Evening star., 1924-02-23
RADIO NEWS

Inc scenic beauties or W aShlnEtOn,
pictured in music composed by r
peane Shure. will be described to
WRC's audience of broadcast listen
ers tonight as a feature Of its pro-
gram. Mrs. J. Frank Rice, soprano,
will sing three of Mr.. Shure's COM
positions. Mr.. Shure will play his
new piano suite, Lyric Washington"
"RC has we'll balanced program
OF music and addresses scheduled to-
night. The musical features include
dance selections by McWilliams' Or
chestra. concert by the Harmonious
Quartet and a violin recital by Julius
ochs Fred $. Lincoln, general chair
man OF the committee in charge of
show, Will make the second of, his
series of talks on the forthcoming
event; Representative Ketchum OF
Michigan Will give a Bible talk and
i. Preston Shealey will interpret the
legal outcome Of the Teapot Dome
scandal.
A daily womans program will be
lnaugurated as a part of the regular
schedule of WAN at Cleveland be-
ginning March 3. This program will
be conducted between $3.50 and 10
o'clock every morning except Sun
day, and will contain items OF special
interest to women covering such sub
jcctS as canning, housekeeping, mu-
SIC, book and play reviews, baby care,
news of women's clubs and women
prominent in politics, musical num-
bers, etc
A group of oriental students pur-
suing engineering courses at the
1;ensselacr Polytechnic Institute viii
present far east program" from
WHAZ Monday night 1T 1890 O'Clock
following the monthly program by
the Students Symphony Orchestra.
The program will include Chinese
songs and Chinese music played on
chinese musical Instruments, flute,
fife and trumpet. d: S. Hung, a ma
i've of Fukien, China, will talk on the
;,9eient game Of the Mandarians.
IN this country, and his exposition of
the complicated game should be au-
thoritative. Sra Saeng-Xuto, son Of
u high government official in Bang
hok, siam Will deliver an address on
Social Life in Siam"
Besides entertaining the American
continental radio audience, the pro-
:-ram will also be in the nature of a
trans-Pacific test: Although the Troy
ly COCO miles, and is heard weekly
in Hawaii and on ships in the Pacific.
no station in eastern United States
has yet been reported heard In con-
Tlnental Asia. AS portion of the
songs and speech will be in the Chi
nrse tongue and Chinese music will
he played. it is hoped that the pro-
Sram will bring a response from the
celestial kingdom. -
RICHARD L. CONNER, secretary.o
tle Washington Board of Trade. re-
ccivedSa communication today from
J. III. Mckee of Mount Washington
Nd. q suburb Of Baltimore. saying
the Board of Trades annual mid
winter banquet at the Willard las,
saturday night, which was broad
EAST by WCAP. IL got everything by
radio Except the eats" wrote Mr.
Mckee. THE program was fine"
]. 8. SAUNDERS. engineer, sends
tho following advice on antennaS 10
the Radio Editor after a survey of
this city's aerials:
have Been o6servinE onnd many taf af the ntey an
tennas that have been erected for
broadcast reception. 1t is indeed no
wonder that SO many are advocating
a silent night, and an expert can
casilyfsee the reason after. glance
at the construction of the many types
and sizes of antennas.
1T Is a fact that one wire is bes,
tance and sharpness of tuning are
desired, and that an antenna of four
wires not only gathers more static, but
absorbs more local energy at the ex.
pense of the more distant station.
: For over two years different types
of receiving antennaS have been tried
at my station and laboratory, and
with one tube only nearly all the
large stations in the United States
and Canada have been heard on 6
wire sixty feet long and twenty-five
feet high from the earth.
"Experiments with from two to
four wires were not anywhere neaI
as good, due to the fact that more
wires, more atmosphericS and back.
wash from locals.
For the progressive bybadcast lis
tener I would suggest the one-wire
type with the guy wires broken UT
with insulators, and in case of ar
iron pipe being used as a support i,
is good practice to set it on a piece
of china, slate or glass SO that much
of the incoming charge will not bs
lost in the roof or in the ground
ANY receiving set that needs -four
wires to drive 1t is not sensitive or /,
would not require such power, and
the weak charges of distant stations
will not affect 1t
Nothing is gained in reception by
going over twenty-five feet above the
ground and the ground should al
ways be chosen over which TO erect