Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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THE MALDONIAN Station WMHS. The lost and found report will follow. Lost: a cuff-stud. The missing link. Return to Maurice Hyde. Lost: the most beautiful girl in the world. She was afraid of handsome men. If found, please return to Charles MacKenzie. Lost: Miss Anna Sher would like information concerning the whereabouts of Freda Finkelstein, who has been missing for several years. Miss Finkelstein was last seen entering an Elevated train. This is still Station WMHS. We now come to the big feature on to¬ night’s program. For the, benefit of the kiddies that are still awake, we are going to broadcast a program of growls from the Buttrick Zoo. The next voice will not be a growl, but that of William Buttrick, the owner of the zoo. We shall tell you when Mr. Buttrick gets through speaking and the growls begin. Mr. Buttrick. Bang-bang. Mixture, of static, growls, and Buttrick. Back in the studio again. This is Station WMHS. Our next feature will be a talk and exhibition by Mr. Fred C. Nash, ballet-master of the Metropolitan Theatre. “Dancing the Charleston at Wayside Inn”. Static. WMHS. Prof. Charles Parker of Harvard College will now take up the daily lesson in English. Prof. Parker. Good evening, pupils. I am going to try to help out your vocabularies tonight. The new word for today is “college-bred”, and all of you who are planning to enter college soon should know the meaning of this word. Here is the definition of the word taken from the Israel Goldberg Diction¬ ary. “ ‘College-bred’ is a bread that requires a fearful amount of dough, is seldom self-raising, and usually proves to be nothing more than a four- year loaf.” Good-night. Station WMHS. We shall next hear a few funny stories by the well- known comedian, Louis Meltzer. Mr. Meltzer, is, of course, as you all know, the originator of that famous story about the potato clock. Every morning, Louis gets a potato clock. A great deal of static and sounds of some poor man tearing up his radio. This is Station WMHS. Please stand by until we are connected with the Mechanics Building. You are going to listen to the feature of the bout of the evening d irect from the ringside. The fight is between Paul Reaves and Dick Spofford for the heavyweight championship of New England. The fight will be announced, blow by blow, by Miss Winifred Doe. Stand by. Static for a while. This is Station WMHS. H. G. S. announcing. We’re back in the studio, and we’re going to hear a short talk by Charles Bethe, “How I Started a Chain of Orange-Drink Stands on a Dozen Oranges, and I’ve Got the Original Dozen.” Static. WMHS. The final number from the studio for this evening will be an advertising talk by Ethel Simmons, publicity manager for Henry Ford. Her subject is “Why We Prefer Quadrilles and Fords to Jazz and Cadillacs.” Page 47

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THE MALDONIAN This is Station WMHS. Carleton Spreadbury still announcing. Our first number this evening will be, a foxtrot arrangement of Mendelsohn’s Wedding March. This number was requested by Miss Margaret Gailis of East Boston and Sophie Cooperstein of Honolulu. Carleton Spread¬ bury still announcing. Shoot, Ernest. Bang-bang. Static. Station WMHS. Carleton Spreadbury still hangin’ on. The next number by Carleton Spreadbury and his Seldom Inn Orchestra, “0 Sole Mio”,with vocal chorus by Alexander Spector. This number was requested by Anna Levingston of East Braintree and Diana Bernstein of St. Louis. Carleton Spreadbury still announcing. Shoot, Joe. Bang-bang. Static. Station WMHS. That concludes the dance program by Carleton Spreadbury and his Seldom Inn Orchestra. Our next dance program will be at midnight, when we shall broadcast a battle of music between Ralph Levine and his Collegians. Next will be a song by Reta Davis of the Metropolitan Opera Com¬ pany—“We Can’t Do the Charleston, But, O Boy! When We Chasse!” Static, Static. Station WMHS. The next number on our program will be a selec¬ tion by the Malden Women’s Club Quartet, composed of Sadie Cohen, Sadie Flesher, Sadie Gilbert, and Sadie Rudofsky. Bang-bang. More static. Station WMHS. Berton Robbins, the debating coach of the Electoral College, will now debate himself on the subject, “Resolved: That Dough¬ nuts Are Easier to Crack Than Any Other Kind of Nuts.” Mr. Robbins will take the affirmative, negative, rebuttal, and the air. He will also act as timekeeper, using Eastern Daylight Saving Telechron Time. Bang-bang. A lot of static. Station WMHS. Next is a review of this week’s episode of the serial at the Colonial Theatre, Malden, by Nathan Velleman. Bang-bang. Static. Station WMHS. Our next feature will be talks by Leslie Vaughan and Mary Doull, now co-starring at the, Majestic Theatre. They will speak on “Red-Heads” and “Titian-Blonds” respectively. Very little static. This is Station WMHS. We are glad to be able to announce that the cast for tomorrow evening’s radio drama is complete. We have secured George Pearse to take the part of the big butter-and-egg man from the Cloverdale. The scenes have been painted by Marian Baxter and will be shifted by Simon Gliserman. Hats worn by Miss Patsy Mason, the leading lady, are from the Fifth Avenue Shoppe of Miss Dorothy Briggs. Holland Pittock will take the other leading part, that of leading a horse across the stage. The horse has been borrowed from Ralph Appleton’s stable. This is Station WMHS. Next will be a short talk by David Cohen. His subject is “How We Did the Square Dances, Got a Square Meal, and are All Square With Mr. Ford”. Static and more static. Page 46

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THE MALDONIAN Not so much static, but enough. Station WMHS. Before reading the program for tomorrow, we will switch over to the Malden News office for the latest news reports. This is the office of the Malden Evening News, broadcasting the lat¬ est news flashes through Station WMHS. Chicago, Illinois. Miss Frances Wilson, fashion editor of the Chicago Tribune, today published the report of the Chicago Fashion League, which dictates the fashion for the whole country. Miss Wilson decrees that the vogue for bobbed hair will be cut short. New York, New York. Ida Droker, famous specialist on brain diseases, who returned today from abroad, says that there are no insane asylums in Arabia, because there are nomad people there. Malden, Mass. Anthony Gianquitto, the millionaire Florida Real estate agent, today presented to Miss Elsie Libby, the superintendent of schools, a brand new high school, with a gym and a big auditorium. Station WMHS. You have just listened to the latest news flashes direct from the office of the Boston American—I mean the Malden News. This concludes our program for today. Our program for tomorrow: 6:30 A.M.—Health exercises directed by the human dynamo, Saul Hertz. 10:00 A.M.—“How to Cook Mushrooms.” Talk by Ruth Varnick of the Boston Traveler Cooking Class. 7:00 P. M.—Weekly Health Talk by Ralph Hirtle. Subject, “If one doesn’t eat for seven days, it makes one weak.” Continuing the health talk, Miss Claire Sargent, assistant to Dr. Hirtle, will present the health slogan for the week. It is “To avoid that run-down feeling, cross cross¬ ings cautiously”. 7:30 P. M.—Talk by Eunice Young. “Since Henry Ford Gave Us a Free Meal, the Only Profit at Wayside Inn Was Howard Sawyer.” 7:35—Advertising talk by Edith Shear on doughnuts. She will discuss the fact that if all the foodstuffs in the world were destroyed except doughnuts and milk, a man could live for three years on these two articles, provided that he ate no doughnuts. 7:45—Confessions of a screen lover, by William Buckley, as told to Astrid Lindgren. 7:46—Talk by Lillian Barrett of the Cuticura Soap Company. “Soap is good for the eyes, because it makes them smart.” 7:55—Song by Peg Martin, who is now appearing at the Bowdoin Theatre. The selection will be love’s old sweet song, “Buy me some candy.” She will be accompanied by Theodora Brown. 8:00—Radio interview with J. Malcolm McDonald, the famous soap¬ box orator. Mable Peterson of the WMHS staff will interview him on the subject “I Thank Messrs. Marconi and DeForest for the Fact That Radio Audiences Can’t Throw Eggs.” 8:10—Political address by Miss Ernestine Westcott, candidate for mayor of Chelsea. Miss Westcott will be introduced by Mr. Quigley—I mean Miss Esther Decatur. Page 48