The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-17
1.-THE VOICE OF
Broadway
By Louis SObOl-
Diary Of . coIyumist'S
Pup!

at breakfast srouching over the
rapeEs and wondered what the
Queen ever saw In him. I guess
it1 juSt how you get used to peo-
pie. The guys got nOthing-but
nothinIgI
Later, he goes over his mail and
there's one from some one named
frank Buck. seems Addle.wits
kidded aim IN print about walk
ing around hollywood in a pith
helmet and tropical clothes and
carrying . whip. Buck chides
him In the letter and says: 81
never carried o whip in my life.
I neither whip animals nor have
sadistic tendencies. Since work.
ing out here In the picture I have
never gone beyond the studio
gates without changing from the
jungle attire I have to wear in
the picture to ordinary street
clothes When my picture
comes out, II I'm q bum actor
(Which probably will be-, I shall
not be- the least offended If critics
say I am Q lousy ham. They are
entitled to their 0pinion-but I
do dislike very much indeed being
held up before the public as
swashbuckling 'jungleer who
wants the world to know he's, a
Hollywood actor. When are you
coming to the Coast?"
~ think" purrs the Queen,
"NTr. Buck, In his nice way, Ii
bawling you out. No one likes
to read he's carrying o whip"
H." snaFIS Food eB = n,
would like to carry whip
and use it ON some peOpIe--nO
matter what they wrote about
IT,"
Wednesday-They are very
much impressed with q place
called the Riviera which they
went to last night, and the
Queen says: 81 wish there were
more Of these places outside the
city like there used to be. We
used to have such nice times at
all those clubs along Merrick
Road and Pelham Road-you
could 60 from one to another-it
was so outdoorsy." And Push-Face
says: "OutdoorEy-now there's q
neat he-man word for you," and
she says: why should I want to
be . he-man?"
They have the dizziest argu-
ments in this house, which is why
I like to get off to the park where
can talk romantic sense with
Martini or Beetles. Reminds me,
Dear Dfary-who should I run
into today but Bibsie-She'S di.
vorced and seems like . different
girl. think I could get her to
care for me now.
He tells her he hears that Al
CapOne's prison term has done
him o lot Of gOOd-taken off his
fat and made him lock ten
years younger. "Why nOt?" asks
the Lady. 'It's such nice whole
some air ut AIcatraz-right in
the middle Of that wonderful
Sam Francisco Bay" and he
looks at her to see II she's Seri.
Ous-and she Is. >
Thursday-A little girl he knows
named Midgie Gage has eloped
with o Brazilian boy named
George Da Prado and Middle.
Head is telling the Queen some OF
the inside. He says the giggle Is
that they have had to take Pra-
dos secretary, Vava Sikerra, along
with. them on their honeymoon IN
the hopes he will straighten 1t all
out with Prado's pa and that the
groom's wedding gift to Midgie
was q new airplane.
Some men," murmurs the
Queen, "are 50 wonderful to their
brides. You didn't even send me
flowers when we got married"
and he says: ut was q toss-up
whether to spend the SIX. bucks I
had on q ring or flowers-you
can't hook flowers" =. How" she
scolds, "can you try to be funny
about something so serious"
Friday-"I have cute snapshot
for you" says the Queen. Il was
ct the And st. Fl station yester-
day and I saw hundreds Of pigeons
there. The passengers get sailed
peanuts from the penny slot ma.
chimes and feed it to them. Isn't
that cutter" whats cute about
it," he growls. IF Marlene Diet
rich or AL Jolson or Myrna 10y
bought the peanuts that would
make . line"
"The trouble with you," says
the Queen, els you have . name
fetish. It's never news with you
unless there's q name"
"In columns it's never news"
he says, s:'unlesS there's names.
what makes the Bible so interest
ing? Names. Why Is history fas-
cinating? Names"
"YoH are 50 wonderful" purrs
the Lady; ''ths way yOu have .
quick answer for everything"
Saw Bibsie again today. Dear
Diary-dOnt let anyone tell you
that love is like . sOuffle-and
can't be reheated. I know bet
ter.
Saturday-"I saw TIL e odore
Dresser on Broadway yesterday"
SAYS the Queen and he says:
''What was he doing?" and she
says, "Why, walking. What should
- hA Aoinr9" and Refllddled