New Britain herald., 1929-07-31

ton of Roy Harlow. will contribute | further vaccinations while the cou-
 cert orchestra, directed by Charles
 Hector. will play program of i classical and semi classical music. This festive occasions is being | | celebrated with enthusiasm by all i those participating in the program | l and it is expected that the radio | audience will greet with equal en- | thusiasm this tribute to one of the |
 oldest stations in the history Of ra- | dio broadcasting.
 Recently several of the addition l managers of WOR attended re- Cital in the studios of Walter kies- /!
 wetter and heard a pair of girl i | harmonists sing under the profess | | sional title of the Glenn Sisters, |
 Beatrice and Ruth. They were
 amazed at the harmony the girls produced. It was the work of but |
 moment to book them for the sta
 ton.
 The sisters have the six o'clock i | spot this evening and the staff is ] confident that they will prove to b9
 a sensation on the air.
 Beatrice, the contralto of the pair,
 sang with the Roxy gang for six | months and has since appeared ir | | Patience and My Maryland. She has | i also sung with the Cleveland Sym ! phony orchestra as a guest soloist. 1 ! She is a graduate of Rochester uni versty.
 Ruth had a year in vaudeville ! and while attending Kansas univer- i sity, she directed a church choir | 1 She spent several years in Phoenix. i Arizona. teaching, and before cont | ing 10 New York 10 join her sister, i sang solos in San Francisco theaters. 1 From the sidewalks of New York . 10 the Fifth avenue studios of the i i NBC in two jumps is the latest , achievement of Bob, the street mu- sician. wandering saXophone p,aye'' | familiar to Broadway theatcr crowds ! and uptown apartment dwcllers alike.
 ilN F1Nl t't lliuolNidli W III illtlN' IlIo | radio debut as a solo artist in the concert to be broadcast over the WEAF' network of the NEG system this evening at 7:30.
 His first jump was 10 recording studios last week, when an orchestra leader heard him playing on the streets. The unique tone of his saXophone recorded so successfully that the director also signed him for the concert which he conducts this evening"
 Bob entered the British army as a bugler at the age of r. Since then he has served in five wars and played for the royal family ot England. For the last two years he has shuffled along the streets of New York, playing his saxophone for pennies.
 Accom- panied by the radio con. cert orchestra he will play two Ia miliar favorites, Loves Old Sweet Song and Tosti's Good Bye. closing the broadcast with Taps in defer ence to his soldier comrades.
 For His Wife's Sake, melodrama of life in small fishing village ny Phil Maher, the we'll known play wright and actor who gained most of his prominence in the late 1S9O's. will be produced on the stage of Hank Simmons showboat this eve ming at eight o'clock and broadcast over stations of the CBS. The au- thor will be among those present at the performance and it is expecte that he will say a few words to the audience when he is introduced.
 It was Tennyson's famous poem Enoch Arden that provided -,an,r with the inspiration which resulte | in For His Wife's Sake. The play
 was originally presented by it's creator when he was directing the tour of the knickerbocker stock company After that it was used for number of years as an opening
 bill with the Phil Maher company
 under the title of Saved from the
 Sea.
 The plot is laid in the county c' | Cornwall, near Lands End. The | principal character. Paul Markham.
 has been unjustly accused or
 crime and constantly endeavors to
 clear lis name for the sake of his
 wife and child without placing the
 blame on another. The dramatic | high spot of the play is his descrip- ton of the sinking Of the convict | | ship, when the vessel founders in | mid ocean. Markham proves a hero | by saving the lives of several of the officers. He is finally dissolved or !
 any responsibility for the crime l l through the efforts of his friend, | Joe Totteragc. who tracks ooHn | the real culprit and brings him to
 justice. WOR and WNAC lead the broadcast.
 | The opening of the world Sco1e |
 iamboree at Brkenhead, Englani, |
 will be signalized in the United | States with exercises commemorat- 1 ing the Fist anniversary of the ! movement and honoring the
 founder, General Baden Powell m a half hour broadcast which will | pt HtdIu lnlOlSll tIt NJi utl"OFk
 of the NEG system this evening al seven o'clock.
 The program will feature an ad- 1 dress by Dr. George J. Fisher | deputy chief scout executive on the i World Scout Jamboree in which he
 will explain the purpose and signifi- | canoe of the event. tribute 70 1 General Baden Powell will be de | livered by Scout Edward Jennings | of Troop 1. Newark, N, J, Scout ! music and exercises will complete the program.
 Cool vacation numbers hv the l | barber shop trio will he featured by