New Britain herald., 1926-06-09
Through he Static

gave noisy bNl1ENCe lldl LuuNltr storms and electrical disturbances were dominating the ether practi- cally all over the cast; but later on these {. S. and c. d. must have gone our to sea or dissolved into thin air or something, for conditions cleared so that the remainder Of the evening was not too unpleasant. What sta tions could be detected came in with fair volume but as for distanCe-oh, what's the use. You with the one tube and earphones do just about as well as the eight tubers ill this re- spect nowadays.
 WIZ at New York introduced a new regular Tuesday evening fea- | ture last night to be known as the ''one up cut up hour" or something ! like that. At any event it's a pro- gram put on by the manufacturer of some well known tobacco equipment. | Their opening program was a good | blend Of melody, harmony and mirth, not unlike that Of the noted 1 Record Boys. William and Irving" 1 for these are the names under which the entertainers sho, wise cracks at each other play a mean piano. Warble a tuneful song and slip over fast ones on each other. One Of the i high spots Of their program last night was Animal Crackers" and 1 for these "wise crackers" the song ] Animal Crackers was a good one ! Silly? Sure, but you know, a little nonsense now and then ct cetera.
 Another thing from WIZ was the ! Deliah Pearl hour in the Gems of i Romance series. First We will still have the popular Old Man Donald son and his granddaughter Joan with us for some time to come, for the old gentleman has decided that he has more stories to tell. The prize winning story on Gems of Romance" was read as part of the program last night and, of interest 10 loyal Nutmeggers it also was an- nounced that second prize went 10 1 Ruth Wheeler Of Union, ConneCti- cut. IL is $75 in trade with the jew 1 elry firm of l.. Heller &3 Sons. The first award was $150. For those who are interested in Old Man Donaldson | and his adventures but who did not 1 hear his entire string of stories, his career may be briefly reviewed. As a young man at kcnnebunk, Maine, he married the girl Of his dreams. 1 Suddenly jealous of her and form CT rival, he mistakes the relations Of i the two, meets the other man In , fight and accidentally kills him. He i then embarks on an old whaler and 1 his lifetime of adventude starts. He goes to the Island Of Ccylon where he has an innocent, but romantic i affair" with a missionary's young wife From there he drifts to Co., lombo and thence 10 S. Petersburg and down the Nolga. finally going to Burma, India. After living two years with a native rajah he discovers that the raiah has been holding out his mail, and he comes across an old letter from his wife. He hastens back to America, but finds that his wife died the year before, leaving him an heir. Heartbroken, yet glad Of the proof that his young wife really had been faithful 10 him, Donaldson, busted by his father-in-law, again starts his worldwide wanderings, determined to go back to Burma and wreak his vengeance on the rajah who held up this important letter. He drifts to Panama, where he is stricken with fever. On to China he goes, the while becoming involved in romantic, tragic and dra- matic adventures and. as has always been the case. collecting rare gems Of romance. It is in China that a na- tive philosopher explain the black pearl 10 him. noting that the black covering but hides the beautiful pink pearl inside. The celestial explains that life is like that, when things are blackest they but hide the beauty Of things to come. Believing in this philosophy Donaldson returns to America and there finds his grand daughter Joan and, apparently is living happily ever after.
 Last night the old man got a bit peeved when Joan referred to him as old" Incidentally, the entertain er impersonating Joan last night seemed a different person than the one who has been doing this and, from where We listened, a more pleasant person. Her voice sounded much more natural and hfe-like and not nearly as "stagy" as previously. Whether she was the same person or another one, her work last night was excellent.
 WIZ announces that the series ot Associated Press weekly talks, which was to have been concluded with rhe talk tonight, will be extended, by request for another two weeks. The hour has been changed from $50 10 10 o'clock The speaker tonight will be W. J. McCambridgc, repre- senting the traffic department, who will tell or the experiences Of the men who constitute the motive power" of the news organization. Next Wednesday night the speaker will be Norris A. Huse of tho execu- tive staff of the general offices. His topic will be The Human Side of the A. P.'
 Another thing We heard was the Arrowhead concert orchestra through VICES, New York. Recep- ton was good, but the static showed