The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-16
PIE SERVICES, WITH SERN0NB BY DIR. SIMON, ON AIR
|ROnnping Around
the Radio Dial

BACK in our youth We became
familiar with q code THAT had to
do with a line drawn III the dust
by a naked toe and with a chip
placed on a youthful shoulder.
We learned to clench both fists
when the first syllable Of liar"
was addressed to rs. The appella-
ton fool" likewise was a fighting
word, and sissy
| Now as we stand on the verge
of that period Of life known as
middle.age, we have had a term
slipped to us that was not covered
in that boyhood code.
What does one do when ono is
called a non-entity?
We have been called q mon.
entity" It is a long c.npty-sound.
ing word, lacking the crisp bite Of
| the usual epithets and we are there.
fore at a loss to know just how
to take It.
AS can easily be guessed, the in.
cident is another result Of our conn
ment on Roxy"
Our challenger is r. Gibson, SO4
East Capitol street.
His challenge follows:
I'm justice to Mr.. s. A. Rothafel,
who, in my opinion, is most de-
serving Of the greatest praise for
his wonderful concerts, I would
like to say that on Sunday, May
IL, Mothers Day." his special
| tribute to Mother appealed to the
hearts of all listeners-in as partlcu-
larly touching. His sincere and
beautiful tributes seemed to touch
the tenderest cords Of our natures
and 1t would have been a cold
heart indeed that didn't appreciate
| to the fullest Roxy's contribution
to Mothers Day."
"The editor Of 'Romping Around
the Radio Dial Of Monday night
May IL seems to have had a crouch
| and a determination to criticize
Roxy and while he may not. have
| enjoyed Roxy's talks himself, he is
q non-entity in comparison to hun.
| dreds who did. The concensus of
| opinion seems to be that Mr..
Rothafel sincerely appreciated the
| spirit OF Mothers Day" and sent
out over the air a truly inspiring
| tribute"
On the other hand we received
the following support for our COM
| ment from "A Mother"
II am glad you wrote what you
did concerning Roxy's Sunday night
program and sorry that you have
been criticized for saying what you
did. / am a mother with two
grown sons. 1 didn't like the
Mothers Day program. But 1 was
derful tribute paid to mothers and
motherhood by DIR Freeman in his
Sunday afternoon sermon at the
Cathedral. That was real
tribute"
There is also the following from
the pen Of "Eavesdropper" in the
New York Journal:
Those who are hunting a defini-
ton of the word "hokum" should
not overlook Roxy when he puts, a
sob in his voice, orders a violinist
to play Kassenet's "Elegie," and
asks his radio hearers to turn out
the lights and relax while he talks
about mother or something equally
affecting"
Summer listeners will miss the
Thursday night concerts which
the Better ole Club Orchestra.
That organization played its fare
well numbers last night and in a
few days will adjourn to New Jer-
ey where 1t will 30 into summer
| quarters.
| It Is expected that 1t will be
booked again from the Park Road
Station upon its return to U
street in the fall.
Meanwhile Pete Macias Is just
back from Princeton University
where his L'A1glon orchestra
played for the spring dance at the
CQffage Club and competed with
q other radio bands from New
~ outside the Big City, has
| pr Used to remain on the air
| thIDngh the summer months, pro-
vided appearances at the broad
| casting studio will not conflict
with his out-of-town engagements.
The Park Road studio also is
making further plans flor broad
casting the musical entertain
ments from the Tivoli Theater.
The numbers played last night
| by the Marimba Band appearing
at the Tivoh this week were very,
very pleasing.
Will 10 PARTICULARLY
interested this summer in a series
Of tests Of trans.Pacific reception
in Australia.
The tests will be conducted with
the American-invented super-hetero.
dyne, one of which will be taken by
Captain Chester Wells, U. s. NJ, to
Sir Hugh Dixon, Of Australia. It
will be the first super.heterodyne to
be given try-out in any foreign
country except Canada.
The set was recently sold by
Robert Chisholm, Of the Radio Sales
Company. to Captain Wells for the
tests. Captain Wells will sail for
Australia on the 8. 8. Niagara from
Vancouver June 4. and expects TO
listen in to American broadcasts
en- route to the big island in the
Pacific.
the editor of the Review of Reviews.
Ais p. m.-The Magazine Of Wall
Street.
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