The Washington times., 1936-02-13

OF SardtS Monday afternoon,
ScribbleS on the back Of a town
envelope, smiles to herself, and
jams the piece Of paper into her
purse. Mems suits on display in
two English shops on Fifth Ave.
with mourning bands around
the sleeves.
wild disorder marks the pre-
miere of the Charlie Chaplin
picture at the RivOli and we
catch n glimpse Of Eddie Can
tor caught helplessly in the
swirIing crowd. But Doug Fair
banks, jr., Mabel Boil, Ed G.
Robinson and Belle Baker man.
age to squeeze through. This
reporter rushing on to his own
theater assignment does not see
the picture and will have to
catch up with it later--per-
haps on the Coast. Later at
the Hollywood, a night in honor
Of II. Richman. Here again
he Is heckIed by q thin, tiny
voice - demanding stormy
Weather.. The voice belongs
to Eve SuIIy seated In party
which includes Jack Pearl, Jesse
Block, AnatOle Friedland, Tom
Patricola, Dave Marx and
others. Mr.. Ted HuSing In a
semiswOOn as he clingS to the
veIvety paw Of his honey, Ann
st. George, mOdestly but de-
terminedly acknowledges an in
PRODUCTION. SOngwriter r ay
Henderson shrinks from the
glare Of the spotlight. >. Tues.
day afternoon, q gent leaps the
steps Of the Fifth Avenue Pub
lie Library and almost slips
near the tOp--JOhn Masefield,
EngIamd's poet laureate. "A
crowd gathered at Madison and
ADD. Just . fella demonStrat-
ing o dance step to another
feIIa. Arthur Murray and Dc
tavus Roy Cohen, fashiOner Of
peppy rotogravurean fables. -.
Geo. 8. Kaufman and Doris
Dalton guxaling dark beer at
the G. 7. Casino.
Friday night at 46th and Broad
way, w. C. Handy, composer OF
"St. Louis Blues" halts Broad
way reporter to protest that the
words "hinkty" and "dickty" were
used by him as far back as 1924 in
q song tagged Basement Blues"
Also another sepian concoction
Tell you how I got
that last one," he explains. "I'm
in Clarksdale, Miss, about 80 years
ago and Q woman calls me to come
across and talk with her. Instead
Of crossing directly, go to the
nearest corner and cross, so she
opens up by saying, You're one
Of these "arnchy" spades!' and I
puzzle it out finally that she
means always try to be proper
and correct in everything, includ-
ing speech. I look up the derivation
of the word and I find 1t comes
from aren't you instead Of
'ain'cha'" -. Dancer Tilly Losch,
slim and lovely, admiring her re-
Election in a shop window on Fifth
Ave. near 48th, Wednesday after.
noon. Thursday afternoon, Gloria
Swanson steps out Of a closed car
ut 5lSt and Fifth-unrecog ognized
Thursday night. two former
screen stars at a corner table at
the Wivel-Corinne Griffith and
Dorothy Mackaill.
Erudite Critic John Anderson,
Aviator Bill Cleveland, and Ship
news Reporter John McClain
halt an esoteric discussion Fri
day night to watch Shapely Della
Carroll In her crystal ball num-
ber, in which she leaves nothing
to the Imagination. At the Yer
sailles Monday night, Donna
Morton, in hair dyed salmon
pink, giggles as the Yacht Club
boys chant, 'Tf no one comes,
thereIl be four more buns in
New York parks. New Orleans
political chieftain, Abe Shushan,
is one of the table-SitterS here
this evening Helen Morgan
dazZIeS Tuesday nights assem-
6Iage at the House of Morgan
by appearing in a dazzling black
creatiOn-among those daZZ'ed
being George White seated with
Lois Eckhart, Jay c. Flippen, the
amateur man; Allan Zee, LOew's
young genius Of production and
assistant to Louis X. Sidney;
Sylvia FroOs, the Harold Her
berts, and Sidney PiermOnt
Lou Bring and Don Alberto al.
ternate with their Orchestras in
playing Old-time melodies, includ-
ing "Alexander's Rag-Time
Band" ''Dardanella," eyes, We
Have No Bananas" etc. Next
door at Bill Hardy's "Gay Nine
ties" the hurdy gurdy men
7 grind out tune after tune for a
gathering Of gels and leds at
tired in cumbersome mauve
decade apparel. And John
Steele, former ZiegfeId star,
chants "a Pretty Girl Is Like a
Melody. Hal Schumacher and
his bride drink a toast to each
other Wednesday night at Leon
and Eddie's bar.
Cartoonist Ham Fisher and