The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-21
ARMY BAND
TOBE BIC
FEATURE
Wardman Park Orchestra to
Play Later, and Kent
Will Speak.

Another of the consistently good
local programs is on tap for this
evening, with the Army Band Or
chestra, composed of fifty-five
men, under w. ]. Stannard,
leader; the full Wardman Park
Orchestra, Col. Robert N. Harper
and Frank Kent as the headliners.
Special Band Program.
The concert by the Army Band
will be broadcast from the caucus
room in the House Office building,
where the band is playing>a special
program under the auspices of the
Military Affairs Committee of the
House, for a specially invited gath
ering Of Congressman, army and
civilian guests. This program will
be interrupted at 9:15 long enough
for Colonel Harper to make a short
address and then the concert will
be resumed.
The first half of the band concert
will consist Of marches and over.
lures. by the full band, and the
second part will be composed of
waltZes by the Army Band Orches.
ira. Their program will be con.
cluded by 1.-THE Star.Spangled Ban.
ner." played by the full band.
The full Wardman Park Hotel
Orchestra, Irving BoerStein, d.
rector, will be put on the air from
10 to IL, featuring the full orchestra
for the first time. This number
will conclude the program.
Talk ON Politics.
Frank r. Kent, POLITICAL writer,
will offer a new feature from
,WCAP tonight, in the first of q
series Of talks on political sub
jects to be called Sparks from the
Political Wheel" His program at
1880 will be followed at o'clock by
a talk on 1.-The Masculine Trend
In Women's Wear" by Charlotte
Sutton, of the Raleigh Haber-
dashery. Grace, Washburn, color
atura soprano, and pupil of the
Paul Bleyden Studio, will render a
group Of solos at $40.
A feature with lots of promise
will come from WRC tonight with
George H. Clark, TIE circus man OF
radio, talking on The Men Behind
the Mike" a subject which easily
lends itself to an interesting devel-
opment. Another talk at S, by
Colonel Birdseye, of the United
States Geological Survey, on Radio
in the Grand Canyon" should be
worth while.
After looking at the local pro.
gram, nothing coming-from out of
town seems to merit special men,
ton. There are many evenings
when not a single feature from the
distance can stack up against the
local offerings, and this is one of
them.
For fight fans, ringside de-
ecription of the Joe Lynch-Abe
Goldstein contest for the batam-
weight championship Of the world,
direct from Madison Square Garden,
New York. The semi-final bout be-
tween Tony Vaccareli and Mickey
Brown will also be described. Other
features from WEAF' will be the
Friday night fixtures, Billy Jones
and Ernest Hare, the Happiness
Boys" and the LaSalle male quar-.
tet.
The musical program from Sche.
nectady, WGY, at 7:45 and 1O::30
will be of the light classical type,
with the WGY orchestra and assist.
ing artists, featured at both times.
The latter program will offer many
ballad numbers.
College Banquet.
A feature of unusual interest
to graduates of Western Universities
will be program incidental to the
banquet at the Aston Hotel, New
York, Of the New York Association
of Western Conference Colleges to
be broadcast through WIZ. DR..
Angel, president of Yale University,
and son of former President Angel,
Of Michigan, will act as toastmaster,
while speeches will be made by.
Alonzo Stage, coach of the Uun.
versity Of Chicago football team,
and Frank Vanderbilt. A varied
musical program will also be in
cluded in the gragram.
Three interesting features are
promised from WIN, New York,
where Harry Hershfield, creator of
cable the Agent" Fay King, car
toonist, and Montague Love are all
on the program.