The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-01
In New York
BY PAUL HARRISON

New York. Meanderings: It was the suave Dwight Fiske who started poking fun at stiffnecked society people. But what he began, scores of entertainers in the cock tail lounges and night clubs are finishing with blush provoking satire Debutantes are refer red to as "Debutramps'-ju to give you an idea.
 On the whole, society has been having rather bad time of it. Bankruptcy has overtaken all the hoity spots in which socialite capital was invested. Blueblood songstresses no longer can find en- agreements in the night clubs. And society people no longer can find diversion in the costliest gay places without having to sit near Joe (The Dope) Doakes and his newest blonde cutie.
 George Jean Nathan never checks an overcoat in the theater. He folds it several times and sits on it Report on a couple of Bar rymores: John is likely to appear on Broadway in revival of Hamlet" Ethel is moving to the country and won't make any plans until next winter |. More predictions of the return of Jim my Walker, and Broadwaymen will tell you that he's listening most attentively to an offer to back him in opening a huge res taurant.
 Obituary
 One expatriate who definitely is coming back to Broadway is Jacques Bustanoby, whose name as a restaurateur forever must be part of the history of the Diamond Jim Brady-Lillian Rus sel-Anna Held-Mrs Leslie Carter days. Prohibition cost him sev. enteen years of his career News of Lee Chumlcy's death will sadden many people in many places, for the Greenwich Village innkeeper has been widely known as a poet and artist and traveller. I'm glad to know that his widow will keep the famous restaurant In operation.
 Clifford Fisher has netted $260,000 on $25,000 invest ment in bringing the Folies Ber- geres to Manhattan. That's a glimpse of the brighter side of the entertainment business Sophie Tucker will try the movies next There's something quite touching. really. about seeing
 blue jowled Jack Dempsey per- ambulating his tiny daughter in Central Park. People look at them with covert smiles. but es- say no audible wisecracks. MT
 Dempsey is still Mir Dempsey. even though a doting papa. and an out-of-turn remark is still a
 ticket for one sock in the puss.
 
 Sparkling,
 F. D. Roosevelt Jr, and Ethel du | Pont are, as the gossipmongers would say, carrying the torch can't resist recording the rumor that there'll be John Jacob As- 1 tor heir in a few months Katharine Brush, the novelist.
 wants to rent a nice lighthouse for a summer studio A society
 fellow named David Cowles has been soaring horn-tooters in the night clubs. He heaves ash trays, silverware and such into their in- | instruments Such funi It scenes that Hollywood at last
 has been convinced that "The
 Green Pastures would make nice movie. Years ago the rights could have been had for a song.
 or maybe two songs. To-day. though, the competitive bidding | kA s.1 | $25O.0O0 George Jesseps au- photography will be titled "25c to 2 o'clock" - which is typical sign on vaudeville houses ., One of the Main Stems newspa- per sellers is Freddie Jacks, once
 the lightweight champion of Eu-
 rope.
 Celebrities
 The passing show: Sinclair Lewis
 is in town Joan Bennett, Gary
 Cooper. John Mccormack, Katha-
 rine Hepburn, Miriam Hopkins.
 Howard Hawks. Mary Taylor,
 Adolph Zukor at the opening of
 "Kind Lady" newest goosefiesh
 drama A girl named Evelyn
 Doblin looks so much like Carole
 Lombard that she is constantly
 pestered by autograph hunters -.
 Libby Holman. dancing with Jack Doyle, the oversized Irishman
 who's supposed to be fighter or a
 crooner, or something No-
 body recognized Rose Long. Huey's
 daughter. when she made the
 rounds of Manhattan For tho
 first time in fifteen years. Jake
 shubert has been visiting ngiht