The Washington times., 1937-04-07

DEOdUWdy
BY Louis SObOl-
Snapshots at Random
In Toots Shor's Tavern
Wednesday night. Glenn NC
earthly leans over. Want to
keep up your record Of picking
them pretty in the big meets?
Then tip Sir Damion for the
Kentucky Derby-50 to l now IN
the books-and has more than
an outside chance. Saturday
afternoon, walking out with Bill
Corum, we relay Mccarthy
lunch. >. Maybe says the
SPORTS ace, without enthusiasm,
Il used to have lunches on Red
Rain once.-Didn't mean a
thing.
Minor Broadway tragedy.
Orchestra Leader Ray O'Hara
walking along Broadway at
Thirty-third Wednesday night
is approached by an elderly
mendicant who notices his vlO'
lin case. "You wouldn't let
fellow try a tune on that,
would you?" pleads the beg
gar. .O'Hara, curious, Obliges
The old man plays a divine
Chopin misunderstanding a
crowd-and then hands the
violin back. Dave Monroe, a
famed band leader and violin
list in the days when Irving
Berlin was a singing waiter.
The Statue of Liberty torch
dim, opaque pin-Spot in the misty
night. The Greek coff house in
the late 20s on Eighth avenue. -,
Two tambourines. fiddle and a
hybrid either provide gay tunes. =.
Men in red slippers dance with
each other, clasping hands high
above their heads "A dance orlgl-
mated on Grecian hills long before
city-State culture was evolved. 4
ayem Wednesday in the creepy
darkness of 53rd under the men
acing "El". "A slim, pallid youth
with a peculiar triangular scar on
the left cheek, sinks out of the
dark store-doorway and thrusts
himself in front of a timid re-
porter. (. Mister, do you believe in
God?". Listen, Buddy, I'm in a
hurry-what do you want?" i
want q dollar. I want to go to
Cod. The craven paragrapher
hands him a dollar and looks
nervously about for a cop. But
the pallid youth shuffles away,
mumbling, and the reporter sour
rieS up the street. You hear so
much about coke-Stuffed hold-up
men these days!
COlorful saloon is Barney Gal
Iant's new rendezvous on Uni
versity place. Swedish decOra-
lions by Norman Anthony and
Scudder Middleton, advises Bar
ney, 'tO offset rumOrs that I'm
a half-ScOtch and three-quarterS
Mexican" Bob and Francis
Counihan ReardOn WOO each
other anew. AT another table,
host of uptown, night clubs,
John BOggianO, and cOlumnist
play the puzZling match-Stick
game. SwallOwtails, ermine
and white stuffed shirts pile into
glamOrOus Morocco M Onday
night. The Gilbert KahnS of fl.
nance. Irene Rich of cinema
and airwaveS. Julius FleiSch-
mann of yeast millions and lux
uriOuS yachts. incidentally the
FleiSchmannS and the Lawrence
TibbettS will share castle in
Austria for the summer sail
ing shortly on the yeast kings
yacht, COmargO) .Muriel Rich.
ards with Warren Jack Perish
ing. Eddie eOnard, famed min
Strel man of past decades, shut
files to the platform of the Gay
NinetieS Friday night for his
comeback debut and tears flood
his eyes at the tumultuOuS re-
ception as he chants, "ROly BOly
Eyes"
King and queen of the ballroom
dance, Veloz and Yolanda entice
a handsome gathering to the
Plaza's Persian room Thursday
night Gloria Swanson attracts
attention as she dances with
Everett Marshall Lillian Elmer
son has Philip Bondy as her escort
Pauline Frederick, Lady SUI
anne wilkins, James Melton
Countess of Dudley, Countess Of
OrrSich are others present
That Afternoon in the Savoy-Plazs
lounge, Clifton Webb and Donald
Ogden Stewart alternate dancing
with Ina Claire.
Burlesque impresariO Herbert
Minsky Ogling undraped beauties
at the French Casino from a
table in the front line trenches
-. Park avenue alld Broadway
jam into the picturesque Baleigh
room at the Warwick, Friday
afternoon to inspect and cape in
awe at Dean COrnwell'S mural
masterpieces Robert Bench
ley, Louise Macy, Jack and Win
ME Pearl, Ray Henderson, Rube
Goldberg, Otto SOglOw and the
tiny beauty who is his bride, Lois
Long; Lucius Beebe, Morris Gest,
Kitty Carlisle, Helen Menken,