The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-18
In New York
BY PAUL HARRIsON


 Broadway. Actresses have been taking baek-stage cats home from the theaters. OrcheAtre leaders have been renting cats from pet shops. Singers have been borrow ing them from friends.
 Even those celebrities who hate cats have been cuddling them With simulated affection while cnmerns clicked. press agents have been lying awake nights thinking up cat stories for their slients.
 This is all or account of n man named C. l.. Madden who allowed word to Do banded about that he is writing, on order from G large national magazine, an article con- corning Broadway stars who keep cats. So in no time at all they acquired cats, cat photographs and bright little cat anecdotes, and were sitting around holding their D cts gingerly and waiting for MT. Madden to call. Most of these people would install alliga. tors in their bath tubs if there were m author shopping around for n story about theatrical and night club folk who like aIliga- tors.
 Ihis Party's tlle Cats
 And that brings up the story of the Greenwich Village party not long ago at which somebody suggested that n prize be awarded the person who could go out along the back fences and, in ono hour. deliver tho largest number of able bedied cats Into the apartment. The bachelor host looked n little hositant, but the guests were 50 enthusiastic that he sportingly agreed to provide n bottle of some. thing Or other as G prize, and even some cream and cntnip for the animals.
 Everybody streamed gaIly out into the night, and ip n few min. utes theg began popping back past the surprised doorman with arms. through the apartment door and return to the hunt. The neigh borhood rcsounded with yowlz and "raily-ho's Most of the trophies were ordinary nomhds of htc gutters but there were two Persa!n, four .Persain, one 3iamese and n scared Individual which was either q Manx or else just an alley warrior that had lost his tail somewhere.
 They had quite time of 1t. And when the guests finally exit ed, laughing. the host found him- self the custodian of nineteen cats ---one under the refrigerator, two on the dish cupboard, and number under the couches and one Derch- ed atop the tenants cherished por- trait Of a Revolutionary anchestor --a dOur old general who iB said to have i0athed cats.
 The fellow couldn't get the cats out of the place, so he had tO be content with chasing them from the bedroom, locking the door and retiring for the remaineder of the Jittery night. It seems that hte guests, parting at the corner. had had dandy dea. Several Of them telephoned and three sent him telegrams. They all said inc same thing: Don't forget to put the cat out"
 Coincidence
 Show business is like the army --- everybody gruHbles but mighty few desert. For in. stance, there's the yarn about Ed. die Carr and Joe Lane
 Joe was q popular vaudeville comic Of several years ago, and Eddie was his straight man, or gag feeder. Every time they'd get to talking in the dressing room, Lane would say: "fhis ia . dIs~ maj thankIess racket, kid, and you better get out of t, the first chance you get. That's what I'm
 And he did. An uncle died and left him q fair fortune, and Lane departed utteriDg haileIujahs, Carr went ahead by himself. caDis talked bis knack for iInDerH0nh- ton, and became one Of the best known mimies on the stage. Res gently though he decided f0 change his routine and become an original comedian.
 H0 he began looking for q straight man, and put blind ad Co Variety, One read; "UenF B,0x Is-37 f0afF's Dumber); [ an a wealthy man and aoB't have fo work. Isnt [ have always been interested in show business and was for many gears q efaf if my own right. An itching fo set back in inc tIleateF and salary is no object"
 Fiddle 0arf iA still laughing, Tbe letter was Nlgued "1oe Lane" the nfi. q 0giyerN IIeegse egaTni-