Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-23

Cohans career. The most agile and
enthusiastic of the dancing boys, he
accepted the inevitable touch of
years with becoming adaptability.
And when many winters frosted his
thinning hair he slipped into elder
ly roles and became the foremost
portraycr of the male parent. This
winter, for instance, he has been
starring in Dear Old Darling" Ros-
Seau once wrote: oblivion is the
inevitable harvest of evading the
consequence of years" -
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The original crooner came back to
a Broadway floor show a few weeks
ago to receive belated acclaim. He
was grooming in melodious, mur-
murouS husk when Rudy Vallee was
siX-year- old Hubert capering around
in WhatyoucallitS unaware that he
and his long parade of imitators
would some day be -patting
hearts all over the land. I refer to
Benny Fields, long in support of
Blossom Seeley in vaudeville. Ben
ny began in the back room of Chi
cago estaminet and the meter he
originated is exactly the same as
that of the crop OF crooners that
skipped a decade and became'a rage.
Now at SO and beSpectacled, Fields
has become ace crooner of a Groom
ing age.
Blossom Seeley. as we'll as Fields,
belongs to the vanishing true troup-
ers of old time vaudeville. Today
she is still study of the superb sort
of shoWmanship that marks Sophie
Tucker, Eugene and Willie Howard
and Herb Williams. She carols
coon songs in fiery red gowns sway
ing and waving enormous fans and
with a precision in timing that Sug-
gests clock works. Vaudeville pa
irons never tired watching her fa-
miliar rigamarole 1t was attraction
for the routine of the established
standard acts that kept vaudeville
going lon gafter it was outmoded as
entertainment.
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Tho Dutch Treat is tile only social
club that has not suffered in men,
bership during the depression. 1t
meets for lunch every Tuesday at a
midtown hotel and those who skip
three in a row without good excuses
of being out of town or a doctor S
certificate of illness are no longer
members. Composed of writer's and
artists chiefly, its guests OF honor
weekly are newly arrived celebri-
ties. And not one is introduced
without being verbally skinned and
we'll salted. Only one, Britisher
ever got angry. And did he get both
barrels!
Smiling a scent of Spring today
I went shopping for my seasonal
necktie. But from now on l shop
alone. I explained TO the clerk my
liking for blue polka dot. He in
quired if I preferred large or small
speckles The LADY with me purred
Anything dotty is bound to please
him!"
A favorite sentimental Broadway
legend concerns the last days OF
Charles Dillinghah. A m o
throughout his theatrical career he
maintained an apartment at the
Astor. 1t was more his home than
his upper East Side mansion OF
Palm Beach villa and was in the
center of the world he loved. His
cronies lunched there and his Globe
theater was only few steps away
When. almost overnight, he lost eV-
erything he decided he would have
to give up his hotel quarters. His
faithful valet was that very evening
packing and the distressed producer
had informed the hotel of his inten-
ton. A bell boy brought a note. II
read: This memorandum is to not
ify you that you cannot move your
things from this hotel. This is your
home as long as you live and any
thing you wish is yours. Any other
procedure would wound us deeply
The Management"
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Personal nomination for the
slickest set Of sideburns in town