Evening star., 1943-06-13

or neutral English as intoned by
radio announcers, Brooklyn waiter
still says, according to Mr.. Greet
I'VE got rawr ersters today. Wot's
wit youse?" A New Englander re-
plying: ''Tomahto and avocador
salad-a Philadelphian; I'm storved
-dork meat chicken" A Midwest
erner, Mr. Greet claims, shifting his
locale, that a Midwesterner would
as lief say "warsh" for wash, and
give the same pronunciation to
Mary, merry and marry"
It was back in the '20s that an
nouncers by common agreement
started wedding colloquial accents
from their speech; and as a result
the American Academy of Arts and
Letters awarded medals for good
speech on the air Milton Cro-s
David Ross, James Wsllinct:on and
hlcis Eayrilla we're amcng those to
receive the honorary l-n;c ht,,ccd
This was in 1929. In 1925 tie prac-
tice was discontinued because its
purpose had been served The
GccoSlyner still considered an oyster
an erste1.
Mr. Greet is a sage individual
And may the day never come, as he
prophesies it won't, when yours and
every ones neighbor will be con-
versing over the back fence in the
mellifous tones of Milton Cross, in
the sirupy phrases of Jimmy Wal
lington.
Beat the Band an NBC (WRC)
program which has enjoyed some
success in the past returns to the
airWaves on Tuesday, replacing the
vacationing Red Shelton. The title
Peat the Band" would not mean
half so much as it did in the Tast,
if it weren't for the fact that Hide
garde is to be starred in it. The
program will, in fact. mark the oc-
casion of the luscious-voiced Hide
garde's first starring appearance in
radio. A long-defeTred pleasure to
listeners it is!
WINK is locking for talent (pref-
erably of the Government employe
variety) to participate in the Arch
Oboler script, Ghost Story" some
time during July. Hopefuls had bet
ter apply to William Nemeth of that
stations Federal Index" program,
if they want to become associated
with one of radios most progressive
talents today.
Kate Smith, Henny Youngman ct
al. visited the WAVES and SPARS
situated at Hunter College in Con-
necticut last Friday. Rarely, if ever
before, . has enthusiasm been eX-
pressed so vociferously for a radio
program of any variety. If it weren't
widely known that Mr.. Youngman
almost could have sworn that the
comedian was embarrassed that
Friday by the response which the
most measly of his gags provoked.
Miss Smith had to laugh openly
when the feminine militarists roared
approval of her advertising plug,
Ladies, think of how your hus-
bands after the war will welcome
fine old Jello pudding when they
come home each evening"
The gals are all right-and Kate
and the others on the several net
works might do we'll to visit more
WAVE-SPAR cantonments.
"a Minute of Prayer" collec-
tion Of the prayers delivered by
religious leaders and laymen over
WOL-Mutual daily at pm, since
January 30, 1242, will be published
in book form by the Garden City
Publishing Co.
Each day, delegates of the various
faiths-Protestant, Catholic, Jewish
and Christian Scientist-deliver a
Minute of Prayer" on the Mutual
network The program was created
Immediately after Pearl Harbor,
following President Roosevelts is
suance of Proclamation No. 1881,
marshaling for victory the greatest
power on earth-the power of
prayer
The book will contain 365 prayers,
a prayer for every day in the year,
written by ministers, priests and
rabbis of every State in the Union.
"A Minute of Prayer" was COL
lected for publication by Elsie Dick,
director of religious broadcasts for
the Mutual network, and Christoper
Cross.