The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-07
-In-
 NezC York
By PAUL HARRISON

By PAUL HARRISON New York.--of lots of adventur- ous-minded New Workers, probably
 the one who most envious of the
 men bound for the bottom of tho
 world with the Byrd expedition is
 an elderly negro who works as a clerk at the customs house. His
 name is Matthew A. Henson, and | he is the man who went with Peary to the north pole 24 years
 ago.
 Henson didn't much appreciate | the rigors of the north while ho was experiencing them, but now
 ho has decided that there are a lot of advantages of living in the vi-
 cinity of one pole or another. For one thing, man keeps healthy;
 at 67, Henson still has all his teeth, and thinks this is because of the tough, frozen foods he ate dur ing his exploratory years. For an- of a frigid land wouldn't have to join burial society; he could just go out and die, and the next snow- storm would cover him up. After 20 years work at desk, Henson is getting a little gray, and rather portly. But he still believes he could tote lot of dun- mage and break his share of trail. He wishes he could afford a little vacation, perhaps to northern Cam ada, where he might once more don the seal-skin boots, polar bear pants and shirt made of aux skins
 which he has kept oiled and per- fectly preserved all these years.
 Playing Up the Wendels
 One of the new plays in town is an exciting melodrama obviously patterned somewhat after tho cloistered lives of the spinster Wendell sisters, who lived and died in defiant seclusion and a careful ly preserved nineteenth century grandeur in their $3,700,000 house on Fifth avenue and Thir- ty-ninth street. The play even has Q little white poodle fin the cast. and audiences always whispering
 ly identify 1t as "Toby." which
 was Miss Ella Wenders pet -. Well, tho real "Toby" still lives in his dour old mansion,
 and still Is taken for n walk twice daily in the adjoining brick.pavcd yard, which is
 probably the most valuable yard for It's size fin tho city,
 and perhaps fin tho world.
 That walled space, which can just be pccpcd into from the ton of Fifth avenue bus. wns Miss Elias only cxtrava- gancc and existed solely for the doubtful pleasure of her dog.
 Since Miss Ella died, the rich
 estate remaining unsettled in tho courts. one of the three servants still keeping open the Wendell
 home occasionally takes "Toby" for a stroll along the sidewalk. These have. been the only glimpses the poor little rich dog. which is
 years old, ever has had Of the
 outside world. Miss Ella left
 "Toby" handsomely provided for. and tho servants regard him rath-
 CT awesomely as the last link with
 tho gloomy mansion and It's fabu-
 lous family.
 Bands Are Striking Up
 Belatedly, but mono the less gaily, the towns fun-spots are undergoing formal fall openings and boosting of a great up-turn In
 business. Besides Rudy Valleo at the Hollywood and Paul White- ! man at tho Paradise, here arc some of tho places featuring we'll
 known folk: Helen Morgan has re- turned to night-clubbing, and Is perched atop the piano at the Longue Vue, which is up the river Q piece Bandsman Ozzio Nelson and Harriet Hilliard play the sing at the Cocoanut Grove Sophis- ! ticate Dwight Fiske, who makes | up sassy songs about prominent | people, has returned to the May | fair Yacht club Milton Berle is at the Vanity Fair Ethel ("Eadie was a Lady") Norman takes many a bow at the Embassy club ..
 And of tho atmospheric hauntss Cab Galloway has returned to the Cotton club, where the new fall revue Is being readied Tho Russian kretchmn, authentic spot just off Second avenue, is jammed with sightscers And tho cabal-
 leros and senoritas of El Chico, most colorful of the Spanish places, present an assortment of stirring routines.