Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-13

seems only fair to call this a
photo finish.
AS for the Presidents television
session, that got a rating of S2.3,
with an estimated 23,659,O0O
viewers. And he was on four
networks with no competition
Make of it what vcu will.
X X y X
CELEBRATION-Tom orrow
will be Bastille Day. 1t is day
not considered a legal holiday in
many places outside o. France,
but that is not lettering Bill
Wells of WMAL-TV. He will
celebrate the occasion tomorrow
with a mock storming Of the Bas-
tile on his noontime Just For
Fun" show.
"The WMAL-TV cameras. :"
says the bemused announcement,
will move out to the stations
lobby and corridors ~ open the
program with Shots of Washing
ton housewives re-enacting the
famous July IA mob scene.
Armed with pixies and broom
sticks, the horde will attack
Studio A-temporarily renamed
1.-THE Bastille.'" There will be
further fun and games inside
with a July IA flavor, the an
nouncement adds.
This may be all right, but we
only hope Mr.. Wells knows what
he is doing. In view of the above
report from the American Re-
search Bureau, this may not be
the proper time to demonstrate
on television the technique of
revolution.
TROUBLE AHEAD?-Those of
! us who started listening to the
radio when you turned it on
by juggling a tiny copper wire
in search of a sensitive spot on
a piece of crystal, have grown
up with commercials. The Spon-
sor has come along gradually
and we have passively come to
accept him. We give piteous
cries of pain now and then, but
no serious protest ever arises.
It may not go on this Way
forever. Coming generations may
not thank us for this legacy.
The broadcaSterS might we'll
pause to appraise the situation.
That may be a fools paradise
they are living in. The young
are catching on much too
quickly.
Man we know was seated
before the television the
other evening enjoying James
Michener's able defense of his
1.-The Bridges at Toko-ri' on
Author Meets the Critics" Just
as Moderator Virgilia Peterson
asked a question, the answer to
which might have been interest
ing, the DuMont newsroom cut
in. The answer was forever lost
while the news of the purge of
Beria was reported.
Fail" snarled the man.
IBERIA I don't wish any good
fortune, but they could have
waited until the end of the
program to tell me about him"
They could" said the IL
year-old daughter of the house.
hold brightly, Eat least have
waited for a commercial.
SHOCK-Many a morning
man, or afternoon man or eve
ming man for that matter, would
have been out of business facing
what Bob Reed faced the other
morning. Mr.. Reed faced three
and a half hours from to $50
am on WRC without one of the
records he had selected for the
program. There wasn't a record
around the place, he discovered
with shock when he arrived at
the studio. Fortunately for both
Mr., Reed and WRC he can play
piano and Hammond organ and
that's what he played instead of
records until $50. The listen
erS liked it fine. More than 1000
calls with requests tied up the
WRC switchboard. One caller
suggested that Mr.. Reed do this
every morning. But the Strang-
est request came at Cos am.
from IL people who were having
a party and wanted to hear
Home on the Range"
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