The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-04
In New York
ny PAUL HARRISON

New 'ork - In her dressing room at the Cort theater, where "rho Milky Way" is playing, 1 met MaMie tho other day. She wasn't wearing anything but q big pink bow, but she shook hands n0nchal- antly and then tried to sit In my lap. That was too much, because Maxle not only is St Bernard, but . i60.pound St Bernard. And besides, she's shedding.
 So Maxie lay on the floor and | pra aeticed looking aullen like Koth. arine Hepburn. She was about equally communicative, too, over in tho corner of tho dressing room, which Is really just thu basement, were four other St Bcr- narda--Jumbo, fily, Rose and sailor. All Of them arc In tho play, but Maxio has tho bost par, and doesn't allow them to forgot lt. Jumbo, who wNigha i6b pounds, was tho dog star at first but got atago fright one night and made an unBehedulod exit, drag. ging tho unwilling Hugh O'Con. nell with her. So Maxie, who nov. or gets nervous, was given tho pink bow and tho best laughs.
 Putting On the Dog.
 On tho whole, tho dogs have q pretty good time of it. It's cool downstairs, and they have n full. time valet named John MeCauloy who gives them a daily bath with blueIng. They completely overawe the othor dogs on Broadway whom they 20 out for q stroll. And they get lVa pounda of meat q day each, with French rolls and vcge. ablea, MaXle has as much admitted that sho doesnt worry bit about hor figure.
 Embarrassing Moment
 stage manager always arc fear. ful that something may NO wronn to turn q serious aeene Into q ltd. icroua one. It happened tho other night ut No More Ladies'" when tho puppy that Lucille Watson ts supposed to carry on in hor arms got loose in tho wings. He decided to explore the stage, and didn't mind In tho least that Melvyn Douglas and Ruth Watson were right in tho middle of q poignant love acene, Douglaa improviscd some eoaxing lines to try Co got him Co leave, but it was no 20. | Finally, Miss Watson had t0 walk on, making an excuse for her unexpected appearance. An three performers then deployed and tried to corner tho dog. And the dog played game with thom--n running and barking game. ii lasted about threo ghaatly min. utes, while the audience checrcd tho fugitive. And when it was over nobody was in mood for rc. sumption of tho romance,
 Glass of Masters
 I You may not know much about Leopold Godowaky, but hts very presence tn Now York Is enough to aet music circles a'nutter.--os. peeially since the master Is about to teach for the first time In Amor tea. He'll have master class' Oi concert pianists from all over the country.
 Aa a young man he was so tai. entod that tho great Saint.Saens wanted to adopt him and lend him his name. Godowsky refused and started out to make name for himself. In 1901. after n concert debut in Berlin, ho sailed for an I American tour and discovered thero was no piano on the ship, So he learned the ontire Liszt A Major concerto just by reading the scoro--and played 1t in Chicago. He has done some 400 compost. tions which lot of musicians be- lieve will give him an immortal place beside Each. Once he enter. ed Carnegie Hall while De Pach. mann was playing. and the latter stopped right In the middle of 6 measure, got up and bowed in ven. eration to the master. God0wsky j has \ reputation as wit, and grins in a way that Albert Fin. stein calls "Hchoinich"---roguish They're close friends, and uodow. sky, q musical scientist, knows so much about mathematics and phy- sics that he's sald to be one of the relatively few people who under. stand about reiativity Fin. stein. in turn. studies a Godowsky theory. It's call0d weight and relaxnti0n," and is a relaxing trick which makes the musician apparently tireleas.