If some enterprising person with nothing much to do was to organize.a straw ballot popularity contest to de- termine the most popular programme on the ether, the General Electric com- pany’s N. B. C. Saturday night offer- ing would be very much in the run- ning. A marvelous symphony orches tra under the direction of Walter ~Damrosch and “Adventures in Science” by Floyd Gibbons. Tune in next Sat- urday at 6 p.m., coast time.

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A dance orchestra that gets in really good specialty intermission numbers is the Laughner-Harris organization, play- ing from the St. Francis Hotel. KGO, Meee OtG. “1140-720 12 an: every night except on Sundays—and on Sun- days at the same time KFI gives us The Vagabonds. And so—any night, from 11.10 to 12. o'clock, if you like dance music, your dials are safe at 640K.

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The Detroit Symphony is bringing pleasure to a great many people. Edgar Guest, Poet Laureate of the Auto City, also has a place on the programme. Tune in on KERC, Sundays at 6.30.

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KQW is a 500-watt station that has been coming in exceptionally well of late—and all the way from San Jose. We cant help wondering whether Vancouver's CNRV, with its 500 watts, is getting that far south—and if so what Californians are thinking of B. C. broadcasting.

Canadian (at Scottish football game): “Why don’t they start? They ought to have kicked off half an hour ago.

Scotsman: “Aye, something serious has happened.”

Canadian: “Not a player taken off ill?”

Scotsman: “No, worse than that; they canna find the penny they tossed

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Free Cooking Classes More Popular Than Ever

BD ine weekly cooking classes held on Tuesday afternoons at 2.30 in the auditorium of the B. C. Electric store, Granville street at Dunsmuir, are being particularly well attended these days.

At these free demonstrations Van- couver women actually see how Miss Agnes M. Reed and her assistants ap- ply modern methods to the preparation of new and interesting dishes.

An interesting feature is that every woman attending not only sees Miss Reed in action and hears her explana- tions, but each woman goes home with written instructions for the same. recipes she has seen made on the platform.

The schools are well worth attending. Why not pay them a visit? Remember ——-Tuesday at 2.30, in the Granville street B. C. Electric store.

Gas Offers a Perfect Water- heating Service

FTER all, it was not so very long ago that hot water for all house- hold needs was a real problem. Kettles to carry from stove top to wash- tube &.

Today the thing is completely sim- plified. An automatic gas water heater, at very small cost, provides an always ready supply of steaming hot water. You merely turn a tap.

The small, inexpensive tank type heaters also render an excellent hot water service. A few brief minutes after touching a match to your heater— bounteous quantities of hot water are yours to help with baths or household cleaning tasks.

Prof.: ““Wise men _ hesitate: fools are certain.”

Pupil: “Are you sure?”

Prof.: “I am certain.”

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