New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1927, Page 3

T PENN. 15 WITHOUT - T ‘FIRST LADY" Governar's Daughter Acts in That Gapacity nor's Wife a., Dee. st time in Thistory Pennsyl- cutive mansion is without and Pennsylvania is rst Lady.” Mary Fisher, Governor John s only daughter, ruled at the executive mansion from the -time of her father's inauguration on | January 18 of this year until her MRS. MARY I'ISHER BROWN on June 16 to Henry Tat- nall Brown, Jr. | Since then she has been residing with her husband at Haverford col- where he is dean of freshmen, occasional visits to the with only mansior she has abdicated as Lady of D'ennsylvania,” Mrs. Brown continucs to act as hostess t the cxccutive mansion when occasion depiands | Mrs. Brwn has always been ' known as ap “out-door girl,” as she is fond of riding and other sports. y amé popular in Harrishurg s soon ag;she came here to live. iuge was the social event of on. ” RADIOANNOUNCING CHATTER PREPARED Continuity ~ Writers Provide 1int for Broadcasters One of {he most difficult and try- r is the or series connecting the of a program, workers in who vis- s week, Several nployed by this station to prepare the continui- tures which. are to be r the networks radiat- » stations, and their f r, probably a ma- ople, believe that a ra- r speaks extemporanc- to make up his brief along. While ourse true in the broad- uis like foolball games [0 +[0r INOT Programs, more ires are taken with the \Which zo out through the b0, arge numbers of #ta- nonneement—in faet, | -=uust he exactly the Wl i the fight to guard | ilure of inspiration | continuify, writer has his excuse | swn and unthanked responsible for bring the favor of announcer. He m and list of per- v with the names of of the concern wture, and he pro- se info a coherent le. Ivery word oved hy the program station, and rewrit- {reauent. Then every once o one of the artists on the will change a number and « continuity writer must find a | w inspiration to cover the revision, ntly, too, the sponsoring v objects to some feature ot | « continuity, usually on the grotnd s product is not mentioned Considering that the use of ctwork co: some 3.000 a Jali-hour, the wishes of these con- pns must be respected, so changes ire ordered and made. Some firms, | cven those with many products and ns which take much time to re- . fnsist upon frequent repetition t qualities of their apply the soft vertising and use | it only as the climax to a program. i Naturally, the continuity writer pre- ifors the latter type. ! The government edict that all “ations in the network must give | their own call letters every 5 min- utes further worry and | o each program a list of s, telling when to cut in, is tele- iphed to cach s ation on the c¢hain, The proper anncuncements | ve also included, in order that the teffeet built up in the program may 1ot he destroyed by a blundering an- nouncer 4 local station. Onee AN cted to include two ions in these to which telegrams | Arding @ program were sent, and it cost $80 to send last-minute tele- grams hack and forth to rectify the | Wy exeellen s, whil ion. The hours of work in a broadcast- | udio are irrcgular, the radio | said, but the work is ex- lly pleasant, as are the pers wtmosphere of and WJZ are r new studlo, | {0 match the lavish ap- volntments of the bullding it has been decreed that after 6 o'clock all announcers must wear tuxedos. It is therefore no strange sight to see an announcer who has come to the studio early wandering about in | mid-afternoon dressed in an incon- gruous “tux.” A word or twe about the *“Ra- dlo Twins,” Graham McNamee and Phillips Carlin, by one of their fel- low employees may not be amiss. Jioth are exceedingly popular in the studio, having genfality and good humor which make friends for them at once. Carlin, who is really McNa- mee’'s “boss,” is the quieter of the two but has a keen sense of humor. VcNamee, when not announcing, wanders about the studios singing “Day Is Done” or hecomes the cen- ter of a group who enjoy his inter- csting and witty remarks, And, by | April. the way, at the studio his name is always spelled “MacNamee.” NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1927, GIBSON INELIGIBLE IN RACE WITH BURGHLEY Former Fordham University Track Star Was Night Student When Event Took Place Philadelphia, Dee. 3 (P—John Gibson, former Fordham university track athlete and present holder of the National A. A. U, 440-yard hur- dle record, was ineligible when he defeated Lord Burghley of England, | in the 400 meters hurdle race at the Pennsylvania relay carnival last Gibson was considered inelig- ible under the rul of the intercol- legiate A. A. A, A because he was a night student and not studying for a degree. This has been revealed by Univer- [sity of Pennsylvania athletic author- itles, who stated that the English nobleman had been recognized as the winner of the carnival hurdle event. Gibson was not asked to re- turn the watch awarded him as the yinner. | M. Jamison Swarts, manager of the Penn relay races, said that Gib- son’s ineligibility had been admitted by Fordham authorities and that his entry in the relays had been filed under a misunderstanding. The incident brought the state- {ment from Gustavus T. Kirby, of New York, chairman of the advisory committee of the I C. A. A, A. A., that the association had been “watching for several years” the linithair i A VA & A e Kirby [indicated that the question of a stricter enforcement of the rule would be dis ed at the annuai meeting of association March 3, 1S ADJUDG Miltord, Dec. 3 () 1 L. Gibson o ting in the pro terday ruled th arence jamin, inventor, is insane 1ded by Mary Benjamin, b Ald his daughter. 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