Evening star., 1922-06-25

| clusion of your program, the stra
! of The Star Spangled Banner caused
| the dictactor to at once rise to MS
feet. Thanks again for your enter
| tainment, and may we soon hear from
you again."
| The fact that this gentleman. who
! is the head of presumably pros
porous manufacturing concern, was
enjoying the privacy of his own
home did not deter him from stand
| ing while the national anthem came
! in by radio.
! representative of a talking ma
chine company in Atlanta. Ga, writes:
| "Just d word of acknowledgements Of
your program of last evening sent
! out by radio. This is the first time
! l have had the pleasure Of listening
| in on any of your programs. Your
modulation is particularly good, and.
although the static was fierce. every
word of final announcement was per-
feet. More power to you. Let the
| good work continue
! There can be no more convincing
evidence of the effectiveness of ra-
diophone station than the report of
perfect reception of speech through
| heavy static at a distant station.
! A gentleman writes the following
| from Chesley, Ont, Canada: Just a
your concert last night. 1t came in
very well, and as I am about 500 miles
away. I think this is a pretty good
| record"
! A very good record for this gentle
! mans receiver which he describes. as
/ well as tribute to NOF.
: The owner of country estate near
! Middleburg, Va, writes: "Following
your suggestion last night, l take
great pleasure in thanking you for
the entertainment by the Marine
Band Orchestra. We have loud
VI hi~h fn ri ha
telephone, and our local central call
ed all her friends at the neighboring
boards and let them share in the good
time"
Thoughtfulness for the pleasure of
others shown here, as well as the
adaptation of wireless to wires.
Surpassed by None.
A member of the Tigers Club, Can
ton, Ohio. writes: Heard your most
delightful radio concert Wednesday
evening by the various members of
the United States Marine Band. Every
number to and including The Star
Spangled Banner was mighty fine.
We hear most of them, and none have
| surpassed NOF-United States Marine
Band.
1T is likely that such members of
this club who can possibly arrange it
will be on hand on succeeding We'd
Q
a lady who gives her post office ad-
/ dress as Park Hall. st. Marys county.
Md, writes as follows: THE concert
last night by the United States Ma
| rine Band. radioed from Anacostia,
was perfectly lovely, clear and dis
tinct. Could be heard all over our
farm house. We enjoyed it more than
any concert we have listened to since
| installing our instrument. Are we to
hear the United States Marine Band
again."
Farm Less Lonely.
Obviously the long nights on the
farms throughout the country. es-
pecially in winter, will be less lonely
in the future than they have been
! in the past. In answer to this inquiry
| it can be stated that these concerts
will be continued just as long as we
can possibly arrange to keep them
going.
An enthusiast writes from Cam
bridge Springs, Pa: This is to In
form you and your men of the Marine
tonight. 1t was grand, and so clear
and loud. We could hear it all over
| the house with only one head set, So
| this is something to brag about.
Leave it. to the marines, they are as
| handy with musical instruments as
they are with Springfelds. Please
send me your programs. 1 want to
plays in the Marine Band for their
concerts"
| In views of the numerous requests
received asking for information con-
] cer,lins the Anacostia station, and as
| it is impossible to answer these in
dividually, a description of NOF will
be given in a succeeding article.