The Washington times., 1927-07-30
FINE RECEPTION
RADIO FREAK


eeSfer signals or more Of them
greater volume than The latter
n1A nk last night brought 60 loud
speakers ft0m all sections 81 the
country. North. South. and West
sent brOadcasts Of al kinds and
cnultiOns over what appeared
- Be q clear right 81 Way. This
condition WAS EreAlSisil and alYnOst
usscanny because the early eve.
ming was excessively noisy. even
local breakfasts being unetUated
with il&hk CraslSce Fading was
pronounced on s0ssle stations aIfi,
naturally ineerference made tun.
bis exacting. But the pE0.
kaEas were 60 b HAD with excel.
lent results from about $50 until
broadeastins stopped
That the chatty Arthur Baglsy
ntarts his vacation today ana that
Monday sBulI;, Butler WIN adyiss u
tb open the windows ana drink
several glasses 81 water before begin.
ming the morning exercises = the
chief BIT d news for loud speaker
addicts this morning. Butler had his
trial spin 81 the microphone p4ster-
day morning ana appeared to doi
fairly we'll Hen need to train con-
elderably before acquiring the CON.
ational powers az Bagley but
then, maybe he has tricks ak his own
to spring GA the exercisers q make
them feel better ana start the, day
right. We hope Bagley enjoys his
rest.
Aside from that, the most startling
thing we know anything about was
the way almost ever hing the diaIss
were turned to tune, last night after
10 O'clock, came into loud speakers
without let or hindrance. a series
of one oct plays from W9Y, WaAM
and WFBL III the middle avsning
started reception going good ct
least started with reception very bad
and seemed to make Il clear up. The
same stations then broadcast q trio
that was worth hearing. a sea11t
hairs breadth 81 dazzling from
Schenectady brought Jacksonville,
Fla, into the concert with q bang.up
dance orchestra. And another slight
turn uncovered WIS, Chicago going
atrol1 Then Milwaukee, Chicago
Detroit, New York, Boston and all.
the others added their contributions.
B In Cleveland symphony concert
began In noise and with Bizet's
VI Arlesienne' suite ana finished In
fine shape without much noise ana
with music wei worth hearing.
Chicago, through KYW provided 4
most informative lecture from the
e Chicago American movie editor on
the making of Industrial motion pic.
lures ana educational films.
PUTS RHYTHM
IN SPIRITUAI4s
The singing of negro spirituals
and Creole melodies BY. Edna
Thomas during the Musical Nina.
tuge period 81 the wEAF conbi.
nation was perhaps the most inter.
esting OF home made broadcasts
during the evening. We've often
wondered why someone did not
make concert material Of the soft,
lovely Creole songs one hears only
along the Gulf coast and particu.
larly IN Louisiana. Miss Edwards
singing Of the spirituals was out
of the ordinary because of the
pronounced rhythm she gave them,
the regular, swaying intonation
one hears when these songs are
sung on the plantations but n6ver
"a the concert stage, The accom-.
pAninaents BY Marie Hyams were
finely played.
Harvey Eindesneyer ana Earle
TuclEerman, the tenor and baritone
who had the early evening spot
on the WEAF chain program, are
providing most enjoyable half
hour for Friday dinner table en-.
tertainment. Last nights en-.
deavor was In the form az old time
minstrel songs which both men
know how to sing well The ex-
cerpts from the musical comedy
Kiss Me- were marked BY ap.
parent lack of rehearsal before the
micro phone and bad roadcasting.
IN the public utility concert Of
Rosario Bourdon's orchestra we
missed the piano duet az Frank
Banta and Bourdon-if Il was ever
played but we did hear B good
orchestral program ana Banta ex.
liibited his skill with the celeste as
well as the piano. The itaterurban
1uartst of WRC sang what ap.
peared to be several unrehearsed
numbers and several Others that
h we're well delivered. In the Lord
calvert program the orchestra ere.
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