The Washington times., 1936-07-25

is undaunted by gun fire, threats,
diSease-menace Knickerbocker
is one Of those few newspapermen
and this department doffS its
chapeau in admirfng and envious
tribute.
Famed beauty Of former days,
glOrified in magazines and ga
zettes, the subject Of this para
graph has long bemOaned the
bitter adverse breaks that have
kept her impoverished Occa-
SiOnally there have been maud
lin printed sObs in the magazine
sections pointing to her former
glory and her subsequent down
fall. Always with . sympa-
thetic treatment. Yet the truth
Is that the bad breaks are Of her
making. She has hit the GIN
bottle from the time she was Is
and despite all warnings and
threats from producers refused
to abstain from her daily quaff.
%. The other night we saw her
-haggard, bedraggled, pouch
lidded, staggering ont Of = Long
Beach joint. Drunk IS usual.
You can't do much for . girl
like that no matter how sorry
you are for her.
The peppery theatrical trade.
paper, Variety, takes q columniSt
to task for having the temerity
to insist he be permitted some
say in the lineup of acts booked
for his show at Loew'S State and
observes pointedly that Booker
Sidney Pierpont replied he had
been reading Broadway columns
for years, but still didn't think he
could write one himself. Booker
Tells Columnist to Stick to Writ
ing" is the headline. That's the
giggle. If the booker meant that,
the audience wouldn't be afflicted
with q columniSt prancing about
in front Of footlightS instead Of
keeping himself behind the type
writer where he belongs.
The raven-haired, 81 81 kle-
Orbed firebrand known IS Lupe
VeIex sat ut the Gay NinetieS
Tuesday night toying a pencil
uncertainty over the message
space Of q postcard. Diamond
and ruby bracelets circled her
arm from wrist to elbow. A
1O-karat square cut diamond
ring burdened down q finger
"A jeweled cross dangled over
q smooth neck. "POOh-what
1 writer" she muttered. II wan
na write sOm't'ing verree pretty
-what?";. Ten minutes later
she banged . fist down on the
table and exclaimed, "Huh@
know!" and scrawled out, Il
Love You Very Much. "He
like that, yeh?" she asked rs
she showed 1t around. Then
she showed it around. Then,
much caImer, she addressed 1t 70
Johnny Weissmuller. =.
showboat Port is worth inspect
ing .Showboat Port is better
known as the Battery. There, IN
the shadow of the stately Statue
of Liberty, four big boats embark
each night to points not many
miles away-four boats with enter
tainerS aboard. No leveeS. no
darkies. no bales of cotton, which
is too bad, for cotton comes In
handy to stuff in your ears as the
discord of four bands laundering
ont four different melodies at the
same time blast through the air.
The dock provides for only three
of the boats-the fourth think
it's the State Of Delaware-must
cruise around until one OF the
others sails off. On the S. s.
q Meyer Davis band IS
one of the chief features. Kay
parsons, wife Of City Editor George
Clarke, operated the Bear Noun
tain and superviSes its entertain
ment Bobby Sanford has q girly
show aboard the Empire State. :.
And Andy Sannella conducts the
aboard the State OF
Delaware, On q hot night troC
down to Showboat Port and forget
there is civil war in Spain.
At a round.table discussion the
other night the conversation
veered to melodies which had sur.
viyed the vehicles to which they
were harnesSed. Vernon Dukes
april in Paris" which Courtney
Burr almost tossed out. Of Walk
q Little Faster" went on to be-
come q Number / song long after
the Faster" furniture was in the
storehouse a.. Vincent Youmans'
flop, "0reat Days." was soon for.
gotten-but not without o Song"
which Is still being sung and
played. Happy Days Are Here
Again" was originally written for
q movie called Chasing Rain
bows. The picture chased Gus
tomers-but Happy Days" is still
q radio hit. ION the Sunny Side
Of the Street" was introduced in
the costly failure. international
RAvIle"