The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-24
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. New York - Midnight meanuer- ings: Eddie Cantor and Irving Berlin are the giummest looking people on Broadway, and with the least to worry about. :. Rudy vallee, too, always looks sad abou. something, though he isn't, even after his marital split. Tn pleas ant contrast is Sam Jaffe, the Kringelein of the stage version or "Grand Hotep. Always grinning. Jaffe, incidentally. could double for Harpo Marx. In Lindy's, over the experience of one of them. Seems he had the idea of theater ushers passing and 1t worked all right until the cough drops to coughing patrons, kids caught on. Then they stopped the show with their determined hacking. Helen Morgan. out of the limelight for a long time now. is making things brighter for the Embassy Club, which should be just about the brightest spot ifs town. And Broadway's talking about "Charmel." of last season's Tolies Bergere, who sings oh-so. sophisticated songs on the St Re. ris roof. For a dollar on week nights the Park Centrals Cocoanut Grove serves all the beer and giggie ale you want. u. A white haired but youthful looking man, with Joan Castle at the Surf Club. turns out to be Mack Sennett. And at the next table Is the perennial Fanny Ward. done up in many bows.
 Burlesque Mourns
 A shroud, in the form of a curt order from New York's license commissioner, has been cast over the doors of the houses of bur. lesque. ''No pore strip acts" said the commissioner. "No more business" said the burlyque man. agers resignedly. But, as they have done periodically for. years, they dug more tawdry costumes out of musty wardrobes, and the shows are going on. stripped or shippers. Meanwhile, the night club choruses carry on undisturbed, still stripped to a strip or two Of costume.
 Village Gossip
 Among the Greenwich Villagers: Lee Chumley's. on Bedford street. is chummy and famed for It's Bohemian clientele. No entertain men; just chatter, and bridge in the afternoons. Walls are gayiv decorated with jackets from the books written by people who go there ... Fl Flamenco, bull lighter murals and all, has been bought and reopened by the Spanish song ster, Trini. =. Best Spanish place of the moment, though, Is Fl Chico, on Sheridan Square, where Consu- eio Moreno, taps spiked heels and the gourd rattler accents stirring rhythms. The Village Barn "a place to take your Aunt Minnie. But good vittles fer city slickers, and good fun, with Sheriff Josh Meadows bossing square dances. some strictly clean entertainment, and rustic atmosphere that in- cludes milk cans. sets of harness wagon wheels and carriage lamps. Incidentally, this Is about the only night club Edsel Ford ever visits when he comes to town.
 The establishment. by the way. is actually built over a stream - Minetta creek, which runs through Manhattan Island. It's all under ground now, of course. and has been practically unheard of for many generations. But it has caused no end of bother. and mill lions of dollars of expense. to builders and subway engineers who have tried in vain to dam 1t. Go out behind the night clubs kitchen, lift m iron trap door. and there's Minetta creek still flow ing to the sea. still burbling a lit- tie song about the days when brooks were clear and clean and free.