New Britain herald., 1925-02-12
Through The Static

Tho way of tho truly great is hard. This morning we heard that We are daft because of one Of the items we wrote in this column yes terday. Well, that puts Us in the same class with Ben Franklin, Ed gar Allen Poe. Chris Columbus and Bob Fulton, Everybody thought they were crazy. But, my dear, think of postcrity,
 That sputcring noise which seepe into our set has practically made Ills raVing maniac. We called the light and power company last evening and asked thom, in the name of all that is good and kind, 10 sec what could be done about it. The noise sounds like an automobile with ite gears continually being shifted. Very an- moving, extremely annoying. 1t is reported that several other listeners in various parts of the city have made the same complaint. The only time this interference is noticeable Is when there Is rain or the weather Is extremely damp. Let's hope some thing is done in the near future, as it is impossible to bring in any de- { cent program with that racket go- l ing on.
 70 I 1fN onto n,,, is especially worthy of mention. Had it not been for the interference of last night it is probable that we should have stopped at Springfield only occasionally. But we're glad we | did. The MaSsa chusetts Sons of Vet crans presented the evenings enter tainment and appropriate it was, too.
 One Of the high spots of the pro- gram was the group of selections l played by the Frances Mont string quartet. Among the numbers played were John Browns Body" March | ing Through Georgia" "Tenting To- night" and "The Vacant Chair" These selections in fact all of the evenings selections, were of the per Tod of 1S61-'65, and excited memor- ics of the war, although the nearest we ever got to said war was through the pages of a history book and hearing our grandfather talk about | it.
 LincoIn's Gettysburg address was given by William NJ. Cochran, com- mander-in- chief Of the Sons of Vet eran6, according to the announcer. The rendition of this celebrated ad- dress was excellent.
 The closing number of the Sons of Veterans program was "The Star Spanged Banner" by the string and ! brass quartet. So realistic was it and so good was WEBS transmission, that we almost rose to our feet.
 Charley Morse" was on the air again last night. But his effoffrts came 10 naught, as far as were concerned. Better intfrfcrence than ! he could ever put out, was being pro yided by rival concern. That fellow l better watch his step. Pretty soon his title will be taken away from him. Look at Joic Ray. Too much conh- dence and not enough real compe- tition.
 Major Sullivan put on a program Of bagpipe selections from CNRO, It sounded weird, but provided eX- ccllent entertainment. The major blew a mean vhcezo on the instru mcnt, and we enjoyed every minute ot it.
 1 The Hawaiian orchestra, out Of ! CNRO is also worthy of mentioning. Usually, such orchestras conline themselves to selections reminiscent of the beach at Waikiki or the asparagus Of Honolulu, but last night we heard some real American sc lections. Tt Amt Gonna Rain No Mo-" for example, was played in snappy style.
 We felt in the mood for organ sc fctions last night and attempted to get WGY or WIZ, where the gala recital by four famous organtst was going on. WGY was impossible. There were fully three stations and q convention of regenerative sets gathered al that spot and, and WIZ was being tcased by the sputtering which WAS conducting campaign talk in that vicinity. So we had to wait
 About II o'clock or a few minutes after, we fell over WEAN, Provi- iencc, and there we heard the or gan at the Emery Majestic theater, giving forth peal after peal of syn copatod rhythm, interspcrsed with music. "ROses Of Picardy," played in