New Britain herald., 1926-11-06


 the machine has really reached its proper speed.
 Last night this speed artist, trans hitting at rate of one word every four minutes, was answered by an- other maniac and the dials were filled with code, considering the fact that the legitimate transmitters were working on the high wavelengths and around 300 meters. The codist plotted out everything and it Is ru- mored that several posses have start ed out in search of him. The navy needs men like him.
 VICES, New York, came through exceptionally loud at dinner time (supper time), dance music being offered. There was marked depth | of tone noticeable on every station, by the way. VICES faded slightly and it was difficult to get the words of the soft-voiced announcer, except for the fact that the orchestra, we don't know whose, was going to play Hugs and Kisses"
 l After listening in for about 10 minutes the fact that we had a headache crossed our consciousness. | That's how loud stations were. But we stuck to our job. We said. What will those people say when they find that we had a headache and quit ? What will they think? Will they think?" So we stuck, regardless of the fact that sharp pains were shooting through our head, causing fantastic pictures to be painted be- fore our eyes. Oh, we suffered! But we stuck.
 At WEAF. New York, which came through loud enough from time co time, Mrs. A. M. Williamson, author of several popular novels, gave talk on the highlights of Hollywood. We wonder how much the stars paid her to say all those pretty things about them. Even their own press agents | haven't been able to coin such words! According to Mrs. William son, Hollywood is suburb of Heaven and all the stars spend their evenings at home, sewing and play 1 ing tiddleywinks.
 Now, ladies, don't get angry at this. Mrs. Williamson's talk was just sugary enough to be enjoyed by the rabid feminine movie-goer. In fact, ! it dripped sugar. Marion Davies got great hand and so did Bebe Dan- ies and so did Gloria Swanson. A bit too thick, though. Sh ewould have been more effective if she hadn't raved quite so much. To our minds, she appeared to be just a bit too gushing. That's cruel thing to say about a lady. but we can't help it. We were never without music all evening, because if the station we happened to be listening to faded out, another would take its place i'm mediately and if we had been listen ing to dance music at the first sta- ton. the other would surely come sliding in with a classical program. It provided variety, to be sure, but it was bound to be rather confusing, especially when both stations, and possibly another, just for good mea- sure, came in at the same time.
 We heard Miss Grace Baum, con- tralto, of this city, in one number from WTIC last evening. This was "Bye-O Baby" a delightful compo- sition which enabled Miss Baum to make good use of her really splendid voice. The melody she presented called for careful interpretation and Miss Baum fulfilled her duty to it. ably. She exercised excellent tonal control and her voice was full and well modulated. Apparently she was standing rather close to the micro phone, because it had a tendency to blast on the very high notes.
 
 At WIZ, New York, the Serenaders and Bonnie Laddes offered an ex- cellent program. One of the features was an offering entitled "The Little German Band" in which the old time organizations were laughably parodied. The orchestra put itself just a bit off tune and the musicians worked just q little too much by themselves with the result that we had "Oh, Where Has My Little Dog Gone?" The singers helped out, too.
 We didn't wander far from home because it wasn't necessary. We went out to WICK, Detroit, where Harry Howard sang to us a negro spirit ual entitled, Ring Dem Bells" The station came through well. A buzz ing grew out of somewhere late in the evening and provided an uncomfort- able background on most stations.
 At KDKA, Pittsburgh, which sta ton was wing with WPG for supre- macy of the 300-310 meter range, we heard several selections on the Tea berry Hour. with Teaberry Jim Hughes at the microphone. Jim is building up quite a rep for himself, '.''- Che has an excellent radio voice