The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-13
In New York
By PAUL HARRISON

New York-All around the town: Sepian Harlem is having no end of fund with the song called "The Object of My Affection Can Change My Complexion"
 And Broadway is beginning to hum "Its Unbelievable" Paul Whiteman, who never had a nick name before he lost so many pounds, is called skinny" White man now Before his death, nobody realized the Valentino-like popularity of Russ Co1umbo. There's Rus Columbo club of women here who still meet to keep alive the crooner's memory.
 In spite of the last two pros- porous seasons along the rialto. the majority of theaters are own- ed by banks hear that Mrs Bruno Hauptmann has been sign ed for a vaudeville tour at $2,000 9 week, with gnerous advance already paid London wants to see Mae West, and Charles E. Cochrane will present her there in a musical A night club doorman, Louis Bray, once owned cabarets on Broadway and Mi- amis Silver Slipper, where Texas Guinan greeted the suckers.
 
 Robot M.-C.
 My favorite master of cere- monies is huge steel robot named Alpha, who's appearing hereabout. He talks, moves, even sings, and is a great favorite with the chorus girls although he never sends them flowers. Not 8 favoriete with the stage hands, though, because he weighs ton.
 New York has Chinese-Ameri- can, Italian-American and French Russian restaurants in its league of nationa1ities. Strangest en- tente, though, is Ia Cucuracha, advertised as a Swedish Mexican night spot" Imagine yodelling a rhumba tune! Only way I know to distinguish Gloria Van derbilt from her twin, Lady Thel- ma Furness, is that the latter wears string of black pearls Full name of Margo, the dancer who rose to movie star dom directed by Ben Hecht and Charles Macarthur, is Donna Maria Marguerite Guadalupe Bas- tado Castilla.
 Joe Cook, the wag, has sent out his greeting cards for next Christ mas Few prominent New Workers are listed in the telephone directory. Spares them calls from cranks and nuisances. Other eve- ming, however, President Roosevelt | tried to telephone Eddie Bowling, and operators refused to divulge the actors private number. |. The Gene Tunneys have contract ed for new mansion at Palm Beach. Guessing Game
 You can still find Adolph Lewi- sohn capering around some of the quieter night clubs. He's 86. |. |. And speaking of oldsters, it tickles me the way two sets of Broadway veterans keep the gossips guessing -guessing whether Sophie Tucker and Al Lackay are divorced, and whether Mae West and James Timony, her manager-husband, are still friends.
 Poor Earl Carroll! A judgement for more than, $100,00O against him for the decoration of theater which is no longer his, and even the decorations themselves have Hong since gone Success story: Noel Coward landed here ten years ago with exactly $50, and spent a few nights on some of Manhattan's better park benches before he made any sort of income. To-day, at 35, he's worth something like $5,00O,000.
 RenO-ized Show
 There'll soon be new Billy Gal lagher's for the gourmands and gourmets who recall the old one, famous for 30 years. At the Reno Merry Go- Round, with west ern atmosphere and revolving roulette-table dance floor, all mem- bers of the chorus Q've been sol emnly told) are Reno divorces.
 Paul Draper, the amazing dane CT, wears neither hat nor overcoat in the coldest weather. Check room girls in the night clubs arc glad to see him, however, for he does wear gloves, which he checke at every stop on his nocturnal rounds Other day l met tht step daughter of Harry Langdon the movie comic. She's 0 fashion model-$10 an hour for under, wear posing, $5 for hats-and do. ing very well Also met a Nashville newspaperwoman wht smokes cigars. Said she once gave up cigarets for Lent, tried a stogie |