emphasise this point at to-nivjri'cws carnival. * * * * Learning to Swim. Swimming is one of the most healthy and body-developing exercises whieh eaii be indulged in. In Mastertou some hundreds of children attending school engage* in swimming as part of their eshool instruction. The need for more baths is generally recognised, and each school should really be equipped with a bath of its own. Some schools have this —Masterton West is an example selected off-hand—but Such a desirable provision is largely a 'matter of convenience in the way offsite* and expense. The Wairarapa High School is continually growing, and the need for handy batlis for the use of the pupils ig already felt. In this connection it is to lie hoped that the High School will cvcntualy give effect to some sucljpF scheme as that which Air C. E. Daniell. lias outlined, when improvements . are being made to the Swamp near .the Cornwall street entrance.