The Washington times., 1934-12-11

We walk out and make plans
to Mayfair it Saturday.
Tommy Manville going
along?" 1 inquire :. NO" he
answers, Tommy and 1 are on
the outs again-I don't expect
to make up with him until
Monday. He pulls out an
elaborate solid gold cigarette
case "a present from Manville),
offers me a cigarette, takes one
himself and remarks, If you
can leave for Miami, right
after New Years I'll drive you
down. This was, as I say,
Tuesday night. -.
Wednesday night, after I had
left the office, Kornblum tele-
phOned, the message being
taken by Miss AnsOn. 1 was
to call back Immediately For
some reason. I forgot. Friday
nights papers informed me
that the handsome and pre-
sumably happy-go-lucky chap
had killed himself. i can't
understand it because he was
by no means broke, and he ap-
peared unusually devoted to his
beautiful bride-Lillyan AndruS,
the former Miss America. a de-
vOtiOn that seemed to be re-
turned. He was the gayest Of
the gay, and although consider
able of his one time vast for
tune had dwindled, he still was
in comfortable circumstances.
1t DdS Henry 1Dho came to
mn aid a season ago wher1 1De
1Dere trying to SdUe q nun16er
of destitute Broadway girls
from being locked out Of their
hotels, and it WGS through
Henrys solicitation that Tommy
MunviHe took a personal inter-
est and contributed a hand
some sum which proOtded q
happy Christmas for NUMBER
of people here and in Brook
I'm. broadway sheds a gen.
uine tear in memory OF th'S
young tel1oU.
Lambs CamboI
The Goth anniversary Lambs
Gambol fills the huge Waldorf
Astoria ballr ON Saturday
night. "A gay occasion at
which Ed Wynn reveals MS
amazing pianistic virtuoSity IN
a duet with Eddie Duchin, fol-
lowing which Wynn acts as a
piano accompanist to Frank
Crumit who roars out Some OF
These Days" From various
boxes. personages of note take
bows, including Will Hays Of
the movies, James A. Moffett
of the New Deal Administra-
ton, FRITZ Scheff of operetta.
Capt. George Fried. maritime
hero, Edw. P. Mulrooney, liquor
license overload, James Mont
gomery Flagg Of the deft pen
Gil, and others. 80.
Mr.. Rudy Vallee from the
stage laments the fate of the
tattOOed lady and handsome
yOungSter in Mr.. Fred Warnings
versatile musical aggregation
enthraIlS most of us with di-
vine treble chant of the sacred
"Ave Maria" L wander over to
the Piquale and there glittering
like a Tiffany's window at hOli-
day time, is the quite pulchri'
tudinOus young Barbara Hutton
Mdivani-with one diamond,
the size of a robins egg, illumi-
mating finger, two diamond
earrings reaching to her shOul-
ders, diamond crescent Orna-
ment blazing in the back Of her
hair and a black gown simmer
ing with threads Of gOld-A
sable cape reaches half way to
the floor, in spite of which the
handsome young heireSS does
not appear to be too happy. =.
Previously, on Tuesday evening,
1 had spotted her at the Club
New Yorker, but she attracted
less attention on this occasion
than the parade of walters with
four pheaSants, one for each Of
four adjacent tables. 3.
At the Paradise. Wednesday
night, / am again amazed at
the remarkable draWing powers
of the young girl knoUn as
Sally RGnd-G Hkuble young
1DomGn, undoubtedly, and so
good to her family, but her