White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-03-12


the many broadcasting stations
throughout the West.
ing and the new styles. She finds time
to listen in on the MONDAY luncheon
programs given by the business world
where she has the same opportunity
to hear over the air the fine talks that
her husband hears from first-hand at
tendance at the luncheon. She may
not find it convenient to- attend wo
mems club meetings, but she can hear
them broadcast any afternoon and she
thus keeps in touch with the great or
ganized activities that women are pur
suing. She hears an inspiring sermon
on Sunday morning, concert any eve
ming or preview Of the latest play
To the woman who is busy making
her home successful habitat, the ra-
dio is a blessing and delight.
If to those of us who live in the
midst of community interests, the ra
dio is a great blessing and a source
of pleasure, then we can imagine what
it must mean to people who are liv
ing on the outskirts Of civilization, or
even in the rural districts Of our own
country. This daily contact with the
outside world is bringing develop
ment Of interests never before known
by people who live in the "by-ways"
of life. Ask a friend who lives in the
wilds of Alaska what the radio means
to him who hears or sees no human
being, and who was utterly alone until
the radio came to keep him company.
He will tell you that through this. the
greatest of new inventions, it seems as
though he were now no further than a
stones throw from the great centers
of human interests of work and play.
Imagine what it must mean to thou
sands of lonely men in the mining and
logging camps of America and Canada
this little box in the corner Of the
log cabin, that brings them in daily
communication with the concerts and
talents of the world.
And the great field of shut-ins! To
fully appreciate the part the radio,
plays in their lives, one must be sym
pathetically associated with them.
They will tell you that their whole day
is radio day, beginning with the
home talks in the morning, running
the whole gamut of programs: physi-
cal training, morning concerts, COM
mercial luncheons, women's clubs,
news bulletins, educational talks,
weather reports, news of the theatre,
music and drama. Some Of them will
tell you that they never shut the radio
off from morning till night.
Some of them are even able to con-
duct their business through the assist
ance of the radio. There is a story
told of totally blind musician in Kan
sas, who keeps up on all the latest
music by hearing it over the radio,
and thus holds his position. playing in
local motion picture theatre. "Most
of the music use in the theatre" he
says, II first hear over my radio set. /
am able, through long practice, to
catch and memorize a composition at
one hearing. At times, of course, do
learn music in other and more labor1-
GUS ways, but practically my entire
repertoire has been gained by radio.
Besides my work at the theatre do
lot Of playing with orchestras."
It is beacon light held up to people
who are totally deaf that before long
there will be perfected program of
music that they may hear perfectly,
coming from certain musical instru-
ments that peculiarly penetrate the 81
lence of deafness. Already there have
been many instances where the deaf
have heard for the first time in years
the sound of the human voice, this
made possible feat through the ra-
dio.
Publishers need no longer fear an
interruption Of their news service by
billiards. and wash-outs occurring in
the mountainous districts. One Rocky
Mountain radio station is cooperating
with the United Press Association in
flashing news, serving as a sort Of sub
station to catch the news from the
East and then to broadcast it at stated
intervals for the benefit of editors and
reporters.
The radio is a big factor in weather
reporting, both in getting the weather
information and in spreading 1t to the
public. Radio systems Of the United
States Army and Navy give the in
formation to us ashore and to ships at
sea. Our local stations get it from the
Weather Bureau office and give 1t to
us twice day.
Although the radio stations consider
it an impossibility to assist in the lost
and found business, yet in emergency
cases it has proved itself useful In
many instances. If your little girl
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