The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-27
IN NEW YORK

New York, May 27.-Cranks and
moon-touched nit-wits appear At
regular intervals In q metropolis such
as Manhattan-And generally In the
wake Of some famous beauty. some
stage celebrity /. or some personality
who has suddenly been projected into
the spotlight.
Each new beauty announced by the
Ziegfclds Or the Shuberts or the
CAROLS finds herself deluged with
letters from foggy old dodgers Offer
ing her marriage and q fortune. Most
Of these writer's r park bench mill
lionaires, who have difficulty raising
the price Of q bowl Of stew. Tho
theatrical offices are bombarded with
demands for phone numbers ana
addresses and switchboard girls grow
weary Of hanging up on them.
Just the other day Jeanne EagelS,
the actress, had to hire private. de.
tectives because Of q moon-eyed youth
who called her by phone several
times q day and finally laid In wait
for her in the lobby Of her hotel.
The youth was arrested.
And q week before that . lovely
Spanish dancer from q musical show
was kept awake by the strains Of =
fiddle playing beneath her window.
The serenader finally appeared In
her hallway and her father reused
him out with cold water. When he
fell on his knees and begged for but
n glance at her. there seemed
nothing to do but call the police. He
100000 Aa~k - AA nvkfNAAvkAv led
who had watched her from q gallery
seat for many days.
When Irving Berlin and Ellin
Mackay were trying to hide from the
press after their marriage. they re-
ceived nearly 100 letters Offering
suggestions Of how to avoid detec.,
ton. Indy and Miss Morrow have
had almost q similar number advise
ing them on their wedding plans.
] know Of no major crime in the
last several years. where q mystery
has been involved, that didn't bring
from . hundred to five hundred
anonymous letters pointing to solu.
lions or clews. The police rarely GET
the slightest help from them. Ths
few that have been looked into did
little more than throw them off the
track. All were the work Of crank&.
The Rothstein murder mystery f.
said to have drawn nearly . thou~I
sand anonymous phone calls. sent
generally from cigar store booths
where they couldn't be traced.
Nor are al the "nuts' relegated Ia
anonymity. Within the week ] have
observed several phenomeuons which
belong to the believe It or not" de-
partment.
30, believe II or not-at the most
recent dance derby held In Madison
Square Garden three Russian rock.
ers" appeared Is = sort Of sideshow.
They were Q trio Of Moscowttes who
held . record for swaying back and
forth for five days. stopping only for
q couple Of hours Per day. Then
there's the "flagpole squatters who
stands 90 test above the ground on
. disk which looks to be little big.
ger than q photograph record. His
record to date, II ! remember, had
been Q Today Siege. with . few min-
utes Oft for rest each few hours.
And they had . bimbo who called
himself. THE man chained to -
automobile" who agreed to dr4ye
night and day round and round to
same block.
And this, my friends. y what W
are pleased to call tho enlightened
20th centESy.
"A bulletin from the phone CONF
pany informs me that thoro are now
10000 private telephones In New
York. Most Of theoo aro oWno0 by
actors, writer's and such who are
constantly bothered BY the soet Of
nuts mentioned IN this article. They
allow only their intimate fFies6e -
know their numbers. being extremely
busy people who cannot - bothered
BY calls asking than 10 endorse soGae
brand Of citArets.
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