Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-28

NEW YORK. Oct. %. - Jim
Barton, the actor, has a small town
slant that furnishes him with more
wholesome recreation than comes
to the average player in a Broad
way run. His home is at Babylon,
L. l., scene of his fun ventures.
Most stars in the chips dangle the
Sunday idea" Of penthouseS and
country estates.
Recently Barton built near his
|, suburb the Barton Stadium, an
athletic field devoted chiefly to his
favorite sport. baseball. He has a
bang-up team known as the Barton
Long Islanders and on Sundays
and several times a week there are
spirited contests to froth things
| up.
Barton also maintains dog ken
nels, breeding and raising several
varieties of pooches. And only re-
Gently opened what is known as
jim Barton's Mad Dog Cantina, Civ
en- over TO dining and dancing. The
mad dog title came from the drunk
istory he used to tell in vaudeville.
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!; In late years, the Tobacco Road
star has become a settled family
man. Every night his wife Gather
inc is in his dressing room and af-
! terwards they take the first train
/ to Babylon. Despite aptitude for
drunken roles, he has not been seen
in Broadway groggeries for many
| day
! Among startling resemblanceS OF
. the town is that between Bill
Corum, the sports writer, and Nor
ton Downey, the singer. DoWney
is frequently complimented for his
swell column in the Evening Jour-
| nal and Corum in night clubs is as
/ often asked to cf1irk the customers
with just one Of his dulcet ballads.
incidentally Downey has spent
| most of his professional years in
night clubs but has yet to taste
an Intoxicating drink.
Among the enthusiastic football
fans is Bud DeSylva, the song
writer. He came all the way from
the coast for the all-star profession
al games in Chicago and New York.
Also DeSylva is one tranSplanted
Manhattanite completely sold on
California-preferring it to any
other spot on the globe. He was
born in New York, then taken to
the coast and came back to Broad
way 10 triumph with his lyrics.
Add sneeze names: The presi-
dent of the English Club at Hunter
College is Eugenia Walczqkowski.
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A psyche analyst friend chides
me for letting down my hair occas-
ionally in this trivia. That is con-
Tossing in print that at times a
column is arduous or displeasing.
He may be right. 1t is true in
many arts. I know at the Palace
they forbade acrobats TO mop their
brows after a difficult feat, say
three high drip. They must come
up smiling as if 1t We're nothing at
all when likely muscles were
wrenched and tendons aching. The
slack wire walker always pretends
his trick is easy-for himl And
the flying grace with which Al
fredo Cordona tWirled his triple
| somersault to his waiting brothers
arms from a trapeze! Each time
out was an agonizing strain. If
the magician explained his tricks
ne would lose all respect. Readers,
my friend points out. like to be-
lieve writer's are inspired and do
not want to know that one may
walk the floor all night, sweat
| blood and fear the end has come.
Those are secrets preserved for the
craft.
Something or other note: George
Marshall, who angelled the Roose-
yelt RaceWay, cannot drive an auto
mobile and will not ride in one
| faster than 35 miles an hour. His
eyes are always on the speedo-
meter.
High-broW hilarity: A student OF
Greek theotrical terms and tropeS
! swings in with some interesting