The Washington times., 1936-06-19
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOI-
Snapshots at Random !

Stranger than fiction are the
little stories tossed into a para,
grapher'S mill Miss Anne Cuddy
was for 20 years a sewing machine
operator for a caSket company
working IN the dress and shroud
department -. She died few
weeks ago Her brother noticed
that the GreSs furnished for his
sister was by the company for
which she had worked He tele-
phoned to the head of the depart
ment wnere she had been en-
ployed. informed him of his sis
ter's death and also mentioned
the opera; or's Identification num-
Der on the label of the dress in
which she had been buried. Only
to learn t lat the death garment
had been made by his sister!
A Broadway COlumniSt now
in Hollywood painted excitedly
to a grOup of bored auditors at
the TrOcaoerO recently: wait
until YOU see my column to-
morrow. You'll read it with open
mouths" WhereupOn one of
his weary listeners drawled
dryly: "Sure-yOu can't yawn
with your mouth Shut!"..
Broadway has it's corner loaferS
too many of them. Partlcu-
larly in the Fatuous Fifties. .
Loose -mouthed Anticipates who
insult every girl who pasSes-and
make passes at every girl. One
of them, rebuffed by Hollywood
pretty the other morning after
the show had let out, walked over
and slapped her. None OF the
other bold, brave corner-curS had
enough manhood to come to her
rescue. but word has been
passed to a few of the Broadway
sleuths who cover this district. =.
Watch the scattering of the lice
noW!...
Most publicized American girl
in Europe these days is Mathea
Merryfield, whose daring ian
dances have startled the Cont
nent-lured her fame, wealth
dozens of suitors. Only last
week one of the British maga
zines devoted a double-trucE
snread to the pursuit of Merry.
field by five European titled mil
lionaires. The girl should be
happy Instead she cabled fran
tically last week that she was
lonesome, and an hour later
cabled again-thiS time to Mar
lene Thurston, who worked with
her as a showgirl here years ago
An order for $500 and instruc'
tions to catch the next boat to
Gothenburg, Sweden, to join he1
and keep her company. Mar
lene left Saty Mite.
Nothing that comes to mind at
this time appears to us more in
consequential than the scarcity
of monkeys in this country =. .
Did you know there was a
scarcity of monkeys, or are you
the type who worry because the
papers devote their headlines to
the scarcity of potatoes?
Word arrived that there was
available a carload of the SIM
pering SimianS-20O in the lot
The Palisades Amusement
Park won Out-paying 81 apiece
for them Billy Roses bid
came too late He wired from
Texas offering $40 each-but so
far the Jersey amusement park
has turned down the offer .
Advertising men climb to glory
too. Humphrey Cobb was copy
slave in an advertising agency here
until one afternoon he started on
a book and kept at it until he com
pleted it-"Paths of Glory" -. Og-
den Nash sat day after day in an
office writing ad copy until he
started to peddle his peculiar type
of versifying . Margaret Fish
back, one of the more successful
verse scribblers for popular maga
zines (she gets the highest prices)
still handles the advertising copy
for one Of the bigger department
stores here =. Short Story Writer
Julian Field used to turn out neat
exploitation copy . :. Ray Sinatra
now leading an orchestra, got his
star drawing up ads for mems un
derWear =. Burgess Meredith, The
ater Guild idol, was an ad writer
before the footlights beckoned.
This department won't mention
Handles" any more, and this is
the last time We'll devote space
to the new pastime, the Body
Song game which has been spread
ing all over town: The finaI
samples: (Glen Cray Tea fol
Toe" .. Eye Wrist on the Moon
-. Chest Gigolo" Teeth
Time It's Love" The Day Eye
lid You Get Away. Robins and
Noses" -. Thumb of These Days
-. CRANK ParKer) 1t Was in a
Little Gypsy T-Bone" e. Dick
HimbeD "Forarm Failing in Love
With Someone" Tea at the
Wrist" -. (Al Reiser) Hair Am
Eye" "Spine Song" Let II
Brain, Let 1t Pore" . MY Bar
knee Lies Over the Ocean"
(Johnny Johnson IT'S a Skin
to Tell a Lie. "Hippy Days Are
Here Again" Just One More
Chin" The Breast Thing in
Life Are Free"
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