Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-06
New York
Letter

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NEW YORK-Pie LIZ suddenly
staging Q tremendous comeback IN
Manhattan.
Whatever tears may have BEEN
shed over the much-discussed de-
preston, 1t seems to me that some
lusty cheers should be let loose over
the renaissance OF good old plebian
pie.
Elsewhere in the land, pie may
have held It's own with other dishes
on the menu. But in those days when
everyone had easy money in his
jeans, desserts went suddenly ritzy,
I have wandered into one place
after another and called plaIntive.y
for pie. only to have my appetite in
suited by some soggy looking mess
for which i had TO- pay from two
bits up.
You know the sort OF pie 7 mean:
that undernourished variety with the
uppercrust caved in at the chest and
leaning on the undercrust for sup
port.
But wandering along the streets
these days, you'll see the side street
restaurants and the front street cafes
fairly screeching with signs advertis-
ing pie for five cents per cut" And
ten cents, II you get 1t n la mode.
And the sample shown In neat
glass cases reveal q grand old puffy
hunk. Even the swankier places,
where all the desserts appeared N
French, Italian and way languages.
nave swung into line.
And when New York goes back
to pie, 1t seems to me there's some
hope for the land.
The sudden discovery OF show
stopping young hooters who have
been hiding away somewhere In
the U. s. is one Of the sensational
features Of the Broadway season.
The manner. In which these
youngsters have stepped on stage,
without previous fanfare, and tied
uD some ~big-league show with their
n-mble feet is nothing short Of
spectacular.
To date, there have been three
UGH discoveries, and there are a
{ pie more I've heard about but
haven't had time TO look in upon.
Thus, Flo ziegfeld started things of
by introducing Hal lie Roy, the Gin
cinnati lad, into the company OF
Ruth Fitting, Harry Richman and
other stars. Yet, despite his spot"
on the program, the youngSter be-
came the talk Of the show.
1t was then whispered Nhat George
White would have something 20
write home about. He trotted out
Ray Bolger, who has been about the
stage for some time, but somehow
never got the big break. Well, what
ever the Scandals may or may not
have this season, 1t certainly has
Ray Bolger.
Now old Mons. Shubert heard
about all this and went ~ferreting
around. Out Of his sleeve he pulled
another young man with little or
no Broadway Teputaton-one Tom
Harry. And Harry threatens TO give
lie Roy plenty Of competition.
It's rivalry Of this sort that puts
the sporting and thrill element
into show going. Sport writers tell
Of the bencher who knocked the
home run or came down the field
with the pigskin. OF course, the
play-by-play idea has never seemed
possible on the stage.
Yet the fans who make the Broad
way rounds season after season, be-
come lusty rooters when some new
conner wins the big street game with
some sensationallly good stunt. In a
way, it's all out Of the same bag,
I suppose.
On the other side Of the theater
ledger must be written the annoy
ing number Of tasteless acts that
have bubbed up since Chick Sales
booklet had its phenomenal sale.
Three or four music revues, includ-
ing the very smart Band Wagon,
have had sketches devoted to plumb
ing shops and such.