The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-24
In MezC York
Rx JUTIA RlANsHARD

By JULIA HLaNsHARD
 New Yorks-New York's social debutante season doesn't open offi- cialIy until the end of October. But a new Gotham phenomenon, the gadget-debut season, is already In full swing. .. s
 Manufacturers of new tongue scrapers, new razors, perfume ato- mixers, or other commercial gad- gets must spend hundreds, if not more, to introduce their new arti- cles to the press before they are put upon the market. Every day sees Q luncheon, reception. tea or even dinner for a new sky ecraper hat. ans-up1ift brassiere, a new permanent waving machine or modernized diapers.
 One day crowds gathered for a snooty reception-tea in the luxuri- ous Jansen suite of the Waldorf Astoria to "meet" a single yard of fabric that had been manufac- tured. Two famous orchestras played at opposite ends of the long suite; flowers bloomed every where; tables were weighed with drinks, trays of sandwiches and sweets.
 On an easel, with the spot
 light full upon it, was the
 yard of goods that was mak-
 ing it's debut. By its side stood
 8 pompous gentleman in cor-
 rect morning clothes, with
 long coat and striped trou-
 sers, formally introducing the
 novelty and high lights of
 this important "guest of hon.
 or" to anybody who wasted
 one look in its direction.
 Almost the next day some $125 sented at tea, lovely lace ones, making their appearance on the finest pair of legs that could be secured from the models bureau.
 Probably the most ludicrous commercial debut was the one for stylish stout corsets. This includ- ed 8 collection of corsets worn by celebrities during the past 50 years in America. Great gusts of applause greeted fadaed, yell low with age little number that had been worn by Lily Langtry when her waist was only 19 inches. {:
 A Lawyer Tries the Stage Lawrence Langner, director of the Theater Guild and producer of Champagne Sec," started his in- terest in the. theater as an avo. cation. Gle still is a successful patent lawyer, with a big prac- tice). This summer he and his wife, Arminda Marshall, wrote and produced Pursuit of Happiness' in their Connecticut little theater. |. In addition Langner wrote the libretto for the Guilds play School for Husbands" and under the name of Alan Child finished still another play which he hopes | to produce later.
 John Langdon-Davies, author of "Man and His Universe" and other serious books, is another who has time. This winter he will appear in Twelfth Nights Streets" a sophisticated variety show at the New School for Social Research which his wife, Betty Barr, is put ting on. She, an actress, spent last winter when she was temporarily unemployed, Illustrating his new book for children.
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 His Design for Living
 Richard J. Walsh, of the John Day Publishing company, who has just bene made editor of "Asia,' ;is planning four-month trip to the Orient this winter. He says that he started very young with a set idea of how to spend his life. First he worked on daily paper, then for years was on a weekly maga- zine, the Saturday Evening Post. Now he's editing monthly maga- zine.
 | That all carries out his ideas. When he gets little older he means to edit bi-monthly maga- zine and finally settle down to editing an annual.
 | Just accommodate the speed of your job to your own rhythm and you'll be happy" he advises.