The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-27
TWILL ROGERS To
/ TAKE THE AIR

- Z.
Approximately twenty millions of
people in these United States are
to be admitted as eayesdroppers on
bit Of gossip viii Rogers win
confide to the members Of the Ma.
tional Press Club in washington
tonight at 3 o'clock. Rogers hasn't
had q chance to talk personally
and directly to the corps Of Wash
ington correspondents in bulk In
all his history as an entertainer
and commentator on world affairs
But he happens to be in Washing
ton tonight and the Press Club
members invited hiEn to tell them
his idea Of WhatA what. First
they asked him to the club rooms
ana then so many members wanted
to hear what the first Of the Ameri-
can diplomats without a portfolio
would say, that 1t was necessary to
engage the Washington Auditorium
for the purpose.
So confidential II what Rogers
has to say that the attendance has
been strictly limited to members Of
the Press Club and their families
and the demand for seats at the
Auditorium has been unprecedented.
And just to show how really con-
fidential the talk will be-the Press
| Club agreed to let the National
BroadcaEting Company In on the
event with the result that the most
| powerful broadcasting stations in
New York, Boston, Pittsburgh. De-
troit. Chicago, Washington and
Rochester. N. T., viii spread the
chatter fairly well over the section
Of the continent east Of the
Mississippi
NONINTERFERRING
MUSIC PROGAM
/ Rogers is in Washington for the
purpose of completing scenes for
4 the film version of "a Texas Steer,s
the famous play Of the late Charles
i HOyt. dealing in satiric fashion
with the experiences OF 4 cattle
raiser who is elected to Congress.
Rogers, in the broadcast OF his talk
this evening. win Introduce his corn
.pany to the Press CIub--and incl
dentally to the radio audience. There
viii be music by Meyer Davis Band
organized for the purpose-but the
band won't be permitted to interfere
with the Rogers talk.
Otherwise the Saturday evening
radio program will be about as
usual. save that the last concert az
the season will come to wash
inRton listeners through WRC from
the Lewisohn Stadium Orchestra
in New York. This orchestra Is
largely the New York Philharmonic
and its concerts have been star
events OF the radio week. The
broadcast through WRC is a special
| event afFanpod hxy va,.nIi.sa,1. -
fort by Ralph Edmunds, manager
OF the WRC broadcastnig programs
Ito whom we take great pleasure
in expressing the appreciation of
radio listeners in this section. The
Rogers fiesta will make it possible
to hear only the first half Of the
program this evening. This con-
sists Of an overture by the Amer
lean composer Cowell, "In Old vir-
ginia, " and the D Major Sym
phony of Haydn.
DOROTHY PIERSON
"AT HOME" STAR
In our own at Home program
this evening from WMAL we e.
pect to present Dorothy Sherman
Pierson. soprano. in addition to the
Ralon Trio and an automobile talk
Of interest. Dorothy Pierson has
earned . very high place in the
esteem Of Washington music lovers
by her keen sense of the drama and
poetry of the songs she sings ana
her ability to interpret the charac-
ter of her music with q voice Of
exquisite quality. We regard It as
an event to have her ON our pro
gram.
Elsewhere listeners win find the
Arian Male Chorus and the new
Balladeer Orchestra at WIZ in the
early evening; q talk on the Won
ems National Tennis Tournament
from the same station at ESQ: q
group of Filipino Syncopators at
WIP at S:15, and Norman Broken.
shire's 'tSand Pipers'' at WPG