4 JUNE 1927, Page 16

THE COMFORTS OF BROADCASTING

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

Sia,=-Permit me to give a notable instance of the great services rendered by broadcasting nowadays, particularly to those at all crippled.

Saturday, April 9th, found me in London, and had I stayed up to once more hear Dr. Sheppard from the pulpit of St. Martin's Church the following evening, I should probably have needed to be on the scene at least an hour in advance of the service for the purpose of a seat. But by returning to my home some thirty miles away in the country, I was enabled to " listen in " with comfort from an assured seat. The Church itself was more than full an hour in advance, owing to it being the first occasion on which Dr. Sheppard was to preach after he had had to retire from his incumbency.—I am, Sir, :e.,