New Britain herald., 1926-07-02

t'eNh'ANNAS i'AN'l l'l N.AtLhltll OI IytEp River" that favorite negro spiritual, registered well with Us. Then Harry Somebody. a tenor soloist Of no small ability, sang "A Brown Bird Singing, Passing By" and - that's all While those numbers are old ones and are used often on the radio, it's something 10 Harry's credit that lie put 'em all over well.
 We thought we'd pass out of the picture when the strains of Mir. Gallagher and Mr, Shean" reached us from WJZ. But it proved to be only the Royal Salon orchestra on one Of its rambles, and when that organization begins to wander, there's no telling what will be played. The Hero sang "A Beautiful Dream" Dobble-You-Jay Zea.' as Brokenshire would say, came through very, werry loud,
 
 The United States Navy band. i hroadcasting through WBI. Spring. field, from the Boston Navy yard. offered a program of martial airs, which was notable because Of the | fact that the time honorcd and shop worn numbers were left out of it for the most part. Grand Entry March" q selection guaranteed to ] thrill the statue of Liberty or who- ever that lady is on top Of the mon unent in General Park, was one Of the selections, a superb bass lending itself admirably to the broadcast.
 
 We've found another accomplish ed soprano soloist. Honestly, We don't know what's going to happen 1 to the radio fend. There are alto gether too many accomplished SO pranos bohbing up here and there. For instance, well, we'll postpone l. until the next paragraph. For instance, there was Elsie R. Mitchell at kDKA. Pittsburgh. We found oursclf actually enjoying her singing. That's got to stop, ab-so- l lu-te-ly, It's bad habit to get into, 1 But, all kidding aside. she presented ! a wonderful program last night Her 1 tones were of dulcet sweetness. her i enunciation faultless and her deliv- l cry satisfying. There. Wasn't that | nice? And we meant it. too. A seloc- | ton from the opera, The Pearl of Brazil and "I Know a Lovely Gar 1 den were two of her efforts. Very loud and clear vas KDKA. In fact, 1 it oyerstoppcd its boundaries most Of the time.
 And then. just ny accident, NC | happened to tune in WTAM, Cie1e- land, which. by the way. had lots of volume in it's favor. And there, what do you suppose We heard? No, not static. We found the World-famous | Coon Sanders Kansas City Night ! hawks of WDAF. kYW and many other places, offering up one of their 1 hottest programs Of dance music | from the Alien thoater Oh. boy. Ii was great. And, say friends there were some nifty singers with that q aggrega ton, too. don't forget it.. Hey DiddIc- Diddle,' Sugar Foot, "Sittin' Around" and "Everything' S Going 10 Be All Right in addition to several original numbers by mem bers Of the band. were played. Say, you never heard such heated syrco- patton in all your life. That's e fact. The trumpet had more real wet stuff l 1 We cant say more. Onr heart is foo 1 full Anyway we've just ruined tho 1 exclamation point key.
 
 Here's a list of some of the sta lions on Inc higher wayelengfhs. Each and every one Of them came in as loud as WEAF. New York, in its better moments They were NIP, Philadelphia; WRC. Washington; oi course, WEAF New York; WIZ, New York of course, also; WLW, 1 Cincinnati: KpKA. Pittsburgh, much louder than WEAF ever thought Of coming in; WHN. New York; WGY, Schenectady and WPG, Atlantic | City. Most Of those broadcastcrs rat tied the diaphragm, which is saying whole lot, considering the fact that We had said diaphragm set so fl would resist 'he impos'ions Of the greatest volume imaginable. WJAZ. Chicago. old stranger that il is came in loud anI clear with as sweet an example Of piano trans mission as We have eyer heard. Made one think Of babb,ing brooks and such things. The number was of a classical nature. but VIC listened, not so much 10 the music, as we did to the result Of the transmission.
 From WRVA. Richmond, which was dashing in quite loud, came inc voice Of a ponderous baritone, who was singing Flow Gently. Sweet Afton." and getting all gummed up on the high notes.
 
 Everything from Chicago came 1 in very loud,
 As VIC size ii up, f3la evening was very successful, especially after Il | o'clock.
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