The Washington times., 1936-06-27
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOl-
THOUGHTS at Random!
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plQlCy . 1GS as IL IIle OIdIS VI
New York banned the sale of the
Bible because of the Songs of Solo
mon Picture rights to the
Louis-Schlneling tilt went begging,
we hear, until one daring pro-
moter decided to gamble $4,000
worth The giggle is that, in
addition, he tried to bet almost
as much that Louis would win by
q knockout, hoping to get some of
his money back that way He
was a glum baby when he was only
able to pace about $500 .
The miracle of the upset will bring
him and MS associates more than
a quarter of a million dollars on
the fight Incidentally, not all
of Harlem went broke on the fight
=. According to the boy who oc-
casionally shines our shapely bro
ganS, betting members of the rota-
gravurean colony found it diff
cult to lay their wagers except at
prohibitive odds so they solved it
by drawing lots . The loser was
forced to bet on Schmeling-!!
John P Medbury is finding
himself the most widely quoted
quipSter in the country these
days Scarcely a day passes
without reference in one column
or other to the genial gagSter's
latest OutburSt Samples: "a
little deaf and dumb boy told a
riSque story, SO his ma washed
his hands out with soap"
"ShOrtly after Joe Louis was
knocked out, Schmeling walked
over and handed Louis manager
q slip of paper. When the col
Ored fighter came to, the man.
ager handed him the message.
1t was just one of those printed
telephone slips used in business
offices and read: While You
were out "A Mr.. Schmeling
called"
Hollywood's newest Child won,
der" is Patsy Lee Parsons, who
leaves shortly for the Coast on
an R.K.O. contract. She is black
haired, dark-eyed, pert and four.
She was brought over to a re-
porter's table at Lindy's Tuesday
night. Know what I'm going
to do?" said the reporter. I'm
going to write story about YOU
but I'm the kind of fellow who
uses big words and you won't
be able to read it" The baby
ugged her shoulders and
snapped: "Oh I can read Patsy
Lee Parsons -. Very little has
been said about the illness of Max
Steuer. But word has come to
us that recently when it was be-
lieved he might not recover, a
defendant on the verge of settling
a suit with the clients represented
by Steuer decided to fight it out
Whereupon, Steuer rose from
his sick-bed against the protests
Of his physicians and made an
appearance at his office. From
there he called up the attorneys
for the defendants. &. The settle
ment was effected within "a hours
and Steuer went back to his sick
bed and his medicantS.
1t sounds somewhat gOOfy, but
the extremely wealthy and social
mama of FranchOt Tone, now in
New York, has sought a reput-
able pSychOanalySt to find out
~ why she wants to start
playing bridge at 2 a. M; (2)
why she only sleeps well in the
daytime; (Sl why she wants to
keep on moving from one night
spot to another until the sun
comes up. The pSychOanalyst
has requested that she give him
the names of 20 of her closest
friends who keep her company
at some time or other for the
purpose of interviewing them.
This commentator is a gent who
is not acquainted with Mrs. Tone
but has the same complaints
except No. 1-inStead of bridge,
it's pOker-and what is this
thing they call the sun?
One of the directors of the
Mon Paris, which opened at Mon
mouth County Country Club in
Jersey last week, is a leading shirS
and collar manufacturer. Fri
day, while visiting the place, he
beckoned to the head waiter and
bawled him out because one of the
walters looked sloppy-With a col
lar that wasn't starched. . The
head waiter explained that the
waiter was wearing one of the
manufacturers own shirts and
collars-the others were wearing
different brands. The P. s. is
that all the walters now have to
wear shirts and collars made by
the directors firm and the moral
is that shirt and collar manu-
facturers have no business being
direc+ orS of night clubs.
One reporter (who, under any
other name except the distin-
guished one he carries, would
just be a mediocre scribbler)
finds himself fused about and
feted wherever he goes, thus win
ming the envy of most of us who
are not feted or fused about. ;.
Currently he is in Japan, and he
reports Cd an official luncheon in
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