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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25
WGY PLAYERS To
END SEASON
SOON
"cappy Kicks" to Be Put on
Air Friday as Closing
Performance

SCHENECTADY, June rs. - The
WGY Players will conclude their
192S-1924 season of radio perform
ances Friday night with the produc-
ton Of "Cappy Ricks," comedy
based on Peter B. Kyne's lovable
Pacifice coast skipper. The radio
drama will not be missing from the
WGY programs during the summer,
however, as the WGY Student
Players will be heard weekly in one
act plays and full-length dramas.
Edward H. Smith, director Of the
Players, will be in charge of the
student productions.
Since the first offering of the
drama by radio in October, 1922,
when The Wolf" was put on the
air, this type of broadcasting has
been popular with WGY listeners,
and has won many new friends for
the station. Under the direction Of
Mr.. Smith, an earnest effort has
been made to adapt stage produc-
ton to the air, no small job when
1t is remembered that scenery, stage
business and gestures are eliminated
and that action must be conveyed
~ OAAC VOANC oAAAA SOuIlO
making devices. With but one ex-
ception all the plays offered have
been stage successes. The excep-
ton was the production Of the
play. "A Million Casks Of Pronto, -
written for radio production by
Miss Agnes Miller of New York.
Miss Miller's manuscript was
awarded the $500 prize in the wGY
radio drama competition.
The WGY players have produced
eighty-three plays since they have
been ION the air." Experience has
shown them that the listener pre-
fers the melodrama and the com
edy with bright lines and a cast
Of not more than five people. The
small cast play Is preferred be.
cause less difficulty is found in
Identifying a character. Five dis
tinctly different voices may be cast,
but beyond that number there are
generally at least two voices that
sound very much alike and con-
fusion arises.
The WGY players will return to
the air in September, and will con.
tinue their repertoire Of plays,
among which are dozen written
expressly for radio production.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25
ACT Of PLAY IS
ONPROGRAMOF
WGY
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch" Will Be Broad
cast Feature

SCHENECTADY, June 25.-The
first act of MRS. Wigs of the
Cabbage Patch" as played by the
Proctor Players, Harmanus Blocker
Hall, Albany, viii be broadcast the
evening Of July l, by WGY, the
Schenectady station Of the General
Electric Company.
Edward H. Smith, leading man
and director of the WGY Players,
will play the lead, Mr.. Stubbins''
a part which he has taken MANY
times since the introduction of Alice
Hogan Rice's story to the stage.
The broadcasting of one act OF
Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch
will begin at about 7:20 o'clock, al
which time the overture will be put
on the air, followed at 1880 with
the rise Of the curtain and the
opening Of the play. During the
weeks production OF the play Mr..
Smith will alternate with the Proctor
Players lead, Arthur Benton, play.
ing Tuesday, Thursday and Satur.
day nights. Marjorie Tyler, another
WGY player, will be guest artist
of the Proctor Players. She will
play MRS. Eichorn."
At the conclusion of the first
act Of the play WGY will continue
with the regularly scheduled studio
program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25
CINCINNATI OPENS NEW
BRoADCASTINC STATION

CINCINNATI, June 25.-Opening
ceremonies at Cincinnati's newest
broadcasting station, WFBW, were
celebrated yesterday evening at
the studios of the new plant at
the Hotel Aims recently, with a com.
plete three-hour program. The
Ainsworth- Gates-Alms Hotel station
operates on the same wave length
as Cincinnati's other broadcasting
stations-WSAI, Of the United
States Playing Card Company, and
WLW. the Crosley Corporation-3O9
meters.
WFBW is class "B" station with
500-watt power. According to How
ard Gates, in charge of operation
at this station, reports on test pro.
grams held before the assignment OF
the class "B" license indicate that
the station will rank with the
strongest Of its class in the country.
A tentative schedule Of operating
hours adopted by the Ainsworth.
Gates station gives three broadcast.
ing periods each week: Wednesday,
8 to 10 r. M; Saturday, 10N to IL d.
M, and Sunday, 10 to IL D. m. An
additional period will be taken up
when time can De arranged with one
Of the other local stations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25
ROMPING AROUND
RADIO DIAL
BY Listener-In

an ante-room of Madison Square
Garden.
Politicians were there and bust
even a dark horse was among the
assembled guests.
And there was bowl of most
delicious punch.
While visiting there, we were
called on the carpet by Richard
Hardpenny, radio wire chief Of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Company.
Mr.. Hardpenny voiced extreme
Indignation that we should have
accused his generator of a hum.
The whirr that has been ac-
companying the WCAP broadcast
for the past few days, he SAYS, is
line noise" provoked somewhere
between here and New York.
AS for his generator, he SAYS, YOU
can set a nickel on edge on it, turn
on all the juice and the nickel
won't be disturbed in the least.
We. extend congratulation to
Estelle Wentworth, ..er cast of
singers and station WRC, on the
production of "Pinafore'' last night,
Unfortunately our storage battery
gave up the ghost shortly before
the conclusion Of the first act, and
we consequently missed the greater
part OF the performance.
But what we heard entitled the
event to a high ranking among the
local broadcast programs of the
year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25
.DUTCH amateur
|. RADIO STATUS
HhAAH
IMPROVES
zeh'-,. UUvkUU Hill
AAuAI hO AO
Government UphoIds Right to
Communicate With Others
| in Unied States

NEW YORK, June 25-The de.
cision that it is not serious offense
against law for an experimental
radio amateur of Holland to com.
municate with amateurs in this
country has done much to vindicate
the standing of amateurs in the
Netherlands, according to a report
received by the American Radio
Relay League.
{, Soon after a prominent French
amateur was decorated with a gold
medal for the skill with which he
communicated across the Atlantic
Ocean on short wave lengths, anna
teurs in Holland were regarded AS
something equivalent to the boil
weevil. The authorities were in
clined to classify them as a menace
to their community.
The science of private radio com.
munication among the youths of the
country had kept abreast of prog
ress much better than the laws, with
the inevitable result that II. J..
Jesse, jr., prominent radio expert.
menter at Leiden, was made the
defendant that the courts might de-
eide, whether 1t was lawful for q
citizen to transmit.
It was charged that Jesse's tele-
graph and telephone station was not
intended for public communication,
and that messages had been cx-
changed without authority having
been obtained from the minister Of
Waterstaat." He had, in fact, taken
part in transatlantic radio tests and
communicated with amateurs in the
United States as far west as Ne.
braska.
The attorney for the defense
pointed out that regular Geographic
communication in competition with
commercial traffic was not intended,
and that the case was in the class
with work concerning laboratories.
The clerk Of the open ministry con.
graduated the defendant for having
communicated with a station in
America. 1t was shown the de-
.fendant had not transgressed, and
the case was dismissed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25
lEAF Bill |
WAY COON
. TONIGHT
Program, If There Is No Night
Doings in New York, Will
Be Announced in Air

The second session Of the Demo-
cratic convention, which was to
convene at 10 o'clock this morn
ing and continue until the business
of the day is concluded, will oc-
cupy first place on the local air
today.
The day session of the conven-
ton is being broadcast by WRC.
Should there be night session,
which early today was considered
improbable, WCAP win hold forth.
Probable Program.
The WCAP program, in the alb
sence of the convention broadcast,
will be announced over the air. 1t
probably will consist of a rebroad-
cast of the WEAF program which
features the seventh of a series of
lectures on psychology by Doctor
Gardner Murphy, of Columbia Uni
versity, a song recital by Louis Car
son, tenor, and a concert by the
Eveready Trio.
Distant stations, similar to the
local STATIONS, will be in a state Of
uncertainty throughout the day and
evening.
Probable entertainments, however,
viii include the following:
Old King Cole" and his fiddlers
three and the Pitt-Oenn Concert
Quartet from KDA, Pittsburgh.
The r. III. White Company's Lib.
erty Chorus from WBZ, Springfield.
School Days.
School Days" one-act play
written especially for Station
s-WCAE, Pittsburgh.
q A concert by Mildred Pike, so.
prano; Phillip Milleville, baritone;
Mary Potter Smith, pianist and
Jean Andrews, dramatic reader,
from KYW, Chicago.
! A continuous musical program
including several prominent artists,
from WGR, Buffalo.
q Al United States Navy night pro.
gram from WIZ, New York.
3 A concert by the Sterling Mixed
!. Quartet from WOR, Newark.
Is A program presented by the
Pittsburgh Post, Volunteers of
America, from KQV, Pittsburgh.
A program of Evansville. Ind,
talent from WHAS, Louisville.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25
Local Broadcast
NAA--Naval Radio Station-5,5 $50
RadiOphOne-435.

AbGANAOt1hAOAAO--EOO
las p. m.-Fruit and vegetable
shipments.
7:25 p. m.--United States Civil
Service Commission broadcast, sub
ject: Opportunities for Employ
ment in the United States Civil
Service"
WRC-Radio Corp. Of America-469
10 a. misunderstanding principal
events Of the Democratic national
convention at Madison Square Gar.
den, New York city.
WIAY-WOOdward 3 LOthrOp-273
Q p. m.-Program of current
events and music.
WCAP-C. & r. Tel. CO.--469.
Program to be announced.
Probably from
WEAF-A. T. & T.. CO.-492.
$40 y. m.-Leon Carson, tenor.
$50 y. m.-Talk, Herbert Browne.
1920 p. m.-Leon Carson, tenor.
3 p. m.-"Scientific Swimming, -
Louis G. Dalton.
$40 p. m.-Eveready Trio.
S:55 p. m.-Jacob Gegn0. vioiinist.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25
ORIGINAL RADIO
TUBE BROKEN
BY BELLHOP
Brought Here to Be Placed
in Museum-Attempt
Made to Restore It

The first radio vacuum tube, in
vented by d. McF,arlan Moore in
1895, ana brought here recently to
be placed in the National Museum,
was shattered a few days ago by a
bellboy at the Raleigh Hotel, it fwds
learned today.
The tube, highly priced in scien-
tific circles. was brought to WASH
ington by Carl w. Mitman, curator
of engineering az the National Mu-
.seum, and entrusted to the care Of
the belIboy when Mr.. Mitman regis
tered at the Raleigh Hotel.
While carrying the tube and Mr..
Mitman's suitcase, the bellboy ac-
cidentalIy knocked the two parcels
together and broke the fragile relic.
The tube is unique among vacuum
tubes. Parts Of it were set with
platinum fixtures, and the design
was greatly different from that now
employed in the manufacture OF
tubes.
An attempt is being made to re.
store the tube so that it may be
placed on exhibition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25
Wins Home Prize

CINCINNATI, June 25.-First
prize in contest number 1, conducted
by Kentucky's 1924 Home Coming
broadcasting contest, was won by
Fred Smith, studio director Of Cros-
ley Radio Corporation station,
WLW. This contest was started in
order to secure a list Of native Ken.
tuckians who now reside outside
Of the Blue Grass State.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25
INSURANCE FOR
RADIO BILL
SOUGHT
Application Made to lIoyds
For $4,000 Policy on
WoR Revue

NEWARK, June 25.-What is the
value in dollars and cents OF
present day radio program?
What method is It possible to
establish for accurately checking
satisfactory reception of stations
efforts to entertain the radio audi
ence, and what indemnity may
broadcaster receive to compensate
for the varying cost Of sending over
the air material which may be
nullified bys a peremptory S o s
call or air disturbances?
These are some Of the questions
which may shortly be answered as
a result of an application for q
$4,000 insurance policy made this
week by Ernie Young, owner Of a
tabloid musical comedy revue, the
dialogue and songs Of which are
broadcast from station WOR.
Applies to LIOyds.
For several years Lloyds of Lon
don, an internationally known In
surance company, has issued rain
pictures, to promoters of outdoor
boxing exhibitions and to owners
OF amusement parks.
1t Is to them that Young has ap.
piled for the first insurance policy
against q possible S o S call or
atmospheric disturbances interfer-
ing with the expensive radio enter.
tainment which he plans to broad.
cast soon from WOR.
The application for insurance
was made this week through Feist
& FeiSt, Newark representatives OF
Lloyds, and at the present time
there remains only the necessity Of
arriving at an equitable premium
rate. per thousand and the adop-
ton OF adequate arrangements to
determine the payability of the
policy.
Producers of musical comedies
and dramatic plays have recently
been faced with the cost of paying
actors and singers for single per.
Torrance, pro rata the weekly
rate, when the artists broadcast from
q radio studio. This cost had to
be met without any assurance to
them that the advertising advan-
tages sought would actually result.
In many instances this cost runs
very high and the problem demand
ed solution.
Novel But Logical.
Hollywood" McCosker. who Is
well known to radio audiences for
his weekly talks from WOR, and
who for years has been associated
with several branches Of the arnuse.
ment business, struck upon the in
surance idea. as a method Of secur.
Ing indemnity for producers, whose
paid artists broadcast radio pro.
grams. His plan appears to be both
novel and logical solution for a
difficulty, which is known to have
acted as deterrent against many
worthwhile productions being sent
over the air for the entertainment
OF listeners-in.
The first policy applied for was
IN the amount of $4,000, and as
this is a consequential sum, many
considerations Immediately present.
ed themselves. 1t disclosed the high
estimate placed by those in the
amusement world on advertising
values to be secured through broad.
casting to the millions Of radio fans.
who might subsequently be expected
to step up to the box office window.
In this connection 1t may be stated
that one producer Of musical com.
edies estimates that his weekly gross
business was increased by $4,000 for
many weeks, following the broad
casting from a local station OF n
single act OF his production,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25
CONGRESSIONAL ."BABY"
IS SCHEDULED FOR TALK

On Wednesday night the WOR
audience will be addressed by the
Hon. J. Lister Hill, called the baby
of the House of Representatives
land who is prominent in educational
lines of his State.
= Congressman Hill is the son OF
Doctor l.. L. Hill, one OF America q
most prominent surgeons. He sue
'ceeded John r. Tyson on his death
and represents the Second district
OF Montgomery, Ala
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25
BARITONE SoLoIST WILL
PRESENT SONG GROUP

NEW YORK, June 23.-vanstan
Lee. baritone and solist and precen.
ter of Trinity Church, South
Orange, N. j., a member of the
Lee Male Quartet and formerly
soloist of st. Andrews Methodist
Episcopal Church, New York city,
will be heard in a group Of baritone
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25

A Democratic convention is I'M
doubtedly a wonderful spectacle for
a chosen few.
But it is also magnificent med
ley of sounds for the unfavored
millions.
We shut our eyes yesterday and
listened for almost three hours.
And we heard:
The greatest grafton that has yet
found its way into vacuum tube.
A shouting and a tumult ex-
ceeded only by the ovation given to
President Coolidge ten days ago.
And the most gloriously sung
note we have ever heard.
Each carried a thrill-that tre-
mendous free" that came from
the lips of Anna Case, the instan-
taneous outburst that greeted the
mention of Woodrow Wilson and
the peroration of Senator Pat Har-
rison.
Each was perfect in its execution,
and electrical in its effect on a
listener-in. 1t would be hard to be-
lieve that a Democratic spectator
at the Garden got more of a kick
from any one of those three mo-
ments than a Republican radiac in
Omaha.
Comment on the text of Senator
Harrison's address is not included
in our field of discussion.
But, as we can always say of a
program of Wendell Halls, there
was not dull minute in it for a
listener-in.
When we read the official pro-
gram for the convention for yes
terday, we felt that the radio audi
ence had been double-erossed.
Overriding a committee recon-
mendation that the keynote address
be delivered at night, the controlling
powers ordered Senator Harrison to
the rostrum at high noon.
New York is a big city with big
theaters and big show places.
Many Of the delegates have never
been there. before.
Foregoing a night on Broadway
in order to convenience the folks
back home would have been a lot
to ask of them.
When the voting begins, it win
be different.
AS we listened to Pat Harrison
pouring out his volcanic words and
skyrocketing phrases, we learned
trick that we undoubtedly will
use il ever we are placed in a
position similar to his yesterday.
The rule Is this: At a Democratic
convention, IL your voice becomes a
little tagged or il your eyes become
a little tired and your notes blur,
just mention the name of Cleveland
or Wilson and there will be ample
time to rest both the voice and tine
eyes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25

solos from WEAF tomorrow night.
Mr.. Lee is a son and pupil Of
William H. Lee. prominent singer
and vocal teacher of New York,
Newark and Montclair and has
taken leading roles In various
musical shows produced by clubs Of
Montclair, N. J. Included in his
group Of solos on this evening are
"Goni' Home by DvOrak, end
"Elegie," by Massenet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25
G. BAT Terry IS
SURE To LAST
LONG TIME
Current Drain Almost Negli-
gibIe, Three All FIashlight
Is Sufficient

The battery used for additional
grid bias. called a "C'' battery. need
not be large, because the current
drain when used in this circuit is
negligible, and one battery lasts
until 1t deteriorates through the
ordinary process of age.
An ordinary three-cell flashlight
battery, as shown in the sketch. is
just the thing for the purpose. It
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25

The music at the garden, we find,
is much more entertaining than
were the pipe organ recitals Of the
Cleveland convention.
In fact, there is different spirit
in all the noises of the Democratic
affair, more fire and fury.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25

We heard the first half of the
broadcast yesterday at the studio
OF WCAP, which resembled greatly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25

Dying Battery Whines
A dying B battery manifests itself
by a shrill whine in the phones or
loud speaker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-25

G. small f1ash1i9ht cell
For a C battery

is small and lasts q long time.
Connections to the terminals should
be soldered or the strips should be
drilled and mounted with binding
posts.
The polarity is not indicated on
the battery when bought. but tests
show that the short brass strip is
always positive and the long one
Is negative. The negative strip
connects to the secondary terminal
of the transformer and the positive
strip connects to the negative side
of the "A" battery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-14

to ride bicycle, and though she had little difficulty with her skirts, managed to mount 1t successfully and to ride in tri- umPbant circles around the young Heaven Born" while he clapped his hands in approval.
 Here are some interesting extracts from the diary she has sent home, telling of other experiences and impressions in China, and of the circumstances which led uI to her visit to the Forbidden City:
 At four o'clock yesterday I went to little Wellington Koos birthday party The cake was cut with bis fathers sword md there were real Chinese fireworks in the garden.
 ''E went to Mrs. Calhoun's for tiffiu to-. day to meet some of her Manchu and Chinese friends. The Princess Lo Sung was there, one of the most aristocratic of the Mapchu women, and her daughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-14

be much handsomeF If he clipped it. Ike said he would do 1t next day. Mir. Lifton, who sat at my left, said, Must you always be interfering with the lives of other people,? Hut next day, to everybodys surprise, the Legation Secretary actually appeared with his moustache clipped.
 "l had been at Peitaho Ia Summer resort. outside Peking) for only five days when received note from MT, Johnstone Ctutor of the Emperorl asking if l, would give the Empress drawing lessons so here am back at Picking, awaiting a call from the Forbidden City to consult with the Emperor and Empress General Munthe says Madame Mhnthe would give years of her life to have my opportunity of seeing the inner life of the palace. Tomorrow MT. Johnstone takes me to a party given by the grandmother of the girl who married the Emperor's brother
 'I have just this minute returned from the Forbidden City. We rode in Mr. Johnstone's car to the big gate. and then got into chairs and were carried for prob. ably three city blocks through different courtyards and gardens, all surrounded by high. pink walls. and making a veritable labyrinth. It was like riding jolting horse through series of the Arabian Nights" IL was on this visit that Leonebel Jacobs had her first informal meeting with the young Emperor in the garden and delighted him by riding his new bicycle.
 After number of other visits, she writes: T have just been given Chinese name in the Fobidden City. It means Jacobs and is framed according to .sound, but it Is 30 weird and interesting in the Chinese characters that think shall have a seal made of 1t. A Chinese scholar who had been at Columbia University in New York ratnted 1t on a fan for me, with an in. scription in Chinese, which means:
 "'In a cave Cor alley) when alone, one heard welcome footsteps
 " believe 1t is a quotation from an old Chinese poem. A Chinese friend ex- plsined to me later that 1t was the round about and extremely subtle Oriental way of making me polite compliment.
 am now sitting out here among the old temples in the Western hills, resting afteF my mad rush in Peking. The Chi. nese boy ,sjs dipping into the spring in the courtyard, and erpEn tho same spring the water, like brook, runs into another courtyard into square pool full of fan. stastic goldfish. Twice a day the young ,rriest goes, to the three Buddhist temples beside these different courtyards. btras $ incense and raps upon bronze bowls like gongs, to awaken the gods. I have not ob, served that any Of the gods awaken, bus tha, eOuBd ~ls"veFy musical and strange to the ears of an American girl"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-14
AXankee Gir| in Chinas Sacred Forbidden Citu
Weird Experiences of O Young 4 Behind Sealed Walls Where S|

Y EoNEBEL JACOBS. American girl,
 famous in art circles for her extraor-
 dinary portraits, went to Washington to do likeness of beautiful Mme. Well, ington Koo, wife of the Chinese Ambas sador.
 She little imagined that the finished pic ture would be g magic key, unlocking doors in China that no American had ever passed, and that finally 1t would open the way to the Forbidden City and Imperial Palace, where she would talk with the Heaven Born" royal family, see the Pearl Concubine" in all her Oriental splender. and delight the young Emperor by proving that she could ride bis new American bicycle.
 Mrs. Koo and the Ambassador--in fact, the whole Chinese legation colony in Washington-wered delighted with the DOT trait of Madame Koo. They learned that Leonebel Jacobs was planning trip to the Philippines. They urged her to con