STATICS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 756, 31 August 1929, Page 10

STATICS

THE QUIET CORNER

(Written lor THE SUN by the Rev. Charles Chandler, Assistant City Missioner.) ground wire, six valves —perfectly adjusted—but alas! Statics! Wireless enthusiasts have at least this to be thankful for; there is something they can blame for all noises which may occur as a result of their inexperience. For half an hour the reception will be all that can be desired, then some infernal screechings and noises will be heard, as of barbed wire being dragged over a cross-cut saw. The “set" is switched off in disgust, and the proud owner feels painfully self-conscious in the presence of those guests who have dropped in purposely to “ listen-in ” to the much-talked-of six-valve set. ’Tis then that the unfortunate owner of the set wishes that he had invested in a gramophone instead. Statics are very often made the scapegoat for many of the blunderings of those whose ears are ever cocked fot what the ether waves are saying. The last fellows we ever blame for anything are those fellows under our hats. We are prepared to scrap almost anything that does not respond to our poor treatment (including wireless sets and religion) and lots of people are walking around minus these things, and many more, all because they lack that pertinacity which is necessary even to operate successfully upon a wheelbarrow. The best way to look into the eyes of the chap who has most to do with our present ill-success, is through the medium of a looking glass. "Bad luck" and “Never had a chance ” are to a great extent the outside influences, or statics, which we blame for our own inexperience and lack of knowledge of how to operate successfully upon the business of life to our highest advantage. NEXT WEEK: RISSOLES.