Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-27

NEW YORK, Jan. 2s.-Perhaps the
most successful speskeasy in New
York must 20 nameless here for OBJ
vious reasons But its system az
clicking rate attention. It caters 70
a nigh class ~patrosage. most OF the
customers being members Of the bet
ter clubs. The Harvard and Yale
Hub members, frinstsnee. get in
your hair. IL closes at l a. m. right
on the dot. No customer in that
important who can make the owner
keep open d second later. His liquor
Is the best. The prices are reason
oble and your never witness a quar-
rel or fist fight.
Because explained the proprie.
tor, " never permit a woman TO
come in"
NewspRperman Stuff!
One Of the speeches in Jed Harris
smash hit Front Page" which has
not annoyed newspaper men follows:
IL Is uttered by Hildy. the seoopee-
maker who plans deserving the
game. but doesn't when a biz story
breaks: Who wants TO work on d
newspaper? "A lot Of crummy hoboes,
full Of dandruff and bum gin they
wheedle out Of aldermen. Journal
lists! Peeking through keyholes:
running after fire engines like 3 lot
Of coach dogs. Waking people UP in
the middle of the night to ask them
what they think Of Mussolini. "A lot
OF lousy. daffy buttinskis. swelling
around with holes in their pants.
borrowing nickels from office boys.
And for what? So a million hired
girls and motormen's wives1l know
what's going on"
Golly!
The Way or n Man
He persisted with one az the biz
liners many years ago. Before his
death he fell madly IN love with a
show girl for whom be once engaged
the whole wing Of a Palm Beach no.
tel. Then one night he discovered
her with his chauffeur. Before
breaking off he settled a quarter WI
a million on her. Gave her q car. a
yacht. jewels and furnished a sumpt-
Gus apartment in New York.
AS the ship listed he turned 70
the wife that survived the wreck and
Implered her to always take care NJ
Alt hAIA WHO NTOEEGA HANlH 10 NHA1
day the actress receives a monthly
check Of four figures.
Broadway Portrait
Her name is Mavis King, and she
Is probably this side Of 20. She ped
dies flowers AZ the Club Entime
from 1850 p. m. until 6 a. M. Aris-
ing at 10:30 a. m, she hastens down
to the Woolworth buildings rata-
Skeller where she sells cigarettes
until $3.50, and then, from 4 4 Z p.
m, poses for Russell Patterson, .he
illustrator. and other artists.
She says she earns about $500
weekly, half Of which she has "a
give to the coscessionaires that hire
her. When she was asked why she
worked s ohard, she replied:
Il have TO get out of debt"
We learned that she lost about
$4,000 at the Saratoga track last
season, and cannot refrain from wa
Rering everything she has on the
fights at Madison Square Garden,
where she lost-if you do not object
to our yulgarity-her shirt.
Flaming Youth
What IL better described a. a wal
looping hit, "a first-rate musical COM
edy, an immense entertainment and
the funniest of the song. dance and
tune shows, is Schwab & Mandel's
Follow Thru" which romps all ovsr
the Chanin 46th Street theater plat
form, where il probably will outrun
its predecessor. "Good News"
IL is crowded with nc least five
song hits, albeit all Of the numbers
are difficult to forget; two come
dams who discharge an incessant
barrage of the most hilsrouis COM
edy current in the theater belt; and
il can boast OF an array Of conts-
gious-looking girls. II Is e grand
show.