Radio stars (Oct 1935-Sept 1936)

RADIO STARS Little Jackie Heller with Moritz, his huge St. Bernard pal . . . Jack LaRue chats absorbingly with Eleanor "Flying Red Horse Tavern" Powell . . . And young Patti, of the Pickens Sisters, apparently loves to do crossword puzzles. RADIO RAM BUN OS THINK IT OVER Do you listen to your radio? The question may surprise you. since, if you are reading this column, the chances are that you are a radio fan. Yet how many people tune in their radios as an accompaniment to casual family chatter or conversation among friends, or even as a background for a game of bridge, or to the perusal of the local newspaper or the latest thriller. We take our miracles so casually. Naturally we wouldn't jump up and exclaim ecstatically at the wonder of entertainment that is coming from that unimportant-looking little gadget. But let's at least savor to the full the splendid programs that are the fruit of years of training and experience, of hours and days of planning and rehearsal, and of untiring personal effort from the top-flight artist down to the most minor mechanician. Even music, orchestra, song or symphony, cannot he fully appreciated unless it is listened to intelligently. How can the program makers give us what we want, unless we tell them? And how can we tell them, unless we give to the programs the same undivided attention that they give them ? Good listeners make good programs! WINGS OF SONG Margaret Speaks, lovely soprano soloist of the Firestone programs, is a charming person to talk with, frank and friendly and modest. She's a devoted wife and mother and gracious home-maker as well as a musician of high order. He fore she started out on her first trip to Hollywood to sing with Nelson Eddy, Margaret was wondering if she would like flying, having been up hut once, on a brief flight, years ago. Since then she has 6