The Washington times., 1922-06-01
D. {. MUSIC IS
HEARD AFFAIR BY
MEANS0F RADIO
Anacostia Enjoys Concert
Given by Pupils Of Edna
4 Bishop Daniefs.
BY JESSIE MCBRIDE.

by JESSIE MacbftIDt.
81 picked up the coucert from a
radio suitcase outfit. at thu corner
Of Eighteenth and Columbia road,
and heard it perfectly"
Over the hills and far away, We
may take our radio with us today!
The statement came over the tele-
phone to the Naval Air Station.
EoF, Anacostia, D. c.. last Friday
evening, just sitter the concert ot
Ruth Peter, soprano, and Cleo Scan
land. contralto, two artist pupils vi
Edna Bishop Daniels. They gave
into the air-the same concert they
will present this evening at Wilson
Normal School, at $3.50, for Music
Week. '-z..
mother message came in from
College Park, Md. also from an ema.
teur receiver. Here. too. these two
artist pupils recorded Nv wireless
the fine freedom OF their toices and
their blend in two charming duets Of
spring.
Picking up music from the air is
no longer a novelty. But the process
IL not so familiar.
Naval Air Station, Not,
For the stay t-homes and FOR ,pco.
PIE as far as the Middle West--or
farther-this is the way Washing
toms Music Week reaches th,m nj bv
wireless In cold wea ther the Naval
Air Station at Anarosfia sends It's
messages as far as Hawaii.
In low-roofed service shed, with
sereral mall rooms. the lavna sees
an extensive equipment of coils ana
switches, Of suspended wires and
receives the warning thou shalt not
touch"
Four brilliantly H4ht~d bulbs.
"nndi"n" ''ulhs show. the power Of
this sending" machin erv.
The concert stage "a misnom+n6 is
q curtalned off section Of the room,
with heavy canvas hangines and a
canvas roof making compartment
about ten feet square.
Here is piano. above which
hangs. by wire, what looks like n
telephone receiver. On l table In
the center of the room is another
telephone receiver. These two in.
struments take the music Of SulUIst
and accompanist out TO the mrster.
ious and complicated neIworx of rna-
chinery, then up to the roof and out
upon tall arm of wira-and thr'r
the greatest mystery begins, in the
"hroadcas sting" Of the voice through
space.
Announcements Made.
In another room the presiding Of.
fiCcr Of the station makes the an.
nouncements Of the program.
Then red light is tIrnel on he.
n n r q
- "co" - the few peonIe soa'ed
comfortably in wicker chairs outside
this muffled.in concert stage.
ANY spoken word, even without
the curtains. would 60 into tne music
that was then released INTO mid
air.
We were permitted to 'listen.in." "
nearby. but here the sound was 100
near and too intense.
Composer in Wisconsin.
The entire University OF Wiscon
sin was listening in" with sl'ecial
interest 70 this concert. Cecil Bur
leigh, American composer Of sym
phony. OF violin works anil Of songs
who Is a professor at the university
AT Madison, Wis. was prominently
featured on this program.
iHe had hnen informed of this fact
and he waited in the tar-off City 10
hear his own music interpreted by
singers he had never seen.
Later. when heI writes Of the ef
fect The Times will print Cecil RIr
leigh's letter TO Mrs. Daniels. who
had arranged this concert in the
hope Of sending this musI', ahou,
which she is So enthusilStIc. out TO
the composer himself.