The Washington times., 1936-01-24

to walk out t..
Another grand old woman Of
song whose name doesn't figure
in the newsprintS as frequently
as Carrie Jacobs Bond, is Mary
Turner Salter, now close to 80. =.
Mrs. Salter's compositions, unlike
Mrs. Bonds, are not of the so
called popular type-they are
sung by concert singers and oper-
attic stars. In all, she has turned
out more than 100 songs and at
80 is now writing another. Just
a little gal chock full Of ambi-
ton. These surveys which are
conducted periodically prove moth
ing as a rule. They are never
thorough-the investigators merely
making their canvass at random
.. Nevertheless, the results are al
ways interesting if not taken too
seriously. The latest survey is
being conducted by the Business
Statistical Bureau and is devoted
to an effort to ascertain the
comprehensive popularity of the
leading newspaper by-liners in
the Manhattan field. OF course,
if you poll a high vote you then
proceed to go to your boss and
chirp, "See-look how popular
am. This sheet would fold with
out me" And Of course there's
always the series of modest para
graphs you can get out Of it.
Louis R. Yaguda, counsel to
Sheriff Richard J. Lewis Of Al
banay county is perturbed at this
dept's assertion that Tom Nc
Grath's son, Paul, aged II, Is the
youngest deputy sheriff in the
country. please be advised" he
writes, "that Albany county lays
claim to the youngest deputy
sheriff in the country in the per
son of Richard J. Lewis, 3rd, son
of Richard J. Lewis, sheriff Of Al
bany county, he having been
deputized on January 2, 1884, at
the age of six months. :. Using
a gold badge for a teething ring,
one presumes. Even tailors have
their pet stories Jerry Rosen in
excitement recounts the case Of
a certain gym which specializes
in reducing AS part of its serv-
ice, it insists upon pressing your
suit when you take it off. After
hours of sweating and laboring,
you put on your neatly pressed
pants to find that you've lost
several inches around the waist
Are you happy!!. Until you
learn, if you ever do, that the
tailor has instructions to let out
the waist line of both the trousers
and coat!
Lee OlwelI, in addition to a
few gifts for close pals, brought
back one cute giggle from Lon
don ."Jymes, you lucky blOat.
you've won third prize in the
servants sweepstakes" shouts
Footman Will "RahIy-third
prize! Jolly luck. What re-
ward?" "YOu kiss Minnie, the
barmaid, tomorrow night.
"Sye, that's jolly. Tomorrow
night-what? Who won second
prize?" go, Jeeves. the but
Ter. He kisses Minnie tonight"
"WhO won first prize?"
carry, lucky stiff, e won"...
"Jolly luck. What prize?".
zone and tuppence!". Excit-
ing interview this dept had with
big he-man Tex O'ReilIy, Swash-
buckling soldier of fortune, ETC.,
ETC.. What a IetdOwn today,
then, to read that the heroic
gent who claims he marked the
grave Of Ambrose Bierce is now
going to be master of ceremonies
on an air prOgram!!. Another
chuCkle is the case Of Germany'S
Department of PrOpaganda's de-
cisiOn to spread a picture of
Hitler posing with the perfect
example Of the Aryan child .
Finally, after months Of investi-
cation, the perfect blonde Speci-
men, 6-year-Old yOungSter, was
selected and the lucky lad was
posed together with Hitler.
Only recently have they discOv.
cred that the boy Is the grand
son Of the late Rabbi WeddeII
Of Dusseldorf E.
The young gent who heckled
Nicky Blair, owner of the Para
disc, at a recent session of the
Musicians Union, finds, to his EN-
barrassment, that he is now as
signed as a drummer in the re
lief band at the Paradise. One
little girl is protected from the
wolves of Broadway and 14th st
Claudia, the hatcheck gal al
the Russian Kretchma. Night
after night, a little old man
round,shouldered, bent with age
sits in the tiny courtroom, reading
q Russian newspaper. It's her
pappy, who insists upon taking
her to work, sitting through the
long hours with her, and then es
corting her home The irony il
that Claudia is married and the
mother Of two children. Inter
esting character for biographical
exposure is Haymon Krupp, 81
of Ell Paso, Tex. Years ago hi
brought in an oil well that yielded
him $45,000,000, $25, 100000 o.