The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-03
In
New York
By PAUL uARRIsON

| ATGNcItlOb OAaCAby ~
does very fine job In New York.
Goes around putting blankets on
shiyering horses, failing brutal
drivers, depriving beggars of little
dogs which they train to bark con-
stantly, rescuing white mice from
motorized treadmills--and SO on.
Several inspectors have call
ed upon Freu Kcatlng, the ac-
tOr-rnagi. :an WliO likes to make
IL bird cage With live canary
disappear, AID have gO-.e a!.ay
convinced that the canary
suffers nothing more than mo-
mentary establishment.
But the strang case of Gali-Gali
| has the SPCA men completely buff
ia loed. Gall Is q fakir from the Far
East (maybe just the far-eastern
side of Manhattan), who until re-
Gently was engaged by a smart
food and drinkery called Marlbor-
ough House to amuse its patrons.
He went around the tbales doing
all sorts of sleight- of hand tricks,
and among the things he made APP
pear and vanish were some little
| chickens.
We'll, one Of the humane people
called on Gall and ordered him to
perform. Cali said: "Yas, yas-
show" and reached into the fell
lows pocket and pulled out an
egg. He made pass over. the egg
and there was chicken. He fed
| the chicken few crumbs OF bread,
and there were two chickens. he
put these into the hands OF the IN
spector, who discovered there now
were three chickens. Cali MADE
some sort of quick motion, and
there were to Shickenfs' ,oam,,.
proudly, Gall not, hurt ch.cum'
Oh, yeah? said the inspector
But where were the chickens now?
I'm re gen. nuns own pocket.
retorted Gah. Maybe re ger-mun
hurt chicken, but not Galf -.
The Inspector reached In
side his own coat and found
three fluffy, cheeping birds.
Somewhat shaken, Inc went
away from there.
Taking In the Money
Applause Is a nice sound ip the
ears of actors, but lot OF them
also like the crackle of currency
as it's pushed through the box-of-
flee wicket. When Eddie Cantor
| MI de a personal appearance here
| with the opening of "Roman Scan
dals" he spent half the morning
| selling tickets to the long line OIL
| customers. Al Jolson. too, gets
| a kick out Of handling admissions:
rather do it than sing a nanny
song -. Douglas Fairbanks, back
in his days in the flesh-and- blood
theater, hung around the counting
room, anxiously watching the TIL
Ed Wynn, when he's in a show,
does sentry duty in the lobby right
up to the minute when he has to
rush back stage and make up
George M. Conan likes to stand In
the box office, but doesn't handle
money and ducats because people
recognize him and try to make con-
| yersation Courtney Burr and
George White both like to get right
| up to the counter and serve their
| customers. a.,
In the case of Willard Mitchell
this process has been reversed. He
used to work In the box office Of
the Little Theater, but wanted to
act instead. Finally he got q
| chance, and now no Ia In his sec
ond successive show OF the season.
Just grins at the box Office man as
he walks grandly by.
|
Fortune Hunt
Broadway is snickering over the
story Of the hunt for an heir to q
rather sizeable estate in California.
The heir in question came to New
York a couple of years ago, soon
squandered his money In the gay
spots, and then became q black
sheep and went around neecing
people. He received no word when
the family fortune was broken up
by the death of an elder relative.
and he wasn't to be found when 2
share OF the money.
Somebody suggested that the
quickest way to reach the young
man would be through the police,
80 the attorney visited the detec-
tive bureau and explained his. mis-
Ision. A few detectives made CASUAL
inquiries In some of the black
sleeps haunts, and In no time the
heir was tipped on that the police
were looking for him. He skipped
town and hasn't been seen since.
You can write your Pwn moral.
WORKED a YEARS FOR NAME
milwaukee,, (UP)--it took Harold
lIslatz, Is, Milwaukee, q sophomore
at tho University Of wisconsin.
four years 10 get the signature Of
FRITZ Kfoiaier for his autograph
| collection. lie finally ooFnered
him bacIgsiago nt the milwaukee,
Auditorium and the p0ted yiolinigl
OF many violinists ana other snual.