New Britain herald., 1926-05-15
Through the Static

Softly signing static entered our set with many apologies early last evening, but on toward midnight it dropped its apologetic air and got really sassy. There was little dis tance to be met with early in the evening. but things broadened out
 considerably after awhile and We
 found that Atlanta and Chicago could be heard just as clear as, well anything. Our friends, the rackets
 set up by local electrical interfer- ence, disappeared almost entirely. With a few exceptions the pro-
 gram by the state department of the American Legion at WTIC last evening was uniformly good. There
 were a few numbers which were ont
 Of place and there were several soloists who should never have step
 ped inside the studio with serious
 intentions relative to hroadcaSting
 And. too, the program was com
 posed of so many separate and dis
 tinCt numbers that the listener was
 apt 10 become confused in picking
 out what he thought was best. But
 We enjoyed all we heard Of the show,
 whoch was considerable, and we
 were amazed at the collection Of tal-
 ent which was gathered at the sta
 ton from all parts of the state.
 There was good evenings enter
 ,ainment, and it was not necessary
 to budge out Of hearing Of WTIC's
 wave throughout the evening.
 Of course, we were mostly inter
 csted in the New Britain crowd and
 we have the pleasure Of saying that
 We enjoyed the efforts of the group
 from this city more than we did any other. Not because we know
 the boys who broadcast. An, no. We
 based our appreciation on the pro-
 gram itself and on the merits Of the singers. regardless of who they were. Take for instance Jimmy Sullivan
 Now there's a baritone who should
 please anyone. His voice is espe- cially suited to broadCasting, and it
 has the happy faculty of being able to overcome the many conditions tending to distort it. It is strong and deep and loses none of it's effect via the mike. His rendition of You Are a Wonderful Mother" was worth go- ing miles to hear. And then we heard Henry Kristopher and Francis Egan, both tenors, but with enough difference in their voices to permit the appearance of both on the pro gram without one of them taking all the laurels and the other. nine. Kris topher gave a masterful presenta- tion of At Dawning." and Egan charmed his listeners with Some where in The World" An unsched- uled performer, that is, one who was not mentioned in the program as sent out from WTlC, was Miss Huda Johnson, mezzo-soprano, l whose fine range and excellent | made listening to her a l real pleasure. Miss Johnson sang Until"
 And that's that. We also heard l Bobbie Craig, the canny Scot--no, 1 now wait q minute. Johnny Creau | from New Britain rendered a med l ley Of patriotic airs as his contri- | button to the Hardware City's offer | ing. Mir Crean, a well known plan | ist in this city, has a large follow | ing. and his hearers were not disap- pointed in him last evening. He ! offered number especially fitting to the evening. Well, VIC almost for got Johnny, due to the fact that we thought we had spoken about him up in the paragraph inst north of here. We were speaking about Bob bic Craig, the canny Scot, who halls from PlainYille. Connecticut, town west of New Britain. Robbie has no trouble in getting off Scotch stuff since it is bred right in him, and he made Us laugh with the two Lauder songs he offered, together with the accompanying batter. The sporting editor Of the New Britain Herald" accompanied him. The Herald" is a daily paper published in New Britain and is a member O. the Associated Press.
 The Chocolateers from WBz, Springfield, put on ain the course ot their program, put on short skit, entitled 1906" (Pause) It | was q vaudeville show, or rather a 1