The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-09
In New York
By PAUL HARRISON

By PAUL HARRISON
 New York. Meanderings:
 Rroadway is a place where you
 can get away with anything. except
 the money you brought along.
 A name that tickles me is that
 of q new singer at the Hollywood.
 She's an Ukranian, they say. ana
 very pretty, know. Calls herself
 Vira Niza. Almost as niza name
 as that of the cigar-smoking ex-
 Vanities blonde, Gay Orlova.
 Manhattan audiences nave
 strange ideas about entertainment. Pa Dillinger wasn't allowed to ap-
 near in vaudeville here, but the
 families of other gangsters have
 done so. Samuel Burger, the man.
 ager who signed Mrs Jack Logs Diamond, Kiki Roberts, and others,
 hired George Alagna, radio assist ant on the Morro Castle. to tell theater audiences all about the dis aster. Alagna's boss, George Rog- CTS. drew S1,OOO a week for sini- liar crisly chore. Mrs Bruno Haupt- mann has sobbed for newsreels at sb much per tear. At least half T dozen contracts have been written for her to appear on the stage with fat little Manfred. And if Haupt- mann himself ever were rcleTs@ on bail he could name his own fg- ure for few turns behind the fc0,- lights.
 Style notes: Down in front. 'i the order for evening dresses. Broadwaymen are wearing exas- gerrated Norfolk coats with Gat cred. balloonish fullness across tl'y back, There'li be navy blue, daiS brown and jet black shirts this winter--and with no political sig nificance, either. Two gal guests at the Cocoanut Grove the oshcr evening wore no stockings. Cloth ing people are going to spend mil- lions combating the hatless. gar terless, undershirtless and stock ingless fads. Rudy Vallee has no cuffs on his pants.
 MT Vallee, by the way. seems strangely aged. Maybe hell look distinguished with gray hair. Lou Holtz, George Jessell and Jack Benny already are gray. and sus- pect that many another entertain- CT has been dyeing to meet his au- dience :, That actress who is 30 years old according to the rec ords of her recent marriage, made l her first appearance on the stage | in August, 1903. And if that sounds unchivalrous it's because I'm good and tired of such misrep- resentations, which fool nobody. .. | I personally, will be 105 on Noyem- Der 10. Still spry, too. I attribute my longevity to never having been trampled by autograph hunters. Proverb department: What Broadway columnist doesn't know hurts him.
 Around the Town
 There's a dark spot on Fiftieth street where Beefsteak Charlie's | used to be. Charles Chessar, host | for 25 years to Manhattan's sport ing crowd, has had enough of the l life. Wagers amounting to untold millions have been calculated in his place, but Charlie is dropping out with just enough to live on for while.
 Incidentally. you never hear of l the Great White Way" these days because it's now longer white.
 These new gas-tube signs. thous- l ands of them, have dulled Broad- l ways traditional glitter. colorcd It l like a Christmas tree .. There is such a sign on Harlen's famous | Cotton club. but they're havin.y trouble with it The two t's refuse
 to light.
 A Tin-Pan Alley writer confidcs that so many popular tunes are stolen from the classics that thes ought to be printed as "caeat | music' Strolling on Fifth avenue Eddie and the five little | Cantors Entering taxi-Cu- gene O'Neill and Carlotta Mon 1 terey On Madison-Cialre | Windsor, watching some pups in pet shop window.
 A clothing merchant in China town, a MT A. Kaplan. speaks i, Chinese with a Jewish accent ~.
 Anna May Wong is planning her | first visit to China .l. They're going to remodel a Broadway the- ater into a huge swimming pool. Good place for the rialto's show men to drown their troubles, other
 wise known as critics.
 The $50 Italian students visiting the United States were queried in advance on what they most wanted to see in New York. And do you
 think these earnest youths even
 mentioned a musical comedy. or night club. or even the Empire
 State building An, no. Their zest was for the Medical Center. the Holland Tunnel and the power sys- tenn of the New York subways.
 When American students return the visit they'll be obliged to man
 ifest interest in the power system of Mussolini. International reia-
 tions never will get anywhere at that rate.