The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
WAVELETS
By ED LEAMY

lures of Prometheus," 1" intended as a tribute to Maria Theresa, consort of the Emperor of Austria. First produced in 1901, the ballot had a successful run of IS consecutive nights and was revived the follow ing year.
 According to Greek mythology Prometheus as the founder of civ- ilization. Tn this ballet the Titan fashions two statues, endows them with life, and then leads them to Appolo for instruction in the arts, thus symbolizing the liberation of mankind from ignorance and bond- age.
 Beethoven's great "Eroica" Sym- phony was first performed in 1904. The composer originally intended to dedicate the work to Napoleon; but when Bonaparte made himself Em- peror of the French, the fiercely democratic Beethoven withdrew the dedication wrahfully.
 H. V. Kaltenborn will soon be off on the news trail again.
 The noted NEG commentator leaves Thursday, March 2, by plane for Havana, Cuba, where he will interview government officials and industrial leaders to get behind the-Sceres picture of Latin Amer ican developments.
 With Havana as his headquarters Kaltenborn plans to confer with the American ambassador and President Batista of Cuba. If he finds it ne- cessary to fly to other points in Latin America to get vital informa- ton, Kaltenborn will leave his base in Cuba for side trips.
 Making the journey with him will be Mrs. Kaltenborn, an expert on the Spanish language, who will act as her husbands research assistant. Kaltenborn will return to the states for his program, Monday. March 13. His regular news broad casts will be covered in his absence by Robert St. John, veteran radio reporter.
 With the danes becoming more and more Leap Year conscious and punkritude becoming more and more manifest at the jernt where "the elite meet to eat," guys gotta be careful if he intends to remain an illegible bachelor without getting himself spoused up.
 Such is the weighty problem Archie" ergo Ed Gardner. is con- fronted with in the 'Duffy's laff carnival, Tuesday, Feb. IS, at 83o D. m., EWT., over the Blue network. And to help him preserve his anna teur standing he'll call upon the advice and counsel of Laird Cregar, ponderous movie menace.
 Having seen Cregar's performance as Jack the Ripper" in the cur rent movie chiller, '"The Lodger," Archie" figgers he's just the guy to give him the right polish and finesse in handling the danes with the readymade trousseaus. He plans to get Cregar to teach him the psychology of making with the proper touch of horror
 Assisting Cregar in his efforts to teach Archie" on how to spend the remainder of his declining days as bachelor will be Florence Halop as Miss Duffy" dame whom we daresay won't be entirely in sym pathy; Charlie Cantor as Clifton Finnegan," and Eddie Green as Eddie the Waiter"
 Blonde Benay Venuta will helr set the mood with a popular ballad assisted by Peter Van Steeden and his orchestra.
 One of the winners on recent Blind Date" program over the Blue Network was Corporal Joe Diekman of St. Louis and no sooner had he and his date, pretty radio actress Jo Janis, gotten to the Stork Club than he was called by long distance. Hello" said feminine voice, this is Alice" Alice who?" asked Corporal Joe. T know three of them" This came back the voice ominously, lis the one you married and what are you doing in New York?' Say, wait a minuteT howled Corporal Joe. There is some mistake" And there was - a perfectly natural one There Is another Joe Dieckman from St. Louis - son of the former mayor and in the excitement Alice hadn't noticed the slight difference in pro- nunciatior-but it gave Joe an aw- fully bad moment!
 Rose Hampton, Metropolitan Opera soprano, will join her hus- band Wilfred Pelletier on the Metropolitan Opera Additions of the Air" Sponsored by Sherwin- WilliamS) when she is guest of honor on the program Sunday, February 20. at 4:30 p. m.. EWT., over the Blue Network.
 The three feature numbers that will be sung and played by Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys on the Grand Ole Opry' Saturday night. February 12, over NEG, have all been recorded in the past by the mountaineer favorites. k4 AIk