Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1924, Page 11

CROSS WORDS PLAY HAVOC IN THEATERS Alidience Indifferent to Stage, While Actors Need i Spur to Answer Cues. By Consolidated Press. NEW YORK, November 28.—Cross Words on the chorine's dressing table, crogs words in the bosoms of tny stars, cross words tucked betwee pages of the theater programs to be wotked upon between acts and helped by ;words that chance In actors' speeches—these are some of the thisgs theatrical managers are en- cowitering when they try to run a show on Broadway. Cross words and ruin—synonomous, according to the bosses. Since the little checker boarad: whose every square has a “letter-meaning all its own entered the theater favoc has been played. Four blg theatrical managers wailed a chorus about it Wednesda: The cross-word puzzie has invaded the footlighted stage with a ven- geance. In the past three weeks. they moaned, not one performance has been called without a battle being previously waged to get the “gents and ladies” of the ensemble out on time. There has been a word escap- ing them that just had to be found before the audiences could be faced. On the other hand, people don’t like the theater any more, they say. They can't keep up an Interest In the va- rious m(x and numbers. There is just ible chance that some actor will et fall “the hidden “word that missed them when they worked the puzzle back at home to whet the inter- est in the passing entertainment. Anxious for Intermissions. There is a certain almost feverish unrest among the audiences until the intermission breaks and furnishes an opportunity to furrow up the brow und. puzzle in the bright electric lights. A tour of midtown theaters revesled innumerable groups gathered lobbies in between the acts about tiny checkered pieces of paper where smokers were before. Although the theatrical bosses seem to be wearing a grouch over this <trange development, theater-going is till the thing to do. People don't wind waiting for tardy chorus girls und actors when they have cross- word puzzles tucked into their pockets to while away the time. But the managers, the producers, the stage hands! It causes them to gnash their teeth. “What can you do?" implored Jack, who flashes the signals for the appearance of the actors in one of the leading musical confedies playing in Broadway. “I flash the lights, I buzz the button urging them to hurry. And nothing happens. 1 have to go to rout each of them out before the show can b gin, and I do it all over again be- tween their various appearances.” Plan Special Plny. And tlen there is the actors’ side. One star, whose name blazes in bright lights over the door of one of the ‘city’s chief show houses, displa ed marked despair Wednesday. “What is the use of going on the sta; he asked, “when the audlence is so busy thinking of something else that it fails to get half our wise crack: We might as well be late ourselve: We might as well, even, not appear at all—if we would stand behind the scenes and yell meaningless words from the other side of the curtain. The rumor was current in Broad- way that a play will be put on be- fore too many months have passed featuring the cross-word puzle, with | an idea of satisfying all parties con- | cerned. A big playwright hag the contract and the theme, it is honestly said, will be a parallel to the story of the “golf widow” of whom the country heard so much & year or so ago. No Nurse Foolishness. From the Loulsville Courier-Journal. “Doctor, why didn’t you get me a prettier nurse promised you a quick cure, %@%@% It’s Going Over Big!! 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There were scorés of these fans who were supremely confident that the signals of station PTT, in Madrid, had crossed the vast expanse of the Atlantic to entertain them; nothing could shatter that confidence. They had heard a man speak in Spanish; they had heard Spanish airs from the pure-toned throat of some sweet senorita. Moreover, the music had come in with such volume that the headphones were discarded and the loud speaker put into operation. sample Record. Some of the fans even kept de- tailed logs of the reception of the “panish station, which they exhibited to all who cared to listen. Here's a iple of one submitted to The Star: Program heard on a superhetero- dyne, with loud speaker volume, Thursday night, November 27, 1924, tuned sharply on a wave length of 405 moters. All announcements, songs and music seemed to be foreign. Speech was clear and could have been understood if language was under- stood: Eastern standard time: 11:19—Man talking in foreign lan- guage. 11:24—Plano, good. 11:30—Announcement, foreign lan- guage. 11:33—Lost them for a few min- utes. 11:40—Lady singing. 11:41—Announcement, foreign lan- guage, distinct. 11:47—Man talking in foreign lan- guage, differen® » trom preceding. 11:48—Man singing. - 11:83—ANnou..w..cat, foreign lan- Buag: 11:53—Piano. 11:57—Lady singing. 12:03—Did not sign off, but clgar announcement in foreign language. 12:07—Plano, with cross talk from American statlon, which, on tuning over to 400 meters, came in very loud. A THREE DAYS’ COUGH IS YOUR | DANGER SIGNAL Chronic coughs and persistent colds lead to eerious lung trouble. You can stop them now with Cre mulsio an emulsified creoso that is pleasant to take. Creomul- sion is a new medical discovery with twofold action; it soothes and heals the inflamed membranes and kills the germ. 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Signal Oficer Hears. Those uninitiated in the realm of radio looked as these fans skeptically and softly branded them just plain “radio liars.”" Far-visioned radlo ex- perts had predicted such remarkable results in radio development for the future; but transatlantic receptios on a loud speaker in A. D, 1924, wi out of the question. Anyhow, these fans, llke the true followers of Izaak Walton, are stick- Ing to their stories, even though they But we will let Maj. L. B. Bender, on the staff of the chief signal officer of the Army, kill for once and for all the story that s going the rounds in radio circles concerning the Spanish station. . Maj. Bender was “scratching” the in forelgn Wfi uy your Christ- Gifts now! We wive you exeellent values, better selec- tion, perfect merv- ice on very unui terms. Make this your gift store! R R R R RISV RRRERVERVRRERERRRERER hand-cared @il and white EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ether last night on the trafl of a for- eign broadoaster, when he ploked up the strains of Spanish musio and heard a Spanish announcer give the program numbers. To his surprise, the voice of the announcer sounded strangely familiar. Station in Mexico City. “It ms to me that I met that announcer somewhere recently,” sur- mised the signal officer. He listened more intently, and after hearing a number of the program’s features was rewarded with the call letters CYB. Now station CYB is a 500-watter down in Mexico City, which should have been silent during the period of the transatlantic tests, but wasn't. It was transmitting on a wave band around 400 meters, the wave length on which many of the radio fans had reported receiving the Spanish station. Ma). Bender hesitated before breaking the news of the Mexican station's activity and thereby making ‘radio liars” of the acores of fans peddling the news of the reception of the Spanish station. But he thought the story ought to be checked before D. C, FRIDXY, NOVEMBER 28, 1924 ube monodyne aset with “one. variations. GERMANY HEARS U. 8. Location Unfortunate, But Results Are Proving Successful. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Dally News. BERLIN, November 28.—Although Germany is unfortunately located, being Inland, for listening by radio, the international tests of recent nights have been clearly heard. On Wednesday the German in Zehlindorf, near Berlin, di heard Pittsburgh on wave length. Thursday night's t which came through today between 4 and b o'clock were fairly suc- cessful, Schenectady was audible on & 380-meter wave. 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