The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-02
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
By Louis SoboI
Snapshots at Random!

much?" demands the cabbie .
Dollar fifty. The driver leaps
down and tries on an overcoaC
the peddler has on his arm. "a
sale" he says and hands over the
money. AS we drive on, he in
forms me that Pop is a familiar
figure along the street, dealing al.
most exclusively with the cab
drivers. He sells secondhand
overcoatS and suits and almost
any afternoon you can see him
and hear him along 50th ST.. yell
ing a." or 49," or "44"-the size
Of the garments he has for sale.
At the New Yorker, Saturday
night, Abe Lyman discussing the
Gypsy Rose Lee robbery, MUIR
murs: I'm all the years I've known
her, this is the first time GypSy'S
taken anything off-without mu-
sic and applause" -Four chin
chilla coats parade down the aisle
at the Tuesday night premiere Of
the Noel Coward Gertrude Law
renee sketches at the National
Tonight at $500, which
prompts buxom Alison Skipworth
to remark so it can be heard all
over the house "Communistic
plot!". Shy, Tommy Manville,
jr., kisses the hand of his com.
panion, blonde Alice Wanace-but
no cameramen are near. Gilbert
Roland and Constance Bennett
stand in back for most of the
first act until the confusion over
their seats is settled.
peaches" Browning, still
thinning out, is at Joe Zelli's
Royal Box, Wednesday night,
attracting more attention
than the distinguished Hendrix
Won Loon, historian at an ad-
joining table. .LOudest in her
applause for the thrill-vOiced
French Rachel Carlay is Ethel
Norman. This Carlay lass, in
cidentally, is a sensational new
conner to New York night life
and has what Lucienne Boyer
never had magnificent pair
of pipes. Friday in the lobby
of the Ethel Barrymore Thea
ter. Cole Porter introduces Fan
ME Brice to Cinemagun James
Stewart and q few seconds
later Fannie thrills her young
daughter by introducing her to
the bOyiSh Stewart.
Jackie Moffett, just in from
the Coast, is at Ell Morocco Tues
day night-in sombre mood.
The tragic death of his brother
in.law, Winky Brooks, is the rea-
son for his visit here. I'll stay
until Adelaide leaves for England
next week-then I'll go back to
the Coast" =. The young widow
will sail with Lady Astor. Err
nest Truck and Charles Mac
Arthur hover near the desk tele-
phone at Jack and Charles,
while Jimmy is conveying some
mystic message. "A fellows
better off fighting at the front"
remarks Macarthur, apropoS of
nothing. IF you've got the
proper clothes. Make Rosen-
bloom escorts Joan Abbott and
Dorothy Gulman to the Kit Kat
Club. I'm staying around until
they get it settled. Get what
settled?" asks a reporter E. Me
and this Joe Louis is going to
fight on the Coast in February
for the hospital fund.-. How'll
you make out with iim-f-and
when?" me? - nobody, black
nor white, ever gets the bombing
Make DOWN..
Jack Dempsey, putting away
at a huge cigar, Friday night
at his restaurant, is rebuked
by Hannah Williams you
told me you wouldn't" she
protests. I'm going to cut
down on them-I smoke 40 a
day now-I'm cutting down to
80 beginning tomorrow" Fri
day night at Ell Morocco, Toni
Chase with Nine. Cherie. This
is the former shOwgal who went
to Europe and became Sandra
Rambeau's closest rival for the
affection of the multi-milliOn-
aire Maharajahs . She's back
now with ruby and diamond
bracelets up to both elbows and
a few hidden around her
shapely ankles. J.. Europe" she
signs, sis wonderful" Later
at the Hollywood restaurant
where for the first time, Gov
ernor Hoffman and his daugh-
ter are flOOrside spectators
And later that evening at
the Chesapeake House where
Tommy Lyman croons softly
to an unusual foursome-FlOyd
Gibbons and his sister and
Averell Harrima n and his
daughter. Smoker" asks Har-
riman. give given it up," SAYS
Lyman Eleanor Holm sips
champagne brazenly at Dmitri's
Ell GauchO Monday night-but
nobody interpOseS an objection
NOT even her husband. Art
Jarrett, who foOts the bill.
mae Murray beams as SHe
enters the cOIOrfuI Club YumHri.
Tuesday night and the orches-
ira greets her with "The Merry
Widow Waltz"-in rhumba tenn.
pc! Three heads in bud
die at Sardi's Wednesday after
inconsistency Kingsley. Haila
StOddard and Peter Lorre-as
Kingsley, in true producer fash
ion, makes notes on the white