The Washington times., 1926-08-05
GHOSTS OF OLD
SONGS LIVELY

Another night with the atmos.
Dhere thick as moIaSses and sig
mails pOlxing through in . very
lazy fashion was last night Tor
dial twisters. All the power In
the receiver was necessary to 10.
cate stations, but Asuch as could
be tuned gave fair results. The
noise I'M the Middle West was ter
rife I'm some sections. The North
was fairly clear and Atlanta came
fn for short time with clarity.
Fading was noticeable on most
stations.
"Just Tell Them That You Heard
Me- could have been a radio mes
sage from another world last night
as the lively ghosts of dozens OF
old songs crept through the micro
phone of WEAF and made them.
selves heard by tens Of thousands
that remembered them.
There's many a big kick in the.
old timers yet-as the radio audi
ence will testify today-"Sweet
Marie" Ben Bolt Down Where
the Wurzberger Flows" Maggie
Murphy's Home" ana the othsrs.A
The WEAF light opera crowd did
well with them and it is to be
hoped they will try it again, While
Cesare Sodero is enjoying his vac1.
ton and operate activities are cut
short.
REAL MUSIC FILLS
THE AIR
Real music filled the air during
most of the evening. For some OF
Il the u. S. Army Band was re-
sponsible, and the New York Phil
harmonic Orcher ra, under Henry
Hadley, supplied most of the re-
mainder. Captain Stannard and his
army bandsmen presented one or
the best concerts OF the year at the
Sylvan Theater during the early
hours Of the evening. The only dill
ficulty was that the exercises began
lust a bit early for all those who
would liked to have done so to
hear it.
The bandsn1en were heard at
their best in the ballet "Egyptiene',
suite. This is an excellent bit Of
music for band instruments and
Captain Stannard and his men
made the most Of it. The Glow
Worm" intermezzo was also wen
done-much better done by the
bandsmen than by the WEAF
orchestra a bit later in the eve
ming, despite the fact that an
orchestra should really get more
out Of it.
Hadley's first radio appearance
with the Philharmonic Orchestra
was a big triumph for those VINO
could tune it-and keep it after il
was tunedl Don't blame anybody
and their Scotch-Irish endeavors-as
who tuned back to the saxophonists
as / did-during the Beethoven Sec
ton Of the Philharmonic program
when the "Egmont' overture and
the Seventh symphony were
played. Both are formal and
rather tiresome performances for
q summer evening.
But the second half of the con-
cert was worth staying with to
the last Notwithstanding as 1t did
parts of Tristan ''Dfe Walkure"
and Der Metstersinge the
Prize Song of the latter thrown
In as an encore after one Of the
most magnificent interpretations CT
the Tristan finale I've ever heard.
That scene comes about as near
being the ultimate in musical COM
position as anything I know.
The old Irish and Scotch songs
Of the yeast powder inspired saxo-
phonists was most OF the things the
press agent had promised and then
some. Likewise the toothpasters
did their stuff in approved fashion
with Phillips Carliin just a bit
overcome by the heat but yet able
to add a few words to the musical
score that had a kick in them.
The outside world was largely
represented in the loud speakers by
dance music but Atlanta and WSB
crept through the thickened atmos-
phere for a little while with a typi-
cal Ford and Glenn effort-and an
entire series of Ford announce
ments during the evening.