The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-20

Let's see, where was I-Oh,
yeS,-on 51st st., pair Of girls
slim legs stick out of the alley
way Of the Capitol Theater.
A BrOadwayite, curious, goes
over to investigate mot this re-
porter -. He finds a yOungSter
Of about II, writhing in agony
=. Her mouth is brOwn-stained
-telltale marks Of the iodine
she has swallowed He carries
her to the drug store at 51st
and Broadway, which is closed
by this time. He rapS on the
door, which alarms the porter
inside, who sets off the burglar
alarm. Finally, however, he
convinceS the boy by pointing
to the limp girl in his arms
and is admitted. First aid
and a frantic call to Bellevue
The police arrive immedi-
ateIy in answer to the alarm,
but the ambulance from Belle
vue doesn't pull up until fully
so minutes later and the girl
is rushed to the hospital. A
girl takes iodine on 51St st.
near Broadway . This is what
Miss Beatrice Sherman Of the
N. Y. Times jeers as soul
narrowing" stuff employed by
the columniSts.
In a sloppily constructed suit,
a handsome gent with soulful
eyes and a fetching Latin man
ner sits in the Savoy-PlaZa cafe
lounge Friday afternoon. When
he rises you observe that the fell
low has broadened considerably
around the Seat-once the slim,
dashing hero of the cinemas. .
Ramon Navarro. On West saith
ST., Friday night, emerging from
a cab which has stalled in front
Of the Wivel-a pretty girl,
orchids at her shoulder. huge
bouquet of American beauty roses
in her hand-Irene Dunno. =.
Pioneer-and most daring Of all
nudes-Faith Bacon weaves and
writhes, casting off her flimsy
lacey drape at the Paradise Sat-
urday mite while the orchestra
plays torchy melodies. But the
genuine ovation of the evening
is accorded the veteran who is
still young in years and who is
staging a comeback-John Steel,
only male singer ever glorified
by the late Ziegfeld. Another
favorite gets her first real break
as a star in one of the few re-
manning large Broadway cabarets
Flora Vestoff, whose agile dane
ing feet bring her thunderous
applause.
Friday noon on Fifth ave. at
46th, Carmela POnselle, opera
thrush, stoOps to pet Kitty
CarIisle's Scotty. That eve
ming, Broadway assemblies to
welcome back an old time pet
Tommy Lyman-at LIE Mirage
and to thrill as he chants his
. famous Shanghai POppy-Man,"
"Montmartre Rose" and "Mel-
ancholy Baby" As he sings
the last, a slim, thin-faced fel-
low in black joins in, humming
Ernie Burnet who wrote the
song a year ago. Monday eve
ming at 48th-Alfred Lunt halts
to stare at the proprietor Of a
restaurant known as Monte
Rose-as he stands in the door
way-the fellow is the dead
image of Mussolini-and claims,
in fact, to be his cousin. Tues
day night at 5Oth and Broad
way, in a drugstore, Magician
Fred Heating trying his luck at
one of those derrick machines
futiIely. Thursday m i d night,
the astute blind accOrdiOnist
near Radio City Music Hall
pumping out "Old Man River"
as the audience piles out Of the
theater where they've Just
watched as how Boa IT,.
Wednesday afternoon, between
downpours, Jesse Lasky pauseS
in front Of the Paramount
Building-and sets his watch by
the clock over the door. Once
Lasky was boss here.
Collegiate youngsters in their
snappy evening attire crowd the
lively precincts of the Stork Club
Saturday night - covering the
floor with their odd steps-chiefly
out of time to the music of Nat
Brandwynne, who is scarcely be.
yond college age himself The
youthful pianistic genius, Irving
Fields, soothes patrons at the
Hickory House, Thursday night.
by interpolating classical fancies
into his concert of the modern
swing One act Of something
called "a Private Affair" at the
Masque Thursday night drives us
over to the newsreel theater,
where we are driven out again
when short featuring the Three
Stooges' is shown -. Once-when
these fellows were with Ted Healy.
thew amused us-but bad stories
and asinine direction In the shorts
which star them will shortly make
these boys the unfunniest men on
The screen The dancing beauty,
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