The Washington times., 1924-02-04
PROGRAM
BEGIN
At 8
Details Are Being Arranged
and Passing Show Plan
> Is Cancelled.

A special memorial service for
Ex-President Wilson will be broad
cast from WRC tonight in place
Of the regular prearanged pro-
gram, which has been cancelled
out Of respect for the War Presi-
dent. Joseph P. Tumulty, secre-
tary to Mr.. Wilson, while he was
President, will deliver a short
eulogy of the late President and
musical numbers will be arranged.
Complete plans have not been ar
ranged for the evenings service
but the program will be at 8
o'clock this evening.
Decision in Allegiance.
The radio corporation had ar.
ranged special program at mid
night, featuring the Passing Show
OF 1928, now showing at Polls
Theater, but whether this program
will be arranged for another night
Is still problematical, and decision
awaits the setting Of the date for
the former Presidents funeral.
The out-of-town program sched-
uled for tonight is, as a whole,
rather mediocre, though, as always
there are few highlights for
which fans with more sensitive sets
will tune in.
WEAF, New York, is featuring
Carolyn Finney Springer, contralto,
q young artist, who is rapidly forg-
ing to the front ranks Of American
singers. She is an American girl
who received her entire musical
education on this side Of the At
lantic. Another feature at the New
York stations is Hascha Gurewich,
American saxophonist, who has the
distinction of being the first to
give a concert recital to a capacity
house. Gurewich does not give
jazz program, but reveals the little
appreciated possibilities of the
saxophone for high grade music.
Hoxie Neale Fairchild, of Column
bia University, gives his last lee
ture on Browning, at 8 o'clock, con-
cluding one of the most popular
lecture series that WEAF has ever
broadcast.
A rare treat is in store for real
music lovers with the appearance OF
Cecil Arden, mezzo- soprano prima
donna of the Metropolitan Opera
Company from WOR, Newark, at
9 o'clock, who will offer several
Well-knoWn arias, among them,
"Carmena' Dream" and will make
q short talk acquainting the fans
with IAN American Artist Who Is
Her Own Manager" Others on
the Newark program are May
Davies, contralto, John Armstrong,
speaking on the Income Tax" and
Hollywood" McClosker, who will
make his weekly review of the
movies.
A feature for this. evening comes
from Boston, WNAC, where Henry
w. Savage presents the popular
play, "Clinging Vine," broadcast
direct from the fremont Theater,
by the Sheppard Stores, Of Boston,
an organization that has broadcast
enough plays to know how to do it
right. e..
Most of the remaining stations
are featured by musical programs,
among the best of these should be
the Walnut Hills Congregational
Choir and Roger Hill, with his or
chestra, from WLW, Cincinnati A
program of better known operatic
arias, is to be Broadcast from WOO,
Philadelphia, at $3.50. Other mu-
sicales will come from WGY, Schen-
ectady, with a male quartet, and
WGR, Buffalo, broadcasting a XII
wants quartet. Among the late
programs, the "Nighthawk Frolic,'
with Coon Sanders Singing Or
chestra in Kansas City, and the
Radiowl entertainment, of Atlanta,
with the Mercer University Quartet
and Glee Club.
KDKA, at Pittsburgh, is featur-
ing a concert by trio from the
Anne Griffiths Studios, assisted by
the KDKA Little Symphony Or
chestra, at $50, in a selection Of
popular songs.