Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1929, Page 68

HAVE just received and wish grate- fully to acknowledge a pair of beautifully knitted pink wristlets from a lady in Eden Mills, Vt. She writes me as follows: “I am getting on in years and can't go about much. I have enjoyed hearing your woice on the radio and when I think of your rushing about in inclement Weather, such as they have in the mountains where they had that tunnel ning, I think what a terrible thing | ‘would be if you should get a bad cold. | 8o I have made you these wristlets and | I am at work on'a flannel and chamois | chest protector. We want you to take care of yourself.” 1 was touched by this little gift, and | wrote my unseen friend accordingly. | One of the most gratifying experiences of radio announcing is this occasional evidence that somehow the human voite manages to get through reserves | whith are barriers to the printed word. | It &8 true that people are inclined to| belisve what they see in print, but for some reason human contacts are achieved by the voice when they would | be impossible in any other way. While many of the letters which radio an- nouncers receive are from eccentric per- sons who are apt to do almost anything, I have been curiously interested in the fact that others are drawn from deep | reserves. Here is one from a person | whose name would be known, but which | I am not at liberty to give: | “I am not a radio” enthusiast, but on | visiting the home of a friend, I heard | your voice. I was startled to note that in timbre and intonation it is exactly that of my son who passed away several years ago. It happened that you sang a song he used to sing. I was deeply movced by this experience and since have installed a radio receiver. I have hesi- tated to write you—in fact this is the | first letter of the kind I have written, but to me the experience of sceming to have my lost son in the same room | again has been so comforting that I| felt I must tell you.” Reaches Unseen Depths. 1 feel some delicacy in reproducing | this lady's further reference to her son VAUGHN DE LEATH | N. B. C. ENTERTAINER First Woman Heard Across Atlan- tic in Radio Long Has Had Colorful Career in Music. Vaughn De Leath, said to be the first American woman to send programs over the air, is now among the entertain- ment leaders at the New York studios of the N. B. C. When Miss De Leath had added the Forhans Song Shop to her list of featured air events recently, she had gone a long way from the day back in her pigtail age when she directed an orchestra as a child of 12 at which had brought her th;ml;lut;e stages of orchestra yauenn ; leader aud com- " T poser, radio station conductor and con- cert singer. Miss De Leath will disagree with g:rsom terming her a singer of jazz , despite her reputation. as a singer of popular songs. That form of entertainment is dying out she believes, but she feels that ft has contributed much to “first-class music.” “Real jazz is a negroid type of blatant dissonance,” she recently stdted. “To say that those of us who sing music, spirituals, crooning melodies and other similar airs are singing jazz is to do an injustice to songs that will | stand the test of time.” Her musical career was started at the age of 3 in a home town minstrel show at Pulaski, Ill. At the age of 13, after her orchestral training in California, she was determined that one of her songs be published and sub- mitted 13 copies of it to as many pub- lishers. The song “Don’t You Oare” ‘was accepted by a Chicago firm. When Selfridges, in London, and | eer radio fans in Germany heard | T voice over the air nearly 10 years | ago, Miss De Leath, who broadcast from | the old WJZ transmitter at Newark, placed hreself on record as the first woman to be heard in song across the Atlantic. Several European cities reported re- ception of her voice at the time and her radio career was successfully i GROUNDS FOR WNYC DECISION ARE FILED Commission Contends Stations Can- not Expect Preference Because of Public Ownership. Broadcast stations operated by States, eounties or cities cannot expect prefer- ential treatment from the Federal Radio Commission because of their public eownership. This is the contention of the com- mission which has filed with the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia a statement containing the grounds for its decision in the case of WNYC, op- erated by the City of New York. The commission had refused to grant the; application of WNYC for full time on | the air after it had been ordered to| divide time with WMCA. | The commission holds that although WNYC is operated and supported wholly by the City of New York it is not for | that reason to be distinguished from | those broadcasting stations privately | owned. The fact that a political sub- | division of a State is engaged in the operation of a broadcast station does not, of itself, furnish a basis for mak- and her memories of him, as it was written with restraint and perhaps in- tended only for me, but the letter, more than any other I have ever received, THE' SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, FEBRUARY 3, 1929—PART 4. . However, this mood of solemnity is offset by plenty of smiles, as the day's mail comes in. Here’s one from a small town in Pennsylvania. The ladies of the Central Baptist Church want a nice big radio plug for their oyster supper, which is to be held March 4, in honor of Mr. Hoover's inauguration and in furtherance of a new organ. There is one letter, written in lead pencil on pink paper with an even pinker border, which I prize as one of the most unique of my collection. “I would write you in ink but you ain't worth it,” says the writer. impressed me with the penetration of radio into unseen depths of the human heart. A A A & & & 4 T Hecar Co. ing a determination that public interest, convenience or necessity is served by its , operation, the commission contends. | “The operation of publicly-owned | stations are usually interstate in char- | acter in that their communications pass | beyond the boundaries of the State into | other States,” says Louls Caldwell, gen- | erai counsel for the commission. “The | exclusive control over radio communi- cation provided by Congress, through the radio act of 1927, preciudes the establishment of any State or political | subdivision thereof or any rights in- | consistent with the control established by the Federal authority. “A city, in the operation of its radio | stations, is subject to the radio act in the same manner and to the same ex- tent as a private individual or corpora- tion. In the operation of its broad- casting station, the city acts in a| proprietary rather than a governmental | capacity and is engaged in broadcasting | with the rights and labilities of the | same order as those possessed by any private corporation.” 1 WBBM Adds “Musical Voyage.” | WBBM, Chicago, has added a “musi- | cal voyage” to its Wednesday night| programs. It consists of melodies typi- cal of various countries through which ! | | F Street at Seventh On Sale in our Daylight Dress Goods Section ...1n Newer Spring Patterns ' FLAT CREPES, 50 colors, of soft, pliable quality, with a lustrous sheen. 40 inches wide. PRINTED FLAT CREPES, bright with flowers and geometrical figures, or, if you wish, figures over dark grounds. 40 inches wide. ‘PRINTED CREPE CHIFFONS, sheer and delicate, to be made into fashionable frocks for afternoon and evening wear. (Daylight Piece Goods Section, Fifth Floor.) Pictorial (printed Pattern Num- ber 469 . . . 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Old “Vox Populi” is cocking up his ear to the radio output and complaining bitterly that scant at- tention is paid to single tax. ‘Wants Boost for Song. Here's another from a song writer who wants a plug for his song. It is a three-page selling talk in which this The Hecht Co. Half-Yearly particular brand of sentiment and rhyming is extolled to the detriment of all competitors. I note wearily that “dizzy” is rhymed with “fuzzy,” and that “dream” is teamed up with “moon- light” That's pretty wild shooting for even a non-professional rhymster. The above are the extremes between the range of genuine and deep feeling and the naive and eccentric—putting it mildly. In between radio is indebted to a host of thoughtful citizens who supply intelligent and helpful criticism. Here is one from a Brooklyn business man: “I have been greatly interested in the dramatic offerings on the radio. It seems to me that you can carry this a great deal further by a more thorough adaptation to radio technique, and by occasional selections from the classics. It '0b|:|d r':n be nlviuhl:‘r of dc’o‘uru, gr possible, to give an entire drama by Racine or Moliere, but there are price- less bits of dialogue which could be given, with a carefully prepared synop- sis which would bring the listeners to a s:mcuhr episode, so the dialogue would intelligible. The American theater, for many reasons. has suffered during the last few years, and radio has a splendid opportunity to perform a great educational service in brief dramatic paraphrases of the best of the classics. It already has shown what it can do in stimulating interest and infosming the public in the fleld of music. Let us gopeltvflldothemthiflllnlhe rama. “Personally, I am inclined to think that institutions are pretty much what the public makes them, and whatever shortcomings may be charged against broadcasters are also assessable to radio users. It is apparent that intelligent public co-operation is helping raise the | pi standards of broadcasting, as evidenced by the splendid public response to the Damrosch concerts and other such high quality offerings. “We realize that there must be a con- cession to the lighter moods of the pub- One improvement, I think, would result from more humanizing of artists and composers. Radio suggests friendliness and intimacy and this would be height- ened by more ‘who’s who' material. “Here is one more little suggestion which might be worth considering. When you give an important musical rogram or an important lecture or scientific address, why not conclude with a few words of a bibllofil s a few books or references by which any intensely interested person may pursue the subject further? You stimulate a great deal of curiosity. Why lic, and that a large amount of jazz and | it possible for eager listeners light music is inevitable. field also, discrimination is being shown. But in this | through if they feel interested' (Copyrisht, 1929.) Furniture “Homefurnishings on the back of each one. Half-Yearly Sale of eamless Axminster and Velvet Rugs $ 29.95 Sizes 9x12 ft. and 8.3x10.6 ft. Purchased . . . at reductions . our foremost weavers. . . from one of Deep-pile fabrics of unusual strength. Smart patterned effects over beautifully toned grounds. (8ixth Floor, The Hecht Co.) Half-Yearly Sale of Seamless Axminster and Velvet Rugs that would regularly sell for $47.50 to $55 $39.95 Sizes 9x12 ft. and 8.3x10.6 ft. 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