Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
McNAMEE's QUESTION
BOX.

O. What has become of Gamby?-P.
0. Claire, Washington, D. C.
A. Maria Gambarelli, who was known
as Candy" when she sang on Roxys
programs, can sometimes be heard in
afternoon programs called Dancing
With Candy" Although she spends
most of her time teaching stage dancing
to girls, she still sings over the air oc-
casionally.
@. do not hear Edward Thorgensen
on the air as 6luch as formerly. What
has happened to him?-E. B. p, Utica,
N. Y.
A. He has been promoted to SUPER
visor OF announcers and his executive
duties are so heavy that he cannot
spend as much time before the micro
ohone as formerly.
@. Is there an age limit on an.
nouncers?-John Kennison, Omaha,
Nebr
A. Ordinarily there is no arbitrary
age limit but men approaching middle
age are not usually hired. They are
not SO adaptable. and their voices are
not usually fresh However, Edward
Thorgersen tells me that he had hardly
taken over his new job when an appli-
cant turned up who could offer as his
only qualification the fact that he be-
l1eved he was the youngest living vet
eran OF the Civil War.
Q. Who is the girl who plays in
"The Adventures of Polly Preston?
Does she take part in other programs?
Murray Flood East Walpole, Mass.
A. Lucille Wall. She also plays in
the dramatic sketches in Golfers hour,
and irregularly in several other pro-
grams.
Q. We have missed Colin OMore
Is he singing on some other station?-
Mrs. F.. j. jr., Wilmington, Del.
A. Mr.. O'More is not singing at
present, but he is engaged in building
programs for microphone presentation.
His desertion of the microphone prob
ably will not be permanent.
@. Are Billy Jones and Ernie Hare
Observation-Disclosures" Superior, Wise.
@. What are the names of the Rev.
elers? Are they the same as the
Seiberling Singers?-W. c. B., Gulfport,
Miss.
A. James Melton, first tenor; Lewis
James, second tenor; Elliot Shaw, BARI
tone, and Wilfred Glenn, bass. They
appear in the Palmolive and SeiberlinR
programs. Their broadcasting expert
ence goes back to october, 1921. when
they sang over WIZ. This was that
stations first actual program. Pre-
viously it had broadcast photograph
records. The Revelers sang for nothing
then. Now they are the highest paid
| male quartet on the air.
@. Are Mary Hopple and Welcome
Lewis the same person?-Mildred p,
Toronto, Ontario.
A. No, they are really two persons,
| and it has never seemed to me that
they even sound alike. Miss Hopple
has been on the air, chiefly in light
opera programs, for about three years,
while Miss Lewis, who leans to blues"
songs, is comparative newcomer. Miss
Lewis, you may remember, was the girl
| who got into radio when her voice
was discovered" on a photograph
record
@. What has become of 'The Cos
sipers" Pm. v. P, Youngstown, Ohio.
A. THE Gossipers' are off the air,
and the last time saw him, Jack
Shannon, who wrote the comedy and
played one of the old Irish women in
it, was working on another act, with
male voices and German dialect, which
he was planning to try out in vaude-
vile. He also planned to return to the
| air later in the year.
Q. Does a woman stand any chance
of getting job as an announcer
Florence Bixby. Seattle, Wash.
A. She would stand no chance on
the networks. Woman speakers are
almost never popular with the evening