The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-07
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

NSW 4O1A, OCtOUC1 NOAuAAA0 istic> Chaff: Someone ought to call the Liberty Leaguers' attention to the Rockefellers. Up in the arch- temple of wealth, the Rainbow Room, Miss Sheila Barrett, the monologiste, is reciting 8 sketch by that foe of wealth, Clifford Odets. And in the marble halls of Rocke- feller Center the other day, heard a top-hatted young fellow humming 'The Internationale." Moscow gold, perhaps.
 During recent months, the "rip- bling rythms" of Shep Fields or- chestra, has been the rage. How disillusioning it was to see that Maestro Fields gets his ripping ef- fleets by blowing through glass straw into half-filled water tunl- bier. He looks pretty silly doing 1t.
 Skeptics had better get it out of their heads that Manhattan is g den of iniquity for young people. Why, at least five good clubs heed the requests of parents who say, Don't serve any drinks to my Kids" Rehearsing 8 Delay
 Rehearsals for actors are tedious affairs, because they sometimes must wait for hours while the author is revarnishing the script or the director is puttering with the other players. So George Abbott has a choir to croon to the cast of his new show, Sweet River.
 To rehearsals, incidentally, Fam nie Brice always brings a knitting outfit and Helen Hayes turns up with a good book.
 There are various ways of know ing a small spender at night clubs, but hat-check girls tell me that uni- brella- carriers are put on the list al sight. Easy deduction. If they carry umbrellas, they don't take cabs and if they are so economical, they do not run up checks.
 Birds of Feather
 Even the hotels that are supposed to be fairly cosmopolitan have dis tinctive clienteles. Thus: The MIG. Alpin and Bristol are well populated by southernerS. The New Westor Is popular with the college girl (The vassar Club is there). The Algonquin is the lair of the literatl At the Ansonia live opera stars arlt leading musicians (the walls ar' soundproofed extra-thick).
 The St. Moritz is home for newly arrived Europeans, the Warwick frequent stop of film notables. Int St. Regis is the local halt for th' 400 between jaunts to Aiken, Pain Beach and Hot Springs for anyone of affluence. To the Wellington @ many a chorus or showgirl of Broad way musicals and the Gotham ! unmistakably British.
 The Forests permanent guesu are mainly prizefighters, fistic man agers and almost anyone proIes' sionally engaged at Madison Square Garden. The Brevoort and Lafay' cite are the last stands of those wtt are sentimentally attached to olt New York. All-day chess games ars still in progress in the Lafayett' erillroom. A hanson cab waits 1ol passengers at the Brevoort. Chance to Act
 Blossom Macdonald, who is max l ing her stage debut in Dead End, frequently gets a chance to watci her sister Jeanette's work m tn' movies. Jeanette returned the com pliment the other night and wen | to watch Blossom in action. sn' was accompanied by her motne and you will understand their sur prise when they saw not only Bios som on the stage of the Belasco pu also sister Elsie - in crowd scene They supposed Elsie still was U dramatic school in Philadelphia, an' hadn't been told that she had Joine' Blossom nthe cast. :. As a matter of fact, Elsie hadn.s She just chose the same night ' visit Blossom backstage. When sn got to the wings, the floor she wa standing on suddenly began to nov . in a circle toward the center oI tn stage, and there she was. in full vieS . of the footlightS, - with an assortes collection of people. Seems sn stepped on the revolving stage. , After curtain the MacDonalds so together, agreed that Elsie was get , ting along well as an actress, ais. She wasn't paid the usual extra fee, though.