Your Side of the MICROPHONE

Radio Record, 22 April 1938, Page 25

Your Side of the MICROPHONE

This week, prizes have been won as follows: ‘J.H.S.,"" Timaru (7/6); "Suffragette,’" Auckland (5/-): "Julius," Kumara, ‘Potential Customer,’? Auckland, "Sally Horner," Frankton Junction, and ‘Talking Gas,’"’ North Brighton (2/6 each). Address your entries (not more than 150 words each) to "SAFETY VALVE," P.O. Box 1680, Wellington, Prize-money will be forwarded at the end of the month. >

’M in just the same fix as "Juliana," who wrote a short time ago about a. "Flappers" session, pihe only difference being that I’m a man, and whai a mah! Six-foot-one of splendid young (only 85) manhood, handsomer than any hero of fiction ! I possess, among

many other attractions, a lovely chin built distinctly on Mussolini lines. Now why is it that I’m not beloved by all ladies ? I can be slick and Clark Gablish in the latest check suit; gay and debonair in slacks and silk shirt; or very cavemannish, and move about with untamed grace in denims and a holey singlet. I can say "Bai Jove, my deah girl," or "Damn it all, wench,’ with equal feryour and meaning. When proposing I can be casually indifferent, or infinitely tender and. then again, I can

ucclaim my great love with the most turbulent passion ever witnessed by woman. There’s only one thing I can’t do, aud that is croon, Now, tell me kindly, Mike, is this the reason for the aloofuess of the ladies? May I suggest a

"Floppers’ (masculine of flapper?) session, wherein you could answer this burning question, and perhaps coach us in the noble art of e¢rooning.-

Julius

Kumara.

introductions i FIND I am always more interested in the sessions when I know who the announcers are (athough not knowing them personally), and, judging by requests in the slaps and claps session, 1ZB, there are evidently others who like to know who the announcer is, too. I would like to suggest that each announcer introduce his successor, parti‘eularly from the Commercial stations. To my mind this gives the personal and human touch so necessary in making any advertisement convincing.-

Potential Customer

(Auckland).

First Aid For people, especially mothers, in jsolated country districts, short talks on First Aid would be appreciated. Just a few minutes at a time, a little and often, is much easier to remember than a long talk would be. Also, it would be one way of reaching Maori women. Ignorance is responsible for many deaths, New ways of dealing with sickness and slight aceidents are constantly being discovered, As an example, take burns or sealds. Wow man: people or how few people know the best way to treat a burn, and, again, with sprains and bruises, which is to be need, hot or cold compresses ?--

Sally

Horner

(Frankton Junction).

Sunday Nights N reply to "Sleepy Sol’s" complaint about "highbrow" Sunday night programmes, I can assure him (?) that there are plenty wh» shudder at the "lowbrow" Saturday programmes. To be sure, some of the secondary stations would he worth listening to, but, unfortunately, it is not always possible to hear them. On Sundays the "Sleepy Sols" of the listening public can at least fortify themselves with a certain amount of light music during the day. but on Saturdays the "highbrows" do not even haye their yfternoon classical hour to console them for the lack of

entertainment in the evening. It seems a pity that one of the YA stations could not broadcast on Saturday night the kind of programme considered suit~ -able for Sunday, and viceversa. If, however, this cannot be, let ‘Sleepy Sol"

rememnber that Sundav iS the opera

fans’ only night.

Listener

Morrins-

ville.

PEASULEAERULULEREREOLOLECCSEDRURERSRESARESREER SDS SEADD RASS e si eee Sports For Boys ON behalf of my friends, may I put forth a suggestion to you. This suggestion would also be popular among other youth of New Zealand. This is a "sports talk" for boys, a talk which we would benefit from, and also it would be very interesting. I remember listening, once a week, to a talk on tennis given over during a ehildren’s session. I myself benefited from this, learning various points that L had never heard of before. There could be a talk abour football, explain-’ ing points and giving us a small story about such great figures as George Nepia. How to keep fit, could also be another point. In summer, swimming, tennis or cricket could be the subjects. I am sure there would be many of us nove who would give un a lot to listen

to the "sports talk.’’-

A.

T.

(Welling-

ton).

"THE United States remains an extraordinarily old-fashioned country.

~Hr_

H. G.

Wells