The Washington times., 1927-03-02


the south and likewise east and
west most wise tuners remained
at homo for their radio entertain.
nlent last evening. The signals
that came through were clear,
aIld late I'm the evening were 81
excellent volume. But the static
bOmbardnlent was terrific most Of
the time.
Good, honey entertainment, came
to listeners last evening-tl1e sort
one thinks one would like when the
lights in the living room are turned
low and we crank up the phono.
graph or let the folks sing or tell
stories as the spirit moves them.
The only difference was, there was
no jumping up to change the rec.
ords or trying to recollect some.
thing we particularly wanted son
or daughter or the family ensemble
to sing. We all Just sat In front
Of the loud speaker and let the
wave lengths take their course. n.
cidentally instead Of trembling
voices, squealsy records and an out.
of-tune piano. we had our enter.
tainment from people who make it
their business to entertain, from
whatever center of entertainment
our fancy Of the moment de-
manded.
However, the noise In the at.
mosphere did not encourage much
wandering from the home wave
lengths. In Washington there was
no particular need for going away.
because both WMAL and WRC pro.
vtded a host Of interesting things
to lear--things that varied Ii
character from the talk of Charlie
Darr, on what Washington ought
to have in the way Of industries.
to the U. s. Army Band synpho.
llette. which Tom Darcy mt
through its PAGES both at WMAL,
BY the way. This symphonette Of
Capt. Bill STANDARDS band, with
Darcey conducting 1t, is one of the
real musical organizations Of the
city. It is getting better and
better and is playing all sorts of
music in a most satisfactory way.
GRACE LARUE
WNIAL FEATURE
While the talking and the orohes.
tras were not hard 10 hear the
really big spot in the evening was
when Grace LaRue sang during the
WMAL movie club hour at WMAL.
MISS LaRue has voice that regis.
ters well in the loud speaker and
she sang songs that register well
with the loud speaker listeners. in
q most intelligent and engaging
manner. Another feature Of the
Movie Club was the surprise appear.
ance of Charles Macdonald. the
blind baritone who has been at
Walter Reed Hospital for SO long.
You know. they're giving MacDons
ala a benefit at the Auditorium next
Friday evening and there will be
quite collection Of musical stars
there-including Captain Stannard
and the Army Band.
Tbs WRC evening entertainment
opened with Nina Reed telling
about things in her usual engaging
way. Shirley Peake. a new enunci.
ator OF blues" registered well with
the folks who like that sort of thing
and they are members of the well.
known legion family. Then the
busy bee started from the South
and made most rapid and circuit.
GUS journey Of half an hour about
the world in search of spices and
fiavoring extracts. This program
Il keeping well the promise of its
beginnings and is getting better each
week.
The Catholic University Glee Club
provided a program OF choral mum.
bersl and was succeeded In the
microphone by the Eveready group
just the home talent of Mr..
Eveready. who sang and played in
their usual satisfactory way without
the aid of an outside star. The
weekly bridge game followed and
then bit Of trooping around New
York for dance music.
Outside. as has been indicated,
there was much noise. The WIZ
grand opera outfit gave quite a col
lection of good tunes. when they
could be heard above the din. Man
aged to pick up Ford and eileen Wis.
iting the folks in Columbus at
WIAU. They are to do their Lul.
iaby feature at that station this