New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-11-16

Saturday and Sunday evenings:
static and mush, Saturday night was
! blanketed by considerable static, al
| though it was possible to reach out
and bring in distance fairly well,
| Last night, there was not much
| static, but somebody threw a monk
/ cy wrench or something into the
| machinery and volume was rather
poor. And all day yesterday the
merry little. regeneratives pursued
| their happy way, emitting love cries
at all stations and now and then get
! ting into Il rumpus with each other.
while We stood by and CRASHED our
teeth, unable to stage a comeback.
The rcgeneratives spoiled a per-
| fcctiy good program from WTAM
on Saturday night. We rushed in
and heard EV Jones orchestra play
ing a group of old timers, among
them Hail, Hail, The Gangs All
| Here. Mustn't say the naughty
word, mustn't say the naughty
word" you know how it goes. Well,
as we rushed in, several thousands
of regeneratiVes rushed in right after
us and we felt that we were being
closely pursued by the sheriff or
some other miniOn Of the law. The
regenos got into a squabblc over
something or other probably over
their dog biscuit, and We left in
high dudgeon.
WEAN at Providence offered an
interesting duet 10 the tune of
Show Me The Way to Go Home" A
man and woman, identities and
birthplaces unknown, were singing
hat famous drinking song, a steal
on one of the old street corner quar-
tet numbers. In about five minutes
friend rcgeno who was with US at
WTAM, noted our absence, and get
ting lonesome he ambled into
WEAN. nearly taking the dia-
phragm out of the loud speaker and
all but knocking the glass dishes
out OF the china closet.
In the afternoon, from VITO, |
Philip Carln gave a graphic de-
scription of the Yale-Princeton
game direct from the Yale bowl, al
though we did not hear him, being |
one of those raving maniacs station |
ed in the bowl during the afternoon. |
We don't know what Phil said, but |
he had plenty to rave about.
Now for yesterday. One Of the
most pleasing organ rccitals we have |
ever heard came in from WEEP, |
Boston. The music was played by a |
Mr. Weir at the console of the or
gan in the Boston Chamber OF Com |
merce building. 1t was not a sacred |
recital, although several selections in
keeping with the Sabbath were
played. Mr.. Weir ran the scale from
popular to heavy classic numbers,
and We enjoyed every minute Of the
Offering "Normandie," THE Ro-
sary." Mother Machree" and 20, !
Promise Me-" were among the Sc
lections played.
One Of the most interesting and
best delivered talks We have heard
in a long time came 10 us from
WEI last night, when Rabbi stephen
Wise spoke at a meeting of the Ford
hall forum. His talk was informal IN
nature. His voice was well modulat- /
ed and was well adapted for broad |
casting. He spoke mostly on the
League of Nations, expressing the
belief that the United States should |
enter it OF its own accord and with
out any force behind it. in closing,
Or. Wise said he could see his radio |
audience yaWning, but remarked that
his visible audience was too polite
to do that to his face. We were far
from yawning and We believe that
others who heard him were just as
anxious rs We were TO have him con-
tinue. Seldom do we enjoy talk,
but when We dove do!
Orchestra music came in from
WLW, Cincinnati. and We enjoyed
all but the titles, which we did not
get, due 10 the pronunciation by the
announcer. If he had spelled them
out, letter by letter. we might have |
been able to get them. At any rate, |
The music was not hampcred by hav-
ing to carry those titles around. One
OF the selections was a waltz, If that 4
will help you any. WLW came in |
with a great deal of volume.
WORD at Batavia, Illinois, was !
another station which came in loud. /
4 violinist vas giving a rendition OF 1
Romance whose We don't know 7
As far as We can find out the an
nouncer id not give the name OF the I
composer. Il was one of the lesser !
known selections by that name, an |
parently. The tone Of the violin was
good and the performer acted like
professional.
We sincerely hope that the regen- |