The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13
PIN VII
/ NEW \
| YORK
By PAUL HARRISON

1
New York.--Mary Pickford.
screen star, has become Mary Pick
ford, author. At least, that was
York the other day after a busy
| two weeks Of comforting with pub
fishers. OF course It may not mean
that she's deserving the films, but
IL does mean that she'll be very
busy for long time II she Is to
fulfill the contracts that were
showered on her when the word
got around that she was turning
| literary.
Her novelette, and short stories
have been reported previously. But
now It turns out that she has writ
ten O playa comcdy-drama In
which she may star on Broadway
later this season.
Miss Pickford says that while
writing anything she always thinks
In terms Of pictures rather than
words. Her method Is to dictate
everything to her secretary, Mrs
Elisabeth Lewis, who has been
Pickford then rcvises, and re-rc-
vises until the result suits her.
One fact that few people know is
that she has been co-author OF
many OF the movies In which she
has appeared.
IS on tho Isle
| A scout who read the paragraph
here recently about little-known !
organizations among the socialites
has gailoped all the way from
Newport with an item about tho
Goosebcrry Island Club. AS no
brcathlessly reported II, J. p. Nor
Mills and General Cornelius Van
There are only Is In all, and q new
member is elected only when a
previous ono dies.
Tho club owns Goosebcrry
Island, q tiny place n few
miles off Newport, and has
put UP q palatiai lodge there.
| Some tremendous business
deals have been Matched
around the big fireplace, or
| out on the beach where there
are three big piles OF stone
supposed to have been bea.
cons put there by the Vikings.
The club 10 exclusively male. so
considerable confusion resulted
recently when q member died and
wiiicd his membership TO his
daughter. II finally has been de-
cided that all she can do Is sell
the membership, and then only to
n man approved by all the other
Gooseborry Islanders.
Curtains for This Cab
| There are some ingenious fell
lows among the thousands OF
installed q little curtain 10 that IL
installed n little curtain 30 that ~
| cnn be drawn across the panel at
his back, thus affordIng large
measure OF privacy TO any gentle
man and lady who happen to hire
HIS car. Such .Bolicitudc is pretty
embarrassing TO couples who may
not feel In the least dcmonstrative.
but sometimes II results In whop-
ping big tips and long drives about
the city
Traffic density being what
| Il In, takes are not allowed 10
cruise along some streets In n
quest for fares. SO one driver
hns rugged up q dummy, or Mt
least the upper half OF dunn
my, and this no props up In
the Duck scat ana dr1Vcb DoIu'
iy into a restricted zone. Then.
with n string, he ynnks tho
dummy up IN front and pro-
ceeds 10 pick up cash GUS !
-Four mon emerged from club
In tho Fiftics tho other evening.
and three OF them were just able
10 get IN cnb before collapsing
into inert heaps. Tho fourth mar.
who was quito himself. gave the
driver the addresses OF tho pas
sengcrs. reading from left TO right.
and watched them, drive OFF.
A couple OF minutes later ilc
was surprised when the same car
appeared, having only gone
around the block. mister" said
tho driver. you'll have to toll Mo
again about which OF these guys
goes where. hit m awful bump
M tho street and now they're all
mixed IN"