The Washington times., 1924-10-28
ROmping Around
the
Radio Dial
BY Listener.In

pr. Ulysses q. b. Pierce, In pre-
siding over the dedication services
ct the new All Souls Unitarian
Church last night. very happily cir.
cumvented one OF the most dis.
agreeable features Of listening-in on
public meetings.
Too often the radio listener iin-
consciously lapses into an attitude
o. Indifference to addresses and ex-
hcrtations that are directed prinari-
" 70 an audience that ID visible 20
the speaker. Although not exactly
dropping, the radio listener
feels that he has not part In the
service which he hears.
Doctor Pierce, In his opening re-
marks last night, devoted at least
half Of his words to his distant
audience. speaking ut times directly
over the heads Of the people who
sat beneath him, with the result,
we believe, that all Of his hearers,
visible and Invisible, felt themselves
united In one vast congregation
awaiting the further words Of the
principal speakers Of the evening.
For those Of us who are not IN.
ttmately acquainted with the Uni.
tartan faith, there was undoubtedly
Inlich Of interest In the exposition
Of religious liberalism BY Chief Jus
tice Taft and Charles II. Strong.
Mr.. Etrongss reference 10 the
Kanaan who found In the intersec.
ton Of Forty.eecond ana Broadway
the Wichita Of the East" was d
priceless BIT Of huEnor that brought
q smile that neither static nor
squeals could affect.
The one disappointing feature Of
the dedication services was the
silver" Tor, was II golden) tones
Of the church bell. Unfortunately
the micropffone would not permit
any poetic liberties with that bell.
It came through the loud speaker
as alarming as any fire signal we
ever heard.
From religious liberalism Il was
only the switch OF microphone to
political radicalism.
From the church we went TO the
forum Of revolutionary socialism.
Personally we found the address
Of Verne 4. Reynolds, Socialist
nominee for the Vice Presidency,
very interesting and his irony very
amusing.
Perhaps he appealed to us in his
opening greeting, Fellow. working
men and women"
And we must give Mr.. Reynolds
credit for being an optimist of ths
highest order. IF / am elected to
office, he remarked on two sep
arate occasions.
We must blame the children's
hour at WEEP, Boston, for our
failure to hear the address Of Sec.
rotary Wilbur.
Tuning carelessly around the dials
following the dinner hour, we STUN.
bled on one OF the WEEP children's
/ puzzles. So
Draw q square and divide It In
to nine equal compartments" the
announcer instructed. Then fill
the squares with the numbers from
one to nine so that, added together
in any direction they equal fifteen"
BY the time we had discovered
that by placing 8 In the middle
square. a. l. above 1t and . below
1t; q to the left Of 1t and a 3 to
the right OF 1t, and q 8, 8, and
In the corners, cigarette had
burned a disgraceful mark I'm our
cabinet ana Secretary wilbur had
just about finished his address.
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WIN. New York, and woR New
ark, we're enjoying an unusual
amount OF Monday night freedom
on the $50 and 406 meter marks re-
| spectively. The absence OF WGN,
WHAS and other Monday night
sleepers was responsible.
There seems to be no end to the
static.