The Washington times., 1934-05-25

people asweat to beat each other
getting his novels on the screen
Hope they discover Thackeray
and Daniel Defoe soon. I'd like to
see 'Pendennis" and Robinson
Crusoe" in smash-up talkies {.
Assemblyman Sam Pesin, of Hud-
son county, is authoring a bill
exempting newspaper men from
revealing news sources, and cred
its Pulitzer Prize Winner jamie
son with helping him draw up the
important provisions.
Operatic Tenor B. Giglio,
touched by the plight of the Bocca
family, whose children are victims
of hemophilia, sends them a 500
check. AL the gents who worked
on American gossip sheets in
Paris will foregather at the Cafe
Montparnasse in the Village to-
morrow night. Charles Coleman
regards Herr Hitler as only a bird
in q Tilted rage. Bob Ripley's
favorite cocktail, it appears, as
listed in the Park Lane booklet,
is the believe 1t or Not"-1 part
Kava, 2 parts Kava-Kava, l part
old brandy-stir and drink as the
sun goes down.. Hat check girls
in town organizing some sort OF
union. {. Gene Fowler is on his
way back for the annual summer
ing at desolate Fire Island How
the years have sped by-a week
from Friday will mark the begin
ming of my sixth year as a Broad:
way commentator. An interest
ing five years.
Wonder what ever became Of
those little ads that recommended
certain white pills wife could
secretly drop into her husbands
coffee and he would stop Smok-
ing? -. Ballard Mcdonald, Ray
Henderson and Jack Yellen pent-
housing in Atlantic City for a
weeks huddle over the new "Scan-
dals" Fascinating bit about Au-
thoress Vina Delmar. Her 9-yr.-
old boy is feverish about CORY mys-
terry tales. :. Vina was somewhat
skeptical about their effect on
him so she sat down and wrote
one for him, 1.-The Mystery Of
Little Heaven''-about Persian
cat. She had two copies printed
the cost reaching something like
$500 and now two publishers want
to buy the rights to the story but
the sentimental mama refuses to
sell. Henry Kornblum and one
of the country's leading and high
est salaried comedians are feuding
over $275 which Kornblum insists
the comedian owes him for more
than yrs.-pinochle debt.
Racing Yarn
Cute racing yarn and true. =.
Manhattanite who had never seen
a horse race in his life was taken
to the Kentucky Derby by a party
of our leading horSey set. The
night before. there was a cocktail
sorty in which all the conversation
was horsey. "Bloob out of Sock
by Joop' and that sort of talk. =.
The lad got himself nice and
blotto and the following morning
when they awakened him to come
to the race he shooed them away
he was that hangoverish. Z. ANY
thing we can do for you?" in
uuired his host, Solicitously. Z.
yeah" he groaned. Get me ice
water out of pitcher by bell boy
Peggy Rich, advertised as
Americas Most GlamorouS Per
sonality" no less, is featured al
the Man About Town" club.
Carole Lombard is sick, but
Dixie Lee, Bing Crosby's pretty
wife is even sicker. .Philadel
ohia Jack O'Brien. in dolorouS
mood over the increasing weight
Of the population since the ad
vent of beer, assures me can lose
two to five pounds per treatement
at his gym. At the last officia
recording Of my weight, tipped
the scales at a neat 101. . Literary
Agents David B. Hampton anC
Verne Porter publishing their owr
monthly paper, jammed with
literary gossip and news notes.
Rudy Vallee exits from the Holly