The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-10-14
Up and
DOUn
the Street
By-Helen M. Peterson

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Well get rusty at the rate we
haven't been columning. Some
hoW our good intentions of sit
ting down to the typewriter get
Waylaid in the pressure of wash
day, a young fry with a bad
cold or some other household
crisis.
Which all proves that there
is always plenty to do around
home-juSt as we said before.
But we're still hearing those re-
marks about being retired and
on a permanent vacation. Well
faint quite that simple,
gentlemen.
Being a housewife certainly
has its compenSations, but
the daytime radio programs are
not among them. We comment
ed at length and bitterly upon
this situation some years ago,
but we have had an opportunity
of late to do a little intensive
personal research on the sub
ject, and it is getting us in a
most unpleasant mood again.
There are some good news
programS-but once in the
morning and once in the after
noon is really quite enough for
news. We can stand a little
western music-but a little goes
a long way. There is one quite
good audience - participation
show over KGHL in the after
noon, but of late, we have de-
cided that the Spontaneous and
unrehearsed" proposition is open
to question. Some of the par
Elephants must be especially Sc
lected and coached. People Sc
lected even more or less at ran
dom just wouldn't have such
unusual names and occupations,
and the nc. might dream up
an apt remark once in a while,
but some of those gags are OBJ
viously written right into the
script. It's still far better than
average daytime fare, however.
The situation is somewhat
improved, because Hardin isn't
strictly a one-station town now.
but unfortunately, there is still
only one station that we can be
sure of getting on the average
set all the time without inter-
ference. Sometimes several low
err power stations come in clear
and we get a pleasant surprise
in programming, but we find we
can't depend on them on any
given day. eve did get to hear
most of the World Series,
though-only missing an inning
or two.)
Since we let loose our last
blast at the soap operas land
we think agony hours would be
a better name for them) there
have been a good manv maya
zine articles devoted to the sub
ject, and there is little we could
add to what has already been
said. We tried listening all day
Just once, and we were ready
for a straight Jacket by the
time we got through. We can't
help getting a chuckle though
out of the introductions to these
radio shows. We are told that
the story is just "like you and
me" or that the characters
might be your neighbors" OF
are similar to "the family just
down the block"
So help US, if we got into
the situations described in the
agonv hours, we'd either see q
psyohiatrist or become permits
And if our neighbors began act
ing like the people in the soar
OPERAS, we'd either move or cal
the sheriff. Such a combination
of crime, from larceny to muir,
der; pseudo tragedy, and alb.
normal psychology doesn't sounc
a bit like our friends, our neigh
bors or ourselves 1--WE hopeD.
We realize that when we start
objecting to anything. we SHOULD
have some constructive ideas tt
replace the things we don't like
Here is what we PERSONAL!
would like to have added to oul
DAYTIME listening: