The Washington times., 1936-12-09

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Snapshots at Random!
A jubilant ruddy-faced youth
thrusts out q hand as a group OF
us sit at a corner table near the
entrance of the Stork Club Friday
night. Hes here six poundS-out
ali there" The son of Gen. Hugh
s. johnson announcing the arrival
of a grandson to the former Ma
tional Recovery Administration
head. Ted Husing and his ex-
bride, Celia Ryland, pass by and
the Husing deserts her for few
seconds to enter the argument
over Pittsburgh's chances in the
Rose Bowl duel. Thursday night
in the dim-lit alley next to the Ma.
tional Theater, Noel Coward
stands, his forehead wrinkled in
frown, as he studies headlines on
the current crisis in the homeland
The English colony here has
taken the situation to heart and is
almost 100 per cent in favor OF
the Kings marriage and retention
of the throne. Monday night
Sylvia Sidney, walking out with
George Jean Nathan after the
second act of prelude to Exile"
at the Guild Theater, makes no
lady.like effort to surprise a huge
yawn-an ancient form OF crltl-
ciSm.
EVELYN Laye and Frank Law
ton hold court at SardPs Satur-
day noon, among those who
come over from other tables to
exchange broad GAS" being Tai
lulah Bankhead and Philip Reed.
Douglas Montgomery, Gilbert
Miller and Cedric Hardwicke,
the latter looking like StudiouS
Latin professor. AT = table
near by, Sylvia Sidney, again
this time with her mama. The
Sidney frilI has a black hat with
. hoOdicky rising almost foot
high which looks like a Christ
mas tree without the decorations
Later at 42nd, near Broad
way, the middle-aged hawker in
the corduroy pants, talking baby
talk to one Of the white mice
which he peddleS.
A discussion of the Edward7Simp-
son crisis occupies q group OF our
better-known young men Saturday
night over their scotch and SodaS
at Twenty-One. =. The debaters in
clude Novelist John O'Hara, Ii
brettist Howard Dietz, Mystery
thriller Dashiel Hammett and
Publisher Richard Nancy. wal
ter Duranty breaks away from
Charles Macarthur and finally
finds himself at our table, where
we learn precisely nothing about
the current Russian situation, less
of the Spanish debacle-but a
great deal about a foreign CORE
Spondent's acclimatization to try
ing conditions in strange places. ..
And reiteration of every home
coming correspondents enthuSias-
tic reaction to the comparative
ideal state which exists here in
the homeland. Upstairs, in the
meantime, neither Russia, Spain
nor the Kings plight are matters
of concern as 81 guests assemble
to help celebrate the 21St birthday
of young Herbert Bayard Swope,
jr.-with Papa Swope one Of the
table SitterS.
We drop into Herman AmrOn'S
Terminal Bar and Grill and learn
that Tony CanZOneri is to be his
partner hencefOrth and that the
place will be known as CanZO-
neri'S. This provides a unique
corner at 5Oth and Eighth, for
next door is Jack DempSey'S and
across the street from DempSey's
is Mickey Walker's-while on the
opposite corner shortly will be
another restaurant bearing
James J. BraddOck'S name.
Champions Square.
Friday afternoon, in Jack and
Charles, Director Wesley Ruggles
describes the penetrating chill of
Lake Placid "They wanted
me to cover my thin California
blooded body with heavy woolen
underwear" he confides, "but not
me. I simply took an extra swig
and I want to tell you I think
I'm going to live ten extra years"
He confides, too, that Airline
Judge (his estranged bride) will be
here shortly with Junior to spend
the Christmas holidays, but by
that time he will be out on the
coast, directing his new picture.
Thursday night at the hand
some Sapphire Room, the head
waiter rebukes a tittering waiter
whose giggles are inspired by a
serious looking young gent,
wearing a mOnOcle, in earnest
conversation with his elderly
woman cOmpaniOn-alSO wear
ing q mOnOcle! Herbert
Marshall introduced by Cab Cal
lOway at the Cotton Club Thurs
day night lures a tumultuOuS
ovation and is Immediately sur
rounded by the autOgraphOunds.
Peaches Browning gets her
share of the applause, too
Later at Joe ZelIi's Royal Box
where Producer Sidney KinpSIeY