The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-22
In New York
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 -Tribunes city room gather the literati and working journalists of high and low station. As well as actresses and showmen. Also the print stokers from the press room --and even Q publisher has ventur" cd in often for Q snifter with the congregation.
 It was at the Artists & Writers Club where the Match Game, lively contest of skill and legerde- main, came into being. And now Bleeck's has invented a new ir- door sport for the backroom; the miniature shooting gallery. The contestants aim at the target on the wall with airguns; the man farthest from the bulls eye pays the round. ObliviouS to faddists in other Manhattan night dens, tho Artists & Writers Club rules out such ephemeral pastirnes as Handles" Whats This7" Or Lucky Number Rallies.
 Mystery Wrlghter
 one day in the late '20s Q rilys- tery novel appeared on the book stands under the authorship of s. s. Van Dine. In a couple of days this detective story glorifying Q highly learned sleuth called Philo Vance was catapulted to the best seller lists. Then, other avn Dir Q brain teasers followed and the 1t. erary set came to be suspicious of the nom dc plume. Finally, the n1ys- tery was solved.
 A reporter was taken to lunch one day ct fashionable Pierre'S by . writer on art and scientific sub- jects named willard Huntington Wright. And after the demi tasse was served, the newshound raced back to the office. In heavy type, he informed the world that the elusive Van Dine was none other than his host.
 The reporter was Bruce Gould of the Post and he backed his dis- covery with an iron.clad argu- Tnent. For he wrote the following: We submit that no writer on cul. tural subjects such as MT. Wright is, could ever make enough money in America to lunch his friends at Pierres. Therefore, we can only conclude that MT. Wright has be- come very wealthy ct the expense of his close friend, 8. g. Van Dine."
 It was . well.guarded hoax while 1t lasted. And in c piece the mystery writer penned the other day, he reveals an amusig sentiment. The titles of "all his Philo Vance stories, he confides, are in six letters to correspond with the letters m his own name. Remember the BenSon- Greene Can. ary-Dragon murder cases. All them contain six letters, as many as in Wright and are the authors per- sonal trademark.
 Army of Servants
 New Workers are accustomed to seeing the military motif carried out by Roxy llsherS, rigid Radio City guides and patrolmen. But the most | 6VAIbAAA1B QkAAA OA An VCCukb 08ny &t 8 p. m. in the lobby of the waldorf Astoria. Promptly at that hour, two platoons of bell and page boys, dou- ble file, dress parade into the main hall, respond to orders of March" and Halt" and salute as they take their stations. As pofnpous, near ly, as the Changing of the Guard, |
 Once Upon . Time
 Add to Funny Past Ambitions: Phil Baker eaever wanted to be anything but an accordionist until his gags won him more ap- plause than his musical instru- Knent.
 Fred Allen wanted to juggIe dumbbells but also found that his batter amused the audience more than his feats of equilibri- iis1a.
 Philip Lord was the principal of Q Connecticut high school until he became stagestruck.
 Deane Janis, the songbird, wal a dress model in Chicago. then sang in Q dress rehearsal of . | fashiOn show because the pianist was late. So she stopped posing.