The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
In New York
By PAUL HARRISON

New York-An evening strol along the rialto never fails to- re
 mind me that of all the people who have figured in Broadway life the only one whose name remain: in lights is Edward w. Daddy
 Browning.
 Of course he pays to keep i there, as an advertisement for hi real estate business. But it alst serves to make thousands of per sons wonder about the current ex istence of the enigmatic, elderly fellow whose daddy-ing adventures
 used to provide such sensationa grist for the tabloids.
 Well, it seems that Browning
 has turned downright monkish 1T his private and professional life Or maybe Spartan would be z
 better term. He works all day ant some nights in his garish real es tate office, and declares he ha. not had day off in four years All he likes to talk about the bust ness and health. He is 57 year, old, weighs 190 pounds, and ha. a chest expansion of nearly clever inches.
 When he goes home at night il is to oom-and-terrace a. partment in west-side hotel. The terrace is painted white and is unfurnished except for an ordinary kitchen chair. The living room is painted white and along one wal has some exercising apparatus There is one white table and a hard white chair. In the white bedroom is a bed, one wooden chair and small dresser.
 On the bureau in white frame is picture of "Peach- cs'' Browning. Sometimes, I am told, an orchid is placed in front of the photograph. On a Diffcret Scale.
 Marion Talley's arrival in New
 York, unaccompanied by Mamf and Sister Florence, revealed tha she no longer is the same priff little prima donna, a subject oi
 parental prompting. And by thi' time she is well launched on hel western tour, travelling alone, do ing much as she pleases, nevel
 baking a biscuit or milking a sin gle Kansas COW.
 But it was only few years agt that Marion and Mama called or Mile. Sembrich, the voice teacher with the idea of engaging her as 2 coach. To judge Miss Talley's voics the teacher suggested trilling a few
 scales. My dear madame" inter rupted Mama, II must remind yo,
 that my daughter is no longer 1T
 the habit of singing mere scales!' And next day it was an- nOunccd that the TalIeys were unable to find competent voice teacher in New York.
 Gift Horse.
 Like the figures in so many
 Broadway romances, he was veal thy and she was beautiful. In ad'
 dition, however, he was youngisf
 and handsome, and she was gen timely enamored. She also wa.
 desperately poor. so when he of fered her anything she wanted
 she asked only that he help hel in finding Q job. The girl insisted that she must pay off her trifiinl
 debts and buy a few presentablt
 clothes before she'd consider a for
 nal engagement or marriage. He said, though, that he could | not bear to have her working. &
 he sent her gifts-gifts which 2
 high principled girl could accept
 There were orchids by, the arm
 load, which by contrast made hel
 one evening gown look like some
 thing snatched at a fire sale
 There was pedigreed pup. ant
 she went without lunches for two
 weeks to buy the dog license
 There were invitations to dinneri
 and parties which she declined
 tearfuIly, for lack of clothes ant
 a permanent wave. He'd ever
 send around a chauffeur-driver
 car for her amusement, but sh. couldn't go job-hunting in that
 The fellow, who'd never lacked
 luxury, much less necessity O.
 life. just couldn't understand. The other day a friend walked
 into the girls dingy apartmen
 and found her crying. Was 1t love
 troubles Yes, it was all over be-
 tween her and the man M
 This morning." sobbed the girl
 "when haven't even got anything
 in the house to eat, he sent me
 hOrse--a nice, shiny, three-hundret
 dollar saddle horse, to ride 1T
 Central Park!"