The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-28
In New York
By PAUL HARRISON

0y 1f1OA Q<1xb1eA6OEVf New ork.-Meanderings: Heavy , traffic has been desumed at the [ crossroads of the world, and the stoplights don't flash in the night spots until a. m. Walters are changing hundred dollar bills, and beaming over their tips. .e. Top-hats fill the checkrooms, and pop goes the cork from many a.
 bottle of 1892 champagne. Y Broadway has signaled for fun speed ahead. Torch-singers, dance l orchestras and strolling minstrelS put din into the dinner hour and i
 help to take the rest out of pracs { l tically every restaurant. |. <
 Jewels have come out of storage. | Sally Rand, doing her bubble dance
 in a Broadway cabaret, is one of
 the most modest of performers L.. Police sirens wall along
 ments are considering issuing raid checks with their tickets. rfs Spectators sold opening night tickets,to Anything Goes for as much as $50 each. .s. Chorus, girls are rediscovering that the. | way to a mans pocket sis through his heart. Who's the fella wait- ing for you-your candy or your l fowers?" one showgal asked an- other a few evenings ago. ''Ncith- CT one,' said the second girl. That's just my Transportation,
 taking me down to meet my Meal
 Ticket"
 Way to Fame A person may know he's Broadway celebrity when a sand
 wich or a cocktail is named for him Not so with cigars, how ever. Anybody who'll order 5000. cigars from a certain company can.
 have his name and picture on the
 fancy bands Sentimental note: The Georgie Prices are giv-. ing an adopted baby party for Broadway couples who have adopt.
 ed youngster, or plan to. The
 Jack Pearls, George Burns and Morton Downeys will be among the guests. Also Lew Ayres and Gin-f ger Rogers, if they are in town. The new Social Register has eleven fewer pages than last year.. mostly due to many bluebloods dropping some of theri club mem berships and thus requiring brief | CT listings. You've read, probably. about the omission of various peo-~ pie who have figured in spicy di-~ vorces, and others who have gonea into the theater or the movies <. Lack of money doesn't seem to count against them, though. l. find this notice among. a news papers personals: Social Register young couple would occupy fur | nished house or apartment East . Side and give excellent care in re-
 turn for free or moderate rent" :
 
 Slightly Colossal Paul Draper, one of the finest. tap dancers, shutters in the same
 staccato rhythms George,
 Givot learned his Greek dialect from soda jerker in Omaha IS years ago Rosalind Krcss, another 5-and-1O heircss, plans to
 become a booking agent for so- cial entertainers The thea-- ter boom has reached such pro- portlons-with nearly every stage in use-that one cast has had to-
 rehearse in the home. of the star |. .. Sidney Salzer, Shubcrt. chorus boy, has passed his ex-.
 ams for the New York police force.-
 Says he had to leave the stage be-,
 cause dancing was giving him flat
 feet. ,' v A normal looking fellow ap-.. preached a freak show manaEerr for a job and was asked what he could do. Why, I'd be sensation-. al," he replied. I'm the worlds only giant midget!" .. And that. Is reminiscent of the remark att tributed to Sam Goldwyn after he
 had viewed a screen test of q Broadway actress: "She ought to
 be terrifically colossal--in a mild. | way"
 Sophie Tucker is the only celeb. rity who actually seems to enjoy
 the "celebrity nights in local cab-..
 arets, which never hesitate to ana
 noy their customers into provid- ing free entertainment Mau-
 rice Chevalier confides that hav wants to play opposite ,Greta Gar bo. And who doesn't? The. Martin Johnsons have been having.
 bit of filing before going back to. Africa to resume those too-too. thrilling expeditions of theirs. They've been bagging few social
 lions on Long Island, and are thinking of going on safari into Harlem. In fact, there's nightly little Africa about the pair, except for one of Osa's evening gowns,
 It's black and white striped. like a zebra. taN se