Radio doings (Dec 1930-Jun1932)

Riding the Crest of Public Acceptance KH] is "Los Angeles' Preferred Station" The Radio Audience Likes: — The entertaining programs — The high type of artists — The all-round performance of the station Advertisers Like KHJ'S: — Spirit of co-operation — The friendly service — The results they obtain KH J Columbia — Don Lee — Network In Three Worlds [Continued from Page 18] courtesy of the road to everyone on the highways. Newspapers called her the "Cleveland Courtesy Girl," and her automotive business friends still call her by that name. She was factory representative for an automotive manufacturing company for a number of years, one of the few women in the country ever to hold such a responsible position. Other positions followed, until her acquaintances had almost forgotten she had ever been anything but an efficient, dynamic little business woman. Suddenly, like Stevenson's "Mr. Hyde," the transformation occurred. She decided to go back to her music! For hours at a time, her piano was kept busy. The business woman has disappeared and in her place was another — the artist. She was engaged to give lessons at a downtown music company. A broadcast station sought her talent, and she went on the air. The name that had been so well-known among business circles swiftly became a bvword in the music and radio field. For years Maude Hughes had been giving piano lessons — sometimes teaching her friends, often having several regular pupils. But it had never been an actual profession with her. She saw the immense possibilities in evolving some system that would revolutionize the teaching of piano. Memories of her own tedious years of practice under the old fashioned method spurred her on. There must be some way to bring out the talent that existed in every individual without the tiresome routine of the old system. She thought. She worried and worked late at night, to find the secret of simplified piano playing. She analyzed her own playing — what came easiest — what could be left out and still get results? And finally she struck it, and delightedlv procured a copvright on her brainchild. The popularity she had enjoyed in the past was increased ten-fold. Her services were sought after by music stores who saw the value of her discovery. Broadcast stations solicited her talent, and she plays more or less regularly over seven of them at present. But she's, busy — the busiest girl I have ever met — and the happiest. She is finding more joy in this most fundamental of her personalities than she did in business. Every minute of her day is taken up with lessons, broadcasts and reherasals. and it's all pleasure to her. The third personality? You've probably been wondering. It's the one that appears when she is through working. In the evening, after a broadcast, on one of her holidays — whenever she has leisure — she is carefree, happy-go-lucky and again the little girl who was always asked to parties because she was "lots of fun." She loves to dance, likes parties— her girl-friends try to have all of their parties on Tuesdays or Thursdays, "because they're Maude's lightest days." A party isn't complete without her. And since she was a little girl, she has always insisted on making her own clothes. She wants to dress herself as she wants herself to be dressed, and gets a big kick out of sewing. In fact, she gets a big kick out of evervthing in life. / talked to three persons ivhen I talked to Maude Hughes! Comedy of Errors [Continued from Page 21] writer. Thev enter a private cubbv hole at KXX. Eddie will turn to Reg': Feel like you have any ideas? he might ask. And so it goes. The one who happens to feel most like doing the writing will sit at the machine; the other will lean over his shoulder. Then they begin. It means, for that fifteen minute period, four single space typewritten pages. This mav sound easy, but it isn't. It's the hardest kind of work, manufacturing humor. Eddit. through a peculiar biological twist, is able to take several parts. He can become the deep throated Hippiewater at a moment's notice. It is a strange condition of the larynx which permits his wide range in tonal quality. For a time in San Francisco he studied to be a bass; later he changed teachers and saying nothing about his previous lessons, trained for a tenor part! They are on the air at the same time as Amos and Andy — and they get hundreds of fan letters each day. It's the tough competition that makes them grow, they will tell you. Need a Better Job? Become a Radio Operator. Our Fall Term Begins Within Next Few Days. Day and Night Classes. Monthly Rates If Desired. • RADIO SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES (Formerly Y. M. C. A. Radio School) Established 1909 715 South Hope Street, Los Angeles TRinity 4751 RADIO DOINGS Page Thirty-nine