Now, for a present which will give the widest possible amount of pleasure—which will bless him that gives as well as him that takes, (if given in a well-chosen quarter)—no one can do better than to buy a Zenith Radio. Some exceedingly fine instruments are now on show at the offices of the Scientific Service Ca, in the Capitol Building, 142 Museum Road. This Company are showing the Zenith Arm Chair Radio—a model which can be placed on the floor by the side of a favourite chair or divan, thus obviating that tiresome rise to change the station. A bookshelf will accommodate favourite books. The new Robot Dial is an almost human feature, The first dial shows local stations. A turn of a knob and this disappears and long distance stations appear. Another turn and a third dial shows ships and aviation. These radios will run on current or on any type 6 volt battery or automobile.
Of great interest to outport people and missionaries is the "Wincharger"—a most ingenious affair on the lines of a metal windmill which, given a sufficiently free-to-the-wind position, say on the top of the house, will charge the radio storage battery with "freë electricity from the wind" at a cost of less than two Shanghai dollars a year. In addition to this, it will generate sufficient power to light two or three lamps in the house. A gratified user of a "Wincharger" writing from Kansu says, "I have put up the De Luxe Wincharger... It works fine. Having a radio out here, made possible by "free power," we get news when it IS news instead of three weeks old, News broadcast daily from London, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Manila and local stations,"
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