THINGS TO COME

New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 15, 6 October 1939, Page 4

THINGS TO COME

shrink. When they wash their sweaters, these stretch. Until now this has seemed to be among life’s great undiscovered mysteries. But now there is hope. The A.C.E. have arranged a talk about washing woollens, from 2YA at 3p.m. on Monday, October 9. Attention, bachelors! First 300 Years "As You Like It" was published in 1600, and it soon became clear that Shakespeare had written something which lived up to its title. The play has survived for three hundred years, and if wars do not wipe the civilised peoples off the earth, it is a safe bet that it will survive for many more centuries. "As You Like It" has been produced for radio by the National Broadcasting Service, and will be presented from 4YA Dunedin at 9.5 p.m. on Sunday, October 8. Nagging A Jockey The NBS interviewer did not go quite as far as chartering a charger when he wanted to interview a jockey, but he made a sufficiently good job of it to interest listeners to WW) bachelors wash their sox, these

2YA at 8.40 p.m. on October 12. Our artist never will learn to keep to the point. He always follows his own fancies. If you fancy horses and want to know something of the men who ride them for a living, listen to the interview with a jockey, on Thursday of next week. Mac and McD When you notice in 2YA’s programme for October 13 that Lexie McDonald is a mezzocontralto, please don’t think that the boysoprano, cum baritone, is now cum mezzo. For Lexie McDonald comes from Palmerston North, and is "Miss" McDonald; while Lex Macdonald comes from Dunedin, was Master Macdonald, now "Mister" Macdonald, and is still a baritone, same as Mr. Lough, who

comes from across the waters. So you are safe to tune in at 9.24 p.m. on Friday evening of next week, now that everything has been sorted out for you. Risk For Reporter The Eternal News Agency took a risk when it assigned the Space Time Reporter to interview Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. She really was a dangerous piece. We all thought when he hopped off for 280 A.D. that her flashing eyes would incapacitate him, if they did not entirely destroy him. But he came back, more alive than dead, and complete with a really super interview. He will broadcast again from 3YA on Friday, October 13, at 9.5 p.m, Romancing With History Having read the "Colloquies," the life of Erasmus, and the writings of Froissart and Luther, Charles Reade decided to write a story with that historical background. The result was "The Cloister and The Hearth," which is generally recognised as Reade’s greatest work. Listeners will now have an opportunity of following the adventures of the hero, Gerard, through Germany, Burgundy and Italy, because "The Cloister and the Hearth" will begin in serial form from 3YA Christchurch on Tuesday, October 10, at 8p.m. With The Coons The Kentucky Minstrels are a merry crowd, and in the BBC programme to be heard from 1YA at 9.32 p.m. on Wednesday, October 11, they live right up to tradition, This time, some of the coons have been on holiday. Says one darkie: "Yessir, that girl I saw in Paris could sure have packed her things in my trunk." And the other retorts, amid dusky laughter: "The one I saw could have packed hers in my sponge-bag!" Henry Kingsley Story The second of 52 instalments of the new serial "Ravenshoe" (from Henry Kingsley’s story) will be broadcast by 4YA on Wednesday, October 11, at 8 p.m. It is an Englisi&family story. The holder of the title dies, and evidence comes to light that the su heir has no legal right. His servant and he change places. He goes away to make a name for himself and the experienced reader will guess what follows. All the same a good deal takes place before the happy ending. Taking Care Bret Harte was supposed to be so fastidious in his style that he wrote an invitation to