The Washington times., 1936-05-09

to spout a droll witticism W
Phil Baker, perhaps, was mot
even aware that the young
woman sitting . few tables away
was Miss Lillian Holman
That would have excited him
for Phil Baker, it Il not secret,
has often felt he was intended
TO be . playwright and only des-
tiny's queer twists shifted him
from that / do mot know
what Miss Hellman's secret ann
billions are or were and ] pre-
sumo she il well content with
the artistic and financial re-
suits Of her "Children's Hour"
Dapper, impetuOus Leroy
Prinz, Outstand ding among
cinema's dance directors, has
always been an adventurer at
heart He fights at the drop
Of . hattie has been shot At
and thrOugh-Stabbed at and
through He has been o mem
Der Of the French Foreign Le'
gion, Q prisoner Of war, . NUM-
tiOns runner At one time
there was . price on his head In
Mexico But Mr.. Prinz is now
Q dance director and his main
mission in town is to seek out
some very pretty wenches to put
into the mixtures There was,
perhaps, no one I'm the room
whom Mr.. Prin1 envied par.
ticularly Incidentally, all
girls whom Mr.. Prinz win select
win have to look something Ike
. Miss Betty BrysOn. who Is to
become Mr.. PrinZ' bride.
I have always felt that George
Jean Nathan would make neat
clothing salesman or look well
behind q haberdaShery counter
but they assure me he Is well
satisfied to be what he Is, q
slightly dyspeptic finger-poker-at
Mr.. Nathan's interesting com.
panion was the Orientally social
InistreSS-of- ceremonies or situation
explainer in the recent Lady
Precious Stream"-PrinceSS Mai
Mai-Sze. Miss Sally Eilers, who
sat with her groom, Harry Joe
Brown, has always, it is to be pre-
sumed, aSpired to be cinematlc
1uminary and yet it may be that
secretly she envies Miss Phyllis
Haver, who sat next to her and
gave up a screen career to be
3 housewife. .Travers Rogers
was also present. Mr.. Rogers Is
the gentleman who. when we saw
him last, wore q 30gallon hat,
fringed chaps, hi-heeled short
boots and a shirt which made
Jack Kriendler swoon with covet-
Gus desire until TraverS Rogers
stripped it from his back and
presented it to Cowboy Kriend1er
:. This was at Palm Springs
where Mr.. Rogers owns a peculiar
but fascinating joint known al
Rogers Barn from where one
clear, crisp, moonlit night some
40 Of us set out for the noun
tain fastness in tallyhos and. on
horseback. Mr.. Rogers is now
tasting the dubious delights Of
effete city life. Perhaps Mr.
Rogers may have envied Charles
TeNaire, who designs women's
dresses-or vice versa. Mr.. Le
Mare kept his envies to himself
being quite preoccupied with hi
table companion, Miss Mary
Brown Warburton, whose ambi
tions have always been vague.
The gardenia-palace known 40
the stOrk Club swayed and trem-
bled ecstaticaIIy to young Nat
Brandwynne's melOdiOuS out
nourings, and we found OurseR
quite content to gaze upon the
serene and highly acceptable fea-
lures Of Miss Marjorie Logan,
who chants for her coffee and
cake and bracelet-Charm money
nightly, for Miss Logan Is one OF
the delights Of the COlumniStic
fraternity, the common denOmI-
matOr, since she favOrs each with
the same impartial smiling
Cordiality Il would much pre-
fer to spend half an hour gazing
1T and listening to Miss Logan,
Won must believe, than two hours
wondering whether Miss Mar
lene Dietrich would be q good
company if she sat down at a
table with a newspaper man..
Steve flanagan sat at the identi-
cal table at which we left him
three months ago. 1T is to be
presumed that there have been
times when Mr.. flanagan has
left that table, for We have .
vague recollection Of having
spent q few minutes with him
in the TrOcaderO one night
where he was celebrating . birth
day, which was equally vague. .
As . result Of that trip, Mr..
flanagan Is now (amOng other
thingS) connected with the cine
ma industry-alsO In . vague
manner. Ken Murray, the Co
median, was present. Mr.. Muir
ray Is . man Of parts; not only
Is he . comedian, but he Is an
air menace. More disturbing
than that is that he is . syndi-
Gated COlumnist. This Il be-
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