The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-21
JANIS To MAKE
AIR G|GGEES

Elsie Janis has been subsidized to
take charge of things microphonic
| for the [ 'eready Hour OF WEAF
| and WRC ,lts evening-and radiot.
les can cot their dials with the feel
| ing that all Of the worries Of the
| pref Christmas season and all OF the
WEAKNESS Of the late shopping tours
| will be dissipated for an hour. at
least.
Elsie Janis Is one of the great
artists this country has given to
! the world. She aspires to do Just
ences! She makes no boast of DOS.
session of a world moving voice:
she does not pretend to be the
greatest of all actresses: who won't
even suggest that she can play the
piano-or the bass drum!
But-no song OF AN operate star
has ever more completely satisfied
her audiences than Elsie's ditties:
no Coincidence has ever caused
more wholesome aughter-laughter
that starts from the heart and soul
as a glowing feeling of warmth
spreads out to brighten sthe eyes,
wrinkle the corners Of the mouth
in a smile and finally. with pre-.
paratory chuckle and giggle ex.
plodes in a paroXysn of laughter
that grows and grows until the
sides fairly ache and the breath
comes in historical gasps.
Spreading happiness and Joy is
the portion of Elsie Janis-who in
tends trying tonight at o'clock to
invade the living rooms of listeners
to the loud speakers with the same
gloom.chasing kind OF program she
sprayed over the trench.worn troops
In France during the war or sen is
out over the footlights whenever she
appears on the stage.
M.ARCELLISTS TAKE
TO WAVE LENGTHS
A bold attempt to marcel the wave
lengths is to be new feature Of the
woman's program that starts things
going In the WRC broadcast this
afternoon at 4:15, with. the usua!
Eleanor. Glyn piano recital. The.
Ogilvie Sisters viii endeavor to do
the marcelling-or at least they will
have something to say about the care
OF the marcel and the permanent
wave as well as the smooth boyish
bob-and just plain hair. Dorothy
Townsend, household hinter, and
Mary E. Turner, electrical wizard.
will supply other features Of the
program.
Nina Reed will have Is minutes to
talk about things before the Raleigh
Hotel Orchestra provides an hour of
dinner music and then Milton Cross
will sing the spark plug subsidy
through an hour of all sorts of
things. The Janissaries come next
to fill the wave lengths and will give
place to Malcolm LaPrade, who
takes radio tourists to a plum pud.
ding festival In London. AL Ramon
and his Swanee melody makers con.
clude the WRC evening with an
hour of dance tunes.
Around the dials one will find the
Vikings making merry at WEAF
with a Christmas program at
O'Clock and the Edison Hour provid.
ing Yu1etide music at WRNY at
the same time. AT 8:45 DR.. William
J. Hale. Of the National Research
Council. will tell the audience OF
WMAL about "Our Industries-tIle
Hope for Farm Prosperity"
At the same hour KDKA will pro.
vide its listeners with a production
Of I'll Trovatore," making the sec.
ond. time this station has INDUCED
in the Verdi masterpiece within the
past three days. The Jubilee Sing.
ers of VIDAL will perform at 9
o'clock and the Municipal Band of
Baltimore is scheduled for the same
station at 10.