The Washington times., 1928-02-09
L|STENERSTOUR
HOTEL CIRCUIT

Flights Of programs to loud
speakers on schedule time and
without the slightest hindrance
from all sections of the continent
were noteworthy Of the wave
lengths last evening. There was
an occasional deafening crash OF
static here and there, but mostly
receiving entertainment was easy,
no matter where tuned. Fading
seemed a bit less than usual. The
WRC BROADCAST, however, was
noisy part of the time and wav-
cred back and forth in the receiver
most of the time.
Once upon a time, an indolent
gentleman seated in an iron chair
before an iron table in sidewalk
cafe in Port Said suggested to a
friend, for no good reason at all,
that they start on tour of the
world and stop no where but in
Victoria Hotels. The gentleman adj
dressed had penchant for Wind
sor hotels and insisted on using
only such hostelries. The argu-
ment that ensued waIed warm and
eloquent though it did nothing but
pass duh afternoon hour, but
If we can find out where the
other fellow is we intend sending
him a postcard today telling him
that last evening, sitting in our
own living room, we made trip
about the northeastern quarter of
the United States and stopped in
nothing but Statler hotels in six
large cities, where we were highly
entertained by two kinds of orches-
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by a pleasant voiced managers en-
treaties to come again. The latter
being something we would not have
encountered at either the Windsors
or Victorias that dot the port cities
of the world.
The Statler affair, which WRC did
not hear because it was CONNER
cially otherwise engaged, was per-
haps the most intriguing bit of loud
speaker output available to diallers
during the evening. e. M. StatTer
imself greeted the audience of
dozen or more broadcasting stations
from New York and made unanimous
most of the endorsement Phillips
Carlin had given the Statler system
in his Introductory talk about the
program. The orchestras of the New
York hosiery entertained, then came
Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit
and st. Louis. Mr.. Statler making
his radio guests acquainted with
each manager and the managers in
Producing the orchestras. We can
not remember how many hundreds
of miles of wire and engineers and
announcers and office boys were
necessary to make possible the cir
cult trip of an hour In fact we're
not particularly interested in the
statistics of the affair. We were
thrilled by the fact of it, however,
and highly entertained by the ex-
cellent orchestras Mr.. Statler hires
to entertain his guests.
Otherwise the wavelengths gave
us little but average entertainment,
though we searcheN high and low
for something out OF the ordinary.
Mrs. Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale
made some rather straightforward
statements regarding the companion
ate marriage which, while disagree
ing in the main with Judge Ben
Lindsay. were even more startling
than some of his statements when
analysed.
The Kit hour introduced Dora
Minovich, pianist, and Milton
Schwartz, violinist; the interurban
trolley subsidy brought it's male
quartet to the microphone, and
Pepco used Louis Annis, tenor, to
alternate with it's orchestra and good
will chatter. There was a thrill or
two in the Boy Scout ceremonial
which the Ipana Troubadours staged,
and a good wholesome smile or two
with DR.. Smiles, the very good
Tpana announcer. The opera troop
of WEAF switched to THE Bo-
hemian Girl" from THE Elixir of
Love" which had been announced.
without doing much damage or in
terrupting the living room gossip.
And so to he'd with very pleasant
hut unruffled evening behind us, to
dream of Ferdinand de Lessups
standing in bronze glory at the en-
trance of the Suez Canal. looking
toward the blue Mediterranean
which is about as discreet way
m Snend an evening in Port Said