The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-26
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOI-
A Few Facts About
a Few Folks!

Few Folks!
Night Club Girl-Slim. exotic
lovely, she is featured with her
partner, Kirsoff, in the new revue
at the Hollywood. She has excep,
tionall' steady nerves. She dances
in the embrace of six-foot python
which coils itself around her slim
neck and could so easily crush the
life breath out of her. Later. she
stretches out full length on plank
while Kirsoff losses sharp-po!nted
Stilettos 10 surround her-flipping
the blades with his mouth. But the
girls nerves failed her late Sun
day night as she sat shuttering in
her dressing room. terror croWding
her heart. Her python rearing its
head from the open box on her
makeup table was ignored. Her
eyes stared at the glaring head.
lines of the morning tabs-scream
ing the murder of young Russian
performer-Tania Lubova.
The name of the snake girl
with the steady nerves now at
the Hollywood is Tania LubOva!
Career Girl-The mother of the
late Dorothy Dell has always Wept
that if her beautiful daughter had
not won a beauty contest. had not
gone to New York and thence to
Hollywood in quest of career sue
cess, she would still be alive to-
day. Since Dorothy's death she has
lavished her maternal love on her
remaining daughter, beautiful
Helen Golf.
Today or tomorrow, from the
SeciusiOn of GulfpOrt, MissiS-
Sippi, Dorothy sister Helen will
arrive in New York to pursue a
career on Broadway!
Musician: Jimmy Milazzo IS
the first trumpeter with the
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra. He
rates as one of the towns top
trumpeterS. But in his hours
away from his work Jimmy tries
to get as far away from music
and musicians as possible. unlike
others of his profession who seek
relaxation by drifting into the
little swing saloons, where they
can hear other trumpeters and
Saxophoners and pianists. etc.
Jimmy Milazzo has no radio in
his apartnlent-not even statue
of Beethoven or bust of Vallee.
He rebels against the fate which
made a musician out of him.
Yesterday, Jimmy MilazZO
slipped a 3-karat solitaire on
the important finger of pretty
Estelle Slavin. Miss Slavin is
first trumpeter in the Ina Ray
Hutton band!
Hair Specialist-He is connected
with one of the larger establish.
mentS in town which make boast
of restoring hair when it's gone
or of increasing what little hair
you have left. He insists that no
man or woman has any right to
be bald. To lose your hair. he'll
tell you, is criminal and ought to
be punished by law. And as he
speaks, he runs his fingers alb
sently through his own magnifi-
cent crop.
That is, he did until the other
day. Now he's wearing a tOupe.
He was held up in his own hall.
way with a gun jabbed into his
side. The fright resulted in most
of his Lair falling out!
Publicist-Mary Jane Knoll is
one of the ADLER woman press
agents in town. She handles
among others the Park Central
Hotel. Recently or publicity pur-
poses she assembled a few of the
pretty girls in the Cocoanut Grove
show, selecting the more robust to
pose for some swimming pictures
to go to out-of-town papers. One
girl who does speciality number
volunteered, but Mary Knoll re-
jected her. You're too fragile
looking" she said. Swimmers
must look husky
The girl Mary rejected was
Dorothy LETTERS, who competed
in the Olympic swimming trials
in 1892 with Eleanor Holm,
Helen Meany and Gertrude
Hoffman.
Check Room Girl - Dorothy
Raven is the pretty who takes your
hat at the Club Gaucho. She has
greater ambitions. For months
now she has been attending
fashion school to learn the funda-
mentalS of posing. Two weeks
ago, she felt she was ready to en-
bark upon her new career. Draw
ing every cent she had out of the
bank, she went on a shopping
spree, buying coats, frockS and
evening gowns. Then Dorothy
spent an afternoon at a photog-
rapher's and the results were very
satisfactory The pictures indi-
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