The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-24
In New York
RY GEORGE RoaR

Now York, Feb. 24.--On random rounds; The Manhattan town-home of Barbara Woolworth Hutton, tho Countess Haugwits Reventlow, is being converted into c ei00,0o0 night club.
 A new play to be seen on Broadway in tho spring, will deal intimately with the life Of Mark Twain. The epigrafns will Do lift. cd (but entirely creditod) by the authors from tho immortal Sam. uel Clemens' books.
 Strange, but tho longer Irene Bordoni fingers on Broadway, tho thicker does her French accent become.
 4 tickllsh situation was nar- rowly aveFted tho other night whom Q dramatic critic found hiin- self reviewing Q play in which his daughter hos . loading role. He skirted the embarrassing spot by just not mentioning her ct all. Cradle Songs Out
 This corFespondent's notion of sage snowman is Craig Mo. Donnell, 2e-year.old baritone, who practices his songs on hiS Six. inonth-oid son. M ~
 If gnookums likes the song and evidences his preference, McDon. nell eliminates 1t from his reper. toire. For what tho devil does 6 six-Fionth-old kid know about Binging9" asks tho proud papa. Sensitive B0unceF
 This town has no shortage of bouncers but some Of them are sensitive fellows. Not about toss- ing their fellow men out of bar rooms, but of the rainment they arc made to wear.
 one strongman, employed at tho old-fashioned roughouse, the American Music Hall, was asked to wear dinner clothes and squawked promptly. Tn fact, he quit. The next day, four hundred rnuscle-naen turned up for tho Job.
 The only actress who is ap- piauded in every scene she ap- pears in with Q new costums is Ina Claire, best dressed woman Of tho theater.
 cd Harlem belle who did the Black Bottom" on Lenox Avenue before her fame in Paris, is open. ing hOr own night club. Her for. mer Harlem friends will be inc pressed to learn that the bright lights will advertise 1t as the Chez Josephine Baker.
 A record for all time is proudly held by Bernard dorcey, actor, for length and brevity Of service in shows. He played in "Abie's Irish Rose," for six years. Tn sate- lite" for two hours. Handsome Announcement Sign above the door of Q Ftfty- second street restaurant, c Ia Earl Corrcll: Through these por- tals pass the most beautiful wai- ters in the world"
 Bachelors of Crime
 The boys who run afoui or tne law are garnering c new lingo for themselves, as an act or re- taliation toward Hollywood. The trigger boys no longer look to the films for their special argot. Any one who has seen Q movie within the past few years knows that the Big House" means jail, 30 that has been ruled out. "Stir" has
 also became passe and nowa- days. the banditti refer to tho hoosegow' as College" No long. | CT Is q prison sentence known as stretch, "doing time" or up the-river." The up-to-date tern Is ''The Book. And 50 on. Contradiction
 The ". P. A.. actors geve theil first touring show, 'Jeffersof Davis," for impecunious playgo CTS in New York the other eve ming. But, although the perform arlce Is a federal project for thos' who can only afford modest ad I mission, the tickets to the openinl night were encased in little. whit envelopes, upon which was print | d a neat, engraved ad for Ger. tier's swanlEy and expensive FLU Ave. jewellers.
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