The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-15
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

men now are walking around with large, white buttons on which are inscribed In pretty, blue letters, D, T. A. W. since there haven't been fraternal conventions in town lAte- ly, this new order of Something or Other, seemed worth Investigating, As it turns out, the D. T. A. W. ia tho most sensible society to have organized in the metropolis for Q long while, aside from the fact that there are no dues Of senii-Tnonthly meetings.
 The club Is Gus Arnheim's idea and to cut the suspense, D. T. A. W. stands for Don't Talk About the Weather" Arnheim says 1t waA purely Q matter of self.defense His organization tottered along for . while with no other membership except that of the executive branch But applications began coming in with the rise of the mercury and it looks as though 1t will continue to grow. There is Q reverse side to the button, by the way. When Q mem- Der Is assailed by the query-"Hot enough for your" as he often is wont to be-he has merely to turn his lapel and eonfound his nemesis with two, big, unTnistakable letters that spell "No"l
 Tale of Tombstone
 Historians of New York have not yet done much about the old tonb- stone in the graveyard of St. Paul's Church on lower Broadway, but the records tell c maeabre tale. This aged tombstone Is inscribed as fol- lows; >N
 Erected Co the Memory of George Frederick
 By Edmund Keene, 1891
 Repaired by Charles Keane, 1886
 Repaired by Y. II. sothern,
 Royal Theatcr, 1874
 Repaired by Edwin Booth, lseo."
 Before he was inferred at the turn Of the 18th century, George Frederick Cooke was the leading actor Of his day. Not only was he the leading. Shakespearean player of the time, but he boasted that he could all every made role in all of the Bard's plays. Madness, how ever, the records relate, came to Cooke. It came in Q bottle, for his path led to bears from boards and the time came when his legs could no longer carry him toward to stage
 He died in 1872. But before they came to call for his corpse for burial in St. Paui's graveyard, 1t was discovered that the tragic head of Cooke had mysteriously been sev- cred from his body. No ono could explain how or why the decapita- ton came about. His nutilated re. mains were inferred in two shrouds, The tombstone now Is used as a backrest by stenographers during the bustling lunch hour.
 sss ~ Coming Events
 Some safe predictions for the next Broadway season, by Shep Fields: .
 Another Helen Hayes, Katharine Cornell or Lynn Fontanne will be discovered, only to be promptly for gotten.
 Four new plays out of five will close before they reach their 50th performance.
 A new playwright will emerge who will snort at Hollywood and pictures, until they make him an offer.
 Eight local dramatic critics will thumb their brains for new epi- thets to hurl at the misfit dramas
 At least three plays will survive for short while on their frank bold and daring revelation" of the sex problem.
 The Critics Circle and the Pull itzer committee will disagree about their selections as usual. Both their choices will be razzed and disputed-as usual.
 
 A Chinese .No"
 A Chinese student in an Ameri- can university has submitted a play to producer in the Far East and this. a play broker writes, is the answer he received: We have read your manuscript with infinite de- light. Never before have we re- veled In such a masterpiece. If we produced 1t. the authorities would 'ordain us to take 1t for model and heneefoFth produce nothing in- fefior 10 lt. AS it would be inc possible to find it's equal in ten thousand years, we are compelled, though shaken with sorrow. to re- turn your deVlne play. buF go doing, we beg million paxaQns.