The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-19
IN HI
 NEW | !
 YORK
By PAUL HARRISON

NHW xQLks-AM QtAAA0QAtA tAAW1e @ee song cycle has turned again, bring ing back the shouting coon-sonss and with them Q new opportuni- ty for the old minstrelmen who are getting jobs as singing walters. Along with lot of catchy tunes coming in with the autumn musical shows, you'll be hearing a lot of one called "Snowball,' which doubtless will soon reach the satiation point of "Lazybones."
 Having tried almost eyery-
 thiur else i'm the entertain
 menf world, Al Jolson is prob-
 ably headed for Q movie gxecu.
 tfveship. With Warmers he ex-
 pccts to be given charge of the X
 films in which his wife, Ruby
 Keller, is starred.
 Like Uncle, Like Nephew
 When among strangers at . night club, Viovanni Perez enjoys the sensation of being introduced around quietly as the son of Mus solini. He looks the part, too. as he sits there silent and black-shirted, smiling noncommitally as excited whispers run around the table. Actually, though, he's q nephew Of the Italian dictator. Mrs Jimmy Walker, the former Betty Compton, has written an auto- to New York publishers. None of them has accepted 1t yet.
 Little Laura Ingalls, whom you haven't heard about since 1881, when she started to fly the Atian- tic but didn't get very far, as get. ting ready to go somewhere. spends all her time at the North Beach airport, still collecting data and experience in night and blind flying. Just shakes her head mys- teriously when queried about her No Willows. These!
 Contrary to general opinionr New York skyscrapers do not sway in high winds; just vibrate an eighth or c quarter of an inch. The city'S suspension bridges, though, do a good deal of weaving around. They also sag several feet in the middle on hot days, when the cables ex- pand, and rise again on crisp
 A. c. Biutmenthai, back from abroad with an English hit called Flight Bells" and other theatrical plans, is expected to effect q recon. ciiiation with Peggy Fears, his es. tranged wife and former co.pro- ducer. Ethel Barrymore's youngest son, Sam Colt, has taken his place behind the footlights and is going on tour with Eva La Gal- iienne, doing small parts in her "Momeo and Juliet" and Alice In Wonderland. .. Another young stcr of q socially royal family is in town and looking for Q job. She's Whitney Bourne, who deserted her mothers estate, her stepfather's for the tsecure life of a Broadway ingcnue.
 Spealeasy proprictors, fore-
 seeing the swift advent of re.
 peal, arc trying to save their
 establishments by making
 them into real clubs, with
 dues, boards of governors and
 everything-but mostly dues.
 They hope the intimacy of
 these places, together with
 tho years of sentiments that have attached Co them, will
 appeal strongly enough to their clientele. Ono luxuri. Ously appointed place which long has been q haunt Of gourmets, Is enrolling mcm- bers at the rate of etO0 .
 year.
 This is the first year in many that there have been no excited whisperings about tho plans of Maude Adams to return to tho stage, and no "conhdentiai" tips from this or that producer that she is soon going to sign his contract. Miss kIskadden Chats her real name) has gone back to her Long Island place and seems to have no plans at all. She iiso has aban- doned the air of secrecy which used to stimulate so many reper- torial imaginations---such as hid- ing away in an uptown convent when she comes to the city.
 tress drops in occasionally to shop,
 As things are now, the great ac- see her friends and attend to her charitable activities. She has nev- CT owned m automobile, but hires taxis with lavish disregard for economy. Old Daniel Trohman has tea with her now and then, but most of her friends to-day are not people of the stage. Her phil anthropies are secret, but certain. ly much smaller than in the hey day of her career, when she was supposed to have given away $160,000 c year.