New Britain herald., 1925-05-21
Through The. Static

Excellent conditions with little 1 static changed gradually during the evening, until the night became i rather startling in the intensity Of , the static crashes, phere was little | fading. and stations came in with . volume. Something we haya, paid htue at- tention 10 Eeretolory has been the bedtime story. Last night we de- ciled wed listen 10 one just to find out what sort of a Kick thero was in II. We selected NIp at Philadelphia and awaited developments Honestly, Uncle Wip, who handles the yarns 1 from that station, is an entertaining sort Of a fellow, and he should please the young folks greatly. Ills style is good and he is not a moily-coddle. 1 He does not spread sIush all over the ] place, but talks rather as q father 1 would talk to the youngsters reall2- ing that they have a few brains, 1 which many of the story tellers seem . 10 forget. There is no Now, sweetest 1tt,e children" or "Little lamb" about his stuff. tncle Win is one of { the most popular of the story tcllcrs
 We attended tho meeting of the Radio Nature club from WBZ, hear ing an interesting talk hy Thornton , W. Burgess, who conducts the club. Tho voice was clear last night and avery word was understandable Mr. Burgess, at these meetings, which occur once q week discusses nature questions which arc sent in by radio 'ans. Trees, flowers, birds and in socts come in for their share Of the : discussions.
 Last night quastion came In. the answer 10 which vas well brought out by the speaker, One fan wrote 10 Mr. Burgess, asking him why the expression is used, As mean as a skunk" This fan asked if some other animal, the disposition Of which is notab, bad, could not be suhstttut- ed. This fan further inquired as to the meanest animal there is.
 Man is the meancst animal there is, when he wants to be" 6aId Mir Burgess, In explaining this thought he told Of the battle between z woodchuck and a dog, this story re. ceiving attention in the newspapers The fight occurred near a smal Massachusetts town. The dog an( ,he chuck were found fighting bl l. several pedestrians X crowd gather. d to watch the outcome. Finally lthe dog withdrew after a fierce bat ua had waged, and dragged himsel away. And then, instead of cheer d ing for the chuck and giving hin credit for winning the battle, whic' should hayo been an easy one fo , the dog. two hystauders stoned in animal 10 death.
 Mir. Burgess also told of two Is lands near Sidney Nova Scotia where there are many species of wil' :irIs He read letter from in ramc warden in that locality, telhni os these birds and of how a light keeper has been appointed dcput warden 10 take care of them. Tn warden stated that he had requeste }- a salary Of $lO0 for the additiona work, hu, had not secured it Mr Hu~geSs asked for contributions | make up he sloo
 es Programs like the one We hay sue. described are decidedly cluca m 'ional There are qany such feature ou inc air, but the average fan doe ros stop when ha hears a statio b-oadcasiug a talk. Instead h searches out some dance music 0 some other musical offerings.
 IT, w." ,e"s SC. Water Logar n. <Io.'a,s', played several number from WrAL although that's all tn gooI j. did US. We didn't rccogniz the se.ar'tons and Wh.n the ar uouncsm.u's were made, stat choked u7 the atmosphere to sue an ex.ent that it was impossible ne hear what vas going on. The OdeO Ensemble 7ayel The Last Dream.
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