It seems to me that if the two scientists from “Firm A” are geeking out about their work and not paying attention to the “Sweet Young Thing” then they deserve to lose any secrets they may have.
Electronic Mata Haris
Watch out for that girl, laddie; you might be talking over her head but into her microphone.
AS Willie Shakespeare once said, – “There’s more to this than meets the eye!” This, in the present case, happens to be the bodice of a Sweet Young Thing, said bodice containing microphone, batteries, antenna and transmitter—constituting a miniature radio station with a range of 200-300 feet.
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I get the feeling this poor kid’s father embarrassed him during his whole childhood. I can imagine the picture of him modeling his father’s bullet-proof lederhosen.
Lead-Lined Suit specially designed to protect against radioactivity in an A-blast, was designed by Leo Pauwela of Los Angeles and is modeled here by his son. “If it doesn’t land on us, we’re safe,” they say.
Be sure to check out the miraculous ectoplasm on the third page. I, like many people, thought that ectoplasm was a greenish slime, but it turns out that is actually looks like ramen.
Have Spiritualists Split the Atom?
CAN a rose pass through a solid wall? A plant grow from seed to maturity in a matter of minutes? A barn burn to the ground where no barn stood before?
If you’re inclined to hoot at haunted houses and minimize the mysterious operation of the ouija, you’ll regard these questions as ridiculous. However, before pooh-poohing the possibility that all three can be answered in the affirmative, we should consider the fact that some of the best scientific brains of the century have sought and frequently found proof that such inexplicable incidents do occur.
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We learn a few important things from this ad:
- Ol’ Judge Robbins has a daughter he calls Chubbins, which seems like a cruel name if she’s at all conscious about her weight.
- Chubbins appears to be an elf. Keebler perhaps? Maybe the magic ingredient is tobacco…
- O’l Judge Robbins is very bitter towards anything that is a “mix-up” since a mix-up once caused him to blow up his car, lose his girl and his chance of a fortune. He cringes when someone tries to serve him peas and carrots mixed up on one dish. Ben and Jerry’s ice cream causes him to have fits of apoplexy.
- The only person Ol’ Judge Robbins trusts to mix anything is Prince Albert.
Perhaps in the next issue we’ll learn how Prince Albert and Ol’ Judge Robbins met and bonded. Plus how Prince Albert extended his “crimp cut” technique to other areas.
O’ Judge Robbins in the “Horseless Carriage” Days
GENTLEMEN, MEET THE PRINCE OF PIPE TOBACCOS-PRINCE ALBERT
Introduce yourself to Prince Albert at our risk. As a tobacco fancier, notice how P. A.’s “crimp cut” makes for a cooler smoke. Enjoy steady pipe-smoking that doesn’t bite the tongue. See how evenly Prince Albert cakes in yourpipe. How mellow, fragrant, and comforting it is! Below is our man-to-man offer. P. A.’s grand “makin’s” too.
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Actually, this is 10% about the melon cops and 90% a plug for the “professional, scientific”, melon farming industry.
G-Men of the Fields
GUARD NATIONS MELON SUPPLY
By ARTHUR A. STUART
FROM a dark side street, the two inspectors watched the caravan of ancient touring cars and sedans pull out of the big garage. They tailed the procession to the edge of the city. When it was plain that the gang was headed for the coast, the officers speeded ahead to the Jacumba, Calif., checking station, where they waited. Twenty minutes later, the first of the cars came in sight and the flash lights of the officers signaled it over to the side of the road.
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This is pretty interesting indication of how recent our idea of “privacy rights” are. Apparently people were so curious as to what others were saying on the phone line that they would tap into them and listen in. This caused the voltage to drop and the signal to degrade. The solution? Add pre-installed, high-quality phones where they could “officially” listen in.
Phone Designed for Eavesdroppers
TELEPHONE companies are much concerned by eavesdropping on rural party lines because it interferes with transmission over the line. To take down the receiver increases the electrical resistance of the circuit.
It is proposed to stop fighting the apparently incurable tendency of rural subscribers to listen to other people’s business and to recognize it by installing special telephone instruments to which eavesdroppers can listen without increasing the electrical resistance of the circuit or interfering with its legitimate use.
