The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-24
T|BBE IS WINS
RADIO FAME

Fairly noisy were the sound
wave lengths last evening, with
only just 3 bit of fading and
some little interference from
code and overlapping brOadcasts.
Bpt the programs came out Of
the air in good volume, when
carefully tuned, from all sections.
In the WRC broadcasts the engi-
neers are yet adjusting the new
equipment Of the new studios,
hence there Is more or less rag
gedness In the reception. This
viii pass, we're promised, as soon
as all the kinks are smOOtl1ed
out and line transfers from the
old studio are completed.
or the four or five unusual vocal
manifestations Of vim and vigor
loud speakers presented last eve
ming most of our own living room
group voted Lawrence Tibbetts,
baritone of the Metropolitan Opera
Company. to have provided the
finest bit of music heard. not only
last night but for many evenings
of tuning here and there. The
Tibbetts voice is a great natural
organ of pure tone, managed by a
mind that knows every vocal twist
and turn and directed in its singing
by a heart attuned to the true
poetry OF song.
Whether Tibbetts was presenting
an operate aria or a ballad, he
made his listeners feel every mood,
the most infinite shading OF the
mood in which the song was com.
posed. His singing of the famous
Evening STAR song from Tam
flauser" was masterpiece of tragic
resignation and his Interpretation
of "On the Road to Mandalay' made
his audience fervently hope the
temple bells were not calling him in
vain, so real was the longing he
expressed for the Burmese maiden
and the inviting strand where one
may look lay-zee out to sea!
The music came to listeners from
the General Motors wholesale pro-
gram through WRC, but even the
great corporation experts couldn't
rush Tibbetts or make a Decent
store display of him, as they have
done their other attractions.
ROXY COLORATURA
REGISTERS BIG HIT
The Roxy effort provided a mag
nificent bit of choral display in the
last part OF the program, which
WRC missed, and some very fine
vocal pyrotechnics from Beatrice
Belkin, the Dutch coloratura who
rather failed to live up to press
notices when she was in Washing
ton in the fall. 1t is a pleasure to
state that last evening she was all
her m ost enthusiastic admirer
claimed her to be-and then some!
The new program launched by
Montgomery Ward & Co. to
inaugurate broadcasting from the
new Chicago studios of the National
Broadcasting Company, broug h t
back to radio the one and only
Isham Jones and his orchestra, and
the voice of Albert Rappaport. the
Chicago Civic Opera tenor. Both
registered completely with those
who could tune the WIZ circuit,
which carried them TO listeners, and
had faith enough to stay tuned
even though the change of time had
not been noted in the programs and
the concert came an hour later than
was scheduled
AHOLuSF plSdSAnS EGCACdL WAS LudL
Of Stanley William Bell. baritone,
from WMAL during the late hours.
Bell has one OF the real baritone
voices at liberty in Washington and
when he sings songs composed for
a baritone rather than basso or
tenor, he makes his audiences feel
his songs Enthusiastically as he did
last night with the popular ditties
included in his program.