Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26
T|TUSWLLE SKETCH
IN COLUMBIA DEBUT
IA Players From Mythical
Village to Present Weekly
Offerings.

. Mayor Luke Higgins ano the citizens
of mythical Titusville, who have ap-
peared exclusively before the micro
phone of WOR for two years, make
their debut on the Columbia Broadcast
ing System network tonight as the Mer-
lin Main Street Sketches Company.
The Titusville sketch will come into
Washington over WMAL. The initial
network presentation will concern the
postponed wedding of Horace Peters,
65-year-old war veteran, and 1valutty
Fewittr one of the towns several widows.
There are Ia members in the sketches
company. each an accomplished must
clan and humorist. Don Carney por-
trays the principal character, that of
Luke Higgins. mayor of Titusville.
Aside from the Titusville sketch.
WNiAL'S program contains all the other
regular Columbia attractions. Among
them are the Majestic Theater of the
Air, the De Forest hour, the Sonatron
program and the La Palma hour.
Offer Opera Selections.
A complete program of opera and
operetta selections will be the offering
of the La Palma hour The intermezzo
from Wolfe-Ferrari'S Jewels OF the
Madonna" will open the program. Other
operate selections announced are the
intermezzo from Leoncavallo's "Pag-
liacci" and selections from "Cavallerla
Rusticana" and Faust" The Street
Song" from Naughty Marietta" will be
the operetta gem.
The Majestic Theater will present as
its featured artist the beautiful Libby
Holman, star of THE Little Show"
current Broadway production. She is
chiefly known for her husky singing of
moaning blues" Ralph Ranger and
Adam Carroll, two-piano team; Wen
dell Hall, Monroe Silver, originator OF
cohen on the Telephone" and Roy
Smeck, wizard of the strings" also
will take part in the program.
The Russian Symphonic Choir, world
famous group of choral singers, will be
heard in the De Forest hour.
In the afternoon WMAL will broad
cast the Ballad hour, the Cathedral
hour and the sermon of Rev. Donald
Grey Farmhouse from the Tenth Pres
byterian Church in Philadelphia. Two
parts of Pedestrians 'Missa Brevis" will
be featured in the Cathedral hour,
while the Ballad hour announces a va
ried program of songs, with Adela Vasa
as the guest soloist.
Massing of Colors Service.
wRC's outstanding broadcast today
will be the massing Of the colors service
in the amphitheater of the Washington
Cathedral. In addition to sermon by
Right Rev. James E. Freeman. Episco-
pal Bishop of the Diocese of Washing
ton. there will be music by the Cathe-
dral choir and the United States Marine
Band.
The principal feature tonight, the At
water Kent hour, will present Graham
McNamee, who will step out of his
usual role of announcer and appear as
a soloist. McNamee is baritone His
program includes Ports of Many
Ships" MY Lovely Celia" Densmore's
'Roadways" and Ben Bolt"
Another attractive feature from WRC
will be a Memorial day program from
the Capitol Theater in New York. Two
orchestras, the salon and studio groups
and Mai. Edward Bowes' entire fam
lily" will be heard during the broadcast
The specially will be a medley Of
Northern and Southern airs of the Civil
War and a medley of those of the
World War
The main musical features of wRC's
afternoon program will be the Roxy
symphony concert, the Concert Artists
hour and the Bagby-Romilli Moments.
A cycle of the famous melodies Of Vic
tor Herbert will be presented in the
Concert Artists hour, while the Bagby-
Romilli program will feature hits from
the current musical success, "Fforetta."
The individual star of the Roxy pro-
gram will be Joseph Littau, pianist.
Play Song and Dance Hits.
The Studebaker Champions, who will
be heard over WRC tonight, will offer
special orchestrations of recent song
and dance hits. Sam German, xylo-
phone virtuoso, also will be heard from
the same station tonight, assisted by
Frank Ganin, pianist.
VOL will broadcast the services of
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church this morning, at which the new
Lincoln memorial tower and chimes
will be dedicated. The service will
mark the 126th anniversary of the
founding of the church.
Kathryn Crowley. pianist. and David
Martin, baritone, are among the artists
scheduled to take part in WJSV's pro-
gram tonight. There also will be pro-
gram by the choir Of the Petworth M
E. Church and trombone solos by L. z.
Phillips.