Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
SOME SIDE LIGHTS
OF NEW YORK CITY
Told By Walter Trumbull in
His Own Immical Way
of DOings in City
INTERESTING SKETCHES

i just ran across picture Of I'D
Norwood, on the porch of his home
at Lynn, Conn. That solves one
mystery. Others may have known
where Ed had betaken himself, but
i didn't. For years Mr.. Norwood
travelled ahead of a circus. In New
York the circus used to catch up
with him. Then | used to get him
to fix things so that Roland Young,
the actor and artist, could get into
Madison Square garden between per
formances and draw the elephants.
Roland Young always was fascinat-
ed by elephants and clowns. When
Ed Norwood was not doing his stuff
for the show he was writing essays
on all sorts Of subjects. He used
to let me read them, and they were
well worth reading. Beautiful,
imaginative things they were. Later
he wrote circus stories for children.
They tell me he still does, although
his latest literary labors have to do
with biographies.
Lyme is literary and artistic col
ony. Norma Terris and her husband
live there, as do Wilbur Daniel
Steele, and Adrienne Morrison Ben
nett Pinker. Mrs. Pinker is the
mother of Constance Bennett. Mrs.
Sidney Drew was the aunt of Nor
ma Terris, which make the latter
some relation to the Barrymores.
Lionel, Ethel and John Barrymore,
all to appear in the movie "Raspu-
tin," certainly should make that an
interesting film. I can't remember
that they have been together in a
performance since "The Jest"
A New Yorker was in the office
of highly prominent executive and
when the latter told his secretary
to get the White House on the tele-
phone, became considerably excited.
he thought he was going to be in
on bit Of unwritten history. When
the executive was connected with
the Executive mansion, he got the
Presidents secretary on the wire.
That was q bit Of disappointment
to the visitor, who had expected to
overhear a conversation with the
President himself, but he still kept
his ears cooked.
aTell me-" he heard the executive
ask, "shall 1 wear a black or a
white tie at that dinner tomorrow
night?"
Martin Johnson told me the other
night that the real secret Of photo
graphing wild animals was to know
their habits and how they would re
act to a given stimulus. For ex-
ample, he said he now knew so
much more concerning gorillas than
he did when he first went after
them that he was convinced he could
take his next pictures of them from
much closer. Both the Johnsons
have learned to fly plane and both
of them enjoy being pilots. They
probably will make use of a plane
on their next trip to Africa.
In their speeches at their public
appearances" Osa Johnson has her
speech pretty well rehearsed and
makes her points as cleverly as an
actress or an orator. Martin John
son never knows what he is going to
say until he says it. If he can find
a customer in one Of the front rows
whose looks he likes. he talks to
him. If the customer shows inter-
est, Mr.. Johnson extends his speech.
Otherwise. he cuts it short.
The oddity of the present eco
nomic situation is shown by the fact
that a man who was one of the
architects who worked on one Of
New York's big railroad stations
now is one of those behind the in
formation desk in that same termi-
nal And he thinks he Is lucky to
have the job.
Frank Case overheard an actor
at the Lambs club say that he had
been having a dreadful time getting
a passport. Il finally" he said, ''had
TO dig up a congressman"
'iWell. old chap" said his COM
panion, mo one will thank you for
that"