| Show ARTIST FEARS BROADCASTING Radio Announcer Gives Inside Dope on Sing Sing- Singer Singer Singer er Fainting I By fly R L WET tRET NORRIS E Standard Examiner Cor Cor- Cor respondent Copyright 1924 1824 by the th Con I dated Press Preas Prel Association NEW YORK TORK March What 22 22 What I goes on bele back stage sto tae In n a radio broadcasting station tation does dos not a ai rome come out In the th loud speaker Ah I no- no noAh Ah no no- no The announcer is a patient Ion long longsuffering suffering man nho ho does doeN not toli teU hi his to the th microphone I Invisible audience which listens Il In from all or oter o r the th world orld Imagines cr I e er r thing thine I is 1 sunning smoothly and never dreams dream that fiST announcIng Ing la is ha hIng h Ing moro more mor than thana thana a mo I mo Ie dIrector a Broad Broadway way atago manager and the old woman who 11 8 in a shoo shoe combined d fur For In- In Instance instance In Instance stance they never know the th nent financier who broadcast hi his message ot of o world last night had a drea ul attack ot of stage o fright before ne li began beKan be an and off front from rom the th microphone IlS as though had been bee asked to put his head In the th mouth of at o a n lion Hon Nor that the lady soprano on yes yes- yesterday yesterday afternoons afternoon's program g taic ge e a little scream when n looked t at atthe atthe the microphone opened her mouth to but sing but not a sound Issued forth orth FALLS PALTS iv 11 I IT fi So while whir R fiST T nas a calmly an- an announcing an announcing station XYZ YZ New York Madame yore Vore Vr DeVere of ot the Slot Slot- Met Metropolitan Oper Opera house hous singing 0 O Promise tie Sic he did not toll loll the expectant audience that Ma- Ma Ma Madam dante dame dam damer ero er ere DC IDe Yore Vere waS wa at that moment b ling l Ino ln In his arms bile he fanned her h r and tried to bolster her up All AJI he h said was ws wa Just a moment please while she ahe ran back to pow pow- pow powder der iler her nose and start alt all again This so ot of o thing every and right r at toe tn sound soundproof soundproof proof rUI fum broad broad- broad eating offices of WEAr VEAl and Telegraph and American Radio corpora corpora- corporation corporation tion lion l tao 0 ot of o the most Important and highbrow stations In the world orld But the tho writer learned leU last night that this Is not the th case at station Loew s a State Stat Theater build build- buildIng building ing In trio er cry ery heart of the Ibe th Great Grea hUe hite hit the ny ay the st station lUon n kno as Bohemia WEAl WEAl- and ana kep k ep their studio sacred cred to tho the artists wiLh Ith admission foi 01 n all others by card sni OnI nl HN keeps open hou o Herl Her gather lher an all the t stars tar and near ner stars star that glitter along alone Broadway approach the microphone without a er erand and shout their Jazzy messages IU IUD D OLD OID GRA GRAsY GRA Y The mo Ing of ot Vv WI IN HN Is lathe the TG w hOse real rell name I Is known krown Grantland up and nl dow 0 n it a m ac Granny ito Ie I it a a long I loan lan an 1 kind healt d man with a bl big bif heart hert and a humor Lver ham bam actor tor and ho ho- ho rua ho-rua rue rus girl comes to Granny when they thoy ye ve v lost jobs lobs and nd Gran ny fly lends lend them five so they can eat et ml un Tuesday They become a apal pal t of the tho th ln In Bohemia ot of which he teU tells his the audience which sIts up until mid mid- midnight mid midnight night with i recover er to ears oara and then wires Iros from goodness knows s where Your Tour Zinc fine dishes still In the th sink Ink Because Be use NTO Is a friend to ev- ev ever everone ev even en er one along alone tho tha th Whit Way ev- ev everybody ev cv everybody from the th to those who have hav only aspirations drops Into and It if they have bava havea II a gift lift they lend It ft to t ast night Mr Gallagher and Mr Sheen themselves came In aft Mt- nt-ei nt el ci me ne show was as over and enter enter- entertained tamed listeners for or 1 l min mm- min utes ules And Ml Mi Gallagher and Mr Sheen do Very sery little broadcasting I I They dont don't havo bar to But they do doIt doit dIt It to t accommodate NTO And NTa NT not ot only know knows know his great x-reat W V hue Way Vay he h also alao know knows tolk folks olk That s why he be knew the dairyman out In Wisconsin would get x D tremendous kick IlIck when he h heard herd sharp In his hicar ear the tho th olce oice le ot of o saying Hol Hollo 10 who folka-who olk who do you think just walked In 1 Four beauties all dressed up In golden curl curls eurll and an cute eute little Eaton jackets right from the chorus cirrus of ot Kid Boob On One ot of then them says Ry she ah s a only 16 but we know e know better Bho Sito couldn t be b that wI wise at not 16 It 16 ot and live In Brook Brook- Brooklyn Brooklyn I lyn But which abich one on will you her hear from a first first a blonde blond or a Dru Dru- Dru Drunette nette The Th girls do their sunt and nd then NIG sa s i If It If IOU ou au liked the th girl let us hear har from rom r m you Sure Sur you got their names and then the telegrams begin to pour In wires vires s which opens open and reah read to hiS audience at the tho other end nd of ot the theaIr theair thair aIr currents current W Vo dont don't want their names we w want their phone phon num- num numbers bees bers aimed a couple or of sheiks from J Jersey I Or can you refer me to a good dh di dl orce lawyer My Iy husband huband won wongo wongo t go to bed When he h does dos he I sleeps sleep lep with the er on Or I dont don't want a a picture ot of oth the tho girl girls I want to neet 1 the an- an announcer signed the til Delio ot of o torte cerle e Haute Haule rUN rex ron OR ALL If If It you give fun tun un you get et b- b bam fun tun e explained to mo mao after arter the midnight bell ben had hd tolled The The Invisible audience I Is made UI up 0 of all sorts orta ot of o people There Ther Theros Thero's got gotto gotto goto to be something for or e Some like to t listen to prayers prayer and ancor for thorn them theres there's the th radio Lenten service Tune Tun In on most moat any sta- sta station Mation tion and ou n II hear the th preacher preaching But It Its s my Idea that the tired man mn and his blo wife Ie lf ort oft In Kansas or the farmer armor bo be who has never been to t r first class clashow show In his life lite like to be enter enter- tamed And A d wo we w are ar professional entertainer are ar the tho th ones on s who ho can cando do n do It boiL bet for tor or them So tu tune nc Ir in or for tor or a laugh The Th man and the th woman oman A ho ho never saw Haw the th Great Gret White Whit Way Yay Wa gt get a big thrill out ot of o having the people whose hoe names name blare In head head- headlights lights step right Into the tho th Intimacy of ot their own homo homes talk to them with Ith their own voices voice and make maKi makeI I- I them a vital part of ot the invisible I Bohemia which we w maintain hero here hereIn heroIn herin In IniN LI J J |
