Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-01-12
AMRLING
ROl1MD
NEW YORK
nth HuGN KENNY

1Sll1oS1NSo ~ In 4AA1A\AASaAA l.
vironment. The average Ameri-
adult has a vocabulary of
$4,000 words, yet the 900 word
newspaper is very readable, quite
Doris Duke, multimillionheiress,
recently attained the age of Fl and
now controls a $53,000,000 for
tune. Her home is at l E. 18th
St., New York and her auto license
reads LES. Neat?
On 39th Street, just off Broad
way: a man sitting on the top of
a motor truck. His legs reach all
the way to the ground. He's the
man who walks on stills
and occasionally holds converse
lions with workers in. second story
The songs most frequently play
ed on five New York radio stations
a recent week-in the order nameds
'Puddin' Head JONES'" 1.-THE Day
You Came Along" Honeymoon
Good Night Little Girl"
"What More Can l Ask" "You've
Got Everything" Don't You Re-
member" Heaven Only Knows"
and "I'll Be Faithful" They
seem to indicate a trend toward
sentimentality and away from So
phistication. = Add the continued
popularity of skating, bicycling,
ping-pong, parcheesi, tiddleywinks
and croquinole; add the immense
success of Little Women, the
film starring Katharine Hepburn;
add the popularity of the move
ment toward long dinners and long
wine lists and the total looks like
a return to the spirit of the nine
ties!
In response to my telephoned in
quiry for an out-of-town guest
came this prompt answer from
Radio City's Music Hall, "For
equipment for the hard of hearing,
speak TO one of the ushers, deposit
81. The usher will show you to a
seat in the twelfth row in the or
chestra which is wired for the pur-
pose, and connect tine instrument
Return the instrument on leaving
the theater and your deposit will be
returned in full"
Nino Martini, tenor whose fame
has been spread by radio, made his
with the Metropolitan Opera
in its first week of the
season, singing the part of the Duke
in Rigoletto. And just about
every professional musician in town
who had the afternoon off was
there to hear and see. The news
per critics of the town were luke
warm in their praise. Admitting
the nervous strain of the occasion,
their comments, even SO, were to
the effect-a voice of good, if not
exceptional quality.
The opening night of the Metro
politan, incidentally, was one of
the most lavish in years. Among
the patrons were the Astors and
the Vanderbilts and the ]. 2. Nor
gans, The Princess Mdvani, the for
mer Barbara Hutton, and many
another. Almost every box spark
led with a tiara of some sort, and
there was. a real diamond coronet-
full crown, mind you-worn by
Lady Honor Channon, a guest of
Cornelius Vanderbilt -. And
associated with all this pompt,
strange as it may seem, %velveteen
was much in evidence, both in
wraps and in dress. Bracelets
were worn by the fours and fives-
all in a row. Most of them were
diamond-but then, how is a mere
to know? Suffice it to say
that the opening was, once more,
like something you read about.
Ohio has swallowed a whale!
Or at least that's the story of the
owner here VINO shipped his
s. ton whale on IS foot truck
recently, bound for New York. He
says that not only is the whale
worth $4,000 but that he loves it
and its loss has affected him deep
~ He has appealed to Lincoln
police to help locate the
whale, the truck and the driver.
The whale, stuffed, was to be put
ON exhibition here in New York.