The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-09
In New York
BY PAUL HARRISON

New York, Jan 9.-Meanderings;
 Broadway, the hardened artery, IS
 a place where, to be successful, you have to be two chumps aheai
 of everyone else /. where play
 boys discover thath the. first hun-
 dred dears are the hardest
 and where most chorus girls marry
 for love---love of diamonds and
 sa bles and penthouse apartments.
 George Jean Nathan has lived
 in the same apartment in the same
 hotel for 30 years .. {. WtllouEh-
 by Sharp, the mystery story writer,
 used to be broker. Three years ago he decided nobody could solve the mystery of how to mako
 living in Wall street. so b" turned to something easy, like "Who Killed Cock Robin?" -. George Price, however, quit show business for ticker tape few
 months ago, and still insists he en-
 joys 1t And broker who ought to try the thcater or the
 screen is Ira Haupt. Looks like Clark Gable.
 A newspaper woman who ap-
 pcared at q luncheon at the Fri
 ars' Club was told no ladies were
 to be admitted. She said: I'm
 no lady; I'm a rcporter"--and she
 stayed.
 Broadway Mothers
 There are a number of mothers who have a place in Broadway night life. Accompany their dis tinguished offspring on round of
 the bright spots; are known and welcomed by all regulars of the Vain Stem; occasionally take flut- tery little bows under the search- ing spotlights and affectionate ad- jectives of the masters of cere- mony. The mothers of Milton Berie, Al Bernie, Grace Barrie, Eleanor Powell, Mitzi Mayfair and Joan Abbott are some 1 often see. In the afternoons, scores Cf other mothers with pretty--and sometimes not so pretty--daugh! tcrs In tow, haunt the offices of the cabarets and chorus agencies. The other day 1 overheard one praising a covering little buck toothcd brunette: Not so pretty, maybe, in her street clothes. Butt oh, MT Blank - what figure!. Iv taught her all 1 know about the thcater,( too, Mir Blank. 1t has been my dream that Lola
 should be the sensation that her
 mother was on Broadway twenty years ago v.
 Talluiah Bankhead Is wearing one of the biggest emcralds I've.
 seen .. After months of aston- ished observation of the angular stance of young society when It dances, my favorite act Is tho Sd - | tirical "Modernistic Fantasy" of
 Fowler and Tamara at the st Moritz A cigaret girl named
 Jean Kulp, at the Club Dawn pa- troi, is licensed cmbalmer. And west side q registered nurse plays an accordion.
 Chlorine Shortage.
 Bill Rose had to go to HOlly- wood to find chorus girls for hts circus m musical, scheduled for next spring. And Alan DeSylva, t dance director, tells mo he doubts
 that single beautiful and cofn- chlorine Is jobless in Manhattaii
 Saw Madge Evans, child . star of the screen some fifteen years ago and still busy actress of 22 ;. Hazel Dawn, too, shop ping Beatrice Lillie is m actress who doesn't care whether she has q stage engagement or not Guest -star appearances and en- dorsements pay just as well. she l says.
 Russia has decided that it's all right for it's people to laugh ats
 straight comedy acts, so the gov- ernmcnt Organization of Music, Entertainment and Circus has q
 booking agent on Broadway. Ac-,
 robatics, dancing and Wild West
 acts (whateycr they are) are ac
 ceptabie. No magic, though the
 Russians mustn't be fooled !. A forthcoming play will be titled
 "How Beautiful With Shoes
 All in good fun, Jack Dempsey
 offered to lick anybody in the
 house at the Mayfair the other
 evening. But fled under the on-s
 slaught of panting little Victor Moore. H