The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-12
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOl-
Weekend Odd-Ends!

who seemed to be staring at them.
who" asked the Radio City Mu-
sic Hall impresario, lis that girl
who keeps looking over here?" :. 1.
Peaches Browning said the ex.
Mrs. Leonidoff, you remem-
ber-?" oh" murmured LIE
onidoff, 80 that's Peaches. Funny
we've never met" Miss Todd
had mentioned Peaches as a CO.
respondent in her first divorce suit
against Notwithstanding
later that it was all a mistake.
Incidentally, Peaches purpose
In coming to town was to arrive
at a settlement with the law
yerS representing the late Daddy
BrOwning'S estate. Although he
left millions tied up in realty,
Peaches settled the other day
for S25O,O00 in property in lieu
Of the income which the court
had decreed belonged to her.
Mr.. Ted Husing sat at Twenty.
One Wednesday night, watching
with keen interest card tricks be-
ing displayed at an adjoining
table by handsome young gent.
An exclamation from one of the
pretty girls at the table made him
aware of her for the first time
and thereafter Mr.. HuSing con.
centrated his attention on the
dialogue being handled at his own
table by Eddie Sutherland and
Steve flanagan. The pretty girl
a few seats away who had drawn
his attention was Ann st. George,
for whom, until some months ago,
he had carried the flamingeSt
torch in town. And the young
man with the cards was her brand
new bridegroom, Alex Thompson
The Bridgeport Times-Star
startled its readers the other
day when it ran a picture show
ing Joe Louis limp on the saw
dust with Jim BraddOck over
him. The story explained that
Louis and BraddOck had met
secretly in a huge barn near
Stanford, Conn.,, before 500 mil
liOnaires, each of whom had
paid $1,000 for his seat. The
knockout Of Louis had occurred
in the thirteenth round after
the B mber had previously
flO0red the champ four times.
The story and picture appeared
on the sports page in the April
I isSue-but since no subsequent
edition has explained that it
might be a FOOLS Day gag,
BridgepOrters are still bewild-
cred.
A girl was defending a particu-
larly obnoxious Broadway phoney
to Arthur Murray the other after
noon. Maybe he is a phoney,"
the gal argued, "but when his
friends need him, they can always
depend on him to do a good turn"
YES" said Murray very sourly,
ON his heels"
Only now are they beginning
to remember that the slain Ron
ME Gedeon played a minor part
In Murder in the Red Barn" last
year "A year ago, one Of the
most headlined and photographed
men in the country, no one paid
any attention to Father Coughiin
who attended a performance of
''Fredericka" the other night-a
press agent called the city desks
and was greeted with yaWnS. ,.
Judith Ford, one of the pretty
models who went to the Coast for
the Wanger "Vogues" will stop
off at Reno on her way back to
unlink herself from Charles
Dresser.
One Of Pearl Whites reasons
for being here is to make ar
rangements for the construction
OF her new ocean-going yacht. .
The former serial queen is still
one Of the richest women in the
world. Amy MolliSon, entered
as q British contestant in the
American sponsored Lindbergh
New York-to-PariS race, will fly
a @4SASAA PAo11C L 11C All 1I1C1
Montmartre club in the Winter
Garden building reopens April
20 with Joe Lewis and Terry
Lawlor as principals. Good
news. Charlie King starts his
comeback-opening at Cafe Vene-
Zia Monday mite.
Louis MachadO (nO relative
of the depoSed dictatOr) has
twice refused Batiste's insist
ence that he become secretary
Of the treasury in Cuba. He
is Du Points legal representative
at Havana-and the rumOr Is
he is being grOOmed for the
Cuban presidency. Bill Con-
Ion, former VillanOva grid star,
has opened a bar and grill at
the Montague in Brooklyn.
One by one former athletic
1uminarieE are becoming res
taurant men. Elaine Ellis,
who plays the part of Pearl
IA Tobacco Road" leaves the
cast to go to Russia to study
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