The Washington times., 1934-08-31

Passers-By
Musicians crowding the high
Forties. Little gals in shabby
frocks, their pretty mouths WV
idly gashed by violent crimson,
scurrying along, carrying their
little black bags. Jack Benny
passes the Paramount Theater
:. Irving Berlin passes the Par
amount Theater. Dave stands
in front of his demolished res
taurant studying his sign.
Little Bee Kalmus pouring out
her soul in Jimmy McHugh-
Dorothy Fields songs at the
Riviera. Robust Leon, tanned
by Long Branch sun, bows and
smiles as customers pile in.
Jack MCGOWAN and Ray Hen
derSon on West Forty-fitth
Street, arm in arm.
Johnny Dundee, 10orried
look on his face, rushed by
Fifty second Street -. Those
song shops. You can't resist
their. tinny lure. The game
store at Fitty.Sec0nd. You pull
levers and send little balls
scurrying into pockets. Helen
GuIlagher'S thinning Side-ot.the
mouth smile. Harold Lloyd,
accompanied by Monte ProSer,
on broadway near Fiftieth-u1a.
recognized The telloiO aDho
sells roseS-he runs after you
and asks you to print q poem he
has aDfitten-he TeciteS 1t as
you try to escape. Comedian
Bob Hope Nth Dolores Re1de
clinging to his arm.
Arnold Reuben greetS you. E.
will you do something for his
crippled prOteges? %. Ted HUI
sing, the nonstop CAB champion,
ut the Tavern. Lawyer Abe
Bermam walking across Forty
second Street. Unusual fellow
90. His clients include George
White, Harry Richman, Bert
Lair, Seymour Felix-dOzens of
others. . They hand him their
money and he invests as he
pleases, refusing to let them in
terfere. He saved most Of them
during the crash. Glum-faced
Sam Harris, lOvable chap. Col
umnists at the Casino de Paree
-. Ben Ueberan'S new enter
prise, the Boulevard - reminiS'
Gent Of old Healy's-even the
same bartender.
Lurid dance halls and the
frrtive-eyed SlckieS standing in
front waiting for the girls. =.
The white-haired bent old man
with his ventriloquist's dummy,
putting on his act at street cor
ners-p ath e tic sight. Pan
handlers on Seventh Avenue be-
tween SD and 54th.. .Bartlett'S
Quotations for the masses now
every drug store displays the
book. The three Ritz brothers
in front of Lindy'S. Have you
heard this maybe you can
clean it up?" questions Ballard
Mcdonald -. Sidney Solomon's
high checker collar. Lee Shu-
bert's high choker collar. "A. c.
Blumenthal'S sad smile. Newest
Broadway columnist, Leonard
Lyons, likeable lad, thrilled
with the night life and his job,
giving I'D his law practice.
Louis Shurr'S E11o1Ding grin
Nils T, Granlund points to
the dreary little apartment
house on West 54th street tDhere
Joan Crawford once paid $6 a
tDeeE for her room. .Stenog-
YGphers slipping cocktails in
Childs' 90. A tall good-IooEing
Guo m a n, sobbing pititully, is
helped out of a car into the
Ediso11-mother of Virginia
LoonaiS, the loUely, talented
child ,D1to died last 1Oeek. Bert
LGhr ruSheS through the back
stage door OF the Winter Gar.
den. Thrilled tDtth the reviews
..Art Arthur, Brooklyn column
ist, uGtive of Canada, admits
BroGdtOGy thrills him. Fred
Allen pouring oUer magazines
in O. Sirth Avenue book store.
Loving Wife
Tony Canzoneri, fighting IA
vnTikA NJ The RrOadWayiteS. sits
at q ringSide table at the Para
disc The Golden Girl-demure
as q rural school teacher when
the paint is off. Big, broad
shouldered Quentin Reynolds
rough and tumble husky-one
Of the better virile magazine
scribblers of the day. .Suave
John Steinberg, handling both
the Casino de Paree and the
Manhattan Casino, but still PIN
ing for the old ReiSenweber
days. Ray Bolger and blonde
Gwen Richard, arm in arm
man and wife. Five years ago,
I took her to a Horace Liveright
party. Some day I'll write a
novel-but want to wait until
Ray becomes a star. He'll be
the biggest star on Broadway
some day-youll see.'
Writer Rita Weiman at Leon
and Eddie'S Dudley Field
Malone on FOrtySeventh Street
=. Joe Moss invites you out to
golf. Last week, Eddie Sulli-
van and I took Chick Endor
and Charlie Farrell ON in Deal
what we did to them is
shame" DIR. Leo Michel,
BrOadway's biggest heart, hangs
AannaA mask nm Ahn NIL