New Britain herald., 1926-09-27
Through fife Static

The other day some one approach cd us and said, in d deep and mas terful voice, Say, P. L. L. why don't you travel around the city once in a while, listening in at var ious radio sets in town and writing column from what you hear on sets other than your own? l think that would serve to create a sort of personal contact, don't you?" We answered in q non-committal man. ner, and then we started to think 1t over. We decided that the idea is good one, but we certainly can't walk up to a persons house and say to the unsuspecting occupant who opens the door, Hello. old sock, I'm P. E. L. of the Herald and I've come to listen in on youl radio set, and I'll write a story about it to- morrow morning" No sir. Ten 10 one the indignant householder would call the police.
 So we've decided to listen in at homes in town. provided that we're | asked. Instead of hearing our own l set night after night, we'd like to go to different parts of the town and handle different types of sets, so that this column may be represen- { tative of all sections. Probably once a week we'll do that. But we'll have to be asked and the only thing for you folks to do is to sit down at your little writing desk and pen a dainty epistlc, stating that We may call some evening. After we hear from you, we'll communicate and set a definite date.
 
 We won't steal the family silver and there will be no necessity of locking up the valuabies. We've never been arrested for burglary or murder and We assure you all that we are really trustworthy. We don't like to invite ourself like this, but seeing as We have done so, if you like to have us write our column from your radio set some evening, just drop us a line. We'll be glad to. We're young, white and unmarried and those who prefer an Aztec Idol type Of beauty might say We were good looking.
 Now that's over. As for Condl- tions over the weekend, they pre- sented a study in contrasts. Satur- day night was just awful, while last night was pretty fair. Of course the thunder storm did it's dirty work on Saturday, so there wasn't much chance to spend a good evening at Ithe set. Static crowded the dials practically all evening, Last night was cool and crisp and, with the re- turn of standard time, We found 1t easy to bring stations in very loud at o'clock, since darkness had al ready fallen at about that time. We'll sidestep the obvious play on words this time. There seemed to be good DN last night, too, although there was a smattering of static at times and somebody let battery charger run riot all day and far into the night.
 At WIZ Saturday afternoon all was peaceful. A fellow named William O'Grady sang Absent" as tenor solo. He came all the way from WCCO, Minneapolis, and his trip was not in vain. say we. Later we heard WNYC, New York, where a boys band was taking part in the Medical Center fete, Static was very heavy
 WTIC was our only hope in the evening and we heard the Sunday school period, the Ideal Male quar- tet, the Fretters and the E. 5. C. orchestra of this city We stayed right with the station through thick and thin, since We were afraid to stray. The orchestra played Ma tonal Emblem March," The Home Circle" waltz "Over The Waves, '' (here a wise crack about it being dedicated 10 the radio can be in : serted neatly), and Light Cavalry March" The orchestra provided ex- cellent entertainment.
 And soon after the thunder storm broke and we darted away into a dark corner where we huddlcd trembling until the blasts of thun- der and the crackle and flash of the lightning had gone their way. We listened in no more that evening.
 
 1 Yesterday afternoon the Chopin ensemble presented 8 distinctly lau-