New Britain herald., 1930-12-23

New York, Dec. 22.-That new, aloof shopping district suddenly flung up around the Plaza fountain on 5th avenue has become the most exclusive strip in the city. By night it suggests the sepulchral white of the Tai Mahal and by day glori- fled and squirmy rue de la Paix.
 It's shops offer a glitter "a new note in modern masnificence. Here one finds S4 q pound candy, sl5 facial massage $50 orchidaceous bouquets and perfumes of Already at $50 an ounce. Some of the salons are in the ornate fronts of expensive hotels flanking the district.
 What was once the red -bricked chateau of Vanderbilt. pere. is now snow white facade, housing a hat shop whose rental exceeds S10O,- GOO Q year and dress-mahing par Tor with a reputed rental of quarter million. Cater-cornered is stately bank of cream. marble.
 A beauty parlor with a black onyX front trimmed in white is out fitted al a cost higher than cats back" Another atelier entirely Of chromium and beveled mirrors Is sunburst of silvered splendor. Still another will offer a Coppery sheen of golden brown.
 The whole effect has the clean secured look of a Holland house front I am told clerks in the area are paid one third higher than those in other high class sections. Some wear frock coats and lapel flowers. The inward show is reflect ed by the outside display of door l flunkies.
 When they appear for work in uniforms their trappngs suggest the fanfarolc of the changing guards at Whitehall One who caught my 1 eye was adorned with d great coat 1 of Delft blue and the spreading | military cape vas lined with some- thing very like white ermlne. | Many establishments have what 1 they call reception clerks who re- | ceivc the limousined arrivals find . out lIlClT uFStlt anu NSi i' '''N''' ] over 10 the proper attaches. But 1 the neatest touch is beautiful Chinese girl in one place whose sole job IS to hold lights for waiting | ladies' cigarettes.
 The astonishing success Of So- phie Tucker in perhdious old AL 1 bion continues 10 thrill Broadway . friends who hitherto regarded So phie as only a husky voiced coon | shoutcr. She has always been popu- l lar in London cabarets, but this sea- son in straight musical comedy kept a sedate London crowd applaudlng until after 1:30 a. m. A British firm has named a cigarette for her and she is the toast of many knee brooches affairs. You know: Pawn cy seeing you heah.
 Sophie Tucker. as I recall, came out Of the obscurity Of Hartford hashery and made her first bid for New York acclaim in old Rei5cn- weber's on The Circle. Blonde Anna zonian and amiable. she was q sharp contrast to the siiken voiced | hostcsscs of that decade. She has q grown son upon whom she lavishcs her generous affections.
 Miss Tucker has been the peg for many Broadway gags. One of the most hilarious concerns her first afternoon at the Palace after a triumphant tour of Europe. II was
 typical 70. yeah ?" audience and
 Miss Fuckers offering fell flat. In
 the wings awaiting to follow her
 vas d group of Singer midgets. As
 Miss Tucker stormed off she cX-
 ploded temperamentally to the stage
 manager: Tt is a swell mess when an artist cant leave this stage with out finding herself hip-deop Tn
 midgets."
 rode last night with my first woman taxi driver, short haul ot