The Washington times., 1936-02-03

VVhbCSbs j u6 SlL4 "AhhSA was
Ginger Rogers is in town
with her pretty mama. Ginger
these days is . Smart-lOOking
cinema star with neatly cOiffur-
ed blonde hair and Partisan
gOWns-and . manner. Person
ally, I preferred the slim, supple
limbed sOrrel-tOpped young hoy
den Of four or five years back.
The little, excitable, freckle-
faced kid, who lived with her
mama in q twO-rOOm suite in an
obscure little hotel here and
whose restless toes kept pound
ing out jig steps while you talked
to her. Mama Rogers was q
newspaperwOman then-Or had
Just gotten over being One-and
the goose hung high because
several Of the movie companies
were beginning to make bids for
Ginger. The little gal has made
gOOd-but now she's just what
we call q "glamOrOus star Of the
mOvies"-and the appeal is
gone. Incidentally, Mama ROg-
erS commented ruefully on the
fact that after devOting several
years to building up her little
theater ON the Coast, she had
turned it over to Jim TimOny
only to have the police close it
after raiding his production Of
Mae Vests play.
Jimmy Kern is the handsomest
and Smoothest Of the quartet
known as the Yacht Club boys,
and the rumor Is that he writes
many of those startling topical
lyrics that have pushed the boys
into the high-figured weekly salary
they command. Billy Mann is the
business genius of the group-and
the diplomatic contact man. Char
ley Adler and George Kelly are
the rough necks-and the spice
For your gags, you usually go to
Adler-or rather, Adler grabs you
by the lapels and pours them into
your ears, one after another, until
he finally delivers one that ap,
pealS. Kelly is the young gent
who will take you aside and whiS.
per confidentally that never in all
his life has he ever read such a
masterpiece Of columnar writing
as your particular piece Of that
particular day. Will you oblige
him by autographing a copy and
forwarding it to him? You can't
get sore at a fellow like that
even though, if you linger around,
you will eavesdrop on the same
line by Mr.. Kelly delivered to one
of your confreres. The Yacht Club
boys are easily the most entertain
ing Of the sophisticated chatter
singers Of the day.
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, jr.
iS commandant Of the Third Nav
al District and should be quite
q formidable sort of a chap, but
he is mild-mannered and soft
spoken and modest. Yet, am
told, he rates with the Navy De-
partment as its most efficient
high officer and his advice is
eagerly sought by the naval execu-
tiveS. Such a man is surely en-
tirely wrapt up in his career and
his head: should be buzzing with
and his conversation reeking OF
battleship maneuvers, etc. AS a
matter Of fact, the admirars pet
topic is literature and his chief
avocation. He writes best-Selling
boys fiction and turns out
articles for the newspapers and
the magazines on all types OF
subjects. I started to discuss the
possibility of a Jap-American con.
flict with him the other evening
but never got very far with it.
He wanted to tell me that one OF
his stories had been bought by a
British magazine. He was very
much thrilled.
DONALD FLAMM is the
young president Of Radio Sta
tiOn WMCA-and like AL Nc
COskar, preSident of WOR, a
former newspaper man and
press agent. There is no more
affable fellow than Flamm and
he Is quite well liked but no
( one, venture to say, would
ever accuse him Of being q
sparkling or witty conversation
( alist. don't recall that he has
!. ever been guilty Of q single
funny gag or quip in all the
time 1 have known him. At
the HerShfield dinner recently.
after Comedian Bobby Clark
:. had cOnvuISed the assembly,
after Comedian Phil Baker had
: tied them up in knots, as the
saying gOes-after Mr.. Gene
Buck had wrung tears from us
with his sentimental references
Donald Flamm was called
upon. He delivered what is
generalIy conceded by all who
heard him rs q show stopping
, line of chatter-a belIy-laff in
every line. He topped one
laugh with . bigger laugh
and kept it up for Is minutes.
A distinguished gentleman sit
ting ON the dais turned to q
reporter next to him and MUIR
INJURED: II have heard Cantor
and Benny and Phil Baker on
the air-but I don't remember
ever hearing that young man
or seeing him on the stage.
Somebody is missing q good
bet If they don't put him on the
air, don't you Think"
Mrs. Franklin d. Roosevelt Il
the gracious First Lady Of ou1
land, a fact which cannot be dis
.aanifed She has an excess Of en-