The Washington times., 1937-03-11
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOl- =
Diary Of CoIyumist's
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tune told? It's the bunk" Il
was reading" says the Queen
"about this man, Norvel in Holly.
wood. He made some wonderful
predictions" Did they come
through?" demands Bleary-Eye :.
mo" says she, but if they come
through, it'll be wonderful. He
said Virginia Bruce, Ruth Chat
terton, Simone Simon, Nelson
Eddy. Carole Lombard, Jean Har-
low are all going to be married
this year" What" he snaps,
'is so wonderful about that? We
make predictions like that right
alopE-but they don't work out
sometimes" and she says: That's
why 1 want a fortune teller 10
make predictions for me-becsuse
you promised to send me to
South America and it never came
through, so maybe if a fortune
teller promises me, Ill be on my
way next week"
II never" says he, heard
anything so goofy in my life.
What else did this fellow NOrvel
predict, can you remember" ...
20, YES" she says: "he says
Gene Raymond and jeanette
Macdonald will be wed this year
and be very happy. He also said
Robert Taylor will marry in
about two years, but that 1t
would me a mistake If he wedS
Barbara Stanwyck."
That shows how phoney these
things are" he says, because
why should it be a mistake to wed
a swell honey like Barbara STAN
wych? I wouldn't mind marry.
ing her myself. Maybe" says
the Queen, IF the fortune teller
is the right kind, you'll be in a
position to do that-but no
fortune teller would have enough
influence, I don't think, to make
a girl like Stanwyck marry fel-
low like you"
Wednesday-'1f had my way"
says Warped-Brain, I'D run Gov
ernment lotteries every month
and turn the money over for re-
lief work." and the Queen says:
81 went to the fortune teller yes
terday and she said I was going
to be lucky so bought five sweep
stake tickets"
The Queen says: "What was
Phil Baker talking to you so
much about in Reuben's this
mOrnfng?" And he says: 20,
he was showing me pictures Of
his babies and Of Peggy. and
then he told me a story. He
said a fellow came up to him
and said, Baker, do you believe
in ghOsts?' and Phil answered:
Ghosts, you're crazy! No, 1
don't The fellows says, We'll,
1 do'-and disappeared into
thin air"
T don't believe" says the
Queen, anything like that ever
happened. I didn't believe it
even when WOoIIcOtt and Bruno
LesSing told it much better"
ThurSday-PuShface has been
reading book, dusk of Empire, :"
by Wythe Williams, who has been
a foreign correspondent for %
years and he says, IF I had it to
do all over again, I would try to be
a foreign correspondent like Will
liams or Walter Duranty or Knick-
erbocker or like Floyd Gibbons
was, because, migodd, you live
when you're a correspondent and
you see things and write about in
ternational affairs and not petty
Broadway romanceS and babies
and divorces. I'm getting kind OF
sick of it" and the Queen purrS,
Aren't we all?" but he ignores
her and says: "a foreign CORE
spondent mixes around with peo
pie like MusSolini and Stain and
Eden and Baldwin, Kings and
Queens and the big people Of the
world instead of ham actors and
radio Swellheads and saloon
clowns. If had my way I'd
... And the Lady says: II. can re
member back 10 years ago when
you were working on an automo'
bile trade paper, and you said if
you could be a dramatic critic and
mix around with people of the
stage there'd be nothing you'd
want more out Of life. and then
when you got to be hammy critic
you said if you could run a Broad
way column, that would be the
tops, and now that you've got a
column you want to be a CORE
spondent, and if you get to be a
correspondent, you'll want to be
a publisher"
"What's wrong" he snaps,
Grossly, with wanting to be a
publisher and having the better
things of life?"
Friday-"Oh," gushes the Lady,
II just ran into Jack Pearl and do
you know what he said? He said:
All your well wishers want to get
together and throw you a dinner,
and he said, maybe it'll be in a
week or two when they can find a
lunch car featuring 15cent
meal" She giggles and he tosses
a pair of sour glims on her and
yelps: "Oh, so you think it's
funny" and she says: "I think it's
awfully funny" and he says: 81
ought to know better than to ex
pect any loyalty from a woman
you slave for and feed and clothe
and give the best things of life to-
But this time the Queen is ovel
at the cage and talking baby talk
to Jerry the canary. She's saying
GERRY, they want to throw hin
a dinner-all his well wishers-