Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
II DIET AHEAD
FOR RADIO FANS
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u, Declines Further Broad
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HICAGO, November ia jazz
is all that radio fans can hope
This Winter to appease their ap-
tie for music. Any taste for
. / delectable morsels of enter
ment as grand opera will have
% unsatisfled.
officials of the Chicago Civic
ra Association nave determined
Il decision against any further
adcaSting of the melodiouS out
ring ofs great theater stars dur
their performa in the sea-
just started.
. back up their decision, con-
IS with Il number of the more
liant singers have been made to
vide definitely that their produc-
IS are not to be carried by radio
The multitude of listeners outside
Auditorium Theater here. Inter-
in grand opera, cultivated all last
son, by two broadcastings a week
.Hr two of the most powerful Chi
@ stations, is now to be allowed
iHg.
Definite Decision Reached.
i'or a time there was a thought
t the opera management might
y oke its decision ana let radio
r. =
;. 4 stars OF the music world But
~ they have announced differently.
rs another move to elevate the
.rrtaiument that is filling the air
SIS up in smoke.
lust what effect the decision will
: ve on box Office receipts is hard to
termine. The present season, how
IT, is finding an unprecedented de-
md for tickets, which many believe
due, in part, to the interest OF radio
rs, now no longer able to get their
Sh-class entertainment from the
Il only all stars of grand opera
were like Mary Garden it might be
, fferents She claims to get a thrill
. IT of the thought of having her mu-
cal efforts carried to the four cor
,scrs Of the country, and IS delighted
~ the letters that always come in
:.'terward telling how the invisible
..Idience has appreciated her efforts.
stars Not All Alike.
But all the stars are not like Mary.
They don't believe in letting the pub
lie enjoy their talents unless that
public pays through prescribed chan
uels.
Not so with the jazz artists. how
ever. The difficulty is to keep them
way from a microphone, radio sta
= ions report. All this Winter the air
IS to be full of syncopated sympho-
MES and jazzed melodies. And, after
III, there is no denying that jazz is
tho most popular type of music with
Tho radio masses.
But there was a big class of lis
nrers who appreciated last seasons
opera as IL came out Of the loud
speakers. They want IL repeated,
but that one experience seems to
rave been enough for great singers.
All of which again raises the ques-
lion whether radio has hurt or helped
the theater business-whet Their people
IRE going to be content TO stay home
and listen to the jazz that comes
through the ether rather than go out
q nd get their amusement from stage
or screen.
1t does not look as though theater
men have any apprehension on that
score. Florcnz Ziegfeld has just an
nounced plans for about $2,oo0.000
worth of theaters here in Chicago
Those already operating can hardly
handle the crowds wanting seats.
Grand opera joins with the rest Of
Them on this score. 1t even has a
missionary out in the field educating
the masses TO an appreciation of the
best. But that music is going only
10 those who can support it.