The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-04-28
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WILLIE
ROGERS
SESAVH

Beverly Hills-Well all I know is
just what read in the papers, and
what hear as listen in on a radio
that the kids put in my room here.
I never was much of a radio hound.
I get my Amos and Andy and then
wash the other programme up, but
as this one is right here I got it
going. Hollywood is having one of
it's Openings" that's one of those
things where there is a new movie
opening at some theatre.
Well for sameness I don't sup
post two airdale pups are any more
alike than all Openings" They
have a microphone out in the lobby
of the theatre and an announcer
and he tells you who is coming in.
He says Here comes Mr.. Who's or
Mr.. Jasbo, we will have EN- step
over to the micraphone and say a
few words to you over the micra-
phone" And that the last you ever
hear of it, they never come over
and say anything, and the ones that
they do get to come over and say.
Hello everybody. wish you were
here" but it's the studio bootblack,
or some one that worked for the
company that is putting on the pic
ture. It's got so that every studio
almost sandbags-its own people to
make EN- go and make up the
crowd. If it's a Warner picture
there is working for Warner. If it's
Fox's it's a typical Fox audience.
Most of EN- have seen it at the stud
10.
You can open one down a dark
alley and not let anyone know it
and if it's any good in a few days
you can't get near the thing. Its
like a good restaurant, you can't
hide it. This old boy announcing
tonight is having trouble getting
anyone to announce that anyone ev-
er heard of. He is laying it onto
the traffic. He says traffic is hold
ing all the big ones back. He is
tireless though. He keeps making
you think someone is coming pert
ty soon.
That is a thankless job that an
nouncer has. Poor fellow cant dig
up a soul. Oh yes here is Chick
Sales, you all know Chick? He is q
bear on canvas or boards, then he
had a mighty popular novel, one
time. Chick ought to fit right into
an opening. Chick you was life
saver for this poor announcer. Now
they are playing kinder pretty
tune called In the Valley where the
Lilies grow. Its got a mighty
catchy swing.
Speaking of music my wife and
Mrs. Flo Ziegfeld, (Billie Burke)
have gone to hear Padawriski. Say
try to spell that guys name. Every
body can say it but no one call spell
it. I have stayed at his hotel in
Warsaw, in fact occupied his suite
there and by the way Floyd Gibbons
was there at the hotel with me at
time. That's where first met him.
He has had great time over in
China. Sure wish I had not had to
rush back.
But still I am not so hot for
that actual war stuff: don't want
" SEE IL, lO ludlIcI WLdL lTlOGS Oh
people are fighting. Amt it funny
how that war dropped right out of
sight, the Lindberg Baby ruined
that war for publicity sake.
And next in comparison to that
was a horse, that Australian horse.
Did you ever see as many people
interested in an animal? I am
sitting here now in my den looking
at a wonderful picture of him, CIV
en- to me by the sports writer that
come over with him. He told me
that he cabled back to Australia
from fifteen hundred to two thous-
and words about Phadlap every day.
That was all during the time that
he was being prepared for the race,
and after he won it. Just think of
the cost Of that. And the interest
that must have been in him. Now
imagine how they must feel.
was in Australia many many
years ago, and have always main
tanned that they had the best horses
mean horse for horse all over the
country, that they had the best
horses in the world. Racing! That's
not only sport with them. its q
mania. When the big race, the