The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-10
-In- .Mez0 York
RY JULIAN BLANsHARD

bI JULIAN DAAN0LIanO
 New York.-The other evening
 in Elsa Maxwell's charity ''scaveng-
 CT hunt" one of the 200 society couples seeking the prize. brought in Marilyn Miller's autographed pink satin stepins. These were among the "A items listed by Miss
 Maxwell as things that must be hunted for and produced at the party.
 The day afterward, Marilyn got a note from Louis Bromfield (who
 had been one of the judges) and
 Mrs Bromfield, saying that if she
 wanted her step-ins back, she
 must come out to their house and hunt for them. "I'll be there!"
 Marilyn wrote in reply.
 An Exciting Era This
 "This is one of the three most
 exciting times in history to be liv-
 ing in," 250-pound Dutch Hendrix Van Loon said at a lunch given
 in his honor aboard the Mauretania
 the other noon. He listed the fall of the Roman Empire and the Reformation, when new worlds were being discovered as the other two most fascinating eras. And now, he maintains, just as in other
 times, nobody knows what to do
 about anything!
 So saying, Van Loon plans to sail soon for a cruise around the world, to see if anybody, anywhere.
 really knows what everything is about. Jimmy" who is both his
 second and fourth wife, goes with him.
 Sticks to the Weed
 Mary Fanton, Roberts, editor of. Arts and Decorations, always packs her own cigarettes, wicked looking long negro-brown ones, imported from Puerto Rico. The other day at lunch she said they were the only kind that she had ever smok- ed, that she knew nothing abor. others and wouldn't experiment.
 Said it was sentiment! 1t seems that back in the Span- ish American War, she knew the famous San Franciscan, Edwin Emerson, who at that time was one of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders. When the war ended Em- erson sent her his Rough Rider
 hat, filled with these Puerto Rican
 weeds. Though ladies didn't smoke
 in those days, she experimented
 liked it, and, being independent,
 kept right on. No amount of cigar
 cite advertising or personal persua- sion of her friends has ever made
 her change her brand.
 A Repeal Surprise
 Every restaurant and speakeasy in town is planning some original | way of celebrating the end of pro hibition. One of the most unusual little gestures is that made by the "Entire Nous" in the East Fifties. As you enter the handsome hall way, red-carpeted stairs wind up
 both sides to the main entrance and between them is q lovely little stone fountain with beautiful sculptured figure holding an empty
 urn. But it won't be empty long! As the first flash comes of the ar rival of repeal, a button will be pressed and on will go the water, With spotlights playing. It is even rumored that, for the first night, champagne may pour out of the urn.
 That Strong Tea Party The most, amusing tea of the week was that held at the Park
 Lane by ladies of the press for
 Anna Louise Strong, managing edi- tor of the Moscow News, only English printed newspaper in Rus sfa. A nice group of guests gather- ed about, chatting. waiting. Miss Strong never showed up. Finally
 one of the girls, with a terrible
 start. said: "My goodness, do you
 know that I completely forgot to tell Miss Strong that the tea was this afternoon?'