The Washington times., 1924-03-28
CONCERT IS
FREE Of.
JAZZ.
Wardman Park Orchestra
Will Give Two Hours Of
!. Dance Music.

O0ttV0 tWuSeCs
With the United States Navy
Concert Orchestra as a back
ground WCAP is offering varied
musical program tonight, headed
by Mrs. Rose Maxwell Dickey, viO-
linist, Mrs. s. Elizabeth Kerr,
contralto, and Mrs. Wayne B.
Wheeler. soprano, as soloists.
Frank R. Kent, political writer,
will give the second of his series
Of "Sparks from the Political
Wheel"
Two Hours Of Dance Music.
The ,Wardman Park Hotel Or.
chestra, under Irving Boernstein,
will conclude the local program with
two hours of dance music.
Louis Woulfe will interrupt the
musical program at 8:45 to tell Of
his experiences in hiking from
Washington to Portland. carrying a
letter from the Postmaster General
to the Postmaster Of Portland. Mr..
Woulfe has hiked to Chicago from
Washington. and later to Maine.
He promises to explain that per-
son must walk a Thousand miles
to learn the art of walking.
"a study OF Child Life in Story
and Verse;" will. be the title Of
interpretative readings by Violet
Warren Pierson, in opening the
program at T:1O o'clock.
No jazz is on the program tonight,
before 10 o'clock the Navy Band
Orchestra playing entirely from
operas, marches and overtures; and
the soloists combining their talents
to classical and semi-clasSical num-
bers.
Mrs. Wheeler on First.
Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler. who IS
soprano soloist Of the Washington
Heights Presbyterian Church Is the
firN4 to come on the air, her selec-
tons beginning at S:25. Mrs. Rose
Maxwell Dickey, violin soloist, is
scheduled to entertain at 8 O'Clock,
followed by Mrs. S. Elizabeth Kerr,
coneralto soloist Of the st. Paul
Rock Creek P. E. Church, at Sa6
The distant program is as varied
and attractive as the local. Drama,
opera, lectures and the usual dance
music all play their part.
Schenectady, WGY. heads the pro.
gram presenting 1.-THE Merchant OF
Venice by the WGY Players. with
music by the WGY orchestra, be.
ginning at 7:45 o'clock. The WGY
orchestra viii play a group OF IN
strumental selections in late con-
cert at 1890, after the play.
, Jane Adams Is scheduled to talk
from WIZ, New York, at $3.50, on
impressions of Political Move
ments in the Orient" A radio
boxing lesson win be given from
this station at 7:20.
"MignOn" from WY. ~
A gem on the out-of-town pro-
gram tonight will come from WIS
twin station WY, where the Grand
Opera Society will present the opera
program, 'tMignon," at 8:45 p. m.
WHY'S program will be concluded
at 1O:45 with "Old Popular Songs"
by the Fitzpatrick Brothers.
WEAF's feature offering will be
q program by Eddie Wittstein's
Orchestra Of New Haven, Conn.
Wittstein's Orchestra is particularly
well known for its work among
Americas colleges. They have
played at nearly every college in the
East.
other good numbers from New
York are Billy Jones and Ernest
Hare, an instrumental trio, a dance
orchestra and the 244th Artillery
Band.
Princess Matchabelli. the Madonna
in ''The Miracle" now playing IN
New York, where she is sharing the
stellar role with Lady Diana Man
ners, will give a talk on Her I'm
pressions of America"
The fourth New York station (aIl
have good programs tonight, WIN,
is on from IL to 2 With many
promising features, including the
Fred Whitehouse Song Revue,
Madge Kennedy, and w. G. Fields.
and a flock of other actors and
actresses in special skits.
Atlanta Promising.
1.-THE Atlanta Journal Atlantis
Georgia." is broadcasting Gospel
melodies by Charlie Tillman. Georgia
singing evangelist, and his company;
and novelty entertainment by the
'City Hall Democrats" featuring
municipal quartet, harmonica, bag.
pipe, and other "nonpolitlcal ac-
GGSSOEleS.
Many more good programs are
slated for other points in the dial,
specifically: WNAC Boston, at
with the Weltman Conservatory Of
Music; WWJ. Detroit, at $3.50 featur.
ing the Detroit News Orchestra,
Wendell Hall and others; WCAE,
Pittsburgh, at $50 with a group of
entertainers, WGR, Buffalo at 8,
featuring the Buffalo String Quar-.
tet. VINO. Memphis. at Midnight in
the Midnight Frolic; and KYW, Chi
" cago from IL to In the Midnight
Revue from the Hearst studio.
After an o'clock boy scout
meeting, KDKA, Pittsburgh will
broadcast a concert at $50 by the
quartet of the St. Andrews Luth.
eran Church, Pittsburgh, and an
instrumental trio, In long program
of semi.classical numbers.