New Britain herald., 1929-08-07
Through the Static

one of the original railroad plays and probably the greatest box office attraction of its day. Records show that Carter never wrote a failure, although nearly a hundred plays are credited to his pen. He was great believer in elaborate scenery and mechanical effects. sometimes writing play on some particular construction that appealed to him.
 Because of the unusual amount of scenery, mechanical props and ef- fleets, The Fast Mail was never pop ular with the usual run of stock companies, as the script called fo" the replica of locomotive emitting smoke and steam. two trains of cars and a high trestle thrown in for good measure. The Huntley-Jackson stock company purchased the pro- duction rights, together with all the scenery and mechanical properties from the author who gave the orlgi- nal presentation. For two years the players included the drama in their repertoire and at every perform ance it was necessary to hang out SRO signs. E. :
 Hank Simmons has made eXten- sive preparations for his presenta- tion of The Fast Mail and assures his audience that they will have the thrill of their lives in the big rail- road scenes, which have already gone down in theatrical history. Henry Clinton will portray the role of Sam Sueth, the comedy detective, who goes so far as to arrest his own wife but all in mistake, as later de- velopments prove. The broadcast will be .heard in the east through stations WOR and WNAC.
 Light airs such as Romance Of Grinfield and Woodland Whispers of Czibulka will mingle with the final movement of !Tschaik oWsky's Fourth symphony on the program which will come to the radio audi ence from station WHAM, Roches- ter. and associated NEG stations.
 The symphony finale, with which the program closes. is described by Tschaikowsky himself as represent | ing a. rustic holiday. The movement is based on an old Russian folk song. but the composer has intro duced many charming thematlc variations with unusual orchestra ton. The complete program for the | broadcast will include Echoes Of Ireland by Lange. Selections from Stepping Stones by Kern, and For saken by koschat.-
 | More than 500 farmers in New | England are to be interviewed by qalestionaire son the benefits they | derive from the daily broadcasts of market quotations. presented to them by station WBZ, Springfield. The questionaire is designed to dis | close the kind of market news most useful, and when the broadcasts are most timely.
 Ethelbert Nevin's suite. A Day IT Venice, will be the feature Of the program that the symphony orches- tra, under the direction of Howard Barlow, with George Rymer as solo ist, will present over stations of the CBS this evening at nine o'clock.
 A Day in Venice is divided into four parts all of them descriptive +,,r I11 in city of canals. Alba introduces th' suite, and is followed by the Con doliers, appropriate to the majo' vocation of the Venetians. .Conzar' Amoroso contributes the romantic touch with which Venice is alway' associated, and Buona Notte bring to a conclusion both the suite an, the day it is describing. .....
 The orchestra will also play com positions by kela Bela, Hadyn an' Drdla, while Rymer will give , group of tenor solos wide in rang and interest. WOR. heads the broad cast s...
 A thirty minute musical tour 0 New York city will be conducted b the Troubadours this evening dur ing their broadcast through tn WEAF chain of the NEG system.
 New York's Chinatown. Ghetto Italian section, Irish district. Ger man settlement, Spanish quarter Harlem. and Broadway will be wis ited in the course of the Trouba dour's tour., and appropriate selec ltions will be played for each distric
 Tray Richardson, "one of l.e Christmas' boys,' dropped into tn NEG studios Monday evening to hea a fellow adventurer- tell about lii and thrills in the far corners of tF earth. The speaker was Floyd Gil bons, noted war correspondent, Wh making a series of weekly talks ft
 the NBCe Richardson was taken
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 O'Reuly. who is also conducting
 series of weekly. programs. Richart
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 diers of fortune in. many a Centr
 
 occasion being on opposite side
 directed machine guns at one al
 other. ....
 Sweden, land of the deep bl'
 fjords and stalwart Viking seame
 will be celebrated in the program the Voyagers which will be hea
 over the NBG system this evening
 ten o'clock.
 Folk songs of deep and robu :. sentiment, some vigorous band m " sic and a sprightly imaginati
 dance of the water sprites are i
 cluded. Special honor will be pa
 to Jean Baptiste Jules Bernedot
 one of Napoleon's generals, who W
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