Milford chronicle., 1932-12-16
The Radio

the air waves and bring into the
home in a lucid manner all things
which are happening everywhere
has done a wonderful piece of work
for the pleasure of the human fam
lily.
For the shut-ins, nothing ever in
vented will ever afford these people
who are deprived from experiencing
contact with the people at large as
the radio.
Millions of the inhabitants of the
different parts of the world get a
great amount of pleasure by having
radios installed in their homes,
which give them an insight into the
different things which are happen
ing in the earth today which they
otherwise would have to wait until
days had passed to get the same
news which they can get by radio
each hour of the day.
No home would be complete to-
day without the radio. The fine
speakers to be heard and the fine
music rendered, come to our homes
to satisfy and amuse, when the
storms are beating outside and, yet
the radio is at hand to help us pass
the lonely hours away.
Today is not as yesterdays, when
we could enjoy our radio without
being harassed by many other sta
tions on the line; all seem bent and
bound that they will be the first to
convey their message to different
g Io fhnTnhU often
spelling the pleasure of many who
have tuned in to hear certain pro-
gram.
Jazz music seems to have the
right of way from most stations
but why? It is neither classical or
pleasant to the musical ear, and in
a large measure should be prohib-
tied. It is hardly fit for barn dance
or an old country hoe-down, but the
writer will say it is fit to cause
those who have tuned in to cut out,
on its first appearance.
There are other things heard on
the radio which may be permissible
on week days, but should not be
permitted on Sunday. Reports OF
baseball, football and other games;
manufacturers advertising their
wares and also causing to be broad
cast a description of a play in
theatre or scene in the movies, and
a thousand other things which have
a tendency to drive away from the
minds of the people, especially
young people, that proper respect
which they should have for the Sab
bath Day.
The small congregation in the
church on Sunday can in a measure
be attributed to the radio and auto
mobile. The radio to advertise those
places which should not be open on
Sunday and the automobile which
will carry any distance, those who
seek such amusement.
It would be fine if certain hours
on Sunday could be set apart for
religious worship and not be both
cred by jazz music or other THINGS
when the shut-ins or people OF ad-
vanced age could sit in their homes
and hear the gospel preached by the
greatest preachers of the day and
hear the music by the church cho1rs
which comes in it's purity to calm
troubled hearts.
We say it would be fine to have
season like this, but will it ever be?
Let the writer tell of an experience
he had several Sundays ago. 1t was
on a dark stormy night and the
wind was blowing and rain beating
on the home, that we thought we
would tune in on the radio and see
if we could not get sermon prea-
ched in some church. We were not
particular from what point. At the
usual hour we tuned in, there was
no static, and turning the dial from
point to point, the only thing we
could hear was jazz music or some
one advertising their wares. We
were about to give up and cut out,
when we heard a church choir sing
ing. Now we thought we have
struck the right place, which proved
to be a Baptist Church in Toronto,
Canada. The choir continued to sing
several old fashioned hymns, in
grand style and the preacher who
was an eloquent speaker had COM
menced his sermon and we were in
a mood to enjoy it, when jazz music
from several points came in, drown
ing out the speaker so he could not
be heard. We were disgusted and
Immediately cut out, and for awhile
meditated why such things should
be permitted, then we concluded to
try again. We tuned in again and
finally got Station WIFI, Philadel-
phia. There was a service just COM
menced in the Broad Street Presby-
terian Church. The choir was good
and rendered some fine music, and
the preacher was fine also, but soon
the jazz music started, but the voice
of the speaker was louder than the
jazz music, so we concluded to hear
him out which we did. We had about
of an hour of tough
but we heard one of the
best sermons that the writer had
heard for a long time. At the end of
the discourse the choir commenced
to sing and the jazz music commen-
ced also; the two together made a
medley of sounds which was not
pleasant to the human ear. Again .
we became disguised, switched off :
and went to bed.
o, yes! The radio is great in :
vention but if there was some way
TO keep the jazz music from both :
ering on the Sabbath Day it would :
be much better. We hope the time I
will soon come when a way can be ;