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ever before. and gcographcrs described
Madeira. the Canary Islands. and even
the Azores ESQ miles out in the At
lanticl before 1851. Physics contributed
to tho medieval home tho luXuricS of
mirrors and clocks. to the art Of killing
II contributed tho now explosive called
aunpowdcr, and to the cnlarg Nment OF
human sense II contributed the lens,
which would soon develop into the
microscope and telescope and reveal
unexpected worlds to man. Medicine
was hindcred by the diStaste for dis
section: but at Salerno. Montpelier and
Padua provision was made for dissection
under proper conditions. and surgery
made rapid advances. Henry of Monde
Vile in the fourteenth century. in
auGurated antiscptic surgery, and in
the the next century plastic surgery
grew to the point where new noses, ears,
lips and faces were provided for those
who cold afford them. Everywhere a
new spirit was appearing in the cities
and tho schools q new audaCity in the
face Of every dogma and every tradition
Over the ignorance OF the Middle Ages
over the domination of the mind by
Anticipated thought, rises the symbolic
figure Of Faust. Faust who has learned
The taste Of knowledge, til" honey of
new discovered truth: Faust the restless
and Unsuitable student willing to sell
even his soul for knowledge. When such
men, or even such legends could BE-. the
Middle Ages were moving to an end
X X X \.
Only one man remains and he is the
most remarkable of ALL Sec him in his
monastery cell: he has retired there
despite his goodly share of worldly for
tune. for only there can he have the
solitude and peace of research; but I'M
dor his busy hands the cell becomes q
labratory. full of strange mechanismS
and herctical smells; and now and then
monks are disturbed in their prayers
by explosions. One may cause to burst
forth from bronze" writes Roger Bacon,
"tmlnd2rbOltS more formidable than
those produced by nature A small
quantity Of prepared matter occasions a
terrible explosion accompanied by a
brilliant light One may multiply the
phenomena so far as to destroy an army
or city" tAh, yes; We are convinced
Of II now Soon every battlefield in
Europe Numbered death magnificcntly.
We do not know when Bacon was
born: presumably it was toward 1910,
near Leicester. III England. Matthew
Paris mentions III his chronicle how a
bold cleric, named ROgcrus Bacum.
spoke up with brave wit to Henry III
at Oxford in 1888 Then VIC hear of
him i'll Paris. where he receives the
doctors degree, and becomes a Fran
clScan monk. Not till 1867 do VIC hear
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Of him again, and then in an iliumi-
mating passage Of autobiography:
For now / have laborcd from my
youth In the sciences and languages
and for the furthcrancc of study. get
ting together much that Is useful. /
sought the friendship Of all the wise
men among. the Latins, and caused
youth to be instructed III languages. In
geomctric figures. in numbers and tables
and instruments and many neCdful
matters. examined everything useful
to the purpose and know how to pro-
coed, and with what means, and what
impediments but / cannot go on for
lack of necessary funds. Through the
90 years In which I labored, specially IN
the study of wisdom. careless OF the
crowds opinion, spent more than 1000
pounds in these pursuits on occult books
and various experiments"
X " u X
For many years. its seems he found no
encouragement. indeed every diScour-
agemcnt. in his own order. and his
spirit became embittered against his
times. But in 1855 he had been made
happy by letter from Pope Clement
":
To our beloved son. Brother Bacon,
called Roger: We have received
with pleasure the letter of thy devo-
ton; and we have we'll considered what
our beloved son Bonecor. Knight, has
by word of mouth set forth to us.
So then, that we may understand more
clearly what thou purpoScst, 1t Is our
will and we command thee by our
Apostolic mandate, that. notwithstand-
ing the prohibition of any prelate, or
any constitution of thy Order, Thou
sendcst to us speedily in good script
that work which, while we held a minor
office, VIC requested thee to commune
cate to our beloved son Raymund.
Do this as secretly rs possible, without
delay"
1t was now that Bacon wrote. and
dispatched to the Pope. his Opus Maius;
and then, lest it should have been lost
on the way. he sent another work, the
Opus Minus. covering the same ground;
and still later a briefer exposition. the
Opus Tcrtium. So harasSed was this
man who in the midst Of obscuranriSm
fought for the right to pave the way
for modern science. We do not know
whether his manuscripts ever reached
the Pope: Clement died the next year
and Bacon went to his own grave with
out any further word Of encouragement
from the world.
x II *
It Is remarkable how like the words
of a later Bacon the challenge which
Roger filings In the face OF Aristotle ana
all who think that knowledge can grow
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them; and he spoke like a prophet in
spircd:
Machines for navigating arc pos
sibc without roWers. so that great ships
suited TO river or ocean. guided by one
man. may be borne with greater speed
than If they were full of men Like
wise cars may be made 50 that without
draught animal they may be mo".i
by some mysterious influence fcum i'm
petu incstimabilD And flying ma
chimes are possible, so that man may
sit in the middle turning some device
, by which artificial wings may beat the
air in the manner OF bird"
In the year 1871 Bacon wrote final
treatise. Compcdium Studii Philoso-
phiae, in which he cnlivcned abstract
discourse by denouncing the corruption
that prevailed In the church and state.
II exclude no order" he said. they
were all shot through with vcnality and
immortality. Six years later jerome Of
Ascoli general of the Franciscan Order,
held a chapter at Paris. and Roger
Bacon, as having taught certain sus-
picious novelties" was condemned to
IMPRISONMENT.
We do not hear of him again. It is
terrible denouemcnt to great
century. the century of Albert and
| Thomas. of Dante and the great Cathe-
drals. this picture of the prophet of
science spending the last years of his
| harassed life in Jail But we have to
bear with the worlds ways. and must
not expect it to deal lovingly with men
whom II will honor when they are dead.
The thirteenth century could not be
asked to understand that the RenaiS-
sancc had begun with Roger, as it was
to end with Francis Bacon.
fCODyright 1919
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titular church, Santa Maria Del Popolo.
1rdinal Mun1e!ein was received at
The entrance by the parish priest, as
sited by all the clergy. who expressed
their devotion To their patron cafr:..=,
and gratitude for the assistance given u
carry on various RESERVATIONS. The
cardinal, after praying before the mi
raculous image Of Mary. transported
there from the basiIca of st. John Lat
nran. went to the sacrigtry. where
luncheon was served.
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merely by copying antiquity or author
ity. IF l had my way" nc declared.
Il should burn all the books of Aris-
totle, for the study of them can only
lead to the loss Of time. produce error,
and increase ignorance" Aristotle
perhaps had planted the tree OF knowl-
edge, but this had hardly begun to
produce Its fullest fruits. If we could
continue to live for endless centuries
we mortals could never hope to reach
full and complete knowledge of all the
things which are to be known. Nc one
knows enough of nature completely to
describe the peculiarities of single
fly and give the reason for It's color
and why 1t has Just so many feet, no
more and no less" Here, in this Gu
riosity about the ways of nature Law
new note soon men would awaken to
the fact that the greatest book of all
lay almost unopened before their eyes,
while they lost themselves in accounts
OF what other men had seen.
X II *
There arc two ways Of pursuing
knowledge he says, argument. and
experiment" But argument is endless,
and every argument begets an equal
and contrary argument forever: by
TINS way lin 40 years we learn no more
than could be taught in one" And
then again he speaks with the voice of
Francis Bacon:
There are four principal stumbling
DOCKS TO comprchcnding truth, which
hinder Wcllnigh every scholar: The
example Of frail and untrtlstworthv
authority, long established custom, the
sense OF the ignorant crowd and the
nldlng of ones own ignorance under
the show of wisdom. In these every
man Is involved. and every state be-
set. For In every act of life, or bust
ness, or study these three worst argu-
mcnts are used for the same conciu
SionS: This was the way of our ances-
tors this was the custom. this was the
common view; therefore it should be
held"
So Roger gave himself to science, and
met with a wild pugnacity the resis-
lance OF his order. He pointed out the
error which was visiting the Julian
calendar. and calculated the proper
corrections; three centuries later Greg
DRY XII established the present Gre
gorian calendar on the basis of Rogers
corrections. Perhaps, as Anatole France
! believed. even Les SaVantS ne sont pas
cuflcuX. and science is no more anxious
TO abandon the past than theology is.
| But Roger believed in science with all
his heart and soul; he forcsaw its
| triumphs as wildly as Francis Bacon
| three centuries later would foresee
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Roger Bacon.


Meanwhile the seeds of the new age
were rip2ning everywhere, and even III
monastic cells science, forgotten for a
thousand years. was coming to life
again. The same movement that
brought the towns and the cathedralS
brought industry and science; commerce
stimulated mathematics and astronomy.
industry developed physics and chemis-
try. and the gathering Of people to-
gether into larger and more varied COM
rlunities brought that interplay of
ideas. that elbow rubbing OF dogmas
which proves so fatal TO inherited be-
iiefs
The picture of medieval science is
one Of astrology struggling 10 become
astronomy. alchemy struggling TO be-
ccme chemistry. fabiiaux Of talking
animals gradually developing into biol
cgy. II was believed that the position
OF the planets at a mans birth deter
mined his life history: men studied the
stars to forctell human fates and gaZod
into crystals 10 see the future Prof
Robinson points out how many current
adjec.ives carry on the astrological ira
dition--diSastrOus which has the same
meaning and the same etymology as Ill
starred: joyial. saturnine and mercurial.
which are taken from the names Of the
planets, and even thc word uranian
has been used to denote peculiar tenn
porament.
Out Of sthecc romantic beginnings
astronomy again took form in the pur-
salt CT the W.ll-o' the -wisps men ac~
cur1ulatcd slowly n better knowledge of
the stars: before tFc end Of the Middle
Ages astronomical tables were prepared
which improved upon these Of Ptolcmy
and the Mo0Ts Out Of the cruciblcs Of
the alchem!stS came that study OF Gle
menss which IS Of the basis Of modern
chemistry: new dyes and chemicals
%cre dircoVered, which began 10 raVou-
tionizc Industry; and the quest for the
tran9mutatiou ri metals takes on little
more dignity IN these days when radia-
ton changes one element into another
and great chemists. Ike William Ram
Sey. predict IN the early future the
tranSnutation 81 baG2r metals into
gold
Al The anne time the other sciences
were finding them8oivec Marco Polo
II the thirteenth century, aatounded
Europe with his travels 10 Picking; the
ccm!Eg Of the compass not only
benefltcd commerce. bat renewed the
romance of exploration, italian sailOra
chaFted the Mediterranean better than
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PRELATE'S DAY BUSY.
Cardinal Mundelein Sees Many
rcrsonagcs on Rome Visit.

ROME, March II N1. The entire
time of Cardinal Mundclcin OF Chicago
was taken up yesterday In paying calls
and receiving important ecclesiastical
and civil personage, and in visiting his
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
.BORAH TO RADIO
. SPEECH FROM
WMAL

Through WMAL, at 8 o'clock this
evening, Senator William E. Borah
will be heard from Detroit deliver.
ing one of his rare political ad.
dresses under the auspices of the
Republican national committee.
The speech will be given wide
sprea distribution through the
Columbia Broadcasting System,
from coast to coast.
In connection with the announce.
ment that it would broadcast
the Borah address. WMAL also
announces that every Tuesday eve
ming until the close of the cam
paign, a political talk under the
auspices of the Republican national
committee and through the Column.
bia Broadcasting System, would be
broadcast by that station. The pro-
grams will begin at 7:30 until Octo-
Der l brings about change in time
through the abolition of daylight
saving, when the hour will be $50.
One satisfying thing about the
evening affairs, however. is that
Frederick William Vile returns to
communion with his old friend
Mike at 6:45 this evening via WRC
and will paint one of his usual
vivid. punchy word pictures Of the
campaign opening-and how! At
z o'clock the American Magazine
resumes its broadcastings after
several months of absence-we
know not with what or how!
The Ipana group will be heard in
a musical comedy melange at 8 and
at $3.50 the Palmolivers perform
their weekly devotional exercises.
There will be a Democratic national
committee outburst at 9:30-fol-
lowed, accidentally or on purpose.
by the nightly "SIumber Music"
The Columbia chain holster
hour will be filled with melody
by Vincent Lopez and his orches-
ira, starting when Senator Borah
quits. In the WEAF output new
program makes it's appearance at
$50 under the title of ia Touraine
Tableaux," with Nat ShiIkret con-
Quoting an orchestra and other
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
40 tERTlsEMENT
Minister, Rundown
in Health, aims
7 Lbs. in 8 Weeks

Rev. W. H. Taylor writes, After
q z weeks revival campaign ] was
entirely rundown and losing flesh
rapidly. l decided to give Ironized
Yeast a weeks trial. After 2 weeks
] found my strength returning and
the tired feeling gone. In 8 weeks
] had gained lbs. and was myself
again"
Imagine just weeks to change
from a skinny" tired person to a
strong, -filled.out man or wom-
an. Ugly hollows vanish. Broom
stick limbs become round and chubby.
Tired feeling disappears. Blemished
skin clears.
Only when Yeast is IrOnized is it
more effectiVe-for Iron is needed to
bring out the weight-building and
strengthening values Of Yeast. Pleas
ant-tasting tablets. Safe for every.
body. Never cause gas or boating,
no harmful drugs.
Go to any druggist today and get
q full size treatment of lronizsd
Yeast. If after this generous trial
you are not delighted, your money
back instantly. If inconvenient to
buy from druggist, send $1.OO to
1ronized Yeast Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Desk 336-BX.
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
Romping Around the Radio Dials GARDNER MACK
BEST PROSPECTS

1855 D. m.--BasebaIl scores and
Thirty Club from The Washing
ton Times studio, WMAL (242l..
1880 .. m.-Band concert, Wash
lnRton, WTFF (2O3).
Q .. mighty second Division
II .. m.-Back Home Hour.
Washington, WIFI t20S).
CHAIN PROGRAMS
1880 a. m.--DemOcrati Ma
tional Committee Broadcast. New
York, WEAF. WRC. etc.
SUMMER p: m seaTsy culture HE"s: A New
WAR. WTAM. WEBB. WRHM.
$3.50 p. MA TOuraine Ia
bleaux. New York. WEAF. WEI.
VITO. WTAG, WAR. WCSH,
WGY, WGR. WCAE. WTAM.
e:45 .. m-FrederIc William
VILE. talk. 'The Opening of the
Campaign" Washington. WRC
D. m.--American Magazine
program. New York, WEAF, WRC,
WEFI. VITO. WAR, WTAG,
WCSH. WILT, WGY. WGR, WCAE,
WWJ. WSAI. WEBB, KSD. woo
WHO. WOW. WDAF; May Singh
York. WIZ. KDKA, KYW.
1850 p. m.-Senat0r William IL.
BOrah and Republican national
committee broadcast, Detroit. Co
Inmbia Chain, WMAL, WGHP. WOR,
WCAu; WAC, WEAN; WILL
WKRC. WMAQ, WOWO, KNOX.
KMBC. KOHL. WSPD. WMAF'
=. m.-.Tpana Troubadors.
VITO, WAR. WTAG, WCsH.
WGY, WGR WCAE. WTAM.
WWJ. WsAI. WLIB: Philco pro-
gram, New York, WIZ, KPRC.
KVOO. WOW. WHO. voc, WCCO.
WTMJ. WHAM. KYW. kWk.
VIAL. WHAS, WBZ VIVA,
KDKA. WIZ. WREN. KOA, WHIT.
WSB, VINO. WSM, WOA1.
Ns S:so vor 2; W TFal% WRC. WAX JAZZ
VS. WsM, 1 WsR. WEI WsT.' MMEEii WsA1'
war WAR w MTn KsD " WOO WTAG.
WCAE. voc, WFAA. WCSH.
WTAM, Who, KPRC WILT.
WWJ. WOW. WOAI. KOA. WTMJ.
WCCO, WHAS.
o D. m.-Vincent Lopez Or
chestra I'm holster Hour, COlum.
bia Chain. WOR. etc.
DANCE MUSIC
$3.50 D. m--Ann ArIen's Orches-
ira. Washington. WMAL (242).
. . .m.-Park Central Skylarks.
New York. WIZ (455)..
$3.50 p. m.-Palais dor Orcbes-
ira. New York. WEAF l49s).
1880 .. m.-WaldOrf Orchestra.
New York WEAF (402).
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NEARBY STATIONS

WPG-AtIantic City--11OO-272.S
sO5-steel Pier Ministries.
observation-disclosures
7:sO-Talk, Learning to Fly
7;40-Strumming crooners'
S.O0-Concert Orchestra.
s:30--Steel Pier Orchestra.
9:OO-Fry's Orchestra.
9:SO-Dance Orchestras.
WBAL-BaItimore-1
S:OO-WJZ Program.
00-R ecital.
gS0-Music Box.
WOR-Newark-71O-4
7.3O-Republican National Com
s:oo-Senator william A. Borah.
9:OO-Kolster Opera.
9:3O-The Buccaneers.
1O:O0--Astor Orchestra.
1O:30-Witching Hour.
WEAF--New YOrk--61O-402
5:OO--waldorf-Asto music.
5:30-Fox Fur Traders.
6.00--Synagogue service.
e:3O--St Regis Orchestra.
7:OO-American Magazine Hour.
s:OO--Ipena Troubadours.
S:3O-Palmolive Hour.
9:3O-Palais Dor Orchestra.
Observation-Disclosures Orchestra.
observation-disclosures 6O-S48.6
6:00--Uncle Wip.
WGBS-New YOrk--86O-346.6
7:30--FiRhts from Ebbetts Field.
s:30-Paramount Stompers.
WNYC-New YOrk-57O-526
S:30-One-act play.
S:5O--Russian Baritone.
acknowledgement division reunion.
WJZ-New YOrk-686-454
5:OO-Bartels Orchestra: scores.
6:0O-Kemp's Orchestra.
6:3O-John B. Kennedy.
6:45--Frederick william Vile.
7:o0--May Breen; Peter de Rose.
7:s0--SyIva MIA Foresters.
S;O0-Operetta.
e:o0-Park Central Skylarks.
g:30-Wayside Inn.
1O:on--Slumber Music.
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LOCAL PROGRAMS

WRC-WashingtOn--i
Lands" by Alice Hutchins
s:45-"The Opening of the Cam
paign," by Frederic William
7.oo-American Magazine Hour.
s:0O-Ipana Troubadours.
s:30-Palmolive Hour.
9:30-Democratic National Committee
Program
10:00-Slumber Music.
11:U0-weather Forecast.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
7:15-Jack Harris, popular songs
7:3O-Band pr ogram.
Congressman from New York.
8:45-Ben Austin. tenor.
9:OO-Little River Jack.
s:15-Chick Godfrey, singing 1eath-
s:sO-Coupoa half hour.
10 :O0--Washfngton College OF Mu-
sic half hour.
10:30- Hilo Boys.
iI.S0-Rack Home Hour from WASH
ington Auditorium
-WashingtOn-24@
6:55-''Thirty Club" baseball scores
7.15-Tony the Barber.
7:3O-Brunswick hour of music.
s:0O-Correct time.
s:OO-Senator William E. Borah
from Detroit, through Columbia
Broadcasting System.
s:sO-Ann Arlen's Orchestra.
S:0O--Jack Harris singing artist,
with Ted Weems' Orchestra.
S:15-Grace Shannon, popular pi-
anist
s:30--Joint recital by Mrs. Walter
r. Hilton, soprano, and Wini-
fred Michaelson, concert pi-
anist.
1o:16--Late news flashes from Herald
studio.
Observation-Disclosures
5:45-The Town Crier.
6:00-Dinner Concert.
6:S0-Riggs Program.
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DISTANT STATIONS

Observation-Disclosures
soon B. c.. Program.
11:45-PeerIess Entertainers.
WBBM-ChicagO-77
9:15-Lee Simms: Royal Canadians
10:00-Plantation Jubilee Singers
11:45-Royal Canadians.
HCFI-ChIcago-620
12:00-Savoy Orchestra.
WLs--ChicagO-85O-3
8:00-Allstate Hour.
s:OO-Choral Music: Quartet.
1O:00-Song Shop: Organ.
WGN--ChicagO-7
8:00-WEAF Program.
9:3O-Baritone: Tomorrow's Trih.
1O:s0-Tenor, Dance and Concert Or
11:oo-Dream Shin: Drake Orchestra.
WMAQ-Chicago-67O
10:00--Musicale.
II 00-News and Chapman's Orchestra
| WsAI-Cincinnatl-83
10:30-Castle Farm Orchestra.
| WLW-Cfncinnati-7
| l0:O0-Variety Hour.
1O:30--Swiss Gardens Orchestra.
II :00-Gibson Orchestra.
11:30-Swiss Garden Orchestra.
12:00-Organ.
WCCO-MinneapOlIs-
II :05-Erickson's Orchestra.
12:30-Organ.
WSM-Nas vIIle-89O-
1O:30--WSM Ministries.
11:15-Studio; Xylophonists.
| KMOX-St. LOuis-1OOO-299.8
s:0O-CoIumbia Network.
11:00-Dance Music.
| WFLA-CIearwater-
| s:00-EeKro Spirituals.
g.O0--Studio Program.
| 10:O0-Music; Dance, RambIe
WTAM-CIeveIand-7
| 9:30-Muscal Program.
| lO:0O-Dance Orchestra.
| 11:00--Theatrical Hour.
| 11:30-Memories Garden.
| WJR-DetroIt-6SO-4
9:AO-Fur Trappers.
| 1O:O0-WJZ Program.
| 11:00-Studio Program.
| 12:00-Organ.
KDKA-E. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
6:15-WJZ Program,
9:0O-Maytag Ramblers.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s;aoIPEwff ReI5SS; scores
| 6:30-Nature League.
7:OO-WBZ Players.
7:30-wJZ Program.
| 9:0O--News; Newcombs Orchestra
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| s;30-MusicaI Program.
| 7:30-Madriga1 Quartet
8:OO-WEAF Program.
| Observation-Disclosures
| S:00--Concert Orchestra
| 10:n0--Roma neli Orchestra; Artists.
| :00-Courtesy Program.
| EOA-Denver-92O-3
| II :00--Novelty Shop
| u :30-BaritOne, Pianist
~ .0n--KOA Orchestra
| KFI-LOs AngeIPS-i6O-46s
| II 00--Network-Roads TO Romance
| II observation-disclosures
- :00-C0ncert Orchestra
| 1:0o-Network-D Dance Program.
| Observation-Disclosures
| IL :00-Network
KPO-San Observation-Disclosures
| II :00-Network
WCAU-PhiladeIph
| 7:o0-Party Of Six.
| 7:30-Fur Trappers.
| 8:00-CoIumhia Network.
10:OO-Cathay Orchestra.
The Washington times., 1928-09-19

The North and Mid West gave
the best returns for dial twisting
last evening, brOadcasts being
tuned easily even through heavy
static discharges and much code.
There was some fading but on
the whole reception was clear and
i'm good volume.
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
AUTHOR STARS
AS RADIO
SPEAKER

The North and Mid West gave
the best returns for dial twisting
last evening, brOadcasts being
tuned easily even through heavy
static discharges and much code.
There was some fading but on
the whole reception was clear and
i'm good volume.
The prize feature of loud speaker
delivery last evening-if one excerpts
for the opening of the Democratic
radio drive for votes by Gov.
Alfred Smith in Omaha and the
all-star whirlwind from the Radio
Industries banquet in New York
was the surprise talk of Will Irwin,
the famous author, from WMAL,
telling Of the speakers idea Of Her
bert Hoover.
Irwin brought to microphone for
the first time in this campaign a
genuine living room personality and
ability to join the loud speaker
group and be its conversational
leader. His talk was captivating
from the start and dealt with per-
sonal estimates of the Republican
candidate that carried conviction
of circumstantial truths.
incidentally the Irwin talk gave
listeners the first idea they've re-
ceived from anyone that Hoover
is real human being. In her
talk from WRC yesterday morning
Mrs. Owen Kildare made the candi.
date combination Of Sir Galahad.
Alexander the Great and Clara Bar
ton. Irwin painted his as a man
who laughs, makes friends with
dogs and babies and is an expert at
frying ham and eggs.
SMITHS PERSONALITY
BEAMS IN LOUD SPEAKERS
Governor Smiths hearty, friendly
personality was the chief feature
of the governors first campaign
effort-if one can except the ac-
ceptance speech which was more
or less formal affair with q set
program. The New York executive
beamed through loud speakers and
joked about issues but became
serious and positive when the oc-
casioned called for it-alI in q
most friendly, hail-fellow way.
The all star effusion from the
Radio Industries Banquet was
hurried affair that showed samples
of what a number of distinguished
people can do in a place where the
assembled audience is extremely
noisy and inattentive, save when
the performers had finished and
were leaving. Likewise the broad.
casts from the Aston banquet hall
were not all they might have been.
Nine. Schumann Heink and Fanny
Brice appeared to divide honors
with the audience, both present and
in front of loud speakers scattered
throughout the continent.
The usual Voters Service pro-
gram was of considerable interest
as It came from WRC and the
interpolated talk of Judge Payne.
chairman of the American Red
Cross, regarding hurricane relief
plans, gave a clear idea of the dis.
aster in the West Indies. A new
weekly feature the WIZ circuit,
Three in One Theater," developed
bit of genuine comedy along
novel lines of presentation that are
distinctly a radio development and
will be better as all those con-
cerned become more used to the
technique.