Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-20

NEW 1OfLA, N1dICL AU.-1Ou We
probably read in the newspapers
that Demaris Dore is better known
along the Main Artery a S "Hotsy-
Totsy," a tag given her because OF
her stage style and pep, zip and
torrid warbling. Now she is report
sed saying she saw the Fatty Walsh
shooting, and the police have ques-
toned her. She has walked out"
of more shows and cafe revues than
perhaps any other local entertain
er, because she is difficult to han
die, although her longest stay was
at the Frivolity club before it was
Mabel Willebrandted, where she
enticed handsome trade.
She is a clever lass, and should
have clicked in a big way long ago.
Her career probably will be in tat
tiers before the mystery murder in
Miami is solved.
She almost testified against
Peaches Browning at White Plains,
but got no further than the front
pages.
She crashed the newspapers dur
ing the Ruth Snyder-Judd Gray
affair, too. having told reporters:
Il think I one saw them in our
night club"
Now she is a part of the Miami
mixup. and with all the so-calleG
publicity she cannot find a Job!
In fewer words. she can get into
more jams than a Broadway para
grapher.
JUST so MUCH GREEK
Devoting at least four years to
the manuscript Of his play, Young
Alexander" during which time, 1t
is reliably said, he altered it II
tines, Hardwick Nevins has had
the piece produced at the Bilt-
more. It stars Henry Hull and fea-
lures A. E. Arson, and not a few
of the auditors appeared to find it
diverting enough the first night,
for they responded with persistent
hand -clapping at the end of the
first scene in the last episode.
Just what prompted the linger-
ing applause was not quite clear
to at least one of us, who found
Young Alexander" a windy and
witleSs play. True, its initial act
was crowded with arresting dia-
logue and good pretending, which
offered promise Of a satisfying eve
ming, but in the following act 1t
limped trying to be gay-in the
comic-strip manner.
It never quite caught its breath
again after that. 1t proved Just SO
| much tedium, buried beneath an
avalanche Of wordage. "The Road
to Rome" and Marco Millions" had
robbed Young Alexander" OF the
novelty it probably believed it con-
| tanned, anyhow. Modern chatter
in togas, helmets and shields is a
bit tiresome when it fails to pack
the rhythm, tempo and appeal that
those successes featured. One sus-
poets Young Alexander" will hard
ly thrive.
HAW!
One of Eddie Buzzell's numerous
friends. who had a black and blue
orb. called to see him back stage at
the Vanderbilt last night. The star
of Lady Fingers" looked at the Off
color eye and queried:
How come? Bunk into a door
again?"
mo" was the reply. "I got that
kissing a bride after the cere-
mony."
But who ever heard of anyone
getting a black eye for kissing a
bride after the ceremony" joshed
Eddie.
Il know" was the comeback,
"but 7 kissed her three years
after"
MY DINNER PARTNER
Her pretty lips were primed with
wit
And perilously red:
I 1onged-I longed to-"15n't II
A lovely day?" I said.
I heard her voice, Oh! So discreet
And now. acknowledging
That I vas right. the days were
sweet
In very early spring.
And neither she nor I revealed
BY any outward sign
The jungle thoughts that lay con-
cealed
In her heart and in mine.
-Wilfred j. Funk.
Ivy ELINSONISMS
Gold-digger version: I'll Go Buy
as Long as I Have You!"
Paradox: Millions are spent on
sound flickers. but they're being
produced for a song.
Line to a newly made celebrity:
The first hundred cheers are the
hardest.
Then there's the Broadway
phoney whose clothes we're so loud
he was arrested for passing
through a hospital block.
YOU CAN'T?
James Quirk was chatting with