BETTY AND SOME OTHERS

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 60, 16 August 1940, Page 5

BETTY AND SOME OTHERS

Sir-And so poor Betty has been obliged to reply to her critics because a disgruntled person who is lucky enough to have £250 a year cannot bear to think of someone else having more than she has. Possibly "£250 a year" is one of those who would be jealous of others, whatever her income, She should try living on £3 a week. Frankly I consider that to make a diary interesting one would have to live a much more vivid life than just the daily humdrum existence of shopping and entertaining occasionally -- unless one’s guests were real celebrities — and with the material on hand I consider that Betty makes quite a good job of it. After all, our affairs are only of interest to ourselves. How many of us have been bored stiff by people who would tell.us all their doings? And now for my own grouch. Couldn’t someone explain to 1ZB that we are heartily sick of hearing their advertisings before, after, and in between the sessions? The sickening regularity with which we hear of cold cures and all the rest, is enough to stop us from buying the stuff. The sponsors would be surprised. if they heard how many "Oh, shut up!" appeals went from the listeners. If advertise they must, let us have more of the cheerful wholesome food and drink stuff and not people coughing or groaning with indigestion, of which we get enough in our homes without hearing it over the air. Let the time be spent in giving us better music -less cowboy stuff, crooning, and that most awful ‘of all horrors-the female crooner. We held out against having a radio after hearing from othersand incidentally finding out from the neighbours for ourselves-of the poor programmes put over the air. However, two months ago we succumbed, but I seem to spend most of the time switching it on and off.