The Washington times., 1934-09-21


Kramer. He rose like a gas
filled balloon in a breeze while
patrons at other tables stared
in Open.mOuthed wonder.
Speaking of Durante, I hear
that when he returns to New
York within a few weeks he'll go
into the Rivera for q short time
at breath-taking figure. Only a
few seasons ago, Durante and
his two partners were available
to any night club at grand a
week-and the boys were happy
to get it. For that matter, Mae
West wanted a night club as
Signment some seasons ago as a
mistress of, ceremonies at $500
a week, and how they howled
when her manager said she was
worth it.
With hats in their hands,
now, club managementS in New
York and Chicago have offered
as high as $4,000 a week and a
percentage, but the robusty Mae
only giggles. The height OF
something or other, I guess, was
a Chicago night clubs offer Of
$4,000 a week for 4-year-old
Shirley Temple, who, fortunate
ly, has normal parents with
good, common sense. A baby in
a night club would just about
have topped everything in bad
taste.
The sir brothers of 19-yeGr-old
Willie TurneSG didn't 90 near
him during the recent amateur
golf tourney and this caused
some comment among friends.
1t wdS Phil who spoke the sem
tin1ents of the golttng family.
1--WE didn't 1DGnt to see the kid
take the title-not this yeGr-
nor nert either, for that matter.
It's bad for a kid to Jump into
prominence before he's ready for
it. 1t goes to his head. When
he takes te1D Hckings, it'll leUel
him."
In my sports notes Wednes-
day I did my best to endow
Nick the Greek with a glamor-
Gus young woman companion
in green. Unfortunately I
learn now the beautiful young
woman has very little mystery
attached to her since at her
side sat her husband who,
whether at prize fights, in
professional or private life,
happens to be my very good
friend, Carl Helm, famous
Hearst attorney. Evidently the
astigmatism with which I &C
cused Referee Donovan and
Judge Shortell spread itself to
my eyes, too.
Excitement
Because my boss has an idea
that the best way to cover the
Broadway scene is to stay on
Broadway, I was forced to re-
fuse Harold Meltzer's invita-
tion to join him in a cruise
on an old freighter through
Caribbean seas. Meltzer went
off and the other day, from
Cristobal, came a letter from
him. I evidently missed some
excitement.
"Three nights ago." he writes,
Eve ran into the left side of
a hurricane and what with the
sea off Turks Island full Of
shark and our decks loaded
with plenty of du POnt explO-
sives packed in boxed, marked,
Use No Hooks" and with fox
head lightning darting all over
the deck, we had a grand time.
Our old tramp steamer stood
on its ears at times. The cap
tain looked worried and 1 felt
shakey. There isn't much fun
being on a ship that's likely
go blow up any minute" The
letter is dated September 7.
Meltzer'S tramp steamer evil
IDENTIFY reached port safely
but the following day, another
ship, the Moro Castle, didn't
fare so well.
OF all the OGrioNS benefits and
those affairs that pass as bene.
fits, none more 1Dorthy has come
to pass that at the Yankee StG-
dunn tonight 1Dhich will bring
out eUery theatrical, radio and
musical notable to do his bit.
For once, even the D1rring
columntSts are united in a conn.,
mon cause.
According to the trade pa
pers. Hollywood producers are
shivery over the prospect of
Upton Sinclair's elevation to
CALIFORNIA; gubernatorial chair
and some of the more import
ant ones may move their pro-
duction activities to Eastern
studios. Sinclair has been
rabid in some of his pronounce
ments against the methods of
the film people-some months
ago when he made a personal
appearance at the Rialto Thea
ter here on the premiere of
his picture, he had a great
deal to say-most of it fairly
violent. But if it means a
shift of production and an in
flux Of the Hollywood beau
ties to Manhattan shores, by all
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