Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-11
New York Letter

NEW YORK, Dec. fo.-Lord Nor
thesk, whose heart was bruised BY
Peggy Joyce. sailed secretly with
only n Broadway reporter bidding
him ta-ta Lady Heath, the Brit
ish sviatrix. is plotting q divorce
Elsie Ferguson and Frieda
Hempel's ex CIV. q. Kahn are That
Way . Jack Taylor of st. Pc
tersburg. Fla, and Frieda HempcI
ditto Frank Harris. whose life
and Loves" book is one reason the
Govt barred him, IL here incog.
anyway -. Crosby Gaige. play pro-
Queer. who is giving up the book
business too, is not going to be weld
ed 10 That Rich Chicago Woman who
helped divorce him from Hilda /.
Whitney Warren Jr- Is not Jeanne
J. Ascher Smith. n butler In "Hol-
iday." Is an 4. II. Duton executive off
stage . 4. Merna Kennedy and
James Hall have reconciled against
her mammy's wishes . w. q.
Fields. who rates $500 yards per in
"vanities." will be succeeded BY
Frank Fay The Giliett people
will shortly market n new blade that
will not rust.
Maxwell House Java has discarded
the slogan Good 10 the Last Drop"
because an attorney wrote in 10
query why the last drop wasn't good.
too. He got a check for two yards
for his eagle eye, IL appears, when
the local clowns have been pulling
that duip for seasons . Theg say
the Arch Selvyns anticipate a not
so blessed event . . . Regardless Of
rumors, Chick Meehan will not de-
sert ". Y. u.
The eastern railroads have an un-
derstandinE that they will not use
radio advertising . The new ra-
do clocks have the telegraph time
piece companies worried sick . I.
The man holding the money bags be-
hind the play Tomorrow" heads the
Textile Corp Of America He is
also the inventor OF the trick seen
cry . Ircnic note: "To the Pure
a book defending the right Of deal
ers TO reddle what volumes they
choose. is dealt from under the table
in Boston William Ellcry Leon
ard. the poet, has never left Madison.
Wis. because he's scared Of choo-
choos Universal Films sent y
specialist 10 New York to study the
Broadway night clubs. who arrived
On the night most were ~padlorksd
y. Blumenfeid calls Broadway
The Way Of All Flash"
NinchcIl's Own Inside Stuff
Because he overplays the more tor
rid love episodes with his leading
lady. of the towns most digni-
lied hams Whose wife II also In
the cast may have 10 hire n lawyer
Virginia Sackwell West, author
Of Orlando" u Orlando John
Chamberlin OF the Times news dept
has been denoted TO the book re-
viewing branch . The unfair sex
last year contributed 400 million IA
the nations beauty emporiums. ac-
cording TO a Govt mathematician
Twenty members Of the Rain
bow" ensemble will be given prai-
rie . Clifton Webb is Hope will
iiams' body guard in the various tall
millinery sin dens . Arthur Hart
ley. who plotted suing Kenneth Har-
Ian for alienation Of his frau's af-
fecticns, has dropped the suit.
a o pitcher star refused to in
dorse her sisters acting in a New
York show because OF the shady plot
Davenport's new airport has
been christened after Editor Rlsph
WI. Cram Of the Democrat and Lead
err there . . Caroline Duer. Alice
Duer Miller's sis. is an AUTHORITY on
etiquette. consulted by Vanity Fair.
Vogue. etc. On weddings dinner.
and where n wife should stand when
her husband registers AZ a hotel 4.
Herb Hevner. baritone. was barred
from singing a ditty called Good
Ale" in Syracuse Wow Of the
week: Claiming Pollock. whose play
Mr.. Moncypenny." aims ~ prove
that money isn't everything. T. Civ
ing away 500 seats ~ Christmas TO
New York's needy
Newspaperman Stuff
Several months ago the ". v.
World startled the trade and public
~ making rcoores with the most
sensational sex story ever printed in
? standard size daily parer. n was
the first euEenic baby yarn n yarn
which N published ~ n tabloid
would have attracted frowns and re-
| duty On Ter harin ~ rallir- Inc