The Washington times., 1937-05-26
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
Louis SObOl-
Snapshots at Random

pretty young glTl WIZ Ido Ju0U
leaped to her death from a hotel
window at Broadway and Fifty
fourth st. {. . The fourth suicide,
according to one of the gendarmeS3,
within four hours E. Full moon,
he mutters And high above, a
few buildings away, sits Shipwreck
Kelly clinging to his flagpole
The perspiring counterman at the
shacky luncheroo a few doors away
I'D South st. Il coulda bet he'd
live to be hundred-with all his
dough, say, a guy could live to be
two hundred. Wan mustard on
it?" OBITUARY comment OF
one South St. citizen upon learning
John D. Rockefeller has passed
away at 81. -.
Bulky Ernest Hemingway sits
moodiIy at a corner table at the
Stork, Wednesday night, loath to
discuss Spain or weather
Ready to fly the following day to
his place in Pennsylvania there to
finish a writing Stint-and then
return to Manhattan on or about
June 5th Study in contrasts at
the Savoy Plaza'S cafe lounge,
Monday afternOOn-Loretta Young
and Peggy Joyce, sans escorts, to-
gether at a small table La
Joyce is diamOnded from hat-clip
to shoe buckle-LOretta is naked
of gems, save one modest sapphire
ring go.
Broadway cheres the comeback
of Jackie OSterman, to be co-fea'
tured at the Mirador with Marion
Martin. Ann Pennington at the
Paradise, Eddie Leonard and Joe
Howard at the Gay NinetieS-and
now Osterman-this is turning
back the pages of Broadway in the
pleasant manner The chaStened
beauties at the French Casino
fully draped now, although they go
through all the empty motions OF
the great exposure. .Producer-Dl-
rector Marc Connolly comment
ing upon the 100 gees more or less
paid for screen rights to Having
A Wonderful Time" murmurs de-
preciatively to Barney Gallant:
me, I don't care-it's for Arthur
Kober-it'll keep him going in
poker for awhile"
George Abbott's Room Ser
vice" gathers such first nighterS
as remain in town to the COrt
Wednesday night. The Jack
Warmers, Harry Warner, George
White, the Jack Pearls, Sam Har-
ris, John Cecil Holm, Alex Yokel,
Nicky Blair, Lee Shubert, and
Harry Kaufman. "a very good
show-very," is Shubert's re-
strained commentator. =.
"ThiS," observes Jack Pearl, "iS
a great vehicle. But there is a
still greater One-Cain's truck"
E. Milton BerIe, with a new
classic hairIine, woos Judy NAL
colin openly but occasional,
glances admiringly at Shapely
Dorothy Daniels Incidentally,
Swing Lane won't be so gay for
a few mOnths-the Yacht Club
has shut dOwn-ditto Caliente
and several of the other bis
trOs are planning to put the
shutters up for the summer.
Octogenarian Adolph Lewisohn,
hosting a large party at the Pierre
Roof, Tuesday night. spends most
of his time on the dance floor
amazingly agile. Irving Caesar
and Kitty Carlisle, seductive
wench, sit far back at an isolated
table in the FrolicS Monday night,
completely absorbed in each other
until Phil Baker joins them
The street vendor on Broad
way selling mouth devices guar
anteed to throw your voice.
Every man his own ventriloquist"
and at the bottom of the sign,
this: please Help Mel Am a
Deaf Mute!" Tuesday night,
a village artist drawing a basket
of fruit-on the sidewalk in front
of Bertolotti's Lee Wiley, soft
eyed chanteuse at the Versailles,
after responding to several en-
cores, Saturday night, joins our
table: You'll think I'm putting
on an act-but honest-I'd give
up all this-career, everything
for one nice fellow could marry
and have family with. Well, ex-
cuSe me-I've got date with a
fellow from Boston"
The Spanish colony which
gathers nightly at the cOlOrful
Club YumuZi-but avoids all dis
cuSsiOn of the revolution
SOngstreSs Yvette Rugel at the
Yacht Club Tuesday mite re.
ceives an emergency telephone
call-her sister is dying >. She
ruShes to the hOSpital-arrives
few minutes after her sister
has passed away E. She returns
to the Yacht Club, goes on with
the show, singing her ballads
and finishing with Goodnight,
My LOve"-the tears streaming
down her face Wonderful,
that woman" comments our
cOmpaniOn-"LOOk at the feel
ing she puts into that song"
~ know what a critic is"