The Washington times., 1927-10-12
GILLIAN STARS
As RADIO WIT

Too much interference and con-
siderable noise made dialling a
chore last evening. There was no
section of the country unaffected
by the conditions, even local broad
casts mushing up a bit now and
then. Fading also was most pro-
nOunced on the regular fading sta
tons. As usual. high.pOwer broad
casts could be tuned through the
noise, but they suffered from in.
reference In most instances.
When all's said and done and
this and that which disturbed par
in the feature broadcasts are all
considered, the most satisfactory
bit Of entertainment heard on the
wave lengths last night was StricE-
land Gillilan's confidential chat
with President Coolidge from WRC
The Baltimore humorist. who claims
Ohio as a birthplace. Indiana as a
starting point for eastern triumphs
and has just moved to Washington
to make his home, purred a Is
minute talk into the microphone
which he said was INTENDED for the
President and in which he offered
much advice.
His offer was not an empty one
~+because he declared he would be
on the job here in Washington and
help the President make Congress
enact many sumptuary laws-such
as one against cold weather in
Dakota and another to prohibit the
breaking of the Mississippi levees
Incidentally he advised the President
he was an economist and suggested
that all the people of Washington
should provide themselves with
personal budget books-which was
the object of his talk in the first
place.
The baseball program provided
by the Eveready forces was rather
a patchwork affair and did not
seem to be getting anywhere until
the last 90 minutes when An
nouncer George G. Furness intro
duced series of songs he declared
were selected by players in the
late world series as their favorite
ditties. A week ago the program
might have gone over the air big
but last night it was an anticlimax
and just did not click. That DOME
Bush's favorite song is ''My Lucky
Day" and Lloyd Waner's Just
Another Day Wasted Away" gave
listeners bit of a laugh in view
of recent events.
PROGRAM FORM
NEEDS REVISION
We were absolutely alone at the
receiving set last evening at 1920
when the Ponce Sisters appeared
as headliners of the WMAL Movie
Club-a situation that might give
the esteemed promoters of this en-
tertainment some food for thought.
Four other people started the eve
ming with us. at least two Of them
anxious to hear the two girls.
They listened through eight or ten
selections from an average Jazz
band-selections each of US have
heard time and again and one or
two of us several times last eve
ning-but bed time arrived before
the headIiners and so they left.
Perhaps there are other homes
where the same. thing happened. in
which case a revision of the pro-
gram would seem to be in order.
The Sealy Air Weavers presented
their third program with quite as
much entertainment value as the
first two and just as great prom
Use of more to come in the future
programs. The Great Moment of
History made the voyage of Co
lumbus yivid-although quite q lot
of ground was covered by the
dramatist in the short half hour of
the feature. Outside atmospheric
conditions and station interference
prevented clear reception of any.
thing that could be recognized as
worth particular note.