Radio doings (Dec 1930-Jun1932)

The annual Paris Inn waiters' race is a picturesque and thrilling affair. This1 year the contestant must carry a bottle of milk on a tray, intact, for a distance of three miles. PARIS ON THE AIR! [Continued from Page 19] derie there, even between employer and employee. Every man has his job, knows his business, and everything runs with clockwork precision. No naggings — no bawling outs. The personality of Bert Rovere is largely responsible for this prevailing spirit. An expert showman, a singer in his own right, a good mixer and a clever stage and microphone personality, Rovere has a hand in everything. Greets a patron one minute, runs back to the kitchen to confer with the chef, stops to see the cashier, hurries off stage to bring in his singing waiters, acts as master of ceremonies, sings a few solos, and between this, that and the other, is continually on his toes. In his younger days he was an athlete of repute, holding championships in running, walking and bicycle races, and was a mean opponent on the wrestling mat. He began studying for Grand Opera in San Francisco in 1911, and from 1913 to 1922 was with the Western Metropolitan Opera Company, the Lombardi, the San Carlos, the Palo Alto Opera Companies, on the concert stage, at Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Academy and Hollywood Bowl. Besides playing on Pantages and Orpheum, Rovere won a contest for the best baritone of Southern California a few years ago. In 1927 Bert came in second in the famous Catalina swim, being bested only by the winner, George Young. He has organized two outstanding ItalianAmerican Athletic Clubs, one in New York, and the other in San Francisco. Truly a "man with a past." His partner, Innocente Pedroli, also has a record of achievement to be proud of. In Italy he was chef to D'Annunzio, poet laureate of Italy, and was decorated by the royal family. He has a whole handful of medals awarded him in European capitals. The Paris Inn provides one of the few forms of cafe and radio entertainment that brings a little of the Continental charm and romance so appealing to the American, and particularly the Western, individual. The grace and abandon of a Spanish dance, the thrill of the Apache ... the sparkle of French wit and song, the cosmopolitan personalities gathered in a typical Parisian street cafe — there is "something" there that no American cafe can produce. Perhaps it is because nearly all of the personnel are either French or Italian, branding it all as the "real thing" and not a sorry imitation — Frenchmen singing French songs, and Italians playing Venetian music. Hundreds of letters come in every week to KNX asking about this unique program, from all over the country. An interesting letter was received a few days ago from an Alaska gold-miner, who had been whiling away the lonely hours with his radio. Two hundred miles inland, and a week by boat away from civilization, this man wrote: "We want you to know that wa are enjoying your programs every night, and we would like to know more about the Paris Inn Cafe that we have heard so much about. That hour comes in best and we like the orchestra — it makes us wish we were there getting in on the fun you all art having." A little bit of Paris in California, enjoyed from Mexico to Alaska — that's the Paris Inn. HOW MANY TIMES lit iJITI Is til | M c !L_ £• f, }• have you listened to some one play the piano and then said: "I'D CIVE ANYTHINC IF I COULD ONLY PLAY THE PIANO!"— well, you can, and in such a short time that it will amaze you— results are guaranteed and such little cost to you. Express your own individuality with melody, harmony and rhythm — that is what you learn when you study with Maude Hughes of Wurlitzer's School of Music. Abe Lyman, Cus Arnheim and Earl Burtnett say it is the finest, most simple, but complete method they have ever seen. How wonderful it is to be able to play anything put before you and realize that knowing some harmony you can use breaks and endings from one piece to another. All lessons are private. A special feature for you who wish to take lessons in the evening. Call MAUDE HUGHES— FAber 4011 or Call ;>t Wurlitzer's Music Store, 816 South Broadway, Los Angeles. Page Twenty RADIO DOINGS