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"Radio VXZ, the Angel City Evening Howler, Winitsky's orchestra, in the main dining-room of the Admiralty Hotel, broadcasting by remote control. " And then presently "Radio QXJ, the Evening Roarer," giving election returns -- big figures now. "Republican Campaign Headquarters in New York, in a bulletin issued at 1 a.m., estimates that Calvin Coolidge has carried Massachusetts by 400,000 plurality -- hooray for the Old Bay State! And New York by 900,000 -- three cheers for the Empire State -- ray, ray, ray! And Illinois by -- wait a minute there, somebody's knocked my glasses off -- they're pulling the rough stuff in this studio. Behave yourselves, girls, don't you know the world's listening in on QXJ tonight? Illinois by 900,000. Whoopee! That noise you hear is the Chicago Comet yelping for his home state! It's time we heard the Chicago Comet again -- sing us a hot one, Teddy -- that little warble about the street car comin' along. You know what I mean? " A broad, jolly Negro voice answered, "Yessah, Ah knows! Yessah, hyar Ah goes! " Plunkety-plunk --
"Ah had someone befoah Ah had you An' Ah'll have someone aftah you's gone, A street car or a sweetheart doan' mattah to me, There'll be another one comin' along! "