New Britain herald., 1926-06-15
Through the Static

Hf ! dllu " bulI Aa fT sOllV E tAA in a football game last night. It would have carried the pigskin for a touchdown a la Red Grange every time-it had so much interference, We imagined we were listening in on q spiritualistic seance, one of those thngs where bells, banjos and other unexpected noises are to be expected. Some stations seemed to be sending out little except static, SD We kept pretty close 10 home,
 We tried to hear Hugo Gernsback tell the audience of WRNY what radio would be like in 19$6. It was very appropriate night. He said 1 that in 1n years there would be no trouble with stations crossing wave lengths which relieved us greatly, since even as he said i, an orches- tra from some other station broke through and rclcgated Herr Germs back into ohscurity for several sec onds He predicted the end of sup empower and the coming of tele-
 vision. It was q repeated talk, Mir. Gernsbacll going through with fl when the wrong announcement was given 10 the newspapers. Years ago he made predictions which were called too wild but have now been exceeded. SO that he may be consid- cred a fairly good prophet
 ! MEAN Providence gave us an carly concert by the orchestra at the Colonial restaurant and then Ernes- tine Tittleiohn talked on "Reducing and Health" One look down our bony frame and We decided We were wasting time on this. so we scuttled over to WBZ 10 hear magician ex- plain card trick. He told us to ask someone else 10 shuffle them. l 10 have them cut into four packs, and all that sort of thing. but we 5couldn't quite follow him, How ever, we have no doubt that We. like him. could do the trick very ef- fcctively over the radio
 The Reading railroad hour from WIZ was below par tbut not in the golf sensa) last night. The seashore band was rather dead. They play ed many old pieces such as Mandy Lee" and played them certainly no better than the old timers did. This revival of former fayorites seems to be quite the rage lately. If it goes much farther we may soon be listen ing once more to the staccato strains of "Yes, We Have No Bananas"
 Then We dialed around feverish- ly in vain search for something good. A trio from VEAL seemed to be mostly three sorts Of static. l Dance music from KDKA was loud but punctuated with crashings not made by the trap drummer. The Arcadia dance orchestra at W1P. ! Philadelphia was very weak and tsickly besides being peppered with static. CkAC. Montreal, was hardly louder or clearer, but a bass horn in a brass band honked through the interference as f despising if. In despair We came back to WTfC and proved again the old crack about seeking things at home. The grand opera hour rebroadcast from WEAF was on and We listened contentedly to this until sleep oercame us.
 Along about o'clock or there abouts WRNY introduced what was probably the hit of the evening in an unannounced interview with Earl Carroll. noted New York theatrical producer and now enjoying @ q worldwide reputation by virtue Of an allegedly unvirtuous "bathtub party" Incidentally, Earl is the young man who is now al liberty in bonds Of S5,uQ0 by reason of an ap- peal from prison sentence and a fine that vii cut heavily into the box receipts Of his rcvue.
 EarIs interviewer did not show
 the usual regard of the casual con-
 yersa,ionalist who is thinking Of the others feelings for he at once plung-
 ed into the no doubt irritating sub fact of the bathtub party in which
 one Joyce Hawlcy, attircd in the suit