The Washington times., 1934-07-11


itzianer.
Cariacaturist and scenic de-
Signer Nat KarSon has returned
after seven weeks in London and
Switzerland. Gregory Ratoff and
his dialect are the rage Of Lon
don-even the monocled dandies
trying to become the life Of the
party by assuming the Ratoff ac-
cents. Grandmas will participate
in bathing beauty contest at
SteeplechaSe today. Poor Nick
and John-operatorS Of our clean
est nite-spots, must wonder why
those Mamaroneck moss-backs
take it out on their Simplon
country club. L could tell them
i come from small town my.
self and know all about repression
and inhibitions. Hotel bar-rooms
and restaurants report that the
biggest selling drink in the past
10 days has been the Tom Collins.
Lew Wants Girls
On Broadway, insists Art Muir
ray. you can get away with every
thing-e kept the money you
came with. "A hiss for apartment
house owners who keep their ele-
vator boys in heavy winter uni
forms. threatening them with dis
missal if they remove their coats
Vera Murray, formerly Chas.
Dillingham's chief aide, will op-
crate the Washington theater at
Dobbs Ferry-planning to produce
10 untried playS-Among the play
erS in her company, John and
Ethel Colt, Ethel Barrymore's kids
:. Pretty Thelma White (Helen
Kane's predecessor as Max Hoff-
mans frauO is back in town after
more than a year out west. .Ac.
cording to MeSSrS. Cross and
Dunn, so many of our popular
tunes have been hefted from the
classics, they should be labelled
"cheat music" Lew Brown
wants girls for his show-"Yokel
Boy Makes Good"-wants plenty
of them. Those ambitious young
gag writer's who used to contribute
to. the columns now work for press
agents-luring so cents for every
line that c-c5hes.
Max Baer established some sort
of box office record at the Para
mount-whether in the daily
crush Of gal fans at the stage door
or box office receipts, the manage
ment seems reluctant to reveal. y.
The Winters Model Service at the
Empire theater informs this dept.
it will guarantee positions to 80
attractive gals. al Lackey, Sophie
fuckers ex, barred from England
because his passport gave his
name as Lackermann, begged for
just a day in London-so he
could ride in Sophie's yacht The
Lit. Dig. devotes an entire page
to Billy Rose-hailing him as the
"key man Of the new Broadway"
With the move for clean pics
in full swing, Jack Arthur retags
the film capital, Hollywood" "A
special day in honor of Mary Pick
ford has been arranged by the Chi
Worlds Fair committee-some
time in Aug. incidentally, in
this movie cleanup biz, Mary has
said nothing although she has
never been linked with an off color
pic or role.
Grace Jackson, mother of the
late Bee Jackson. has become an
artists representative handling
Betty Lukens and the Paxton
Sisters. . "A cup of American cof-
fee in Paris-at the present rate
of exchange-sets you back close
to seventy cents. Two formidable
looking gents entered one of our
better nite-spots on w. SIND
street. recently-one standing at
the bar-the other lingering some
where in the rear.
The proprietor didn't like their
looks and Immediately telephoned
for the cops. In the meantime.
he whispered to the man at the
register to get the money together
and hide it. Two detectives and a
gendarme in uniform entered and
took the two men into custody.
They made little resistance. One
Of them on the way out, however,
murmured, "you sure you know
what you're doing?" And took
out wallet carrying his identifi-
cation. It was AL Simmons and
his pal was Ted Lyons, outstand-
ing Chicago White Sox stars.
Simmons took out his peeve at
the cops the following day by
betting out homer.
Broadway'S chief-between-h u r
diversion these nights is pulling
levers in those games at the flea
circus outfit near Fifty.Second
Street and kibitzing at the checker
games. Guy Lombardo sitting at
the Billy Rose Music Hall Sunday
night called me over and pointed
to Grant Clarke, the veteran
Swiss bell-ringer on the stage.
"Ten years ago." explained Guy, |
Clarke was headlining at the
Lyric in Indianapolis on the
PantageS time and we were get
ting a tryout. While he was on
in one, we tuned up back Of the
curtain, ready to go on next. Hey,
you,' he shouted. Why don't you
go down to the basement and do
your Scraping?' We've never
tuned upon stage since then, and
there he is. the fellow who taught
us a lesson, and look what time