The Washington times., 1928-11-22
STAR
IN RADIO
BILL

Clearer and easier were tuning
possibilities from all sections Of
the brOadcaSeing continent last
evening. Interference now seems
to be greatest at the extreme
ends of the dialS and i'm the
center-with large clear areas
between and stations responding
at every point. Code gave less
annoyance than usual and there
was little static noise.
Pure science displaced pure music
and romance as the chief loud
speaker products last evening as the
greatest thrill given radiotics came
from Prof. Robert Andrew Milleken,
the worlds most renowned physicist,
who spoke from Schenectady on the
relation of science to industry and
the arts during the Woman's Home
Companion program from WRC.
Prof. Milleken disclosed a radio
personality and a wide-awake way of
getting 1t over the microphone that
would make vaudeville performer
envious. In crisp words and In a.
voice that had both smile and a
spirit of authority and positive con-
viction. he told his listeners how the
world Is indebted to scientificA re.
search for most of the things it has
and demanded. rather than pleaded,
that America be left free from peda-
gogic as well as economic and spir-
itual bigotry, that it might fulfill its
destiny to lead mankind to more ex-
act knowledge OF natural law and it's
effect, and therefore to greater hap
piness.
TALKS ABOUT
PLANT IMMIGRANTS
Scarcely less interesting than the
talk of the great scholar was a
short recital from WMAL b.
Herbert Morgan, of the Civil
Service Commission. of the history
OF some of the $4,000 plant immi.
grants that have come to the
United States from all parts OF tho
earth and settled in American soil
TO make 1t more fruitful The
Morgan talks are regular features
OF WMAL programs and while ti1ey
are based on the needs of the GOV
ernment service for help--they
invariably deal with activities. OF
the government in various produc-
tive ways, told in a manner that is
most interesting to hear and easy
to understand.
Talk appeared to have the call
over other forms of entertainment
throughout the evening for in the
early hours Frederick William Vile.
speaking from Chicago through
WRC, analyzed the value of the
trip of President-eIect Hoover to
South America and in the late
hours WENR presented a most
amusing play that told the story
or an intellectual prize fighter and
two other leather pushers who burs+
In on high society.
Muslcally the evening gave an
excellent account of itself with q
good snappy concert by the Ipana
group. Palmolive program made
up of request numbers and what
we hope will be The final perform
ance of Gounod's Romeo and
Juliet" for this season ar lea a
The Chicago Civic Opera Comnany
was responsible this time for the
presentation of the mauve.tinted
morality tale Gounod made ont
OF Shakespeare vivid and passion.
ate love tragedy. The French com.
poser put some of his most exouj.
site music into this opera. but
somehow it never did click with our
idea of Romeo and Juliet" and
even cast like that last night
with Edith Mason. soprano; Charles
Hackett. tenor: Formichi, baritone:
Pavlowska, contralto and Polacco
at the directors desk, cannot make
it plausible. or In tune with the
spirit of the greatest of all love
poems.