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Evening star., 1938-06-19


the birth of son, Kenneth Joseph,
Saturday. June II, at George Wash
ington Hospital
Miss Rosalie Weinberg has returned
from a four-week trip to Mexico City.
Mrs. Weinberg entertained for a
week her brother n-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Jennings of
Orangeburg, s. c.
DR.. Gerstenfeld
At Deal Beach.
The Rev. DR.. Norman Gerstenfeld
has joined Mrs, Gerstenfeld and their
young son and daughter at Deal Beach,
N. j.. where they have taken a house
for the summer He will spend several
weeks at the shore with his family.
Miss Helen Brylawski Is home from
Goucher College with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fulton Brylawski.
The Woodmont Country Club will
be hosts today to the Lakeside Colt
Club Of Richmond, Va, and will en-
tertain them at dinner this evening
on the Starlit porch.
Mrs. Sol Minister and her daughter,
Miss Dorothy Minister, returned We'd
nesday from q weeks visit at Virginia
Beach as guests Of Mrs. Benjamin
Spigel at her cottage.
Mrs. H. Guxgenheim
Entertains 1t Party.
Mrs. Herbert Guggenheim was host
ess Wednesday at a bridge luncheon
at the Woodmont Country Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Joseph SworZyn
Of 4201 Sixteenth street NV. will be
at home Tuesday evening from to II
o'clock in honor Of the engagement
of their daughter Hilda and Mr. Lester
Kanner of Freeport, Long Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. SworZyn are enter
tanning at q family dinner party to-
morrow night at the Woodmont Coun-
try Club. They will have as their
guests Mr.. and Mrs Mack Kanner and
their son, Mr. Jerry Hammer Of Free
port.
Mrs. Jerome Lyon has returned te
Woodley Park Towers from a visi,
in New York to her daughters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Ney have
opened their cottage in Ventnor. N
j., for the summer.
Mrs. Leo Greentree Of Richmond
Va, is spending the week end with
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Bernard Nordlinger
Miss Levinson Home
For Summer Vacation.
Miss Shirley Levinson joined her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Levinson
Of Cathedral Mansions Tuesday from
Ohio State University, where she was
q student.
Miss Laura Abel. who has been
visiting her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Abel, left for
Pittsburgh Monday to visit her bro
ther-in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerson Streng, for the summer.
Miss Jean Som Is the guest Of Miss
Alice Mas In Baltimore.
Miss Shirley Seidenman is the week
end guest Of Miss Jane Mayer in Bal
timore
Mrs. Nathan NJ Wallack, Mrs. Louis
Dinowitz, Mrs. Joseph Millenson and
Miss Irene Solomon will leave Wednes-
day for Denver, Colo, to attend the
annual pilgrimage to the Denver San
atorium. They represent the Wash
ington Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Jew
ish Consumptive Eelief Society.
Mrs. Goodkind and Daughter
Motor to Chicago.
Mrs. A. Lincoln Goodkind, with her
daughter, motored to their home In
Chicago Thursday after spending sew
eral months in Washington visiting
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Herbert Hahn Of Alban
Towers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Israel, the
latter formerly Miss Elizabeth Bern
heiner announce the birth of a son
Evening star., 1938-06-19
Nice for Writers.

Most OF the Pacific was 30 unknown
In Swift's day that when "Gulliver's
Travels" peopled the Pacific with
giants and pygmies, with the flying
Island Of Laputa peopled by scientists
run mad-no one could say it wasn't 30.
Evening star., 1938-06-19

ern High School, Washington. and
Mary Washington College, Fredericks-
burg. The bridegroom attended v.
M. I. at Lexington, Bucknell Univer-
sity at Lewistown, Pa. and is now
majoring in dentistry at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. He is the son
of DR.. and Mrs. Fred Bird of Trenton,
N. j. who with other relatives came
from Trenton for the wedding
Evening star., 1938-06-19

direct descendant of Benjamin Ritten-
house, the astrologer. and OF Gen.
John Bull and the famous Morse
family.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-12

Honorable Sam Rayburn,
House Of Representatives,
''ash4ngtons D. C..
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-12

| would grow tiresome if the wealth
er never changed.
Anyway, the weekend party
would help her understand the
situation. Julia might be overly
worried.
Barbara had night and day
in the frosty air in which to pre-
pare for the encounter with
Wenda and Garry. She reached
the lodge Friday evening and was
met by the station wagon. Only a
few guests had come out on the
Friday night train so the evening
was very quiet.
Walking through the snow
paths, under sky as blue as lit
tie girls hair ribbon, that Satur-
day Barbara regained her COM
posture Of heart and mind. She
felt curiously winged and free.
Her heart and her soul, her eyes
and her lips and her nose all flew
upward CALAMITY. The wide wind
blew away the confusion of the
last weeks.
ooh, it's good to be alive!" she
greeted Natalie as she came into
the lodge late in the afternoon.
I'm so glad I came"
$50 am l." Natalie looked at
her glowing face. Honey, Il
there a young man you would
like to ask? I just got a call and
somebody has disappointed us.
We need an equal number for
games and things. Anyway, some
people are superstitious. Thirteeni
makes them drop silver and upset.
glasses
Thirteen" She was not super-l
stitious but a little tremor seized
her heart with a foreboding Of.
trouble. "Why, yes, Ray Upton
is a nice boy who would adore a,
healthy weekend. He skis and
skates. It was glorious on the,
pond, Natalie. I skated for an
hour"
She got Ray on the telephone.
He was busy that night but he
would come out the next afternoon
| late ana stay over Monday II he
might. He could drive Barbara
back then, he said, and he had
some news, some perfectly glori-
Gus, tremendous, colossal, stupen-
dous news!
When the siren Of Garry's car
finally sounded down the valley
Saturday night, the guests, as
senabled by now, were iounging
around the immense fireplace In
the long cavern Of the living
room. Barbara moved nearer the
blaze. ~:
She felt an odd tension in the
air. Her eyes moved slowly to
Jimmy Minton's face. She WON
dered if she imagined the cunning
in his face or if it was there. And
while she wondered, she remem-
bered something. She should not
have forgotten!
Go Be COnfinued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-12

mark this, Barbara Kingsley! JIM
my Minton will never marry her!
He'll marry me or nobody!"
When Julia had gone, Barbara
set match to the log. Then she
turned out all the lamps except one
which shed a good reading light,
picked up a new book and settled
down for comfortable hour. Her
mind did not follow the story. It
kept wandering down a by-path-
suppose Wenda proved unworthy
of Garry ?-suppose she really
married Jimmy Minton? That
would leave Garry free. IF he
should turn again to her
But that was a shabby way to
reason! Second best was never
good enough. She threw her
head higher, and the curls loosened
and tumbled around her slim
white neck, and shone in the fire.
light. She would not wait on a
bargain counter, marked down to
any price that Garry wished to
pay! He could not come back to
her, even if he tried. He had gone
from her once. He might do it
again. But that was not impor-
tant. That which mattered was
that she must stand first with the
one she loved.
She talked out loud as she
stared at the fire. "Garry isn't
to blame. He's honest in his love
for Wenda. It's real and he's
real. She mustn't hurt him, she
mustn't! IF I could help him I
would, but I can't. Anybody else
could do it easier"
A bright, rough-edged head Of
hair came floating through her
mind and blue eyes, merry and
frank, smiled down at her. No,
Garry would not come back to her
if the girl he loved failed him.
He, too, must have the one he
loved or no one. Maybe, knowing
that, she might help him!
The idea brought color to her
cheeks and a sparkle to her eye.
OAAO WOOAO A4OI 44CAP - AA1cI, L11Ou611s
nor would she hurt Wenda. She
would stand by if Garry had need
that was all.
During the past few weeks she
had become calmer-calr.l enough
to think her way through the con-
fusion Of her hurt to Garrys rea-
son for falling in love with
Wenda. Garry, now that success
had come, needed someone before
whom to spread his wings, some
one who had not known him in
the cocoon state as she had done.
Wenda solved Garry's problem.
Maybe all men were this way,
Barbara reflected again. One
woman nended the mail. patched
the arnor, so q man could clanA
it for someone who had not seen
it brokens,or in the making. Ma
tale had said that a woman must
not be too reliable. Maybe Ma
tale was right. Even heaven
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-12
No Recritninations!
Dear Sams

Dear Sans
Thanks for the fine fight. will you
also thank the Speaker and the others.
The reorganization bill is intended
to simplify and improve the public service. with
this single objective In vtew, have given it nv
earnest approval.
Tho question presented is solely one
Of policy. Therefore, Legislative DEVELOPMENTS
Of yesterday offer occasion personal recrimi
|. nation, and there should be none.
Very sincerely yours,
zz--4z...zzz:@e~
honorable Sam Rayburn,
House Of Representatives.
"ashington, D. C.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-12

Alfred E. Smith, left talks Tomey
Senator Wagner
In 1915 Alfred Smith, delegate participated
New York state constitutional convention
most liberal suggestions Now Alfred Smith Albany
another constitutional convention
chairman Since 1915 governor
didae for president
more conservative in his
with New York State Senator Twomey
wagner Republicans
in the state assembly.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-12

mere the letter by President Roosevelt
burn OF Texas Democratic leader the
Democrats
on the defeat Of the reorganization bill.
Central Press)
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Rain Is Dry
In G.. B. S..
Studios
Bird Seed Used
To Simulate
For Mike.

n YOT drop of water is used when
the Columbia sound effects
" department presents a rain
A downpour on the air. Its five
official rain-making machines are
striklngly bone-dry. In fact, the in
PRODUCTION of water to any Of these
Rube Goldberg devices would make
healthy rainstorm impossible
The rain-makers. which are about
the size of an armchair radio, have
birdseed as their most important ele-
ment. This birdseed, which reposes in
large wooden hopper at the top of
the rain machine and is let down
through a narrow opening to simulate
the patter Of the rain, would have no
efficiency if it were wet. 1t would
swell up on the spot, grow soft and
have no bite" at all.
Another vital element in the rain
makers are the square plates, or
surfaces. on which the brdseed
falls. These interchangeable surfaces,
although they sound like grass, side
walks. tin roofs or windowpanes over
the air are in reality made of paper.
Some are parchment. some meat-store
wrapping paper, some faulty
tissue paper. All Of them would be-
come sodden and Intellectual If water
came near them.
Bone-dry as it is. however. a c. B. S.
rain-maker in action is just as versa
tile as real rain. BY letting the seed
fall on the plates quickly it can pro-
duce a tree-lashing jungle storm
Slowly dropping seed sounds like a
drizzle. BY opening one side of the
rain-maker to the microphone. the
rain will sound as though the actors
were standing in the midst of it.
BY shutting the machine up tight, the
rain will sound far away, as though it
were beating outside house.
Columbia's S rain also is indefatigable.
Cloudbursts in nature eventually run
dry, but, with so extra pounds of bird
seed in reserve. c. B. S. could produce
deluge that would make Noahs look
like an April shower.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
The Weeks Features
Notes on the Programs
Of Next Six Davs.

n II ONDAY-Jesse H. Jones, chair
M man of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp will discuss
4 A the part played by his agency
IN stemming the tide of recession dur
ing the National Radio Forum. The
forum. arranged by The Star, is broad
cast over a coast-to-coast network of
National Broadcasting Co. stations,
With WMAL carrying the feature
. locally at 1890.
Jane Froman. singer, and Hugh Her.
bert. screen comedian, have been set
to replace Lou Holtz and Ray Thomp-
son on the You Said 1t program;
Lum and Abner describe Pine Ridge
Tor the first time on the air; Tenor
Morton Downey is the guest of Eddie
Cantor: Deanna Durbin presents a
Radio Theater version of her latest
hlr, Mad About Music" and Cecil
B. DeMille returns as producer: the
Coolidge String Quartet begins a new
series Of chamber music programs on
Mutual; Tenor Richard Crooks re-
places Margaret Speaks; egg-rolling
on the White House lawn is de-
scribed; headliners of the sport are
heard in special preseason baseball
broadcast on Columbia.
TUESDAY-secretary of Agricul-
ture Wallace addresses Nebraska
farm leaders, Baritone Barry McKin-
ley and the Modernnaires are the
guests of AL Pearce; Swing Singer
Maxine Sullivan gets her first regular
network spot on c. B. S.; an all
Morton Gould program is offered on
Mutual; Hal Kemp inaugurates a new
summer show. with Judy Starr and
Bob Allen as featured vocalists Doug
las Fairbanks, jr, joins AL Jolson;
screenscooper George Mccall broad
casts the graduation of Actress Olympic
Branda from high school; Herbert
Morrison, leader Of the Labor party
IN England, speaks on. THE Labor
Party in America and England: the
finish Of the Boston A. A. U. mara
thon Is described.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Short-Wove Programs

500 p.m.-BERLN. The Goose
Maid a play. DJD,
2s.4 m. ll.77 meg.
Sis p.m.-PARIS. concert pro-
gam. TPA4, 25.6 m,
ll72 meg,
500 p.m.-BERLIN. Easter con-
cert. DJD, 25.4 m,
11.77 meg
700 p.m.-BUDAPEST, Easter
chimes. HAT4, 32.8 M,
9l2 meg.
1880 p.m.-CARACAS, Melodies Of
the World, YV5RC,
SIT M, So meg.
500 p.m.-LONDON-Easterc car
OILS and hymns, a re-
cital by the B. B. c.
Midland Singers, GSP,
1876 m, 1881 meg:
GSD, 255 m. ll.75
meg; CSC, 31.3 m.
9.58 meg; GSB, 3l.5
M, 95l meg.
9:15 5p.m.-BERLIN. Easter con-
cert, DJD, 254 m,
11.77 meg.
12:45 a.m.-TOKIO. talk on cur
rent affairs. JZJ, 25.4
m, 80 meg.
Evening star., 1938-04-17

WEDNESDAY-"America Looks at
the Garrison State" is the title
OF an addres to be given by Harold D.
Lasswell, associate professor of politi-
cal science at the University of Chi
cago; Col. stoopnagle explains a few
new inventions during his guest ap-
pearance on the Ben Bernie show:
John lockwood. who was told by his
doctor to sing or die. is the guest of
Grace Moore: Cavalcade of America
deserts history to treat Of the work of
All Clubs; woman fish doctor is
interviewed by Fred Allen: a number
written by dying man with his own
blood was the clue that enabled police
to trace his murderer in the case to
be dramatized on the Gang Busters
show.
THURSDAY - Coincidence Billie
Burke and Banjoist Harry Reser
are the guests Of Kate Smith; Clark
Gable, Myrna 10y and Lionel Barry
more face the microphone during the
Good News Of 1898 show: Sally Eilers
and Ralph Bellamy make their post
poned appearance with Bing Crosby
in the Music Hall; Actor Arthur Byron
presents For Future Reference" dra-
matte poem by Stephen Vincent Benet
during the Rudy Vale program; The
Town Hall Of the Air occupies itself
with a discussion Of What Next for
the Tenant Farmer
FR1DAY-Mrs. Roosevelt presides
over the award presentations Of
the New York Newspaper Women's
Club; Col. Frank Knox speaks on
Suggestions for a Republican Pro-
gram; Charlie Butterworta is the
guest of Paul Whiteman; Carole Lom-
bard and Fernand Gravel are the
dramatic stars Of Hollywood Hotel:
members of spelling clubs in Balti-
more and Washington vie In the week.
ly N. B. c. spelling bee; the Radio
Guild presents . special adaptation Of
shakespeare's "jultuD oaasaS.".
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Many Sticks
Toted by
Herman
Xylophonist Has
Case to Hold
Collections.

= AM HERMAN. star xylophonist
on the Maj. Bowes Capitol
x Family program. says he lives
- the life of caddy. To play his
instrument properly he must carry
around case of more than 80 differ
ent stick wherever he goes. These
sticks. or mallets. all are made of hol-
low reeds. They have hard rubber
heads. wrapped with wool, and all of
of them look pretty much alike, but
they all produce different tone quail
ties on the xylophone. depending upon
the amount of wool with which they
are wrapped. The more wool the
softer theN tone.
Sam has faced lot Of problems
with mallets during his long career
as xylophone virtuouso. In his early
days he always was having trouble
with glue. The glue that held the
mallet together would get warmed up
when Sam played hot number. and
before he knew it -mallet head
would fly off, at the risk of hitting the
mlcrophone or somebody's head. But
four years ago Sa undiscovered that
couple of drummers he knew in a
radio orchestra had mallet business
Or the side They made xylophone
mallets with such fine cabinet-maker
skill that Sam became a regular GUS
toner, and now often tests new mallet
designs for them in his spare time.
He carries his 80 mallets around
with him in an ordinary brief case
This brief case also has caused him
embarrassment. Carrying it into a
hosiery store not long ago he was
mistaken for salesman by the lady
in charge and wasn't waited on for
half an hour Once he left the case
in taxi on his way to hurry broad
cast. To play his xylophone he had
to borrow a couple Of mallets from
the kettle drummer But that per-
formance had no nuance in it at ALL"
he says.
Evening star., 1938-04-17

homes. Later. he turned his interests
to drama and melodrama, and his
Gang Busters" program is a Wednes-
day night routine in countless homes.
Lord can conceive programs, write
scripts, act many roles, serve as master
OF ceremonies. and even take charge Of
production. Among radio actors he is
known as an exacting taskmaster. but
he knows what he wants and gets it.
Followers of Phil Baker know him
as comedian, "emcee" and accom-
pllshed accordionist. Nelson Eddy, in
winding up his Sunday evening pro-
gram for a concert tour, left memories
OF his versatility in talking, acting and
singing. Veteran showmen like Eddie
Cantor, George Jessel and Al Jolson
do just about everything in the enter
tainment line except perform on musi-
cal instruments.
WALTER O'KEEFE can do anything
on program from script writ
ing to mlmicking, and he got
every chance to show his arts in
the "Mardi Gras," where he was
teamed with Charley Butterworth, the
phlegmatic flrebrand. Paul White
man. less rotund but more talented
than ever, is whipping his new Friday
program through polished perform
ance. Oldtlme listeners who recall
him as halting amateur from the
vocal standpoint now will concede that
ne ranks with the best of present-day
"emcees."
The Thursday evening favorites.
Rudy Vallee and Bing Crosby, eener-
ally are accepted as absolute tops IN
the profession. Rudy came to radio &
an easy talker, fair conductor and
good crooner. Now he is the easiest
and most literate Of all takers. A. rank
Ing conductor and among the best of
crooners. Crosby fans naturally re-
1use TO admit that any male can an
proach their favorite balladist. and
even those who turned thumbs down
on his speaking performance two wears
ago Will now concede that he is
master change -of-pace talker With an
easy delivery so polished that few Are
conscious of his skill.
Evening star., 1938-04-17

JuSL WHdt he OlQ QeCdQe aGO-lnCrO-
duclng and commenting on those who
perform for him. At one time, Of
course, the major had developed to a
high degree the art of humping brass
gong with a little hammer, but age
has both softened his swing and mel
lowed his heart toward the amateurs
who have made him rich
The old maestro, Ben Bernie, who
captured radio following a dozen
years ago by drawing Il hope you like
it" between his bands selections, has
stepped into a role of stiff require
ments on his new Wednesday night
program. Where he once offered a
rather casual sort of comedy, he now
must stand constantly in the spot
light and perform as full-fleaged
comedian. Gifted with an appealing
baritone delivery, Bernie is handling
his new role with the ease that al
ways has marked his renditions, and
serves nicely as a combined comedian
''emcee." vocalist and conductor.
A MOTHER talented artist, who, in
cidentally, has served most Of
his radio time on behalf of Capital
listeners, is Arthur Godfrey. Now on
Columbia hookup Monday evenings,
he is doing everything from ad-lib
wisecracking to playing a piano, and
on slight provocation will plunk
ukulele or Groom a droll balled. His
Washington fame was gained as
sunrise chatterbox.
The two perennial rivals for No.
ranking. Fred Allen and Jack Benny,
are masters of many arts Allen writes
gags, conceipes the scripts and acts
With the Mighty Allen Art Players,
serves as 'emcee" on the program,
burlesques news novelties, feeds cues
to his foils and ad-libs some of his
lntroductions. Jack Benny takes an
active part in planning his programs.
checks the timing of gags to see that
every ounce of humor is extracted. per-
forms as "pseudo-heavy" and occa-
sionally expunges disturbing disso-
nances from an outraged fiddle.
Among the new masters of cere-
monies are Don Ameche and Robert
Taylor. They do heavy and light
parts, introduce artists with agree
able nonchalance, exchange banter
with the cast and pace their programs
with the skill that long training pro-
vides.
THE genial Al Pearce though lack
ing the silky technique Of the
Ameche or Taylor type, has a wide
audience following and is versatile
performer. His popularity was de-
veloped through informality, and, per-
haps wisely, he has refused to change
his methods. He can enact a variety
Of dramatic and comic roles. the sin
lister salesman Elmer Blurp being the
most popular.
Another OF the informal type who
rose quickly to nationwide fame is
Phillips H. Lord As the IovabIe Seth
Parker OF a past era, he had become
a Sunday night fixture in millions of
Evening star., 1938-04-17
An Exact Science.
enpin.e-in,

<oLUMB1A's engineering depart
ment informs that radio enei-
neering is one of the most exact Of
sciences. The operating frequency of
most American broadcasting stations,
1t says. is maintained within 10 cycles
of their assigned frequencies. This
means that at. say. 1000 dlocycles. the
deviation from the assigned fr-7uency
will seldom be more than 10 . .lrts in
100000.
Evening star., 1938-04-17

= AM HERMAN. star xylophonist
~ on the Maj. Bowes Capitol
Family program. says he lives
- the life of a caddy. To play his
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Abner Swings It.

a 6NER, OF Lum and Abner. alvavs
arrives Is minutes early for his
oroadcasts in order to- have what ne
calls Jam session with Sybil chism
VINO plays the comedians theme cong
Aoner plays piano by ear and onlv
knows one song The st. Louis Blues :"
which he can play only in A fat With
Miss Chism playing the bass on the
organ console, Abner. has the tim. Of
MS lie lmproviSing up in the treble
Inc duet usually lasts up to a minute
before broadcast time.
Evening star., 1938-04-17

n YOT drop of water is used when
N the Columbia sound effects
" department presents a rain
doNnpOllr on the air Its five
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Mutual Chain Sets Series
OF Concert Broadcasts
AS Summer Feature
Network to Have Exclusive Rights
In Bringing to Air the Programs
At Philadelphia's Famed Dell.
By Chris MafhiSeu.
N NTERES

N INTERESTING and welcome announcement
last week with notation to the effect that a
until to-day Today however
one know about it. The monentous nevsand o than
Of
Frmon Park Phiadephia
The almost all of
Evening star., 1938-04-17
A Master of Ceremonies
Is Versatile Individual
On Air These DAYS
At Least, If He Wants the Dollars
To Keep Tumbling Into Pockets
Over Protracted Period.

master OF ceremonies master Of many radio arts the high
requirements OF the
a count OF able
who the public
Evening star., 1938-04-17

MADELINE ENSIGN
Completes the top flight trio
OF WaShington's radio station
ladies. She holds the position
of program director at VOL,
progressive local affiliate of
the Mutual Broadcdsttno Sys-
tenn.