Show HEALING POWER I OF MUSIC TOLD Hundreds Write S After Radio Tunes Benefit Their Theil Ills BY DY BRADLEY DLEY w IV THE T Special Correspondent of or The Standard CopyrIght 1926 1 2 By The Th Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated dated Press A Association NEW YORK yOnI July to 10 10 Radio fans tans may Jook forward with Ith some come confidence to the tho day when by a turn lurn of oC the dial they will vIII be able abl to themselves to 10 sweet melodies that will wUl banIsh Danl h dyspepsia cia sia put Influenza germs terms In II a a daze and anti knock all nil the th off ore an Ingrown disposition Thousands of oC static st jU juggler AlreadY already Al- Al ready know something about the curative curativo powers of oC music They are aro the admirers admirer of oC the tho McDowell sisters listers the tho apostles of oC healing music who can tint aint liln a II a song sone over th the radio In a way that will wUl cause Invalids to forget their Ills and make mako a miserly person open both bolh his heart and his pock pocketbook l ook TO JIE The Tha to t o sisters Edith and Grace known to listeners listeners-In In throughout th the land a ILa the Sweet hearts heart of oC the Air have hav just come cometo cometo to New York from their home In Dallas Texas and next week w k wIll wl open a a series of oC programs over station They will wl give c the east a a taste tatt of or that Is said to heal not only minds anti and bodies bodied but work cure cures curci on the tho sad cad of oC heart and patches up the bad bid habits of oC tho those a persons persona quaInt quaint- quaintly ly Iy known as sliders back In radio broadcasting these two young women have found not only pleasure In iii bringing joy oy to shut- shut Ins and the tho lonely an and forlorn rn but romance romonce and riches riche n ax as well I ER r ILS A at wealthy Texas ranch owner who admits he once was classed as u a miserly person succumbed to the th alluring notes note of or a 0 HawaIIan Hawaiian Ha- Ha wallan song ons and the soft toft of oC a a ukulele when hen hen he ho heard tho MacDowell sisters listers on the tho air Ho He forthwith lIh bestowed a a portion po-llon po Uon of his large larse fortune on the th os as a II sort ort of oC endowment to further their work Then ho met Inet Miss Mias EdIth MacDowell and nd succumbed some more and the tho sequel wilt wll be I a a wedding In tho near future At a II luncheon given elven hots lid a n few Cew days ago co by the tha league of oC Penn Women omen Dr W V WE E a who has devoted much attention to musts music cures gave ae high hll-h to ii th the healing music of oC the tho MacDowell sisters He saId said said ho he h plan plans to establish a sanitarium near Riverside Conn to apply the theories of oC musical of oC disease TELL OF HEALING The Th writer asked tho the sisters th the secret of oC thel- thel success In musical healing They exhibited hundreds of oC letters letter from fans Cans attesting to the th benefits of oC their music In relieving Ills and banishing despondency Naturally the blues and nd all forms of oC jazz have havo no part In their programs They specialize In Hawaiian mu- mu music music mu music sic accompanying their with the ukulele and Hawaiian steel guitar the th strains of oC which are aro held to be b particularly soothing and ond healing The Th singers even learned the tho native Hawaiian Hiwa tongue We Wo find the th Hawaiian song and sacred songs havo have the greatest said Mis Miss lIss Edith Mac Mac-Dowell Mac Mac- MacDowell ac- ac Dowell Whether It Is the ear at- at attuned attuned at attuned or 01 the heart that Is peculiarly tuned to them we no e do not know but our listeners listener tell us continually continually continually ally of oC the th healing ben the they receive After Arter a radio concert the sisters generally r receIve an average of oC letters a a day for a II period of oC about two weeks A A 1 woman recently wrote that her daughter had been be n cured of oC pneumonia pneumonia monia because tho the healing music gave eav her a new do- do determination de determination termination to live At Topeka Kansas II a young electrician par par- partially partially partially paralyzed paralysed after ter suffering an electrIc shock declared declined he ho had received his bla first t ray of through the th sisters sister musi music and subsequently recovered lie H went before a II religious convention In Kansas City and told of oC the th cure ho he credited to music SAVEr SAVED A SUICIDE In Dallas the sisters were visited by a a young husband who sal said h he had been deterred from commItting suicide following II a quarrel quarrel with his young bride after ho he happened to pass pillS b by a a radio shop and heard their voices corn com com ln log r through the th ether In Jo Cambridge Minn four girls have formed the th Aloha Quartet Inspired by the work of th the tho Mac Mac-Dowell Mac Mac- MacDowell MacDowell Dowell sisters liters and lind visit the sick to spread their songs and cheer Bankers Banker cowboys business men physicians and miners miner write to the sisters sister praising their pro pro- programs pro programs grams One On Texas farmer Instated Insisted on sending them II a a 5 5 bill after arter each concert WENT WE T TO ISLANDS WS Th The Tho sisters lister entered radio work quite by accident When their mother died leaving them or- or orphans or orphan phan they left lert their Ohio home some dozen years year ago co an ani set ft out outto outto to earn a II living as public steno steno- stenographers teno During the tho war they served as ILS secretaries to congress congress- congressmen congressmen men In Washington and ant In 1920 made a trip to Honolulu with a congressional commission There they heard the th D UV Hawaiian music and recognized it Its Ita possibilities for tor radio work ork They have been about four tour years mainly from Dallas but nut have havo also sung In stations In 11 Kansas City Los Angeles Portland Santa Fo Fe and Phoenix They plan to leave eW York about August 20 20 20 to appear In Chautauqua work In Missouri and later will visit lillo- lillo Mm Min and nd other northwest points |