The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-07
ROAMING THE AIR WAVES

hPPSnA thAANO ONCL OAAC dA4 All O NA oAAAoo tic role when he stars in Radio Theater's" presentation of the play, Poppy" over the WABC- Columbia network tonight from g to 10 o'clock. The production is to be under the direction of Cecil E. DeMille. Poppy" is the play in which Fields achieved his most &C., claimed performance, both on Broadway and in the films. His characterization of the bibulous carnival mountebank and patent medicine seller, Professor Eustance McGargle, has been labelled as one of the best performances in the American theater.
 The life of Buffalo Bill, most
 romantic figure in the pageant of
 the pioneer west, will be drama
 tized on the Cavalcade of Amer
 ica's March 9 program. Cattle
 herder, government scout, Indian
 fighter, buffalo hunter, pony ex-
 press rider and private in the
 Civil War, William F. Cody lived
 to the full the dangerous life of
 his day. Hic nickname, Buffalo
 Bill," was earned in 1867, when he
 hunted bison to provision the
 rail-laying crews of the Kansas
 Pacific Railroad.
 Ann DelGrosso and Lawrence Larivee still occupy their same WATR spots, despite radical pro- gram shifts. Former at 6:15 and the latter at 5:45. Both never fail to average more than two-score re- quests each program of song, a prime reason why they maintain their allotted time. Dream Time" bringing to mind Poetic Melodies" with poetry and song is presented in transcribed fashion .:om WATR Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights at 7:15. Chase Kimball in his Sunday afternoon news com- mertating quarter-hour at 2:30, is establishing himself as one of radios ablest interpreters of world-events. WATERS MT. Kimball is one of the nations few radio commentators with Harvard Uni- versity in his personal background.
 Although women in general spend entirely too much money on clothes, there are certain in- stances when this spending is justified, according to Emily Post, famous etiquette authority who will discuss this delicate vNnnIN1oxSn hny Arn ck 1F Tuesday, from 10:3O to 10:45 A. M. over the Columbia Broad casting System. For her illustra- ton, Mrs. Post will present a playlet titled Keeping Up With Father" which outlines the prob lem of an elderly man who is climbing the social ladder via the political route, and his wife who is content to remain at her pres ent station in life and does not wish to spend the family savings for the clothes she would have to wear in public appearances with her husband.
 The second program of the wo- mems Hour under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America will be broadcast over WHN Tuesday afternoon from 800 to 3:30 p. m. The anniversary of Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz, for twenty-five years chief Rabbi of England, and the first graduate of the Seminary, will be celebrated. Dr. David de Sola Pool, Dr. Ema11ue1 Libman, and Dr. Elias Solomon will participate in the discussion over the air.
 "Art and Music" will be sub
 ject of discussion by two chair men of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers during the Parent Teacher Radio Forum on
 Wednesday. from 4:30 to 500 p. m., over the NBC-Blue Network.
 Speakers will be Elizabeth Rob-
 ertson, art chairman, and Grace Van Dyke More, music chairman. The general theme of the Parent Teacher Radio Forum series is Youth in Modern Community"