New Britain herald., 1929-06-05

ne~tl eeyee4 Wslt ,pes 1Ce9- ttyess time b time. TAs program this evening will in. clude selections from the works of Supper, O'Hara. Kern. Lisst.. Johann Strausa. and PoncAiellL
 Selections from two of the worlds first fun musical comedies will be introduc( q thloaek the. MEG sys- tenn this evenidK II nine o'clock. Selections will be played from the Hollywood Review of 1923" and the "Movietone Follies." WTfC. Hartford. is included in the hook-up.
 Miss Julia Glass, who will play the first movement of Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor in the Scandi- navisn program to be presented this evening over WEAF and the NEG system, began her career at an ear- ly age. During the last seven years she has studied with Alexander Lambert.
 Miss Glass made her debut at Carnegie Hall with the National Symphony orchestra, playing Schu- mann,s A Minor Concerto. Arthur Bodanzky conducting. Paderewski honored the young artist on one 0c- casion by accompanying her on a second piano in the playing of his A Minor Concerto. She recently con- ciuded a tour of the principal cities of the United States by playing for ex-President and Mrs. Coolidge and the official staff at Washington. Her concert will start at eight o'clock.
 George Rymer, we'll known tenor, will help to inaugurate q new series of broadcasts to be heard weekly over the Columbia Broadcasting sys- tenn starting this evening at nine o'clock.
 Rymer is an American and has done much for our native music. He has brought to his audiences Amer ican songs of real beauty which might otherwise have gone unappre- ciated for years. His programs. how ever. will also include unusual Eng fish, French. Russian, German and Italian songs and he has recently attracted much attention by singing little-known Japanese classics in the original language. WOR is the key station of this broadcast.
 MT. Rymer has also been a star in light opera. It is interesting to note that he is also one of the champion swordsmen of America. having held the fencing champion ship of the United States for some time.
 Stenographers who have a flair for speed writing will get an oppor- tunity to test their ability in the Eighth Radio Shorthand contest which is to be broadcast from sta ton WOR at seven o'clock this eve ming.
 The tests will be conducted by Charles Lee Severn, twice worlds champion. and confidential secre- tary of the late President Woodrow Wilson, He will dictate three tests of three minutes each, the first be- ing so words a minute; the second 100; and the third 120.
 One of the few women engaged in writing national politics will present Political Review of Washington Tonight" to listeners over the NEG system at 7:i5 ths evening.
 She Is Ruth Finney, whose daily stories on current events at the capital are published in newspapers throughout the United States.
 Miss Finney's experiences as a political writer began just after the late war when she covered city hall for one of the Sacramento. Califor- mia papers. In 1919 she was promot- ed to city editor. and two years later she was sent to San F'rancisco as political reporter.
 Miss Finney's talk. the first to be given by woman writer in this series. will be broadcast from the Washington studios of the NBC through the following stations: WIZ. VEAL, KDKA, WLS, and KWK.