The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-13


pleteIy with Freddie BarthOlO-
news Aunt CiSsy The SYM
pathetic bond between them Is
generally known A mutual
friend tells me he was with them
some months ago in their beach
house at Playa del Rey
Aunt Cissy is . plain-lOoking
woman Freddie sat on her
lap as the dusk descended
He studied the stars through the
window Suddenly he turned
and throwing his arms around
his aunt's neck, whispered:
"Cissy, see those stars up there
They're not half as beautiful
as your eyes" eff they take
that boy from Ter, she won't
live," is HOllywOOd's belief.
Piuuant Beverly Roberts joins
} Warmers other pet, June Travis,
at the luncheon table =. One
dark-haired, dark-eyed, calm in
manner-the Travis girl The
other, Roberts, blonde, closely
:, cropped hair, excitable, impetuous
Both headed for stardom +,
Beverly speaks in cultured, poetic
phrases. Everything is a symbol
to her st have my teeth in
the wind" she tells you and rattles
right on, taking it for granted you
understand her I'D like to
have a stream-lined personality,
Is another offering A dumb
cluck Of a reporter doesn't know
exactly what she means, but ne
gueSSeS there is something OF q
profound thought behind it all.
The mind may not register the
poetry of her spoken thoughts, but
the. eye quickly grasps the lyrical
beauty Of her physical appoint
ments =. The little girl, who audi
toned so hopefully and timidly in
the Town Casino Club in New
York more than q year ago, IS
certainly coming On.
Incidentally, George Bricker.
mentioned above, was one OF
those who volunteered to help
J. out in the benefit being con-
Quoted for pretty little Ruth
Jones, Ed Seekers secretary,
who was frightfully mangled
In an automobile crash. He
wrote . play in three nights
! for . single showing Sour
Mountain" was its tag In the
audience was Frank Craven
who liked it-and bought it
and will present it on Broad
way in the fall. Bread, ETC."
Half q dozen stars are won
dering who was responsible for
the epidemic Of dogs which deS-
cended upon them a few nights
ago as gifts from unknown ad-
mirers. Alice Faye, Enrol Flynn;
Paula Stone, Phyllis Brooks, Iris
Adrian, Margot Crab m and
Anita Counihan were a mong
those victimiZed.. The gag
worked this way. "A "Mr. Dur
kin" with a slight impeachment
in his speech, telephoned. He
was sorry to call at this late
hour. but he was on his way
from his famous Santa Barbara
kennels with a prize Dalmatian
sent Gin the Brooks case, for in
stance, by young Billy Blooming
rdale) He would arrive shortly
Half an hour later he called
again. He had had breakdown
Would they pay for his cab
If he took one?. Half an hour
later q Sergeant Burdick" called
police headquarters. Were
they expecting a Dalmatian?...
well, he regretted to inform
them the dog had bitten the cab
driver and a Mr.. Durkin" and
the dog were being held. Please
come down at once to answer
questions. It was fr mi e d
night for half a dozen panicky
people. The perpetrators were
young Dick Green, brother of
Composer Johnny Green-and
Cy Bartlett.
Harry Evans arrived last
Wednesday morning and
wednesday night was at home
I'm the TrOCaderO, demonstrating
n Harlem truckin' routine to
rhumba music, while Sue Carol,
Nancy Carroll with Count Car
penga, Lewis Milestone, Edith
2 WikersOn and a few dozen 9TH
ers applauded in appreciation
=. AT Lucey's, earlier that even
ing, from where the dog gag
= was worked, DON FrieHe, erst-
while publisher, sat in a Sc
cIuded cOrner-nOw a confirmed
HOIlywOOdite ."I'm here for
RoOd-they've got sun here" he
I observes. Beverly Roberts, who
belongs to the group Of Warner
fIedglings who have taken a
pledge Of spinsterhOOd until
they are full-fIedged stars, is al
ready manifeSting a partially
toward Jean NeguleScO. Bob
Taplinger arrives to Join the
q BrOadwayites here. BE bby
Connolly succeeds Busby Berke-
ley in the direction of "Stage
Struck" and worked out with
the Yacht Club Boys. .Berke-
ley Is doomed to a series Of
court sessions, facing the
charges arising out of his fatal
"a automobile accident Of last year