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Evening star., 1926-04-04
Radio Waiting on Senate.

The radio and broadca sting indus
try and practically the whole listening
world are waiting 10 see if the Senate
is going to pass radio regulating leg
islation this session. Frankly, there
does not seem to be anything else
to do. unless the radio public del
uges Senators with letters and tele.
grams urging action, and ,pointing
out the dire need of regulation by
the Department of Commerce and con-
seauently suitable authority SO the
head of the department may act.
The docket of the Senate interstate
commerce committee is reported as
jammed with bills and hearings which
have right of way. and it is now init
mated that Congress may adjourn as
early as May.
If action is to be taken, those in
terested in the legislation explain, it
must be speedy or it will be useless.
Like previous attempts toward radio
legislation, the White bill, which has
passed the House, and the Dill bill of
the Senate may again expire OF too
close confinement in committee pigeon
holes. This would be unfortunate, it
is said, after the extensive thought
put on radio, first by the fourth ma
tional radio conference, then by the
Department of Commerce experts and
finally by the committees of Congress,
which held public hearings.
The public and the industry in all
it's branches seem to be in accord
that the old 1912 radio law needs
amending so it can be applied to
modern types of radio communication.
Unless authority to deal intelligentiy
with the present situation is given
the Commerce Department. 1t is claim.
ed, the country may expect consider
Evening star., 1926-04-04
National Anthem
By Radio Subdues
Pillow Battlers

How a radio concert by the United
States Army Band quieted q pillow
fight between two youthful Girl
Scouts in New Jersey, and then
brought them to attention and sa
lutte in their nightgowns. is told in
a letter received by station WRC.
II have two daughters, one nine
and the other four" the letter stated.
1.-THE one that is nine has just joined
the Girl Scouts and takes her obi
cations seriously. At s O'Clock last
night they both had been put to bed,
after saying their prayers. and their
mother had returned to the living
room to enjoy your concert. Then
a pillow fight was started, and it
ragged so fiercely that ! had to take
a hand in it and explain that 1 would
he forced to stop it.
Everything then grew quiet until
near the close of the concert, when the
children's mother, hearing a noise,
tiptoed to the scene of the former
pillow fight and found both of the
girls standing up in bed, the younger
one holding on with one hand to
steady herself, and both in stern at
tention and salute while the band
closed it's concert with The Star
Spangled Banner
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Effects of Altitude.

Maj. Kingston. the medical officer
of the Mount Everest expedition, says
there was hardly any noticeable
change in the condition of the climb
ers below 10000 feet. The effects
were apparent at $4,000, and at f9-
600 feet the slightest exertion. such
as the tying of a bootlace, made
breathing more difficult.
When 900 feet elevation was
reached 1t was possible to progress
only few yards at time. with
intervals of several minutes of rest.
The highest point reached without
the aid of oxygen was $4,000 feet.
The after-effects were frost bite.
loss of weight and dilation OF the
heart Return TO lower altitude re-
stored all to normal health.
Evening star., 1926-04-04

Radio may aid the Government
settling the long standing Tacna
africa boundary dispute. The boundary
survey party, headed by Gen. Morrow,
will at least be aided in checking up
actual longitudes by special short-wave
radio time signals transmitted by the
naval radio laboratory in Anacostia.
The boundary commission has been
Furnished a portable short wave re
ceiving set by the Navy so that the
time signals can be picked up at diff
ferant points along the boundary. AS
it would have been almost impossible
to carry a long wave receiving SET
throughout the survey, this special re
ceiyer will be an innovation and may
be of material assistance to the sur
veyors, whose report will be filed
with the United States representatives
undertaking to establish an agree
ment between Chile and Peru.
Evening star., 1926-04-04

Gloria" from Twelfth Mass" Vic
tor Oratorio Chorus; Jesus Christ is
Risen Today" pipe organ, by Mark
Andrews; when | Survey the Won
drous Cross" pipe organ, by Mark
Andrews; THE Living God" Orville
Harold tenor; "Hosanna, Journet,
baritone; "The Palms" Werrenrath,
baritone; unfold Ye Portals" from
the Redemption" Trinity Choir;
stabat mater. "Who Shall Blameless
Stand Before Him." Alma Gluck and
Louise Homer: "Crucifix," Mccormack
and Werrenrath: Christ the Lord Is
Risen Today" Louise Homer; "Ange-
lus," pipe organ, Charles O'Connell;
"Open the Gates of the Temple,
Richard Crooks, tenor; FESTIVAL TIE
Deum," Trinity Choir, part one; "Fes-
tival TIE Deum." Trinity Choir, part
two; 20 Rest in the Lord" Elijah. "
Margaret Matzenauer. contralto: "He
Shall Feed His Flock" Messiah. y
Margaret Matzenauer. contralto: God
SO Loved the World" Trinity Quartet;
Calvary" Louise Homer.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
RADIO TO ENCOURAGE
WORK IN EXPRESSION
Director of WRC Players Points
to Importance of Voice Rather
Than Acting Ability.

A greatly increased enrolment in
the schools of expression throughout
the country is predicted by Madge
Tucker, director of the WRC Play
ers, as a result of the development
of radio drama.
Voice eXpression-not looks, stage
presence and the ability to acts
what makes the radio player" ac-
cording to Miss Tucker. And with
the radio listeners clamoring for more
plays on the air, it is to the schools
of expression as much as to the stage
that program managers must turn
for their talent.
''All of the members of the WRC
players have devoted much of their
time to the training of their voices
but only two or three have engaged
seriously in dramatic work on the
stage.
Success and Failure.
IAN accomplished actor on the
stage according to Miss Tucker. 'is
not necessarily a good radio player.
And. on the other hand. a person who
might have been a failure behind the
footlights may prove to be an out
standing star behind the micro
phone"
In selecting the members of the
WRC Players, Miss Tucker has
endeavored to have every voice a
separate and distinct type. The
listener she explained, must not be
called upon to exert any effort in de
termining which of the characters he
is hearing. Each voice must register
Immediately.
Expression, however. is the chief
asset of Il radio player she added, and
his f1l f1 INN mt
the air than on the stage.
Miss Tucker is herself graduate
of two of the leading schools of eX.
preston in the East and has appeared
frequently on the Chautauqua plat
form and on the stage as reader.
Dramas 10 Continue.
At present the WRC Players are
engaged in the presentation of tho
serial mystery drama, "a Step on the
Stairs" At the end of that seria
drama. however. it is planned to con
tinue the radio dramatic perform
ances. and several plays are already
under consideration for adaptation
for radio.
With Miss Tucker are Maurice
Jarvis, Dennie Connell, Jean Farnam
Peterson, Martin Scranage, John
Davenport Long and Anita Callahan
Harry Schneider, engineer at WRC
is assisting Miss Tucker in creating
sound effects for the radio plays.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Fog Dispersal.

Hongkong, the island off the south
east coast of China. occupied by
Great Britain. is subject to many
fogs. Dust blown from the mainland
collects minute atoms of water, Gre
ating the fog and endangering ship
ping An English professor has con-
WINGED Hongkong residents of his
ability to convert fog into rain. thus
dispensing haze and the Hongkong
government has voted $500 for the
necessary electrical apparatus to test
the professors theory.
Evening star., 1926-04-04

speaking, provided signals are strong
enough, the fewer the tubes used and
the less the amount of amplification
the truer the reception becomes.
Most five or siy tube sets have a
special jack which enables the opera
tor TO obtain loud speaker operation
with one less tube Some sets also
provide for rheOstai regulation Of the
amplifier tube filaments, so that am
DilhcatiOn can be regulated for truer
reception. Smith aISO recalled that
without these convenienceS IL was pos
'lble TO obtain better than normal re
"eption of nearby or powerful stations
oE eliminating some of the aerial. \
comparatively short piece of wire at
ached to the aerial binding post, and
allowed TO run along the surbase,
/ would have answered the purpose
| More current Is required with an
aerial less efficient in picking up sig
mails. but where signals are strong this
arrangement is often an advantage.
Smith also found that the operator
could do much to spoil any good pro
gram. The operator who keeps on
striving for too many effects simply
detracts attention from what's coming
in over the air
Makes Another Mistake.
Even when the set was switched of
iOl IilS niSHl FOliIttH Sd ilUlSelI Ildh-
ing another mistake, despite the fact
that his usual role was being played
by the host. Instead of turning down
the rheostats the operator pulled our
the plug and seemed satisfied that the
set was off until needed again. b.
leaving the rheostats high it meant
that when some one plugged in the
next evening there would be a rush If
current to the tubes. an ordeal which
they must endure much too often in
normal operation
As final touch. the operator gave
the dials a twist. completely destroy
ing the fine setting which he had
worked so hard to find on the last dis
tant station to which they had lis
tened. He had made the remark that
it was a station he would want To hear
/ the next evening as well.
Smith went home feeling that a
/ last he had seen himself as others
were in the habit of seeing him. II
was one of his most profitable radio
evenings.
Next Week. No. 59-RadiO First
/ Principles.
! Copyright by the ClIman Feature Service
Evening star., 1926-04-04
ARC CIRCUIT REMEDIES.
Navy Department Expected to In
stall New Device at st. Louis.

In view of recent claims of the Fed
eral Telegraph Co. that it's engineers
have perfected apparatus for the elm
ination of mush and harmonics abso-
lutely from arc circuits, the Navy De
partment is negotiating with the COM
pany concerning it's arc transmitters
located at Mare Island, Calf. and
Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands.
Fans in the neighborhood of these
stations will rejoice, and, if the first
installations are successful it is be-
leved similar equipment will be put
in use on all Navy arc stations. This
should decrease the code interference
In a number of cities along the coasts.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
WRHF ON AIR TODAY.
Radio Hospital Fund Station to
Give Easter Music Program.

The Washington radio hospital fund
committees station, WRHF, which
has never before broadcast on Sunday,
will come on the air this afternoon at
/ o'clock, and will entertain the radio
audience with an hour-anda-half pro-
gram of Easter music.
The special program has been ar
ranged by Leroy Mark. chairman of
the committee, and will be broadcast
at a time when other Washington
radio stations are silent.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
AFRICA HEARS 2XAF.
Short Wave Schenectady Station
Relayed After 5000 Miles.

Broadcasts from the General Elec-
trio Co.'S short wave station 2XAF'
at Schenectady. were picked up and
relayed by l.. E. Greene in Johannes
burg, South Africa, on March l3.
The rebroadcasting of a program
transmitted over 5000 miles on 80
meters is considered something of an
accomplishment by eldio engineers.
especially when. the relaying proved
very good.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Control for Navy Stations.

The naval air service station at
Lakehurst is to have n crystaEcon-
trolled short-wave radio transmitter SO
that it may be kept on it's designated
wave length Another short.wave
transm:tter will be completed at Ana
costa within a short time the Navy
announces.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Bolivian Stations Open.

The Bolivian government has
opened its l3 Marconi radio stations
20 the public in an effort to improve
ocal communications, a report to the
Commerce Department states. These
stations were formerly used only for
official communication.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Baltimore symphony in Radio Debut

For the first time in it's history the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will
go on the air over station WBAL
April IS. It's concert will feature ma
tional prize-winning compositions by
Baltimore composers.
Included in the orchestra's pro
gram will be the municipal anthem
Baltimore, Our Baltimore" composed
by Emma Hemberger. Incidentally
Baltimore is said to be the only city
in the country to have a municipal
anthem.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Polish Exhibit Planned.

Poland is expecting foreign radio
to exhibit their appa-
ratus in its first allpolsh radio eX-
position to open at Warsaw May 15.
1t is stipulated, however. that for
eiGn radio equipment may only be
shown by local Polish agents.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Cantata on WRC Tomorrow.

An Easter cantata. Light Out of
Darkness" sung by the chorus of
Woodward & Lothrop store members.
will be broadcast by station WRC
tomorrow morning, beginning at $3.50
O'Clock.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Radio Physicists Wanted.

There are opportunities for skilled
radio physicists in the Government
service, according to the Civil Service
Commission. An examination for jul
nior physicists will be held in May to
fill positions in the bureau of stand
ards and other offices. The entrance
salary is S1,S6O a year, but increases
to S2.4OO. The tests will cover radio,
electricity, physics, optics. mathe
matics and optional subjects.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Beating Her to 1t.

From the Kansas City Star.
The submissive little husband was
stealthily picking his own pockets he
fore going to bed. "A brute of a wife
beater, that's what ! am" he chuckled
SOFTLY
Evening star., 1926-04-04
John Smith and His Radio
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL

otoringdnd haze benefited thereby He also radio
clng his feHoU should his
Smith has faculty for finding things
Evening star., 1926-04-04
No. 5S--As Others See Us.

Being the guest of another radio
fan was a new experience for Smith.
Invariably he had been the party at
The dials with everybody marVeling AT
his skill and all the mistakes passing
not unnoticed, but not commented
upon.
This time he was privileged to see
himself as others saw him, and the
effect was startling. AT first, however
he blamed his host without appreciat-
ing that he was blaming himself.
II wonder if he realizes that wheH
he makes a squeaI in his own set he =
putting the same sort of squeal in -
cars of hundreds of neighbors?" Sm!-
sked himself Now he's giving q
demonstration of the noise the loop
makes when he runs his hands up and
down 1t. That's about as smart as
letting a photograph run down while
record is being played
While listening Smith had an OPP
portunity to make many helpful OBJ
servations. For some time the opera
tor of the set had been waiting for
the start of a certain special program.
There had been some disagreement
among those present as to when the
program started. and in the process Of
tidying up the living room for the
guests the hostess had thrown away
the evening paper. Suddenly as the
host stopped dialing. with/the idea of
waiting for 10 or IS minutes, an un-
usual number of misused regenerative
sets started supplying an abundance
of squeakS and squawks. but the host
attached no significance to them.
Smith, however. saw the whole thint
from another angle.
Squealing denotes Start.
Here again, ne saw himself In a
| new light. All that squeaking from
the regenerative sets was proof that
/ the desired program was about to be
gin, otherwise everybody wouldn't be
| trying for it at that particular
| moment. But he did not make any
such suggestion to his host, The
| latter might feel that his skill was
| being questioned.
1t gave Smith to understand that
| sometimes better results could be haG
| by inviting guests to take a hand in
! crying for difficult stations Also /,
suggested the advantage of sitting
| back and thinking about radio wher
a new problem presents itself.
| 1t is so easy to tinker with a set
/ Smith found. the temptation is t.
act when the thing to do is to think
| Action following thinking always re
| suits in better radio reception.
! There was every opportunity TO fint
| proof of the idea, for sitting back in Z
big easy chair he thought of all The
things his host couldn't think of be
| cause of the latter's activities before
the panel. There was the host trying
his best to tune the set so as to get &
little clearer and truer reception wher
| all that was needed was to cut out one
| of the amplifier tubes. The station
| was too near for all the amplificatior
being given its signals. Generally
Evening star., 1926-04-04

Mild weather in France this Spring
caused coal mines there that had been
breaking production records to store
tie fUaA
Evening star., 1926-04-04
WGwY Is Now WDGY.

Station WGWY, owned by DR..
George W. Young and located at Min
neapolis. Mimi, has changed it's call
letters IL -NDGY. .--..e >
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Maine Station Added to WEAF Chain

Station WCSH. located in the Con-
gress Square Hotel, Portland, Me-,
has been added to the chain of sta
tions broadcasting features originat-
ing at WEAF. This station, the NTH
in New England to be regularly link
ed with WEAF, possesses the distinc-
ton of being the farthest north of the
broadcastin stations on the Eastern
seahoard taking the New York pro-
.ramS.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
ENGLAND STUDIES
CONTROL OF RADIO
Government May Acquire
Management of Stations
on January |.

Transfer Of the control of radio
broadcastinG in Great Britain from
private hands to the government in
January, 1927. is believed assured, fol
lowing the publication of the report
of the broadcasting commission ap-
pointed to investigate the British ra-
dio situation.
Assumption of control of all broad
casting by the government at the eX-
piration of the license now held by
the British Broadcasting Co., with the
establishment Of a permanent govern
ment commission for the administra-
ton of broadcasting affairs, is recon-
mended in the report.
Put i'm Utilities Field
The motive for the recommendation
is stated to be the belief, recently as.
serted in the United States, that
broadcasting is public service and
as such should be publicly rather than
privately used.
As in the radio commission which
is proposed for the United States un.
der the terms of the White-Dill meas
ure, members of the British body
would have no direct connections with
the manufacture or sale of radio ap
paratus. Advisory committees, how
ever, would represent those interested
in the various phases of radio.
Would Continue BrOadcasting.
Instead of serving merely to super
wise and regulate broadcasting activi
ties, as is suggested for the American
body, the British commission would
continue the actual broadcasting for
Great Britain, as is done at present
by the British Broadcasting Co. Funds
would be placed at the disposal of the
commission for the hiring of perform
ers. the operation of all of the stations
in the British broadcasting scheme anC
for the payment of royalties and copy
right fees and other expenses involved
in the work of broadcasting.
These funds, as at present, would
be derived from the license fee of II
shillings levied by the government
against owners of receiving sets.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
RADIOS BEST OFFERINGS
TONIGHT.

Musical program by Maj.
Edward Bowes and the "Capi-
tol Family" direct from Capt.
tol Theater, New York City,
WCAP and other stations,
7:2O to 9:15 o'clock.
Copley Plaza Hotel Orches-
ira, WBZ, 7 to 8 o'clock.
Atwater Kent radio hour,
featuring the New York Ora
torio Society, WCAP, and
other stations, o:l5 to 10:l5
O'Clock.
"The Boy Who Discovered
Easter," play with music,
WGBS, $50 to 10 O'Clock.
Texas Hotel Dance Orches-
ira, WBAP, Fort Worth, 10 80
to II o'clock.
Palmer Little Symphony
Orchestra. VOC, II to l2;30.
Evening star., 1926-04-04

in the air.
OratOriO Society to Broadcast.
The famous New York Oratorio So
ciety, with Albert Stoessel conduct
ing, will present the Easter Sunday
radio program tonight, under the au-
spices of A. Atwater Kent. AS usual
WCAP will broadcast this feature in
conjunction with IA connected sta
tions.
The society ranks among the first
of choral organizations. 1t was found
ed in 1873 by DR.. Leopold Damrosch.
father of DR.. Walter and DR.. Frank
Damrosch, and has had but five. con-
ductorS.
AS one of its features tomorrow
night WCAP will broadcast with
WEAF and a chain of other stations
a tabloid version of Bizet's famous
opera Carmen under the direction
of Cesare Sodero. 1t consists of four
acts, the text for the same being
prepared from the novel by Prosper
Merimee.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
WCAP ChespapealSe and Potomac
Telephone Co. 1855 Meters).


II a.m.-Service from New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church. Rev.
Joseph r. Sizoo, pastor, will preach
the sermon.
p.m.-Service from Bethlehem
Chanel, Washington Cathedral. Right
Rev. James r.. Freeman, Bishop of
Washington. will preach.
62O to 1920 p.m.--Musical program
by the Vesper String Ensemble.
7:20 to 9:15 p.m.-Musical program
BY Mai. Edward Bowes and the Cap
itol family" direct from the Capitol
Theater. New York City. The first
part of the program will be taken
direct from the stage of the theatel
and consists of music by the Capitol
Grand Orchestra and featured artists
The second part of the program will
consist of a special presentation by
Mai Bowes of vocal and instrumental
artists.
9:15 to 1915 p.m.-Atwater Kent
radio program, featuring the New
York Oratorio Society. with Albert
Stoessel. conducting. Program fol
lows: Christ the Lord Is Risen To.
day" (Traditionan. by Early Morn
inglight" (Reimann-D.clinson early
seventeenth century, traditional
Easter hymn; "Hallelujah Chorus" :"
from the Messiah" (HaendeD: How
Lovely Are Thy Messengers, from
| "St. Paul (Mendelssohn); The Prom
ise Which Was Made Unto the
Fathers" tBaerstowl. Easter anthem;
, two choralcs (J S. Bach, (a1 Com
nit Thy Ways" (St. Matthew Passionl.
tb, GLORY TO Thee BE Given"
(Sleepers. Awake); (D "T.aud Ye the
| Name of the Lord" (Rachmaninoff),
(bl GLORIOUS Forever Rachmani-
noff); II Know That My Redeemer
Liveth,' from the Messiah" Han-
deb: tal "Phantasy or Three Favorite
Easter Hymns" (Stoe sseD, chorus and
Easter Chimes; (b) Unfold! Ye Portals
Everlasting" tGounodI lcl "Benedic-
ton" tGounod): The Strife Is Ger,
the Battle Done" CTraditionaD.
Early Program Tomorrow
Gas to 7:45 m.--"Tower health ex-
ercises," from Metropolitan Tower
New York City.
WRC-Radio Corporation Of America
1865 Meters).
Silent.
Early Program Tomorrow.
9:25 am-"Light out of Darkness" :"
an Easter cantata by Adam Geibel.
salng by the Woodlothians. under the
direction of William II. Starnell; so
loists, Mildred Smith. soprano Mabel
F'lehr. contralto: Granvill Leef, tenor,
and Charles Moore, bass Adam
Ge!bel at the piano. Mrs. Henry
Hunt Mckee at the organ. Broad
cast from Woodward & Lothrops.
1855 a.m.--Arlington time signals
u noon--"F'ifty Farm Flashes, "
prepared by the Department of Ag
riculture.
1926 p.m.-Organ recital by Henri
Schmidt. .Gregor. broadcast from the
studios of the Homer l.. Kit Piano
Studio.
p.m.-Daniel Breeskin's Raleigh
! Hotel Orchestra, under the direction
Of Roy Laing.
i WRHF-Washingto Radio Hospital
| Fund Committee (256 Metersl.
| to 2:30 p.m.-Speclal program of
| Easter music: "Hallejuah Chorus,
Messiah" Victor Oratorio Chorus
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Local Radio Entertainment
Sunday, April q, 1926.
NAA-Naval Radio Station, Radio, Va
(i34.5 MeterS).

1905 am. and 1905 pm.--Weather
reports.
9:55 p.m.-Time signals.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS
OratOrio Society to Broadcast

able litigation in the courts and chaos
in the air.
Evening star., 1926-04-04

Next Week. No. 59-Radio First
Principles.
Copyright by the UIman Feature Service
Evening star., 1926-04-04
LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT
SUNDAY, APRIL q, 1926
Programs STANDARD Time

e.oo . TO o AM.
o:oo-Mooseheart. H.: Catholic Church services.
To 10 AM.
9:OO-New York: Childrens program; comic stories m
10 TO II AM.