The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-04
|ROmDing Around
the
Radio Dial
BY Ligtener-In

VI 2 T E
The chroniclers of world history
got out their ledgers last night
and penned therein several para
graphs TO be read in centuries to
come.
The first sentence that they
wrote had to do with the close Of
q Presidential campaign--a close
as unusual as the unprecedented
manner in which the campaign was
conducted. q close In which the
two leading candidates for the ma
tons highest office spoke az the
opposing counsel for their political
parties and delivered their FINAL
pleas direct to jury OF 2O,O0O,OOO
of their countrytnen.
Historians Of science, politics and
sociology scrubbed their notes on
this feature Of an otherwise color
less contest and made repeated use
Of the word radio"
There were comments, too, on Q
second outstanding departure from
the usual practice Of politicians
and statesmen that was noted In
the campaigns close.
For the, first time In the history
Of q republic or a democracy, the
recorders wrote, great Democrat
and a great Republican delivered
important campaign messages in
less than fifteen minutes each.
Here again was free Use made OF
the world, radio.
Our interest in the words Of Pres
ident Coolidge and John w, Davis,
we regret, was somewhat over
Swallowed by the feeling OF i'm
portance at sitting In on a big
event that took hold Of us when
Graham, McNamee announced the
President and his chief political
opponent.
OF the two speeches, we tried TO
determine finally which was the
swansong and which was the over
ture to the two mems political
careers, for the next four years.
Either address was so worded
that II viii serve equally as well
for the one as for the other.
Perhaps a man who found more
real pleasure last night and who
could give pride fuller rein than
the two distinguished speakers was
Moe Baer. Coming on the air as
sort Of counter. balance to the
opposing views Of Mr.. Davis and
President Coolidge, Mr.. Baer I'M
doubtedly softened the scorn with
which Republicans remembered the
words Of Mr.. Davis and enabled
e.. a. 1f1kA IN
to the words of President Coolidge.
Moe Baer's violin, singing Of the
''land Of the sky blue water" and
Of Souvenir" exerted a wonder
fully soothing influence.
And then the artists very happily
concluded by reminding us that
'tall the world is waiting for the
sunrise" After all, the Baer violin
seemed to sing, tonight won't really
matter so much in what takes
place tomorrow.
A. girl who has obtained an
amazing amount Of knowledge of
the mysteries of the piano in her
eighteen years Of life Is Miss Ger.
trude Kreiselman who revealed some
OF the secrets she has learned from
the instrument last night.
Her arrangements of popular mu.
sic are made with an ear so keen
that even our musically uncultured
mind can understand much OF what
she is trying to express.
In her arrangements of William
T. Persons Radio Jazz" we even
think we detected the point at which
Miss Kreiselman introduced the
Arlington seventh harmonic into the
bass Of that number.
In reproducing the Benson or.
chestration of after ALL" Miss
Kreiselman had no difficulty In
manufacturing a complete jazz band
on the keyboard Of her Steinway.
We hasten to apologize for an
error we made yesterday and that
was called promptly to our attention
by H. @. Corcoran.
Mr.. Corcoran writes:
1--WE have been hearing Miss Ruth
Williams for many Sundays past,
and If she sang ''The Lark" last
night and couple, of Sundays ago
/ sang the THE Wren," then where in
Sam Hill has she been hiding all
those magnificent" notes you speak
| Of?
"As matter of fact, Listener-In,
1t was Caroline Andrews who sang
THE Wren" and 'Lo. Hear the
Gentle LaFk."
To be perfectly truthful in our
apology we wish to say that we
missed Roxy's early explanatory
remarks and can now only assume
a Teddy RoOseveltian attitude and
inquire, WHO told me that was
Ruth Williams singing?"
| And 1t was difficult for us to be.
lieve that Miss Ruth, as much as
we enjoy her voice, can step out
on a moments notice and give a
demonstration such as Miss Caro-.
line Andrews provided Sunday
| night