Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-23
By Dorothy Maffison.

wv gOOQ uOIlOu-IuakllS some
wv of the better programs
required listening" for
school boys and girls. It the young
sters are anything like their dialing
elders, putting radio on the basis Of
''home work" may be apt to make
them shy away from the loudspeaker.
Most Of us are pretty skittish about
being attentive to programs or any
thing else that are frankly labeled in
great, big letters Educational or
cultural" It does seem that it
would be more subtle, and therefore
perhaps much more effective, to keep
the young folks conscious of radio as a
medium Of entertainment. Mean
while, 1t would be inevitable that
they would feel radios influence as
an educational and cultural force.
There Is, however. no doubt that
the New York high school stu
dents who are expected to listen in
on Americas Town. Meetings" will
benefit greatly from their new studies.
Not only are leading figures in public
life paraded to the microphone to dis
cuss important questions, but the pro-
grams are about the most genuinely
spontaneous on the air-due to the
audiences opportunity to join in the
proceedings.
COL. STOOPNAGLE, honeymooning
~ in Miami with his bride of a
week, katherine Bell, is due back in
New York to begin work on his COM
ing broadcasts. No definite date for
the resumption of the network luna
cies of Stoopnagle and Budd Is set,
but don't be surprised to hear from
them again the week of March /.
1t takes a sporting sponsor to go
up against the popularity of Maj.
Bowes' amateur show i. which means
that Columbia's 8 pm. spot continues
to present a sustaining bill. Tonight
Lucienne Boyer will be heard on c.
B. S. with Lud Gluskin's orchestra at
that hour. . Getting back to the
amateurs, Ray Perkins and his brood
of aspirants move over to the Mutual
network tonight, with Phil Spitalny
and his girl orchestra taking the
newly vacated Columbia spot.
STILL no decision on that new Hit
Parade" orchestral assignment for
Wednesday nights except that the
series is due to start March II
advise discounting those rumors that
Frank Parker will join the Ben
Bernie show as permanent soloist
but he will do several guest spots
airing with the Old Maestro on Tues
day from Florida flying back to
New York for his own Saturday show
and back South again to star
with Bernie March :. things will
be bit handler for Bernie and
Eddie Cantor, who are also due to
exchange guest shots. Both are
in Florida at the moment.
Joe COOK, who bowed for a one
Time stand with the new George
Olsen-Ethel Shutta red network show,
has been doing some auditioning on his
own for an N. B. c. client :. Fannie
Brice's illness meant a weeks delay
in launching the revamped Beauty
Box Theater as the "Ziegfeld Follies
OF the Air" Niela Goodelle is due
back on the air via N. B. C. Rosa
Ponselle will take over Lily Pons' c. B.
S. engagements with Andre Kostel-
anetz's Orchestra, while the latter does
five weeks of concerts abroad, begin
ming March 4.
The Rhythm Boys have new and
well-earned Tuesday and Thursday II
am seres on c. B. S. A lot of
new faces in Rudy Vallee's band
which, by the way, will do a guest
engagement on the Magic Key of r.
c. A. series today Hope Mary
Pickford rounds up some really scin-
tillating conversationalists for her fu-
ture radio parties Have no fear
that Ed Wynn can't bridge the gap
between his own heavy-handed comedy