New Britain herald., 1925-06-22
Through The Static

Reception vas more or less im- paired on both Saturday and Sunday evenings, due 10 thunder storms which hovered in the offing on both nights Sunday evening we fared the worse of the two. Reception early Saturday evening was impossible. but 1t cleared up gradually, until there was little static after mid night. Distance was possible from l2 , o'clock on.
 Last evening, if you folks remcn- Der, there was large black thunder l clouds just above the northern hori- 1 zon, said black cloud emitting, from time to time, beautiful and aWesome displays Of lightning. Well. that thunder cloud was more or less re- sponsible for poor reception. Every time the lightning flashed great crash sounded in the loud speaker and the static dripped out Of the tubes until the next smack,
 
 'Hinkey- -Dinkey, as sung by a member of Roxy's Gang, came in with long train of static. It sound Ad for all the world as If the singer was doing his stuff up near the front lines, accompanied by the rattles of musketry and the resounding smashes of artillery shells.
 Carry Me Back 10 Old Nirginny vas played by a trio consisting ol violin, cello and organ from WBZ at Springfield. It was an unusua rendition and one which did credi' to the Springfield station. The pro gram from the Estey organ studio which are presented each Sunda! evening, place WBz on a high level 8. level which is at times insur mountable,
 Saturdays offerings consisted 0 the usual variety of music, songs an talks, and we dallied around iron station to station until after o'clock yesterday morning. We didn' get started until late, due to the fac that the static did not calm dow . until after darkness had set in.
 Mise Helen Child, soprano, wa heard in a choice program which In c,uded "sunset Lullaby" This selec ton. one of the kind which make one lapse into memories, vas we sung, since Miss Child realized jut the type of song she vas presentin and never once let her voice brea out with all the force which we ar sure 1t possesses. She kept it we curDed and sang much as a mothe would sing to a child whom sh wishes 70 sleep. The song vas sun In a subdued manner, almost Croon.
 It's peculiar how many reall great people broadcast over the radi each evening. Hardly a night soc by but some announcer says, "1.a dies and gentlemen, we are givin you a treat tonight" or words that effect. I've are presenting th greatest Russian tGerman, Dutcl African, East Indian. Alaskan) p anist (pool player, card sharp, dis washer, street cleaner, bar tender of the present day. He has toure all the continents of Europe and known and recognized by critics { being the greatest In his line" The some more blah and then the pei formancs begins, That's an aEfr handicap for a performer to wor under. To begin with, unless tf person is generally known 10 tf radio audience, the announcer's r marks are received with disbeli and less than ordinary attention paid 10 the former. In the secor place, If the artist is really as a complished Us he is reputed to b why not let the radio fans find out or decide it for themselves. Int have the ordinary amount Of inte ligence, q fact which many al nouncers seem 10 overlook.
 
 Well. WRNY, New York. offer, a Russian baritone, announced to the greatest boy singer, we dor know whether the announcer said the world or in the Bronx, but any rate he was said to be the srea est boy singer, He might have bee