The Washington times., 1927-08-11

: Oily the eatUM Dit t1e cN3aIsStt4
Of atmosphere about Il! Nothing
could be finer than radio recep
tiOn last night-wllen one dis.
counts just 4 wee Bit Of noise
and some Interference md FADING!
Broadcast programs crowded IN
from 81 directions, clearly and
with great volume.
Music, literature and drama
genuine. human comedy with
wealth Of philosophy in it-delighted
radio audiences last evening with
just 4 dash Of heroics when one.
turned to Detroit ana the Lindbergh
reception banquet broadcast. Bat
mostly there was an unusual display
of music. and Washington listeners
had q bit the best Of 1t because they
happened to be in the center Of the
broadcast Of the most interesting
musical features of the evening.
These were the Violin playing Of
Ernest0 Vallejo, the Filipino artist,
who made his radio debut from
WRC and the short piano recital Of
Nation Boyce, with whom we are
all familiar and OF whose recitais
we never seem to get quite enough.
Vallejo Is 19 years old. according
to his sponsors, but age seems to
have nothing to do with the ORR
entail when the mind Is attuned 20
any OF the great arts. The violinist
played with a mastery OF his instrus
ment and a feeling and interpreta-
ton OF the meaning of The most
-
Is seldom heard. Opening with the
very intricate "Tamb1drin Chinois,
with which most radio listeners are
familiar, he followed this with half
dozen numbers, each OF a different
type and each given full :naed of.
understanding by the violinist in
such fashion that each reached full
understanding with his audience.
The program was under the di-
rection Of Vicente Bunuen of the
Filipino Independence Commission
and Senoritas Belen Enrile, reader,
and Violetta Reyes, piariste. Nation
Boyce played the Accomplishments
for the violinist
o. HENRY TALE
MAKES BIG HIT
Lie UGTSQHdilEGu
version of o. Henry's satiric story.
"Mam!non and the Archer" by
Gerald Stott and his cohorts at
WIZ for the benefit Of all the
WIZ circuit, including WRC, was
the literary and dramatic achieve.
rnent of the evening, The story
Of the willy old soap manufacturer
who wanted his son TO be real
success socially could not have been
better told than through the dia.
logue between the characters.
We thought we detected the
voice of Madge Tucker in the pro-
iuction and though the announcer
gave the young woman the high.
flying name Of Violet Dawn, or
something of the sort. we still
think it was MadgA! We hope
THESE o. Henry stories will be con-
tinued. for the master of human
interest tales wrote in such a way
that radio adaptation Is readily
accomplished when one has an
imaginative adapter like Stott to
do the work.
In Detroit Henry Ford and Ed.
sell Ford. together with Capt. Ed
die Rickenbacker and other promi-
nent citizens, made the wellkin ring
in welcoming Colonel Lindbergh to
the city, as WRJ and WICK re-
ported it for radio listeners The
orators called 1t a welcome home
TO the airman. since Detroit is his
birthplace. SO busy were we with
all these things in the middle eve
ming that we failed to tune WMAI1
in time to hear Arseno Ralon who,
we are told, played an excellent
program OF violin compositions, In
GLIDING some Of those with which
ne has delighted audiences Of
The Washington Times "At Home
hour, Of which he is musical direc-
tor.