The Washington times., 1927-12-05
RADIO ACCLAINS
|. WERRENRATH

with all the static forces rush.
ing toward Washington, to be
present and accounted for when
The gayeIs fall at noon today,
there wasn't much left to create
a disturbance In the atmosphere,
therefore the weekend found
radio listeners dialling clear and
easily obtainable programs from
All wave lengths and all sections.
There was considerable fading and
: fair amount Of interference. ,
The new ALLEGATIONS seemed to
have cleared away much annoy
ance.
Simplicity is the hallmark of
greatness some wise man declared
cons of time ago and that this
holds in the arts with even more
force than anywhere else was DEM
onstrated by Reinold Werrenrath
last evening in his baritone en-.
beavers for loud speaker delivery
to tens Of thousands Of living rooms
throughout the continent. The
singer told his audience he was
happy to come to the microphone
because there he could sing the
songs he liked to sing to people
he believed wanted to hear them.
Then he sang-sang as few men
can sing or do sing, group after
group of simple heart songs, regis
tering every note of them with all
deep feeling they contained with
that finished technique which never
abtruded itself.
A true union Of the poetry and
words is Werrenrath's singing.
Those who are tone deaf cannot
help but understand the full pur.
port of the words as his sympa-
thetic voice interprets them, and
those to whom the words meant
nothing were impressed with their
exact import by the music which
carried them over the wave lengths.
one of the songs as the artists
greatest effort-he made them all
vivid, living messages wrought in
divine poetry-whether depicting
stark tragedy, uproarous comedy
or just plain doings of common,
everyday folks. The program was
an exhibition of the art of singing,
couched in the most simple. and
therefore the most artistic, of
terms-direct, sure and complete.
Herbert Carrick, the accompanist,
not only was exactly that-but he
also played a BIT on his own in the
middle of the program that dis
played his skill as a pianist.
HILL BILLIES
SCORE AGAIN
We've led to believe that AL Hop
kins and his Hill BiIlies made a fair
sized hit with the audience Of WMAL
Saturday evening in our own AT
Home program. There were such
numerous requests for special num-
hers received it was impossible to
comply with all of them because Of
lack Of time. Hopkins and his crew
have promised us another hour in
the near future however and we
will try to give attention to some OF
the suggestions then.
The Fox Symphony concert Adolph
Kornspans sent to loud speakers
from WRC yesterday afternoon was
one of the best antidotes for the
bad weather we heard during the
early Sabbath hours. The orchestra
not only provided some of the best
music we know-but did 1t in an
original and highly entertaining way.
Golfers Hour from WIZ. in the
middle evening. brought listeners an
unusual feature in the address of
Mrs. Martin Johnson, big game
hunter, regarding the personal habits
of the big game she has hunted.
Individual sketches of lions, zebras,
elephants and the like. with their
characteristic noises in the jungle.
made the short talk of the woman.
explorer and hunter unique.
The Bible story of the evening,
''Diana of the Ephesians," was not
only one Of the best dramatic bits
Gerald Stopp and his company have
brought to the microphone, but
served to introduce as a radio
actress Hilda Sponge, who many
Of us remember as one of the most
satisfying leading women Of the
stage.
There was much everywhere for
tuners during the two evenings, be-
ginning with the excellent concert
of the New York Symphony with
Walter Damrosch directing Satur-
day evening and continuing through
the Philco presentation of Sweet.
hearts" and the early Sunday
evening concert Of the Weymouth
American Legion Band, .amonG
other things.