The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-24
JOHN DREW IS
RADIO STAR

John Drew, a sprightly old gen.
tIeman between SIS and 20 years Old,
whose chief claim to distinction
these days is that he is the uncle
of either John or Lionel or Ethel
whichever name appears in front
of Barrymore on, Broadway at the
time of writings to be the head
| liner of the ether waves this
| evening.
He will have something to say
about Shakespeare's Henry ~.
There are not very many people IN
| the United States who can speak
with more authoritity about Shakes
peare than John Drew. And there
are few men or women whose voice
! will carry through the wave lengths
| Shakespearean text as effectively
or with more meaning than he
will when he faces the microphone
OF WEAF at 1880 this evening.
TUNE OPERA
TUNES ANYWHERE
Bizet's opera tunes are to be on
the air from early until late this
evenlng--two of his operas being
scheduled for presentation AZ diff
ferent hours of the evening. THE
Pearl Fishers" is on the last notl-
fication of probabilities from the
wEAF chain. 1t tells tale of the
Orient and its heroine Is a princess
Of Ceylon, who is loved by two
pearl fishers. It is Bizet's first
opera and is based on Felicien
David's story, lie Desert, in part.
It is a conventional bit in opera
structure and orthodox as tn music
80 that. from the fact that the
last word from WEAF came at 10
O'Clock this morning, one will have
no reason to feel disappointed II
some other opera is produced, as Is
very likely to be the case.
RICHMOND SINGERS
PRESENT CARMEN
From WRVA at s:15 will come
Carmen. the greatest effort of
Bizet and possibly one of the great.
est of any composer, when the
singers take the composers idea OF
lit and interpret that, instead of
striving to impress their vocal
agility on their audience.
Bizet did 50 much with Carmen
that even man or woman-handled
by near singers who are poor judges
of distance, the music is delightful
to the ear. The WRVA opera
operators are reported to be an
excellent group Of musicianly per-
formers and are expected to give
good account Of themselves and
the opera.
PIANIST NOW
REGULAR PERFORMER
Mathilde Harding, the pianist of
WEAF who has been sending such
lot Of honest-to-goodneSs music
from her skilled finger-tips TO the
radio receivers of the universe as
volunteer performer, has now be-
come regular and will be heard
every little while when something
is needed TO fill in few moments.
Perhaps she will be called on to.
| night for something il we radio
fans are in luck.
The Near East relief. a band
made up of band leaders from the
United States Army Band Leader
School, and talk on the Freedom
of the Bees" by p S. Ridsdale,
are some Of the features of the
| WCAP program for this evening
The band concert, which comes at
6:45, should be particularly interest.
| ing and worth. tuning.
The grocery boys will tune up at
WEAF and WCAP at s, as usual
Joseph WohIman will present a
Chopin recital from WNYC at $50
and at 8 quartet at WIZ will
sing Liza Lehman's I'm a Persian
Garden" an exquisite musical set
ting for the verse OF Omar. Al 3
O'Clock Beatrice divers Little Sym.
phony Orchestra, made up entirely
of women players, will present a
program at WEAR.
Orchestra, Cincinnati, wKRC 1926;
Austin Wylie's Orchestra, Cleve-