New Britain herald., 1926-04-23

mos, interesting programs, with q few exceptions that we have ever been privileged 10 listen 10. And tho secret ot q great dc0l of our inter- est lay in the informullty of the whole business, The occasion was the annual, we suppose smoker of tho Travellers club and the pro- gram was broadcast direct from tho Travellers auditorium, 4 speak r who shall have to remain anony. nous, because We didn't get his name correctly, proved conclusiVcly that orators do not have 70 be dry unless they want to. llc didn't want to and ho regUled the gathering with witty remarks anG stories about ghosts and so forth, at the same !Wc giving those present some pre- . " goo1 dope, Do things the right way, efficiently, he told those prt1- mt. The right thing, the safe way, , tho frs, tune, was the keynote, Very, yors good. in spite Of the fact that We huyo no connection with insur- lance except bills now and then and receipts even less than that,
 Then came the vaudeville. lnfor- maj and excellent, Fl. slater. bari. tone, was Act l. He sang "Rcm"m- per-" but he forg0 70 rcmembef once or twice and NC pcrspir~d with him, hccausc VIC really enjoyed 1 hearing Ed We give hin credit for l b,uifing it through. and then We had 'hc satisfaction Of hearing him sing "Wild Irish Rose" without an error and very we'll. Act II was sears and 1 Tallmadrc, two girls, wc guess they were. Then came two others who l interrupted the program and trcoteI us to a little harmony with clever Ukulcle accompaniment After they got warmed up, their program WAS commenlable, but our tastes anI those of the audience apparently : differed, because they didn't ge' much Of a hand tor their efforts Geraldine Haycns, soprano. who has been singing at Hartforl's Caplto theatcr this week, sang seVera
 numbers in q pleasant style, among them being Deep in My Heart
 rom "rhe student Prince" anC Indian Love Call" from "Ros' Marie"
 And here's for an entire para, graph. dedicated to the funnleS' character we have ever heard VIE
 radio, Peter Murray, in impersona.
 lions, Jokes, songs and stories. H'
 was absolutely a scream and he was
 clever. too. since he impcrsonatc1
 Scotch. Irish, English and Rub
 character in q charming manner,
 least his voice suited itself 10 eact
 character We simply howled whlI'
 he was on the air.
 Well. after hearing WTIC for
 long time we took a slant at th'
 other broadcasters and found tha
 conditions were improving to som
 extent. WJAR was coming througl
 fairly well and we heard the Silver
 town orchestra in dance music, wei
 played, together with selections D. the Silver Masked Tenor. Since 1t l
 inc style to guess who he is, an
 eyerybodv seems to be doing 1t, we launch our guess. The Silver Mask ed tenor Is either President Coollds or the late Queen Elizabeth Of Grea Britain.
 Then we ran into WRNA, klcf mond, and it's a good thing We ha n bumper, because the station gay us an awful crack between me eHtE Throughout the program by th
 Nighthawks dance otthes' q
 WRNY's carrier wave whistled discordant monotone, nearly spolllIl ,he music. WCAY, Philadelphia came through very loud in pro gram by the Parodians' and WNA'
 Boston, came through loud TO a while with music by Joe Herman
 orchestra. Later this station fell lh' , the lake and was frightfully burne
 before we could get her out.