The Washington times., 1936-10-23
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
By Louis SoboI
Casual Comment!

love for mother with many touch.
ing instances of sacrifice. Now
/ learn the reason for the retire,
ment of Tom Cushing, the play.
wright. He had remained mac,
tive for more than a year and a
hail to remain at the side of his
mother and take care of her, fol.
lowing stroke She passed
away recently in Bermuda-and
now he has returned to his writ
ing activities Sir James Barrie,
it was I think, who went into re-
retirement for a spell during his
mothers illness. On the few oc.
casions when his normally healthy
mama is taken i'll, Milton Berle
has been known to cancel lucra.
tive engagements. Clifton Webb'S
devotion to Ma Mabel has made
him occasionally the butt of gags
among the Sophisticates-but it is
a genuine love the actor has and
the jibeS fail to mar the relation
ship. Among neWspapermen, no
one is more tender or devoted to
his mother than Maury Paul
(Cholly Knickerbocker).
There is so much more to the
story which can never-or at
least will never be tOld-but this
can be stated Joan Arden,
known here as Claire SaSSer flor
a time she was secretary to Nils
T. GranlundD, has flown to the
Coast and early in December
when Frank Fay and Barbara
Stanwyck are completely parted
by the law, Joan will become
Mrs. Frank Fay And it may
be added, about that time, Bar
bara will become Mrs. Robert
Taylor The StatueSque, husky
toned Blanche Yurka has dug
deeply into research, planning
her own adaptation of "LySiS-
trata" (which she will translate
from the Greek, herSelf) -.
When completed, she will tour
the country with the resultant
play. =. She might have used the
clever and sophisticated version
arranged by Gilbert SeIdes but
Miss Yurka insists on a snow
white, clean play with no men,
ton of that filthy word sex"
AS you may have read in the
gazetteS. Irving ZuSSman, a press
agent, and show girl were in an
unusual accident at the Strand,
Sunday night, as the result Of
which they were rushed to the
Polyclinic Hospital :. YeSter-
day, Zussman told a friend he ex-
pected to be out by the end of
out, too?" asked the friend >
20 no." Press Agent Zussman
fastened to advise, "She's being
held over a second week due to
her sensational SucceSSm
aside to Ed Sullivan; Barney
Gallant is returning to the Viii
lage where he is opening a new
type of restaurant which will fea.
ture special Russian and Viennese
djShes-and French and Hun.
garian cocktails and vines :.
aside to w. Winchell: The new
craze succeeding the handles"
and the knock knock" is called
"Give Me the Business" It
works this way I'm in a
new business" What bus.
mess? Mattress business"
Flows busineSs?" Getting
bedder and bedder" Sample
No. 2: Ditto as above to Match
business?" "HoW'S business?
Very bright" Sample
No. 3: Ditto again to rubber bust,
ness "How'S business?" {.
Getting by in the stretch" E.
One more and l return to my own
business Balloon business =.
Flows busineSs?" Blowing
up fine!"
Some day we'd like to be a
contest editor and ask people
"What is life'S greatest thrill?"
The idea NOW you're going
to tell m it's not Originally
came when Ted Stewart, hither-
to tabled in my mind and in
some of the columns as a play
boy said seriously the other
night: 81 have had many great
thrills in my life. The first time
the girl l adOred kissed me
my first pair of long pants after
I'd begged for them for almost
two years The time 1
thought I had something very
seriously wrong with me
that was going to die-and
the doctor told me how trivial
1t really was Hundreds of
other thrillS-but none to COM
pare to the one last month
when 1 stood out in that field
in Oklahoma wherG the men
had been drilling and we had
decided to give it up and all
of sudden out came that yellow
mud and water in a great squirt
II had a brand new gray suit
on and a light gray hat but 1
let that liquid gold fall all over
me and got down on my knees,
dipped my hand in the puddles
that formed and spread it all