The Washington times., 1936-07-10
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
-ByLOuiS SObOI-
Who Trun Dat Brick?

slips sometimes and hasten to
call you to task. Henry Snyder
Harrison did not write Generals
Die in Bed" and I did not write
"Queed." Alexander Woollcott
once said that my war book is
the most happily-titled book he
has come across in many a day.
In a way this is unfortunate be-
cause the title is so we'll known
that hardly anyone seems to re-
call the name of the author who
is Sincerely,
Charles Yale Harrison.
t.. Henry Schneider Har.
risOn's best seller was Generals
Die in Bed'". From this dept,
June 3O).
ut seems to this reviewer that
Mr.. Sobol has failed to put his
finger on the real pulse of New
York-or maybe he wasn't trying.
At any rate he has captured none
of its strength, none of its terrify-
ing beauty, as Aben Handel did
in City for Conquest Sobol looks
at it through provincial eyes and
finds it cheap and cruel and tragic.
He finds it sensational. He finds
it Unexpectedly kind. And that
is all-none of the power, none Of
the greater forces that went into
the building of the city and are
still at work in it. From a news
angle, the book ("Six Lost
Women") is good copy Prom
the New Haven Comm RegisteD {.
ION the other hand-this:
''Mr. SObOl's chronicle is more
honest than a lot of Broadway
fables and it is composed with
a five star final fervOr which
only she seasoned cOIumniSt-
reporter could inject into fic-
ton" From the N. Y. Herald
Tribune.)
Dear Louie: In view of fact
that Fl. Worth Frontier Centen-
NAL is not scheduled to open for
a couple of weeks may I respect
fully submit that your comments
about its financial status are a
bit previous stop perhaps you have
this operation confused with that
of neighboring city regards
Billy Rose.
Dear Louie: Disregard other
wire New York forwarded clip
pings from another column as
well as your own and this ex-
plains confusion stop / apollo
gize for even thinking you guilty
of such careless journalism re-
CARDS Billy ROSe.)
My dear Mr.. Sobol: I am using
two-cent stamp and taking time
to register a protest. When you
make mention Of the girls going
so hard for Robert Taylor I could
not help wondering why. I was
at the Vallee broadcast recently
when Taylor took part in a sketch.
He did not attract me in any way.
What he did serve to remind me
was what very good-looking and
charming man Rudy Vallee was. {.
I noticed that the years instead of
detracting, have improved him.
He is even better looking, much
more poised and there is no deny.
ing that his is an outstanding and
entirely fascinating personality.
That will be true for as long as he
lives. The contrast between him
and Robert Taylor was remark
able. Florence Mason.
dear Mr.. SObOl: HOw-Oh
hOw-can I ever get to meet
Robert Taylor? Such charm,
such bOyiShness, such an unaf-
fected graciOusneSs-I prOphesy
he will rise to the greatest
heights. How different he
seemed as he stood beside Rudy
ValIee at the broadcast some
weeks agO-SO modest, so nice
in contrast to the boss of the
program who seems too sure Of
his own importance. How can
any girl, seeing both Of them,
have any preference except for
this young visitor from Holly.
wood?
Ann COrinne BascOm.)