New Britain herald., 1925-04-18
Through The Static

Through The Static
 The night was perfect, Did we say perfect? Well. 1t was satisfactory un- tll about 10 o'clock when some static sIfied in, but not enough to mar pro- grams 10 any great extent. We were troubled by the familiar roar, which has been going on for so long now that we'd miss it if it were 10 stop. Distant stations came in slick, al- though we were conlented with the broadcasts from this vicinity and within radius Of 500 miles or so Fading was negligible.
 W'flC al Hartford vas one Of the greatest attractions of the evening, The Brown University musical clubs whiled away several hours with their selections, which were enchanting. There's no need of bringing in parts of the program. as too many num- bqrs were rendered for that. Songs typical of such organizations. but presented little better than the or dlnary, wert the order of the cven- ing from the Hotel Bond, where the concert was being given. There's no doubt that the audience enjoyed the music, as the applause at the end Of each selection was deafening. One weird number We must make men ton of and that was "The Dance of the Skeleton" by the banjo club. We never knew such eery music could be brought out of banios, and the shiy- CTS ran up and down our backs as we listened to 1t. We have no imagi- nation, but we made sure that all lights were turned on when that number was played.
 A MT. Lord presented a reading dealing with Bridge The talk was given in typical Cockney style and brought forth gales of laughter from the audience. although Mir. Lord spoke rather fast and at times we were unable to catch the words. He described session of bridge so yiv- idly that we suspect he was playing. All the humor that he brought out can be found in the game we sup pose, but there's no time for humor when Mrs. x. gives one a throat cutting glance" as the speaker said.
 An unexpected part of the pro- gram was presented by two boys, nine years of age, from the Hartford Welfare settlement. One of them played an accordion and the other a harmonica- The program by these two youngsters was exceptionally good. They started off with "Where's My Sweetie Hiding?" and "All Alone" When they came back for encores they played everything in sight. Those kids should make names for themselves. The announcer re- marked that the accordion was about three times as big as its operator.
 
 After leaving Hartford we tried several other stations and every thing was dance music. Friday nights are famous for that sort of stuff, but never before have we heard so many orchestras going atathe same time. And they all played the same stuff, if one took the time to wait for it.
 
 The "Isle of Blue Orchestra" con- posed of Colgate students, went on the air from WCAD. They played about 300 popular selections. After the first so we began to get tired. But we stuck with them just to find out who'd be the first to crumbe. We did. We were.
 Wittstein's orchestra of New Ha- ven was great disappointment. We heard it from Schenectady, WGY. We really had expected something unusual, but the band was not even usual over the radio. The numbers pidytN "ClG Olu Otlto anu we us DECI that the orchestra was not a first string aggregation.
 
 We took a shot at Rip Van Wrinkle" which was presented by the WGY players, and We listened in to the spot where Rip starts on his 20- year-sleep. Gosh, we had to get to bed last night, so we beat it from there.
 The 18th Infantry band dashed off Washington PcNt March" and The Star Spangled Banner" in an ordinary manner.
 - We quit at about 1O:Sa o'clock, be- ing much annoyed by the static, al- though there was little of it.