The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-11
.-In-
 Nezv York.
BY JULIA BLANCHARD

04 OO4kAkA oANMNOE1AEGU New York - Even the private lives of orchids are no longer safe from public scrutiny.
 An orchid specialist discloses the fact that the best orchid grow CTS keep stud books. Before breed ing two orchids, the pedigree of both is inquired into. When two perfect parents have been selected, the actual crossing is done in the morning of q bright day and seven to ten months are required to produce the seed.
 No incubator baby gets more careful care than these precious seeds. Each is put into It's own little sealed tube, on a bed of agar agar, with sterilized cotton letting in afr but no germs. The seeds are fed balanced rations and event. ua1ly bring forth a tender little orchid plant. And 1t takes this little plaint' almost a decade to grow up big and strong enough to buck the world and produce bloom.
 During those ten years, the z
 plants are given the tcndcrcst of care, with certain "pro- sclioop years spent under
 glass. Eventually they are transpianted to . community where, presumably, they may happily fraternized with other sciOns Of our best orchid fam. flies.
 4 Rich Main Harvest
 Bessie Beatty, playwright and president of the Actors Din- ner Club, and her actor hus- band, William sauter, have just arrived from Goose Gables" their Mt Desert, Main. summer home, bringing harvest of S710 which they reaped there to help feed un- employed actors this winter.
 Having worked hll last winter and most of the summer managing the thriving club, Bessie planned to take August and September off On September 1 she received wire asking her to come back and start raising money for the winter. But Maine Is far too lovely in Sep tember to leave. So the Sauters broadcast p1acards advertising an fashioned lawn social. That's how they raised the s71o fund.
 Not on the Menu
 On q recent night the compara. tive quiet of Billy-thc- Oyster | mans famous restaurant was split by the stentorian voice Of q moun- tainous, florid man who demanded in no uncertain terms to Dc served "the biggest lobster in the place" When 1t was brought to his table, he apparently was startled by its size and beloved for the manager. Billy, suave but genial, ap. preached and the man. in q per- emptory tone said, Are you the manager? Well. sit down here and show me how to cat this giant!"
 Billy motioned to the waiter. who seated him, brought him 4 table set-up. and moved the lobster platter over in front of him. Billy attacked 1t sklIifuiIy. explaining tho how and why of each process. cracked the claws and began 10 cat
 The man ordered another, fol- lowed Biily's instructions and aps parently enjoyed tho fish. What he didn't enjoy, however, was the check. It listed two iobsters' and charged him for both. He complained loud and bitterly. But Billy was adamant. You ordered both," he said, in final tones. You invited mo to cat one. What I really should have done was fo tool"
 The man paid the bill.
 
 She Hides--and Talks
 With the Rodoo .moving into Madison Square Garden this month. one girl from tho Golden West is sure of warm reception in the big city.
 She is Florence Randolph. < hard.bolIed broncbo buster, ono of tho best women riders in the couD. try. Partial credit for Okiah0ma's going wet is accorded to Florence. She "tooktbe saddle" against pro. hibition and rode all over okla homa making speeches against h. Out there they call her tho "siiyer- tonEued cowgirl"
 New Workers who agree with her sentiments are arranging sev. erai parties in her honor.