The Washington times., 1936-11-02
THE VOICE OF
Broad way
By Louis SObOl-
Broadway OIIo Podrida

Broadway oIIo Podrida
John Durant and Jay Carlisle Of
the New York Stock Exchange are
negotiating fer the purchase Of the
Brooklyn Dodgers. If the deal is
contaminated, Tony Lazzeri will
be named manag- Count Basil
Fomeen has signed Marianne Tai
bot. operate soprano, to a long
term contract in which he is au-
thorized to manage her. Some
thing he was unable to do when
he was married to her some years
ago. After studying Simo n e
Simon in Ladies in Love-" cur
rent at the Rivoli, it occurs to us
her name should be pronounced.
"Sigh, Men-Sigh, Men"
Jack Pearl and Bugs" Baer
watched the frantic efforts Of
one couple trying to shout across
. night club floor to another
couple seated at a far-Off table
The din Of the music and
voices muted their efforts so
that only their lips could be de-
tected moving buSily. ."TOO
bad" sighed Baer, They're off
the sound track"
Broadway observations: Oeo
ReiSman): The theater is place
where they put plays before an au-
dience that belong before an I'M
dertaker. Outlet LowelD: I read
where a kissing organization has
been formed by a group of women
in New Jersey. 4. I get it-Booin'
Companions! (Arthur Murray:
What Hollywood needs is more
common sense and fewer common
sins. Drank Veloz of VeloZ and
Yolanda): I come back to town to
find the Times Square sector clut-
tered up with English plays and
English actors. Why not rename
it Thames Squa-e?". =. Oick
STABILIZE: A celebrity has to SOW
his teeth to people he'd rather put
them into. (Al Barry: Holly
wood?-Oh yes, where they knock
out stories in a hurry-inStead OF
some of the writerS!...
In memory Of some pleasant
days and nights spent with
flock Of Broadwayites at Palm
Springs early this year, we Swipe
this bodily from the Coast mag,
Script. which swiped it bodily
from the B-Bar-H Guest book,
which got it from Howard Dietz,
who wrote it:
To the B-Bar.H is q barby
road, Where a stuccO house Is
your abode. And . B-Bar meal
is a barbecue for every bar-fly
in ''WhO'S Who" When night
Is ON meath the desert stars,
The prairie song from two gull
tars Unfold their never-ending
ditty THE sort you hear in
New York City, oh, once he
feels the prairie heat, Each one
believes he is Mustang Pete.
There's ZeppO Marx and HarpO
Marx, hard.riding men from
Central PARK. Surrounded by
the prairie wenches, From
agents outer-Office benches.
It's wild coyote, boys, and no!
Watch BrOnchO Louis SobOE go,
But If the horse gets cross and
snarly, It's tanned by Jack OF
Jack and Charlie. . These most
informal lyric feats Have been
Inscribed by a desert Keats
Isle mOdeSty) says-COwbOy
Howard Dietz.
A playwright whose latest effort
recently opened walked up to Don
aid Ogden Stewart at "21" the
other night and raved: boy, my
play certainly has sock in 1t"
"Yeh, yeh," agreed Stewart.
"A sock that has been worn too
long!" A temperamental and
sringy ham was showing off at Joe
Du Pierrot's place the other night.
''Waiter," he called imperiously,
keens tipping' "Hear that"
snickered a guy at the bar. 1T
gives him a guilty conscience"
A. A. LevinsOn, the Detroit
broker, lost his wallet, contain
Ing, in addition to minor bills,
a crisp $1,000 banknOte. . This
was at the Cotton Club Wednes-
day night Discovering his
loss an hour later, he returned
and had it handed to him by
the hat check girl who had
found it He tipped her $40
After wearing a derby for al
most 30 years, Lee Shubert dis.
carded it for a soft fedora for
several nights-but returned to
the derby Wednesday night >.
Hannah Williams Dempsey Is
recording radio tranScriptiOns
for national airing.
Short, short story: Gertrude
Ederle (remember?) will appear
in a night club show at the Top
Hat Club in Union City, N. J....
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