The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-03

age NOISE anu SOOu SAOHS S'6
mails from everywhere. Jackson
Vile. Atlanta, jefferson City,
Missouri, Fort Worth, Boston and
Hartford responded to careful
tuning. Nearby stations were
steady and in excellent volume.
The early and middle evening
periods were better than later on,
although the most distance came
late, as usual.
The fact that the insect orches-
ira which jazzes the hot weather
tunes Of a summer evening is an
orchestra of percussion instru-
ments only was the queer quirk
of nature P. S. Ridsdale first de-
veloped in his inaugural talk to.
his weekly audience through WRC
last evening.
Insects have no vocal organs,
he explained, and all the noises
made by them are produced by
rubbing or beating-getting their
effects the same as the percus
the orchestra.
Nature appeared to have the
call on other subjects for time
from WRC during its first Mon
day evening program, for Prof.
David Lumsden spoke at length
on the life ard habits Of the or
chid-but then came music and
much of it..
PIANIST PLAYS
OWN COMPOSITION
Gertrude Smallwood, the first of
the musical features Of the local
program showed an appreciation
and understanding of Chopin in her
piano recital that isn't common
even though Chopin is the patron
saint of all pianists. as he should be.
He put something more than
notes and harmonic exercises. into
his many. many piano pieces-a
fact that. large majority of piano
players never discover.
Miss Smallwood has made the dis
covery. however. and showed it III |
played, again, her own airy eompo-
kition. THE Skylark. which so |
pleased her audience at her last |
radio piano performance.
CONCERT TAKES
PLACE OF OPERA
while it is just possible that |
Cesare Soders needs a good rest, /
and all his friends of the radio au-
dience hope he gets it. At the same /
time they are anxious that he shall
return TO the business of conducting I
the operate and concert endeavors
of WEAF as soon as possible, if the
performance relayed through WRC /
last evening is a. sample of what /
might be expected while the mae
stro is away
Starting with the Massanet over
ture to "Nanon"-which was played /
in a very tiresome and celorIess I
manner through weary Is min /
utes-the concert was devoted to |
the music of Gounod's Faust" All /
OF the singers were finely cast and |
did very weil-unusually well, in /
fact. But the absence of the di- /
rector was easily noted.
DEMON CLARINETIST
HAS MERRY HOUR
A demon elarinetist at WLW. |
Cincinnati. gave an exhibition of
musical pyrotechnics last evening |
for whom it may concern that the
radio audience won't soon forget. /
Just what merit there is in turning
q clarinet into a zoo ard requiring
It to issue sounds such as even |
the animals can't produce, remainsll
to be determined. But it pierced
the humidity of a hot night ard
added something to the gaiety of
nations.
The dance programs from KDKA. |
Pittsburgh; WPG, Atlantic City. and
VIZ. New York, were as clear and
steady as local broadcast. Atlanta
was tunable last night at o'clock,
when Ford and Glenn performed in
their Lullaby" hour-but there was
considerable atmospheric disturb
ance-mofe. in fact, than was heard
with the WBAP, Fort Worth: WOS,
Jefferson City, or WAX, Jackson
vile, programs later on.
The Swedish air passenger and