The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
Tn New York

New York - Meanderings: Ger trude Stein has a sense Of humor, anyway. She's having the discon- nected gibberish of her opera, 'Four Saints in Three Acts" pub lished by Random House.
 r Joan (Cradle- Low ell, who started out to prove her. self a real deep-sea gal, Is back in New York after completing what she calls the first lap of @ round- the-world voyage in her small schooner. After being becalmed, storm tossed and dismasted, it got to Guatemala in something like six months. Joan came back on a fruit steamer That new novel of Louis Bromfield will be about & fellow whose career closely par allels that of the late Ivar Kreu- ger.
 Ambition of Dorothy and Lil- Han Gish is to appear in the same play together, something they haven't done since Lillian was 6 and Dorothy 4. The show was call- ed "Our First False Step" and was a flop . It's said that that movie company bid plenty for the imme- diate services of Katharine Hep burn-so she wouldn't have to- go on tour in "The Lake" and en- counter any more barrages from the critics When the folk who work backstage at the Zieg- field Follies put on their burlesque of the show Gan old custom), Mad cline Costello, wardrobe mistress and former burlesque of Fannie Brice's burlesque of a. burlesque show strip act.
 Actors Go to Court
 Broadway Is cheering an un- employment relief plan which calls for the hiring of actors to go about the country playing "The Trial or Mary Dugan' in county court houses. The action of the play, which was successful here, is sup- posed to take place in a regular court. So why not stage 1t in real courtrooms, charge 8 moderate ad. mission, pay the performers ana give all the rest of the gate to local charity? If the experiment works, at least 50 companies could be or ganized to tour the 4700 county Seats in the United States. Marshall Grant, ingenious young Broadway lIt WIO dCNt6Cu khOr oSAANAtAO ~e~~ may present 1t at Washington, points out that there are other courtroom plays, such. as "The Bellamy Trial" which could be offered.
 Pup to the Rescue
 There's a nice little story going the Park avenue rounds about the resourcefulnesS of Q wealthy young society woman who also is a volun- teer charity worker. Recently she heard of very old couple who had exhausted their savings and were in desperate need. But they were proud, too: wouldn't take a penny's worth of aid.
 She went around to see what could be done and happily hit on an idea when she saw the couples dog, a scraggy, peculiar-looking, sad-eyed little mongrel. where on earth did you get that rare Toy Abyssinian she exclaimed. My mother has ben looking for one for mother has been looking for one for $150 for him."
 The owners agreed, rather re- luctantly, to sell their pet. A week or so later the charity lady drop ped in again; found the old folks comfortable but unhappy. They were mourning their loss of the dog, which had been the one bright and tender spot in the drab twilight of their lives. Again the lady rose to the occasion. T just dropped in to ask a favor," she said. My mother is i'll and she's going to Europe for a long stay. She loves the dog and wonders if you'll keep him for her. She'll pay $15 a week for his board" So the nondescript pup, now so fat and sassy and well-groomed that he almost does look like a canine aristocrat, has returned to the shabby tenement. And the old couple, happy again. are living in reasonable comfort on the $15 a week. This money, by the way, comes from an inheritance left to the charity worker by her mother, who died ten years ago.