Word: loudnesses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...although how or why the current is generated still lies in the field of conjecture. A cat, wired to tap the current which results from the stimuli of sound waves, will convert the sound waves into current surges which can be amplified and either photographed or played over a loud-speaker...
...damp thread on its end. Slipping past the eardrum, the thread drops into the "round window" of the cochlea. This makes one contact. The other is made by a silver plate at the base of the skull. The two wires are hooked to an amplifier and thence to a loud-speaker...
With the cat in one sound-proof room and the loud speaker in the other, any word spoken to the eat will be reproduced in electrical impulses by the cat's ear and transmitted to the speaker. Not only will the resultant words be recognizable, but it is possible to recognize the voice of the person who spoke them...
Suzy was never a professional. The U. S. niece of a London publican's wife, she went to England to dance in a variety show. When she lost her job she became a decoration around her aunt's bar. For something better to do, she took up with a loud-mouthed Jew named Harry Bexler. Her real adventures began when a German agent broke into their bedroom, shot Harry because he knew too much about his boss's secret business. Suzy left England in a hurry, took refuge in Paris. There she sang in a cabaret, shared a room with...
...well known comedians and with the exception of a very few dull moments are genuinely amusing throughout. Judy Canova and her family of hillbillies provide the high spot of the show's comedy efforts with an amusing skit and a very funny song which brought them long and loud applause. The deep voice of Gertrude Niessen is well known to radio listeners, but her exceedingly attractive person should, we hope, keep her occupied in a more visual form of work. Miss Patricia Bowman dances very prettily and by way of contrast, Mitzi Mayfair contributes a good bit of syncopated stepping...