The Washington times., 1927-06-30
BYRD MAI LAND.
LINKED IN AIR !

Despite the crashing Hawaiian
hops given the wave lengths By
first page events were
heard with good volume and
clarity from most br0adcasts that
could be tuned last evening and
the tuning was excellent North,
South, East and West. Few sta.
tiOns with power enough failed
to register In loud speakers from
Minneapolis and Milwaukee to
jacksonville and from Atlantic
City to Des MOines and Musca.
tine. Static noise. fading and
station interference were found,
but did not interfere with clear
reception.
The real thrill Of the wave lengths
yesterday was the low wave mes
sage from Comdr. Richard Byrd,
somewhere over the Atlantic ocean,
to Lieutenant Maitland at Honolulu,
congratulating him on his success
of the Pacific ocean hop! Only those
who happened TO be tuned for it,
and prepared for low wave recep-
ton, heard it-but it was concrete
evidence as well as the linking of
the two amizing achievements Of
the century-radio and aviation.
incidentally, the bulletins that
were relayed by WEAF and WIZ
through the evening from Byrd and
Neville gave a kick to loud speaker
deliveries they haven't had for
some weeks, for those who would
pause long enough between jazz
tunes to realize what it all meant.
We have often been impressed by
q rather curious thing in listening
to authors read their own writings,
painters attempt to describe their
own pictures or composers playing
or singing their own compositions
that curious thing being that some
one else could have made much
more OF the work than those who
created 1t. And that thought was
most forcibly impressed on us last
evening in listening to the very
lovely music composed by Ruth Par
ker Dove which she played and sang
herself from WRC.
ANOTHER SINGER
SHOULD BE USED
The music was lovely and what
we could get OF the words seemed
In keeping with the melodies-but
we telieve Mrs. Dove would gain
much In establishing the beauty and
meaning of her songs If she would
nave someone else sing the songs.
Her voice is excellent-a good work
ing dramatic organ well controlled
but she did not get out Of her own
creations all that seemed to be in
them. Jack Nesbit. baritone, Mrs,
Doves recital mate. did a bit bet.
ter with his compositions. with a
most sympathetic voice and careful
enunciation. But he, too, we be.
lieve, would profit immeasureably
by having someone else sing his
songs.
The organ music Of Alexander
McCurdy, jr., from WEAF intro
duced an exceptionally fine organ
list to the radio public who played
real organ arrangements Of popu-
lar classics. albeit he seemed to
have a speed mania and played
several of his compositions as
though he were attempting a time
record, which made his manipula-
ton OF the keys and stops in the
Tannehouser" march, for instance,
a most amazing exhibition Of man.
ual dexterity without impressing
much of the musical value of this
stately and colorful composition on
his audience. or its fine organ ar
rangement.
Jazz really held the big position
on the programs. The Cass Hagen
Orchestra which made its debut
from the Park Central Hotel for
and WRC had an suspicious
beginning. The chief item of in
terest to veteran listeners, however,
was the return Of Freddie Rich
and his Hotel Astor aggregation to
the microphone Of WIZ after a
long absence. Rich has all sorts of
musical ideas and a way of his
own Of expressing them. His de
Luca" number last evening, a sort
Of melodic catch-all of Italian tunes
woven into the most fascinating
rythm since Valencia" was a mas
terDiece