New Britain herald., 1926-02-27
Through fife Static

| Through fife Static
 As "Consiant Reader" "NoX Pope u'b" "A Taxpayer, and many other familiar names, We take alr prn in hand 70 say that last night Nus r-r-f'r.o'ten' Not from q point Of view Of static, An. no. Don't miss constrlo our meaning or intent. Whether or not thore Was any static We don't know, And we'll tell 'l~ sad story in our own poor say. Sparlag none of the horribIo drtaus. So here, friends is inc yurn, a gloomy one, blood curIlur on, anl a melancholy,
 Shortly before o'clock las, .yc- ming we sat us down before our rulio machine, oagur 10 hear wlu' tho ether nigh, hay" in stor, for us. The frs, thing W" tuned iu on was q battery charger, working full furr., N [ l''f AA''N q 'hl' t4' .l p blII t'.i I-i |s We tuned 70 th" right Of us, NC tuned to tho l"ft ot uS, but on either side Il volleyri anl thund,rcl Clus, snn'enco from Hamlet" by Ring W. Iarln"r) soon after 6 o'clock, Wh5n some hard working individual rr- turned 10 his dOujCile rom q hard days work, this noise stopped and for abonf five minutes wr enjoyed perfect reception.
 And then, the tears are sprugiuE Q our eyes, from no where appclr- tI this fantastic roar. IL sounded like gcnrrator hum and yot i' didn't. Gen'rator huns cau usual )y b" 'unol out. But wc ask you, could his bo tuned out? AuI your anyw' r comes back Wi'h all ,a1 pow "r O. your youfu'ul voice, "Nay." drA VI" pror"' 'Q ."ul 'ha hors" his laily ration of mashed potatoes and crushed rubber. Nay" you rcprat for hmphasos, and as we give 10 you q large helping of said emphasis. we go on 70 stat" that >ne racket con nnu"d througJout ii- evening, mak- ing i' possible for us to bring in only WTIr. Jlar' orl; WEE, Spring Grll, and WIZ, New York, ;hc last ona not entirely free from the hor- riblo condition.
 fTf4y I-4l, tf,, .. It fsr4 ! (. we %cn' the lou1"r tho noise got and We might say for tho onlightcnmcnt ot such Of you who hay" not heard inc nolSe, that we hadn't heard it before last night, either. But "" board if last night, plenty of it What it can b., w. don't know hu' i' MS doci1nl about it and attacked i's duties with q WI'l
 W,n do what ms rln with inc material at hand. From 7:3o o'clock un'il few minutes after o'clock Nc were in attendance al tb" au'o- mobile show in larttorI al 'h, stat" armory taiytD and "" enjoyed very pleasant conNrrsation with th" WTIC announcer Ht that rnln', namely Hanforl Hillings Si Yafi" anI his orchestra was hroa0rastin8 q program Of dance music. made ID or selections from ta, popular :nuSi- cal plays. some ot the selections 90 ing back several y, ars. with the 1''~ sult that several pleasant, and au equal pnmbcr oi uHpl"asani, mem 3rics Were revived. "Hamblcr |os"' rom "The Folli,s Of 122?;' Bert Williams favorit,. 'I Amt Got No- body;" medley made up ot "Noo0- light and Roses" "Ni&hfs in Th" Woo1," and sr'era' others; "Do r Again." from "Th" French Dolj;' "S,mrisn and You," "I'm Just Wild Alour Harry" and several others were played. contributing to au .N- t~mo)y satisfactory program.
 To got back homo. Tho MidIl.- 'o%n community program was one of the most varied ot the snii"s so tar prcs.nteI by W1'IC Th"rC was singing, instrumental music, talks anl other foa'ur"s, bu, no one 0. them WIS present. | in such fash- ion us 70 become mouotonous. Th" htt," river town deserves lot Of credit. anI "" might say that lh" town has lois 0. fal'ur, Wrsl"y2n students nontr!butri to h. SucrrSG or thr program, furnishing large part O. the popular 'ut"r;alnmont.
 At WNYC. Prof. Garter Troup was talking on literature, some Russian novelist b,jng tho subj"c' for dis- russion, Wr di,ln't @'ay very long ~oluG to
 WJX wner. in" Smlial ;;'ronad- IFS offered choice prusra "{ Jane. music, iut,rsp'rs"i Witf vocal and Instrumental solos, "l'oor Little Rich Gir," and Show N" Th" Way To Go Homo" We're two o' th" or chrstra SoircIionS. and V" also heard a hanjo aolo. "unuring Hmo," . which demonstrated 70 us som" m.h.r'o unknown features abont that instrument w. ji'lnt know q person with Nh" culinary number ot . fingers rouI do so murh with on" ! of nose musical instruments.
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