The Washington times., 1926-02-05
.ROmping Around
the
Radio Dial
BY Listener-M


II your reception wasn't the best
last night, look to your antenna'
The wind that blew down the main
aerial of the Naval Radio station
at Arlington may have overlooked
your roof but more than likely it
stopped long enough to wrap the
antenna around the poles if it didn't
taken them along too.
! After creeping nervously up an
ice cold iron ladder to the roof OF
the apartment yesterday l found a
sad looking situation. For nothing
IL think is sadder to the eye of a
fan than to view his antenna posts
| leaning crafty in different direc-
ton especially when he took such
pains to make them stand straight
and true during the last warm
spell.
Atmospheric conditions west of
here haA caused a condition where
| 1t is impossible to bring in the
western stations with any degree
of satisfaction. Even KDKA at
Pittsburgh is failing these days to
provide its customary pep.
/ A woman's voice while she is
talking, over the radio has always
seemed unreal and artificial. And,
last night when the lady in the
cast that presented Memory Lane
filled up with emotion in the true
style of the stage. the voice just
gummed up and ran out of the
loud speaker in a most peculiar
manner. The radio has yet to over
come the informal setting Of its
audience. Under the soft lights of
theater the work of the actors
generally is well received but COM
ing through the radio with the home
life crowding all around it this
effect is lost.
The radio is showing its in
fluence now even in the naming of
dogs. Our genial friend Bill Sweets
is the proud owner of st. Barnard
puppy and has accordingly named
him Static" because Bill says, He
is always getting in the way"
A choral cbncert by the choir of
the First Congregational Church,
composed of so voices, will feature
the program from WCAP tonight.
Another playlet will also be pre-
scented tonight by the Thomas Her
bert Stock Company of the Ward
man Park Theater. The piece
chosen is 1.-THE Woman From New
Orleans"
Other musical features will be
recital by Ethel Holtzclaw Cav
Ter, soprano; the Hohner Harmony
Hour and a joint recital by Mrs.
Eleanor Chase Horn. soprano, and
William Gilbert Horn and dance
music from the Wardman Park Ho
tel ballroom.
WRHFss Regular Features
11-Current Events.
11:30-Police reports.
WRC's Program
11:55 a. Huntington time sig
mails.
IL Noon-Organ recital, by Otto
r. Beck, broadcast from CrandalIs
Tivoli Theater
/ p. m.-Meyer Davis New Wiz
lard Hotel Orchestra, broadcast
from the New Willard Hotel.
$3.50 p. m.-Unfted States Marine
Band Orchestra; Capt. William H.
Santelmann, bandleader; Taylor
Branson, second leader; broadcast
from the Marine Barracks.
500 D. NV. Spencer Tupman's
Hotel Mayflower Orchestra broad
cast from the Hotel Mayflower.
5:45 p. m.-Book Reviews by
Alice Hutchins Drake.
WCAP-Tonight
900 D. m.-The MOZART String
Quintette, presented through the
courtesy of John w. Thompson &
Co., will open the concert with light
classical music.
6:45 p. m.-Market conditions for
the consumer by the United States
of Agriculture.
6:55 p. m.-Dr. David White,
chairman, division of geology, Ma
tional Research Council, will give
a talk on the "Cold Waves Of Geo.
logical History under the aus
pices of the National Research
Council and Science Service.
ITO D. m.-The Thomas Herbert
Stock Company of the Wardman
Park Theater, in 1.-The Woman from
New Orleans" The playlet opens
with the signing of songs ctom
the old salt" by Ben Cain, with his
guitar.
1880 p. m.-Blanche Elizabeth
"The Hobgoblin Story" pre-
sented by the G. r. Kinney Com
pany from WEAF.
7:45 p. m.-Ethel Holtzclaw Cav
Ter, soprano, in a group of songs.
p. m.--Choral concert by choir
Of First Congregational Church,
Of so voices. They viii
sing Great Is the Lord" (BischofD;
The Day of Judgment" (Arkan-
gelsky); Fierce Is the Wild Billow"
(Noble): "By Babylon's Wave"
lGounod); 1.-THE Halleluieh Chorus"
from 1.-The Messiah" 0IandeD. Dur |
ing the concert there will be a !
short address by the Rev. Jasen |
Noble Pierce, pastor of First Con-
gregational Church.
9 o. m.-The Hohner Harmony |
Hour, from Station WEAF, New |
York city.
$50 p. m.-Joint recital by Mrs. |
Eleanor Chase Horn, soprano, and |
William Gilbert Horn, baritone, of |
accompanied at the piano
by Mrs. Esther Love Tolvogt.
10 p. m.-Dance music from |
XNardnan Park Hotel haJIroo,,o