The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-27

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filled the home with variety of uni
forrnly blessings things--the radio re-
ceiver and the program Of WRC last
night established a standard, with.
| out international stars or symphony
orchesrras or orators, royal or other
wise--it will have great difficulty in
tnaintaining-sa on Tuesday eve
nings, when the same crew OF regu
lar performers appear before the
microphones!
There was not a moment OF the
evening when the loud speakers
were not delivering something o. in
1 terest, provided by people who kGew
| what they were doing, were putting
| all of themselves into the doing of
| it, and providing thereby the finest
form of diversion the tired business
man or housewife can ask
AN APPRECIATION
OF MALCOLM LA PRADE
For quite long time we've been
wanting an opportunity TO cAprcss
a few words of appreciation for the
| many pleasant hours Malcolm La
Prade has provided radio listeners
from VIZ during the progress of
| the various tours one Of the worlds
largest tourist agencies has been de-
scribing for a year of more-and the
finish OF. the Southern Hemisphere
cruise last evening gives US the
| chance.
Listeners will rarely hear any
thing more entertaining and few
things more enlightening in loud
speaker production. The chatty,
Friendly stories the radio guide has
told US night after night about
strange out-of-the-way places in the
world. maintaining interest from
start to finish, have made his
voice a much-desired and very well
come part of the family circle.
They have been the product of
much research and painsta1ing
! preparation, coupled with a person.
atty that fits into the home and
| makes itself thoroughly a part of
| the family. If We have a vote in
| determination Of what shall be the
! future Of these tours, let it be that
La Prade carries on just as he has
been doing. He has performed q
service of inestimable value in a
most entertaining way.
MONOLOGIST MAKES
HOWLING SUCCESS
To say that Beatrice Herford was
a bowling success during the
| Eveready hour is to speak in the
mildest sort of terms of her inim-
liable work before the microphone
last evening, as well as to echo the
| choruses of laughter of living room
listeners in thousands of homes.
| The type of entertainment this
most able student and interpreter
of human character provides is dis
/ tinctly radio form. Whether she
| is aware of it or not, the fact
that the performer cannot be seen.
| that only her voice can be heard,
makes her performance before a
microphone even more real than it
is on the vaudeville stage. The
| genial Mr.. Furness, director OF the
| Eveready enterprises, and the or
chestra, quartet and soloists We're
| fitting mates for the star performer.
Eddie Cantor, coming next week,
has pace set for him he will have
to work hard to maintain.
| The WRC program began to score
at the very beginning with the ex-
cellent effort of the Raleigh Hotel
| orchestra to provide a fine type of
! musician effort that deserves the
| highest commentator even If some
| bit beyond the scope Of the limited
Instrumentation the orchestra could
give them. Things hike the ''New
World Symphony were at least ap-
proximated and the effort was worth
| hearing.
The Spark Plug subsidy toured
| half way around the world with its
| singing announcer leading the way
from WIZ to the islands of the Pa
cific and the neyer Davis LIE
Paradis dance orchestra wound up
the evening with a goodly collection
Of jazzy tunes. Disappointment was
probably registered in many homes
through the failure Of WGBS and
| WIP to complete arrangements for
THE Miracle" broadcast from Phila-
delphta-a disappointment in which
those stations share because their
effort was worthy, even If they had
failed to take into consideration the
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