The Washington times., 1928-12-03
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most everywhere over the week.
end and those addfcts who stay
beside the receivers until the
wee sn1a hours listening to
California stations had trouble In
/ digging more than two or three OF
them out OF the din. However,
llighnOWer brOadCasts were taIne-
able and much of the noise
could be tuned out both Satur-
day and Sunday evenings. Code
continued to be the worst
annoyance.
One OF the most important func-
tions broadcast programs can per.
form and one that should be produc-
tive Of results that could be achieved
in no other way was revealed Satur.
day evening when "A. Cloyd Gill, OF
the staff Of The washington Times.
announced the plans of the Hecht
Company Home, Sweet Home
hour. which he VIII conduct daily,
would Include q series of weekly
talks describing certain sections OF
the District OF Columbia and telling
OF their history and traditions.
washington has wealth Of tradi.
ton surrounding its development.
There is probably no city IN the
country quite so rich in romance and
legend. Growing, as 1t has, from
d series Of settlements, each OF
which has its own distinct place not
only In the history OF this section,
but in the life of the nation, nothing
we know of could be OF greater value
to the city than to have these stories
known. The gill broadcast idea IN
ali its phases is unique In Its IN
tfmacy and its tendency to promote
! feeling OF fellowship and Of pur-
nose negihborIiness Of spirit, the
two sentiments that make for the
greatness OF any community
one must have as many ears as
4 centfDede has legs il one would
keep up with all the excellent OILS
81 entertainment that come through
loud speakers these days-W nat
with WRC, WMAL. VOL and
W.JSy competing with each other
IL bring the best there is In music
and amusement to their custom ers.
FULL PROGRAM
FOR WEEK END
The week end brought demon
stration Of the impossibiiity Of even
attempting to hear everything, In
the most striking Interpretation Of
TschaikoWsky's greatest symphony,
the tPatketique, from WMAL: a
lecture-concert from DR. Walter
Damrosch from WRC: b resumption
Of the fine Sunday evening mus
icaies OF the Meyer Davis orchestra
at Wardman Park Hotel through
VOL, amidst q mass of other things
that were entertaining and enlight.
ening.
The performance Of the Tschaik.
owsky symphony by the United
Symphony Orchestra under the
direction OF Richard Barlow yes
Leiday afternoon was MASTERPIECES
or orchestral Interpretation. Tschs
aikowsky knew the voices OF the
orchestra as few men have ever
known them, and in his greatest
and last work, utilized them as no
ether composer we know. save
possibly Wagner. has ever even at.
tempted to utilize them. The
symphony is literally beyond de-
scription.
The Damrosch affair. OF which
but half came to Washington lis.
teners Saturday evening, is the first
Of a series Of concerts to be given
hereafter of a. Saturday under the
Damrosch direction. with Damrosch
descriptions preceding each number.
The velvet voice of Olive Kline
seemed to be at its best last eve
ming when, as La Palma. OF WMAL
broadcast she sang three very diff
ferent songs in the intelligent man
ner we have come to expect from
her In the Atwater Kent hour,
Agnes Davis, the Denver school
mistress who won the national audi
tion prize last year. demonstrated
that she has been doing much with
her opportunity to study and showed
her audience that her very fine
voice had much improved under the
instruction she has received as an
AtwateE Kent pupil in the Curtis
School during the past year.