The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18

Baby Bunting Stuff: A lot OF
Broadwayites 60 up into Connecti-
cut over the weekend with the
intention of hunting rabbits. Wheth-
er or not they bring back any game,
they certainly bring back yarns
about desperate encounters with
Dummies in the hills and daleS OF the
Nutmeg State - yarns that would
make Frank Buck blush. Among the
more enthusiastic of the hunters is
Johnny the Call Boy who is so small
that, reports have it, he has to
make sure his rabbit is dead be-
fore he picks it up, otherwise he
would have to fight for his life.
incidentally, I've heard stories of
good hunting, even if this isn't rab-
bit season but l haven't seen a
rabbit - except those that oc-
caSionally run across the highway
at high speed.
Just Slight Drop: UP in SIAM
ford, N. Y, which is in the heart of
the summer resort section, the no.
tel men got together to ascertain
the highest point in the town. 1t
was discovered that $500 feet,
which, though somewhat lower than
nearby hills, is as high up as the
village goes. At any rate, a hotel
happened to be located at that point,
so that 2,50O-foot elevation was duly
advertised, according to my inform
ant. But some prospective guests
wrote that their hearts wouldn't
stand that altitude. So the adver-
Using was changed to read, "Alti-
tude, 1,700 feet" and everything is
going along all right.
Music and the Law: Our old hand
organ man, the one with the handle
bar muStache and a fondness for
The Marseillaise," is back on the
job again. Questioned as to how he
got around the mayors order bar
ring hurdy-gurdys, he replied that,
after he had laid off until his money
was all gone, he visited the mayor
and begged him for a license The
mayor, so the organ-grinder said,
replied that he couldn't give him a
license but he could take his organ
out provided he moved along when
ever any one ordered him to do so.
Instead of ordering him to move on,
May went down with a dime and
thereby obtained three more tunes
and this paragraph.
This and That Dept: The
McAlpin is said to be the only New
York hotel with a woman house
detective on its staff Joan
Marsh, motion picture actress, NAV
be added to the list of those with
hobbies. She collects autographs of
other motion picture actresses .
Richard Gordon, whose radio life
as Sherlock Holmes is spent track
ing down criminals, won't 60 to
any movie or read any book dealing
with gangs or gangsters . Philips
Lord, radio gang buster, is afraid
he'll have to give up his livelihood.
His daughter Patricia is the cause.
When she grows up, she wants to be
a LADY cop" Jimmy, Phil
Dueys seven-year-old son, a favor
lite with Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor,
Phil Baker and other grown-ups who
visit the Duey home, is a hard luck
youngster. After getting a tooth
knocked out, he fell ill with mumps.
Recovering, he ran right into siege
OF measles. But he's getting along
nicely.
Search for an Original: A report
that member of the original cast
of "Aida," first produced in Cairo
il, 1871, is somewhere in New York
is causing lot of activity on the
part of members of the Del POrefice
Opera Co. Despite the years that
must have come on the singer. he
is wanted to take part in the mil
lionth performance which is to be
given August ! with the Welfare
Council of New York's fund for
crippled children as the beneficiary.
Just as Woman to Woman.
Esther Velas, Who yields a baton
over an all-male orchestra in tho
Hotel Roosevelt, doesn't think the
average woman musician is in the
same class with the average male
musician. "She is too sentimental a
creature to become a really good
performer" declared Miss Velas.
Born in Russia, educated in France.
Miss Velas, a concert violinist at
sixteen, has conducted orchestras
in various parts of the world-all
male orchestras. And she can ex-
press her opinion of women must
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