Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-02
Mew York
Letter

NEW YORK-NoteS scriopled Oh
a convenient cuff. old Ironsides
majestically riding the upper Hud-
son, is a bigger hit than any Man.
| haitian attraction. More than l2.00(
persons stand in line daily to get
aboard. -.
And that fellow, Bing Crosby
that the radio gents are propagan-
dizing at the moment was ingen-
iously introduced to New York BY
a magician, Nicola, who produced
Crosby from a trunk. When the
guest Of honor had failed to arrive
and the Qur~tion Of his where
abouts was raised, the presto" gent
volunteered 70 help; prepared some
OF his conjuring paraphernalia and,
with the wave Of a wand. out
stepped Crosby. They think OF
more things in this mans town.
Saw Elsie Janis on Broadway for
the first time since she disappear
ed into Hollywood. And they say
that romance has finally come into
her life. Broadway has 1t that her
mother was the most watchful OF
all stage mothers" guiding the
famous mimic into q great career
and away from all possible heart
entanglements. Edna Ferber once
wrote q grand tale called Mother
Knows Best" which was said at the
time to have been inspired by the
Janis stories.
Which reminds me-you know
how Ethel Barrymore has "adored'
the newspaper gentry OF latel Well,
Of all the ironies: when her daugh-
ter, Ethel Barrymore Colt. finally
decided to 60 on in a current revue
she was cast as a female reporterl
There's more to that fistic en-
counter between George white, the
producer. and Leo Brown, the song
writer, than appeared in the pub
lie prints. It happened In the foyer
on the opening night OF Scandals"
with Brown heaving a mean fist at
the Jaw OF the noted entrepreneur.
To be sure, there had been an
argument as to the PERCENTAGE OF
receipts that Brown and Hender-
son. his musical collaboration. were
to get. And they had tried an in
junction on the eve Of the OPEN
ing. But what burned up" the
song writer was a report that both
he and Henderson were not to be
tolerated among the first night
brigade. Henderson didn't 90. and
Brown did. Only to be told to sget
away" according to the best in
formation.
Enraged because he couldn't hear
his own score played, the Tin Pan
Alleyite slugged.
Oh yes-and my cuff reminds me
to say something about those two
Maine guides who came down to
help the cops clean out the crooks
and gangsters." The tale goes that
they hadn't been = town a day
before some Of the crooks they
were going to get had lifted the
rifle Of one OF the visitors. The
stunt. by the way, was staged by
the state OF Maine Promotion Asso-
citation TO interest moose hunters
in selecting Maine instead Of Can
ada.
The New Yorker Hotel has hust
inaugurated a smart stunt for max
ing the visitors from elsewhere feel
at home. It's a sort OF transient
"get-acuuainted" idea. Each eve
ming a broadcast is staged. the an
nouncement reaching only the a
rious rooms. The announcer. Walter
Fleishmann. goes through the days
list OF guests. giving a brief intro
duction to the more famed person.
ages who happen to hay arrived
and reciting the names and the
home towns OF several dozen new
Corners. Thus the boys and girls
from other sections OF the realm
are able to keep In touch with
homefolk. II any.
Walters. like actors. seem pos
sessed OF a fear that they may end
uo in the Potters' Field. so everv
New York waiter. with or without
a lob. Is assured Of a cemetery
plot. II nothing else. A walters in
surance fund looks after this.