The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-16
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By PAUL HARRISON

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 New York.--TIis lantern.jawed honor, John Patrick O'Brien, hasn't been getting about in public lately, in spite of the fact that he's supposed to be engaged In q cam New York city.
 It seems that he has got to breeding over the boos and Bronx cheers that shriveled his pompos- ity on previous appearances, such as the lest two prize hghts anu the MIRA parade. Thousands sal- uted him disrespectfully on all those occasions, but the parade brought forth the most phenom- enaf outburst of negative enthusi- asms launched since the Cherry Sisters retired from the stage. At that time, Mayor O'Brien |. seemed half inclined to Over- look the sentiment and to be content with tho fact that, after all, this was the greatest amount of attention that ever had been accorded him. Since then, how ever, his preparations chin, but- toned shoes and peculiar little scuttlIng gait have furnished no more comedy relief at public functions.
 True, John Patrick has attend | ed to q few outdoor chores, such as laying a Tammany Club corner stone or presenting medals to the | kiddies who wrote essays on fre prevention. But he doesn't add his squat bulk to the crush of celebri. ties at theater first nights. And l when the World Series opened at the Polo Grounds, Hizzoner sent word that he was too busy to come
 up and throw out the first ball | The fans were disappointed. They reflected that o'Briens rapscaiiion predecessor. Jimmy Waiker' wouldn't have acted like that: Jim my would have been on hand with a grin, an ingratiating little speech. and n flask of scotch. Had there
 been boos, he would have made tho
 most of them.
 LAbby's Back
 People on Broadway: For the first time in many months, Libby Holman Reynolds has come back
 to the Main Line, and the first
 thing she did was rush back-stase at "As Thousands Cheer" to em- .
 Little Show" days. She's much
 thinner, and tanned deeply from swimming at her private beach at
 Watch Hill, E. I. Rumors persist that she'll appear in q show early next year Aimee Mcpherson,
 who tried to go vaudeville Instead of revivallst, provided theater here with the worst business lt has ever written in red ink ... And
 down the street at another house.
 Big Boy Hutton completed the
 family flop us torch singer. -. Thnt pretty niece Of Paul
 Wxhcman has ono Of thc bach.
 el0r vandcrbilts talking to him.
 self. .
 A Mae West number In the now
 Ziegfcld Follies ls being built
 around q chorus girl named Ale"
 t,idnor. who looks and talks start
 lincly Ike the comc.and.s
 sometime siren. Trying n night
 club comeback. and apparently
 finding 1t fun. Giida Gray isn't go'
 ing to follow her new Venezuenlan
 husband to his diplomatic appoint mcnt....
 Play Doctoring
 : Onc or tHc Debt piuys HtiNhppe'
 is "Men in White" and it takes , place in the various departments Of great hospital. All during re- hearsals. painstaking attention was , paid to technical details. Sur , geons were called in 10 show the actors how to flourish hypodcrmic |, needles, acalpels and the like. TbG ! cast spent q whole day visiting | New York hospital. All manner Of
 medical and laboratory equipment
 was purchased for props.
 Well. tho other night Just before curtain time. one of the actors cut his finger very severely. Spoutlng blood, he stood there In what looked like q fully equipped mod. ern hospital while nurses mIlled about in panic, not Knowing what to do. There wasn't drop of . disinfcctant In any of tho hundreds / of bottles. And it certainly wouldn't look right. they agreed. to step before tho curtain and ask
 whether there was doctor In the house. Finally tho wardrobe mis- , trcss brought n roll of gauge from
 downstairs. capably bound up the
 wound. and the play went on.