The Washington times., 1936-09-17
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
-ByLOuiS SObOI-

irving Berl1nS song Hill BOOK,
Popular Song Hits Of 1884," etc,
"I am surprised" drawled Rod
rigo, "to find these on your
piano. thought you composed
from memory. Evolution OF
America according to Ken Muir
ray: Axes (pioneers used them to
cut down trees); Taxes (politi.
clans use them to cut down your
income); Taxis (They cut you
down altogether) 80"
Arthur Lyons broke into
John McCOrmick's office the
other day, reports John p. Med.
bury from the Coast. Look"
he shouted, zone of our clients
gave me q reading lamp for my
birthday" "That'S fine" an
swered Mccormick, "all you
need now is q book. Up In
Harlem in the Spanish section
ut 10th and Fifth Avenue,
they've been running = dance
now for five days in the Park
Palace for the benefit Of Span
ish refugees. The orchestra
leader is billed as Don Au-
gusto Cohen! Cab Galloway
pulled up in his Rolls Royce
roadster in front Of the Cotton
Club Monday evening, parking
directly in back Of two cabs
stationed there. you can't
park here, fellow" snapped one
of the cabmen, "see that sign?
"Tt reads for three cabs.
"Sure," grinned Galloway,
"there's two Of yOu-and
make the third"
Dick Stable, who Is an orches-
ira leader, is actually a slmllSt
at heart because look-here are
his contributions for the day:
LAS relentless as the hiccupS.
Wrinkled like a prune. Home
like as chewing a toothpick. las
delicious as thumbing through
the pages of a new book" DO
YOU prefer a few quickest. Try
your giggles (whooD on these:
In Spain politics makes strange
bled-fellows Too many motor
lists have nervous breakdoWnS.
Ct don't see your daugh-
ter these days. Isn't she living
with you?" ."No-but she will
soon. She's getting married" -.
Considering how Hollywood
stresses sex, it's surprising they
didn't Little it THE Lust OF the
Mohicans."
Jimmy SWINE r ton just
dropped in with Forrest Wilson
:. Jimmy's here from his des-
ert hauntS to do a round or two
of political cartOOning before
returning to his beloved West
Don't you get tired of 1t out
there?" we ask. Gust that
desert? No burlesque show for
instance?". "BurleSque, b h!
These days the girls show you
nothing but malnutritiOn!"
Wilson, who occasionally writes
plays when he isn't turning out
pieces for Cosmopolitan and
other magS, reports he was at
a recent opening when the pro-
Queer turned to him and whis-
pered: Hear that heavy
breathing. The audience is ex-
cited all right" COR sleeping"
was the authors tart snapper
Don't give up yet-the read
ers cry for gags-d'ja hear the
swiftly Marie AntOinette pulled:
LET them eat cake? cha,
ha") 81 see," remarks Juliet
Lowell, "they're naming lot Of
race horses after the column
lists. Is that because they per
form so well in mud?" One
word description Of Kate
Smith: Chin-tupletS Sheila
Barrett claims that in Egypt
the nights are so dark you can't
see your hand before your fez.
Add Personality Streets: River
view ter. is a block east Of Sutton
pl., between 58th and seth. 1t Is
more left Bank" than any street
on the left bank of the Seine. 1t
is closed on the south by an old
fashioned iron gate with the pc
destrian entrance opened an d
closed by an old-fashioned lift
latch, the corners of which are
crowned with wrought iron bas-
ketS from which punches Of ivy
descend. The street runs north
ward past six brownStone houses
until it loses itself before a huge
brick warehouse e. The corner
house, a large, irregular Victorian
structure facing 58th and the
river, has a combined sun room,
porch and conservatory projection
with curtained glass revealing the
flow of an old-faShioned table
lamp family Illuminating what
must be the best 1880 horse hair
stuffed furniture in these parts.
The other five dwellings are ex-
actly alike - brownstone fronts
English baSementS-all facing the
river and separated from the ir-
regular cobble-Stone paved road
way by narrow strip of sidewalk.
In season, moss and grass straggle
between the cobbles. Another mar
row sidewalk, studded at regular
intervals with young trees, is itself
bordered by a two or three-foot
margin of turf which terminates
at a wrought iron railing guarding
the sheer drop to the East River.
Scrupulously clean, this little six
or seven foot wide street, in its
quaint setting, is as distinctly
France as the first "hallow" of the
operator at the other end of the
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