The Washington times., 1936-08-25
KerkhOff
PinCh-Hits for
SObOI
BY JOHNSON d. KERKHOFF
Writing This Column While SOb0l
Is On Vacation
Dear Diary

Dear Diary
Up at noon which was all to-
soon, because finally got t.
Broadway, and had q rollick
time, but how Mr.. Sobol can d.
1t night after night, don't know
If I had a hat I would take !
off to him, but I haven't a ha
because I am on strike. The lii
tie woman burned my only hat
which I brought along with m
from Detroit 10 years ago, ant
! vowed that I would never bu,
another until she apologized. I
is going to be pretty embarrassing
and uncomfortable, If she doesn'
give in before snow flies.
Well, dear diary, 1 began the
day with a wee snack of Scram.
bled eggs. Canadian bacon,
baked beans, toasted mullins
and coffee. I'm a baked bean
fiend, and l don't see why 1t
should be considered funny to
eat baked beans for breakfast.
Our Pilgrim Fathers ate them,
and what was good enough for
the Pilgrims is good enough for
me. The only difference is that
the Pilgrim Fathers could 60
bookkeeping or stalking In
dams after such q breakfast,
whereas have to sit down and
write five pages and, like as not,
gulp a ton Of bicarb. Shows
what civilization does to q man.
Over coffee, tackled the mail
You can't realize, dear diary, the
mail that pours in on column
list, but it is a nice change tc
read, "So-and-So is wowing them
at the Whoopla Club and I know
you will want to mention it," in
stead of Unless you remit in five
days. -" Makes you feel impor
tant; you can say yes or no, just
like baseball umpire.
"a patriotic note from Mr..
Charles Richman, of the Hotel
BOSsert, who takes exception to
my statements about Brooklyn
Heights cocktail parties. Mr..
Richman says it is all different
on the Marine Roof at the BoS-
Sert, and why don't come over
some time and see for myself. I
shall, and if Mr.. Richman can
show me one native Brooklyn
Heightser or HeightSite who
likes Manhattan, I'll make pub
lie apology. An invitation to
see "Three Men on q Horse"
which the little woman prompt
~ accepted because she said
that it would teach me a lesson
about the ponies. A piece
about Louis, hoy bartender of
DelmOnicO'S" so years ago, who
Is to be head bartender Of the
McAlpin horseshoe bar, opening
in September. Louis started in
the bar trade at the age of IL;
he must have a grand story,
and I'd like to get it if the city
desk doesn't beat me to it.
An item from the Lombardy
Hotel about cocktail party given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Basil Rathbone.
Dear diary, as you know, I am a
little tired of cocktail parties, but
the nice part about this item is
the name of the publicity direc-
tor who sent it in. Katrinka
Suydam Rocker. A lovely name.
don't know the lady, but I
can't get her name out of my
head; it hangs on as do songs that
knock at your brain and won't
be gone.
On to the Onyx Club with the
Martins. I suppose it's no news
to those who go places, but the
swing music that Snuff Smith and
his boys turn out is the tops. Silly
youngsters who can't hold their
liquor like it, but musicians come
there after hours to sit in as stu
dents, which is about the best
compliment that Snuff Smith, who
is much livelier than Joe Louis,
could have.
Well, dear diary, If you go to
Broadway once a year you
should really go, but along about
1880 a. m. / kind of gave out.
The old machine is not what it
used to be; I've got Sharkey-
trouble, 1 guess. So I had a
hamburger, and bought the
morning papers and didn't read
them, and went home without
seeing a single celebrity. And
the taxi man said, Things look
bad in Europe, don't they?"
Goodnight, dear diary, thank
Heaven!
VOTE AMERICAN-
"a w N"0