The Washington times., 1936-11-30
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SoboI
Some People in This
Town!

Town!
The Count Covadonga and his
sister, pretty Princess Torlonia,
are not on the friendlieSt of terms.
The former Crown Prince of
Spain explains: IT'S simply that
shes Park avenue-yes, very Park
Evenue-and me, pooh, I'm only
sixth avenue!"
Miss Constance Bennett and Mr..
Gilbert Roland found themselves
considerably annoyed at the Noel
Coward opening. The annoyance
was inspired by the fact that ar.
irving late, Miss Bennett and Mr..
Roland found there was some con-
fusion about their ats. Half a
dozen people, including the house
manager and Mr.. Richard Nancy,
did their best, which was their
utmost, to have it all Strengthened
out. Finally, Miss Bennett and
Mr.. Roland were seated. All of
which was quite trivial except that
. few Of us observed that Miss
Bennett smiled quite graciously
through her annoyance. That is
news. Most of us recall a similar
occasion, not so many years ago,
when Miss Bennett did not smile
when they found difficulty in find
ing her seats. An occasion, in fact,
which Miss Bennett raised the roof
and distributed an entire audience.
But the Miss Bennett of 1886 is a
more gracious and tolerant young
lady than the impetuous, tempera-
mental star of 1932-or was it 81?
Eddie Cantor sat in Gal
lagher'S Tuesday night with his
lovely Ida and his major dOmO,
Benny Holman. At another
table, alone, reading the paper,
between main course and deS-
Sert, was George S. Kaufman.
THAT Kaufman" said Eddie
Cantor, represents to me, dig
nifty. There always seems - be
q nice dignity about him. would
like people to consider me as
having dignity, too. The world
should laugh-but there should
be dignity, too. It's essential"
Fifteen minutes later, Mr..
Eddie Cantor, Mr.. Billy Rose,
Mr.. Phil Baker and Mr.. Will
MOrrissey were doing a ring
arOund-the-rOSy in front of Gal
lagher's, skipping and dancing
with the dOOrman as the May
pole!
He must be somewhere between
10 and rs years old. The only
street ventriloquiSt to my knowl-
edge. Chiefly, you will find him
on Seventh Avenue in the SOS
and his act is good. AS good as
some of the ventriloquist acts on
the stage. He puts on a complete
routine and his face glows with
gratitude if you hand him a nickel
or dime.
Thursday night, as a group
Of us watched and listened to
his performance, we were Joined
by one of the legIess beggars
who rested on his wheeled cart,
with one arm around the neck
of his dog, and listened with the
rest of US. When the Show
was over, he was among the
first to Contribute" A quarter.
I have been informed since that
this legless beggar, between
making his own rounds, often
wheels himself to the shows
given by the ventrilOquist-or
the blind viOliniSt usually found
near the Roxy Theater or the
blind singer who accompanies
himself on an accordion and is
usually stationed at Sixth Ave
nue. near 5Oth. There he re-
mains as part of the audience
and is always the first to DON
ate-usuallX a quarter!
Journal Photographer Paul Rice
received a bonus recently for an
exceptionally fine piece of camera
workout he wishes the picture
hadn't come out as revealing as
1t did. He was on his way to an
assignment when he passed the
fire on Hicks Street, Brooklyn, and
caught the amazing shot of four
firemen carrying a lad from the
burning house. This was the boy
who tried to save his pet-and
died in the attempt. The picture
excited enough comment to earn
him the bonus. But it also excited
Fire Chief McElligott, who i'm
mediately summoned the four fire
men-and two of their superiors
and sent them back to the
rookie school. The picture had re.
vealed that the firemen we're
carrying the boy out in a manner
contrary to the strict firemen
rules!
Annually ReStaurateur Arnold
Reuben raffleS a giant turkey
the proceeds of which go to