The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-08
In New York
By PAUL HARRIsON


 New York Any cynic can tell you that Broadway is the place where people with the least background put up the big gest front Over on Fifth ave- nue, however, there is high-heel shoe store with this snug notice by the door: English Spoken" A rumor's current that Will Hays will renounce his movie czar- dom and that the job will be off fered Al Smith. But Broadway shouldn't believe all 1t hears Charles B. Dillingham; helped found the famouse old Hippodrome first theater for super-spectacles. Now, just after the producers death, it is again to house big mu- sical extravaganzas, with Al Jolson starring in the first one Most of the songs which night club pa- irons find hilariously naughty were written by a woman. On the strength of them, she has had an offer to do nice ditties for the movies.
 It Pays to Have $1O
 There's so much counterfeit money hereabouts, that some cheap l restaurants permit customers with $10 bills to depart without paying rather than risk giving them change in good money | one-time bartender at Rector's, says Diamond Jim" Brady never drank. And Delmonico, founder of the world-famous restaurant, starved to death. Ut was a physi- l cal ailment, not poverty $. $.
 Van Dine dimes at Ben Riley's So, frequently, do George M. Cohan and Basil O'Connor, Roosevelt law partner Flyer Frank Hawks becomes earthbound by the pur- l chase of a Connecticut farm Broadway's biggest restaurant is the new Boulevard-three floors of assorted eateries and bars ac- commodating-or capable of ac- commodating-thousands. Open 24 hours a day for revelers who like 1 to greet the dawn.
 Exclusive Parties
 Word drifts down from Bar Harbor, Me, that big sassiety ball was completely wrecked because a | Harlem orchestra opened at a pub lie dance hall nearby. Bluebloods deserted their costly party to ca- wort to hi-de-ho tunes Inci- | dentally, the late summer has seen some of the fanciest parties since | the fatted bulls were slaughtered | in Wall street several years ago. The cozy little ceremony for Hilde- garde Graham, an outcoming deb, featured 10000 colored lights, two l orchestras from sundown to sun- rise. supper. breakfast and cham pagne for 500 guests The AL exander Hamilton Rices had 500 1 people, not including gate-crashers. at their white marble villa one eve- ming, and an incidental touch was a special pink silky canopy over the whole dance floor [. Myron C. Taylor, the steel man, is planning an intimate little shindig at his place. Item: a 45-piece orchestra. ! ::
 Social Stratospherc
 The depression brought about
 curious blending of Park avenue and Broadwayites in the night | spots, but such nocturnal democ- racy is showing signs of crumbling. All manner of intimate and gen. timely exclusive new places are be- ing planned, but without a doubt the snootiest of the lot will be the 1 Stratosphere, club atop the RAG building in Rockefeller Center. I learn now that its clientele is to be strictly Social Register, and that song -pluggers, t h atrica1 agents and butter-and-egg men won't even be able to get in the servants entrance.
 For music, the club sought some tune-director completely untainted by association with the more pro- letarian salons. Ray Noble, of London, finally was selected, but the engagement was cancelled un- der the protests of American bandsmen. Ludwig Gluskin. an American who appeared in London for twelve years, now seems slated for the spot.
 The. Stratosphere will be the only night club with pipe organ. And what a pipe organ! Engineers have rigged it so it's sound vibra- tions will control the lighting of the room. Richard Leibert is the youngster who'll play 1t. When he crashes into thunderous crescendos the dome of the room will be l flooded in waves of red. Twitter- ing tremolos bring flickers of yell low, and so on. Very la-de-da for all but the color blind guests.