The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
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BY Listener-In.

There Is q band leader at Madison
square Garden who has q flair for
Expressive music and nice sense
LOT humOr.
When Bryan was nominated h
ordered his musicians to blaY
There's a Long, Long Trail" and
when Cox was nominated, the band
played He Rambled It'll the
Butcher Cut Him Down.
Last night just before the. IN.
vocation the band struck up the
fervent pleas Of the heroine of tkfe
Chocolate Soldier for the rStuf1
Of her hero
And when Oklahoma asked for
q poll Of her delegates, the band
played 'sWhat'lI / Do
All Of which helps to Iiven up
q convention that has had but Few
bright spots In two days.
We have observed interestedly
how easy II is for an unknown
delegate to national convention
to get 9 cheer from, two or three
thousand persons. 81.
Several gentlemen and ladies from
the Canal Zone have emerged FROM
total obscurity to places Of com.
paratiye Importance on the Gardaa
floor.
And many others who had neysf
heard any applause except the dutis
ful handclapping on their fellow
club members in Plainville have
stepped forth suddenly under the
powerful lights Of Madison Square
Garden and heard themselves loudly
cheered as they cast their half
votes into the deadlOcked polI.
Miss Colley, of Georgia, who
changed her vote on the Khan plank
ct the Saturday night session. ana
thereby almost changed the entire
issue, has become one Of the most
photographed Of all the women "a
attendance. at the convention
It has been brought to our st.
tention that the one splendid drama
OF the Cleveland Convention was
caused largely by radio.
John Alden Cooper. Of Wisconsin,.
was presenting his minority plank
on the Republican platform and
urging radical changes in the
policies Of the party.
After Mr.. Cooper had been speak
ing for about five minutes, the
radio audience heard q great many
booS and Kisses which seemed to be
In dertsion OF the speaker
But what the reporters really
were kissing was the action of the
Sergeant7at-arms who stepped for
ward to the platform as If to lead
the speaker away because the time
allotted to him had expired.
However all that the Sergeaut.ats
arms wanted was to move the
speaker q little closer to the micro.
phone so that the ustenersdn could
have the fun benefit Of the political
drama he was enacting.
The most unusual request ever
made Of a broadcasting station has
been received at WEAF from q
writer in Elgin, III.
The request was as follows:
Please broadcast: I am q wfd-
over, thirty-eight years Of age,
height i've feet, seven inches, weigh
100 pounds; light hair, blue eyes;
looking Tor good wife. i am &
cabinet maker by trade !"
A nationally known brand of
candy the most advertised OF hat
tertess q well known cleaning poWs
der and q prominent brand of coffeS
VIII join hands on the air July Ill
Tor the most widely distributed ali
vertisement-entertainment vet con-
ceived by the broadcasting chiefs
The entertainment will be broad
cast over q hook-up Of stations thai
will include WCAP, WEAF. Nav
York; WAR, Providence: WCAID
Pittsburgh; WGR, Buffalo, sra
WON, Chicago.
The Marine Band which has t,tsk
returned from an extended connSrF
tour win return to the WCAP rnidS%
phone for an hour and q half Cal1s
cert next Monday evening.
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