The Washington times., 1937-03-10
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOl-
Snapshots at Random! !

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Snapshots at Random! I!
Jack Kriendler Of "21." ready to
hop off for Palm Springs, receives
a cable. ."I Still Love You".. &.
From Muriel oxford, the beauty
en- route to England. Both un-
aware at the time that the British
beauty was to be involved in a
tragedy of the sea. Kriendler and
Miss oxford we're inSeparable the
last few weeks of her engagement
here at the French Casino. Tues
day night, two full-chested West
Point cadets have one swell time
with their pretty wenches at the
Astor Grill-but fail to notice the
quiet fellow observing them with
something of envy. Chris eagle,
one of the Points former grid
heroes.
At the Algonquin, Thursday
afternoon, Genevieve ZaepffeI,
the French mystic, passes out .
few predictions to the awed Dor
Othy Mackaill and Kitty Car.
Isle. The woman who pre-
dicted Edwards abdication, in
sistS he is destined to return
as Dictator" of Great Britain
-. Also that the Spanish Civil
War is to continue its bloody
course for several more years.
And that a Franco Germanic al
lance is in the making With
out tea leaves, Of course.
"The Amazing DR.. ClitterhouSe"
comes to the Hudson Tuesday
night and thrills a gullible audi
ence -. Leland Hayward soon
to be a pram-pusher when Mar
garet Sullavan gifts him with an
heir, has Gilbert Miller for his com
panion this evening Prince
'Obolensky looking like a cigarette
ad, occupies a box, but George
Price, who does not look like q
cigarette ad. is content with an
aisle sea.
Two cinemabeIleS attract at
tention from the society gather
ing at MaiSOnette Russo, Salty
nite-Janet Gaynor and Mar.
garet Lindsay The GaynOr
gas has as her escort DR.. /. S.
Veblin Friday night at the
Hollywood, while the lovely
thrush, Josephine Huston, Is de-
livering her thrilling carols, a
semi-stewed gent turns to quiet
fellow at the next table, and
raspS beIligerently: "Hey-yOu-
why don't you applaud? What
do you want for your money?
Don't you like her?" II like
her very much" replies the
quiet gent Bob TauSSig, in
private life, the husband Of Miss
Huston -. Broadway has its own
nests of pigeOns-abOut $50 in
all -. Each morning, at sun-ups
DOorman Harry DOran, Of the
Cotton Club-feeds them-he's
been doing it for years, ever
since the days of the old Palais
Royal 81. The birds rooSt in
the caves of the Cotton and
Hollywood Club buildings.
Saturday afternoon. coming out
of Edison Hall, where the Friars
meet-Jack Benny t.. d. "I've heard
a lot about your Broadway here,
he murmurS I'm young
maybe there's something here for
a fellow like me-"
Songwriters Mack Gordon and
Harry Revel, who have been keep
ing themselves more or less under
cover on their visit here, attend
Leon Belasco's opening at the New
Yorker TueEday and chant a
medley of their famous songs.
Wherever you go, a nude greets
you Kelly's in the Village has
half a dozen in all states Of un-
dress for the tired rounder .
Ivy Ketchell does it with balloons
at the Village Barn Janice
Andre prefers to let you see her
on horse at the Paradise .
Ginger twists wildly at the Harlem
Uproar House Margie Hart lets
her fur coat slip off to reveal all
at the Mirador F.. There's scarcely
club in town where you can avoid
them, if you're the avoiding kind.
=. And now Della Carroll plans
to direct a band-in the nude!
College youths flock to the Bali
where the college boys perfect
dream, Vivian Ray, is the singing
attraction At Nick Bates Merry.
GosRound Tony Sarg pointing to
his nnarionetteS, explains: "See
that one of Mae West? You
know what went into her2-Hair-
pins, watch springs, pipe cleaners,
a few corset stays and some of my
1929 stocks for the stuffing!"
On a buSman's holiday at the Per.
sian Room at the Plaza Wednesday
afternoon-DancerS Maurice and
Cordoba Dancers MeC-ano and
Donna and Orchestra Leaders
Lennte Hayton, Basil Fomeen, Glen
Gray and Dick Gasparre >. Petite
Ruth Brent, the chanteuse at the
Hollywood, fingers at the bar, in
q sweon with Jerry Levinson, the
composer who althored Topics
Of the Tropics"