The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-10
ROMPlVG AROUND The RADIO DIALS
BY GARDNER

OIutI1 OIH6 OI"I
Of THE AIR
with the wave lengths giving
mn everything they had In the
way Of prOgranls-even the own
ers OF the most limited crystal
sets should have been able to
select their station and tune In
last night. For some freaky Eea-
son the air was clear. with little
noise that could not be tuned
out and stations coming in from
every section with equal clarity.
Jacksonville, Boston, Hartford.
Montreal. Minneapolis, Kansas
City and Fort WORTH were ~
strong throughout the evening.
A freak night for suInner-but
q great one for the dial tWisters
who keep station logs.
While the energetic Cesare Sodero
was very much among those alb
sent from the WEAF grand opera
endeayor last evening and the per
Torrance showed the lack OF him In
q most marked way. yet the work
OF Milo Picco, the baritone, in his
one big number, the jolly boastful
song of the barber from The
Barber OF Seville" was far and
away the great thing of the eve
ming. and there were great things
al over the United States and
Canada easily tunable during the
eyening.
This big baritone effort OF Ros-'
@if1i is one of the greatest things OF
its kind In music. If ever there
was coloratura song written for
= man. this is the one. It takes
singing of the finest kind to accom-
plisi1 it mecianicaIly-to say nothing
OF the musical intelligence necessary
10 get over its full meaning Picco
had the voice, and he also has the
intelligence, and he combined the
two for a solo that would have been
the peak number Of any sort of pro-
gram.
SINGER BESTS
ORCHESTRA HANDICAP
In addition to which Picco COM
p1etely dominated the altogether
apathetic orchestra and made it do
as he wanted things done. In this
respect Piceo had better luck Athan
hts associates, the efforts OF most
Of whom were fairly, well BANKED
By the listless Accomplishments.
Frances Eebel who sang the
music Of 'Michela" in the Car
men, section OF the concert. cover
I'd herself with glory both in the
first act duet with Benedetto. who
sang the Jose" part, and in the
third act solo. Devora Nadworney.
who did the Carmen" gave Tauch
TO the music. The orchestra made
4 dirge out of the .'Tanrekauser"
overture and followed it up by COM
pletely undoing all Ruisi en5eavor-
great .Mephisto' serenade from
Faust.
RABBITS ARE
NATURAL DRYS
Nature lovers learned from WRCi
last evening that rabbits can take
a drink or let it aIone-thus qualify.
ing among the natural born drys
OF the animal world. p. S. Rids-I
dale was the informant Of the
listeners as to the rabbits capacity
for drinking water and told a num-
Der OF other interesting things
particularly calling attention to the
meteorite shower that should be
visible this evening in the north
eastern skies-and to the outdoor
good manners campaign which
seeks to preserve the wild flowers
and make tourists more careful o.
fires on their campsites.
The new feature of WRC which
comes to loud speakers as a subsidy
Of the coffee industry was all its
promoters claimed for it-and then
some. Which means that It ranks
among the best as entertainment
and somewhere a. little beyond that
in originality of orchestral delivery.
LEADER GIVES
ZIP TO MUSIC
Natbania. Schildkret is the leader
or the musicians. the announcer
stated-and Nathaniel Schildkret is
the sort of director radiotics liks
to have provide them with enter
tainment. He puts real life and
ZIP into ms fnen-and at the same
time gets some musical effects in
concert numbers that bring a thrill
The big outside novelty was a
band of harmonica players that
entertained with quite an elaborate
program from WOO during the
mid evening hours.
Station CFCF OF Montreal also
provided quite bit of good, lively
music and WAX, Jacksonville,
was on tap with large assert.
ment OF entertainment. A contralto
at KNOX, st. Louis, provided sew
eral thrills in the late evening
and the Kansas City boys made
things lively at two Of the towns
broadcasttng centers.
Greater Movie Contest details
are in The Washington Times.