Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-22
PATRIOTISM FILLS
| RADIO SCHEDULE
WaShington'S Birthday Gives
Color to Many Air
Entertainments.

A variety Of features commemorative
the birth of George Washington have
been woven into the regular programs
today of Stations VRC and wMAL.
One Of the outstanding events of the
holiday, the Washington's birthday pa
rade in Alexandria, Va, is being de-
Scribed this afternoon by Ted Husing
over WMAL and other Columbia Broad
casting System stations. Two other
patriotic attractions also are on the
schedule of this station. One will be a
word tour of Mount Vernon by Harrison
Dodge, superintendent of the shrine, 70
be broadcast at o'clock.
An historical pageant entitled Wash
mgton, depicting events in the life of
the f1rSt President. is the other. This is
scheduled at 9 O'Clock. It was written
by Don Clark, chief of Columbia's con-
tinuity department, and will be pre-
Sented by select group from the ranks
OF the Columbia players.
Dixie Echoes Scheduled.
Aside from the special holiday at
fractions, WMAL's program contains
the usual array of Columbia presenta-
tons, including the Paramount Publix
Radio Hour, and the program of spirit
uals called Dixie Echoes" In addition
there will be several features of local
origin, which include a talk by Frank
z. Page. vice president of the Inter-
national Telephone 81 Telegraph Corpo-
ration on Miracles of Modern Commu-
nication"
WRC will give a patriotic touch to its
afternoon program by broadcasting a
Talk on George Washington in the
Philippines" by Manuel RoxaS, speaker
OF the Philippine House of Representa-
uves and chairman of the Philippine
Mission to the United States Later, in
the Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom program. there will
be talks on the general subject of peace
by Representative Fish of New York
and Judge Florence Allan of Ohio.
New Cadman Composition.
Charles Wakefield Cadman's "Orien-
tai Rhapsody" the latest composition
from the pen of this gifted American
composer, will have its world radio
premier tonight at 9 O'Clock through
WRC and the National Broadcasting
Co. network. Walter Damrosch has Sc
lected this work as a feature of the
General Electric hour.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. :"
the famous Persian poem which Edward
Fitzgerald's translation has made ac-
cessible in English. furnished the basis
FOR Csdman's newest opus. The score
calls for an enlarged orchestra with
Oriental percussion instruments to sus-
tain the authentic need of the poem.
Reviving two old favorites. ''Milen-
berg joys" and Valencia" while pre-
senting the latest in popular dance
music, Josef Koestmer and his orchestra
offer sparkling program of universal
appeal as the baunderland Lyrics. to
be heard at $780, The selections in
clude Happy Days Are Here" Alice
Blue Gown" Singing in the Rain"
LADY Luck" and Liza" from SHOW
Girl
American Revolution Music.
Music of the American Revolution
period composcs the program in honor
Of George Washington. TO be played by
the Black and Gold Room Orchestra.
broadcast at 6 o'clock. other pro-
grams over WRC this evening are the
weekly talk by Merle Thorpe on THE
New Business World" B. A. Rolfe and
his Lucky Strike dance orchestra. fol-
lowed by the Slumber Music. and the
broadcast with Rudy ValIee from Villa
Vallee, from midnight to l am.
Dinner music and concerts by the
Victory Post Minstrels and Walter T. |
Holt mandolin and guitar artist, are
featured tonight by VOL The Vir-
ginia SerenaderS, the Alexandria Hum
ming Birds will contribute to the pro-
gram of WJSV. This station also will
broadcast music from the annual ball
Of the American War Veterans Club of
the District