The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-19

with more or less profit.
Set out to do d bit or dinner
concertizing with the little sym.
phony OF KDKA as the principle
objective. Caught the Pittsburgh.
ers three or four times as they came
around by way In their circuit 81
fading. Heard the announcer tell
OF Cadman being educated in Pitts.
burgh and Nevin being born there
as the orchestra gave intarpreta
lions Of the lovely melodies OF these
two, which was information ns well
as entertainment.
Then the Vanderbilt Hotel or.
chestra. by way or WIZ, came
through with the tunes Amy Wood.
ford Finden evolved aS d real
Tiffany setting for Laurence Hopes
exquisite Indian Love Lyrics and
made them live fundamentally The
Hotel Adelphia orchestra added to
the enjoyment through WOO, but
the static hamnerinE brought IIs
back to washington, tho Never
Davis syndicate and the New VIII.
lard. where George Finlgie, sceliiet.
made things interesting through d
few numbers.
Last evening was most notable
for the clarity and distance that
came into the receiving ret be-
tween the crashes Of static, and
there were some crashes. From
Miami and New Orleans 90 Min.
neapOlis and st. Paul. there were
particularly interesting programs
music, lectures, plays and lust
frOlics IN the air.
X there are any mora Iiataners.in
who were wholly or partly raised In
Missouri we have IN interesting
prospect for Tuesday night that
doesn't depend on the supply or hot
drama, The Night Herd. produced
at WRC with the famous actress.
Miss Nance O'Neil, an the star,
The play was written for radio ~
Levi Chalmres Ballou, OF Buffalo,
m II, for which the Sears ROebucls
Agricultural Foundation, which oper-
ates radio station Wis. paid him
$500 az first prize In the radio
writing contest conducted by that
station.
Furthermore the prize.winning
play was selected from hundreds
submitted by jury. made up Of
persons no less distinguished and
literate In the drama than George
ArIiss, chairman; James O'DOnnell
Bennett, author and dramatic
critic, now one Of the staff Of the
Chicago Tribune Bureau here. and
Stuart Walker, playWriter and play
Wrightand distinctive as both Mr..
ArIiss attended the first perform
ance Of the play In Chicago In per-
son and MIR. Bennett is expected to
attend the performance here.
What Is Radio Drasnaf
Now. sezzhu, what is radio drama?
We've listened to broadcasting Of
stage plays which depend for sue
cess on things radio very distinctly
has not. And recently we've been
having motion pictures broad
cast! knowing all the time that
motion pictures were very deliber-
ateIy prepared for the eye a1onei
Numerous ambitious persons have
endeavored to auralize other things
fabricated to please the eye and car
simultaneously on the stage with
Indifferent results.
Tt Is novel, even interesting to
some mental processes, 70 hear d
man whose. vocal organs can inli-
tate buzz saw or an airplane
Or the bark Of q dOg-but the
adoption Of the technique Of the
rasping saw, the huHnnning motor
or the staccatO yeIps Of pup as
b permanent and constant form
Of expression by such q person
would cause him to lead very
lonely life after q while. And
SO with radio. Why try TO make
IL perform on the basis Of the
uniti0s Of the drama or the opera,
or any other well established
form Of Observation-Disclosures 10
very definitely has its own field?
A field, we have suggested, that
Is the most direct and intimate
form I'm the world Of reaching
millions OF people.
Furthermore, il il a field over
which the entertainee has prac.
tically complete control. The
thumb and fOrefinger moved the
most minute fraction Of an inch
win take him away from the un-
desirable to any one of 500 other
sources Of pleasure he may elect
and that, without the slightest
embarrassment or even taking
his pipe from between his Inns!
Mayhap Mr.. Ballou and Miss
O'NeiI have developed a new tech.
nique. Well be tickled pink if
they have-for radio needs someone
or something to develop a technique.
Fred Lincoln of hereabouts. who
is somebody in the Mems Club OF
ALI Saints Church, Chevy Chase,
Is making an effort to find a radio
technique-in the concert
he is directing over WCAP from
All Saints chancel at 8 O'Clock
this evening. Mr.. Lincoln has two
hours Of music planned-the first
to be broadcast in concert form
from the chancel of an Episcopal
we believe. The first hour.
only. will be broadcast, The second
hour will be what Lincoln calls n
"Neighborhood Hour" Miss Greet.
chen Hood, Miss Hazel Arth. Ever.
EFT Hardell, J. e. s. Kinsella,, Miss
Elizabeth Price. Henri Sokolov,
Herman Seveley, Martin Boce are
the people who will supply the
whole evenings program with we'll
chosen numbers. The rector, the
burgh, lecture on physics, Pitts
burgh, KDKA 800. y
8:45 p. m.-"The Palnistrv
Hoax" by J. III. Kraus of Science
and Invention, New York. WRNY
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