New Britain herald., 1925-01-20
Through The Static

Last night was suitable for oharg- Ing storage batteries, So much noise seeped out of the loud speaker that there was no pleasure in listening to concerts early in the evening. Fad Ing brought stations In htfully. Static came in large portions at un- expected intervals. Reception cleared slightly about Il o'clock and New York stations came In exceptionally clear.
 Calvin Dater, S5 years of age, was at WHAz, Troy, N. Y. Dater is a vocalist, and his voice is one of a man of S5 years. Ills rendition of many selections brought in a flood of telegrams of congr&ulation. Co., Ing from one extreme 10 the other, this station presented Beatrice Gill; bert, seven years of age, as pianist. Don't think for one minute that she played easy finger exercises. They were exercises, in that her fingers were kept busy continually. This program came through In an excel lent manner, although sometimes the station sounded like a stone crusher.
 Charles R. Hector and his St. James Uieater orchestra, from the Boston end of WBZ last night, en- tertained in a satisfactory manner. They rendered several dance selec- tons, the program being broadcast direct from the theater.: This group also played a few classical numbers. The only fault we have to find is that the trombone was too near the microphone and many of the num- bers sounded like trombone solos with orchestral accompaniment. Anyone who knows how a trombone sounds when t is merely playing its part in selection, has an idea of how monotonous that got after awhile.
 Among the selections rendered by the St. James theater orchestra were Hands Across tn Sea-" march, and New Echoes From the Metropolitan Opera House" a medley of bits from the grand operas.
 
 Perry and Russell, the two-man singing orchestra, did their periodi- cal turn at WOR last night as the closing feature on that stations pro- gram. They were good, there's no doubt about it. Most of the selec- tions they played or sang were new They play 31 different instruments 1t is said, and they disappointed no one last night. They held the air longer than they were supposed to- We didn't put up any howl at all. The First Battalion band of the Knights of Pythias entertained from WEEl at Boston last evening. They 1 played some popular selections, but the outstanding feature was med 1 ley, composed of the well known numbers of 25 years ago, We'll ad. init that we stayed with that station longer than we intended, for the simple reason that it had slipped our mind that WEEI had gone LID to 4I6 meters and we thought it was a new station. The announcer kept us i'll the dark through several selec. tions. Another reason why an- nouncers should tell the name of the | station. Failure to do so aWakcns an unfaVorable reaction in the breasts of those listening in. Western stations were decidedly | missing In numbers last evening, Davenport came through in a half hearted manner, at times almost ! neglected to come through at all. The New Workers made Up for that, however, and they came through like q residence ablaze.
 David Berend and Adam Carroll ! banjost and pianist, helped pass away the time from WEAF. Med leys were the craze last evening and his duo obliged with a group oi southern selections. The banjo, ar instrument adapted for radio broad. cast, was reproduced in natural manner, and the piano, realizing il was for accompaniment purposes only, kept in the background.
 
 We mustn't leave without saying a word about McEnelly's orchestra from Springfield. They were on early in the evening. and again at 11:3C i o'clock. There's an orchestra that satisfies. No advertisement intended
 
 The evening was not a success We didn't hear anyone singing ol playing our favorite, Follow tht | Swallow "