The Washington times., 1937-04-05
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOl-
Weekend Odd-Ends!

Weekend Odd Ends!
Gagman Al Boasberg. seeking to
build a home in an exclusive neigh
borhood in Beverly Hills, was In
formed the house must cost in the
vicinity Of $4,000 or overs That
was the requirement. Boasberg
agreed. When the building was
completed, the special committee
from the Chamber Of Commerce
came over to inspect it-and
frowned. 'This," they protested.
"lookS like q garage with an attic.
You couldn't possibly have spent
$4,000 on its construction" BoaS-
berg brought out his bills for
plumbing, bricks, etc. It came to
$25,000. "Our rule Is $4,000 or
over" they reminded him. "Oh,'
that's all right" Gained Boasberg,
II put a check for $4,000 in the
cornerstone!"
For the past four weeks, Uncle
Don in his broadcaSts has been
emphasizing the safety campaign
sponsored by the police depart
ment. The other day Bill Tread.
WELL who. writes his scripts, was
handed q Sltmmons-for parking
in safety zone!
Rhymed Brupts: Charles
Laughton-trump plump J.
Edgar HOOver-tOp cop ErrOl
Flynn-brave knave Marion
Martin-stem gem . Jack Pearl
-whOpper snapper Basil
Rathb0ne-peer sneer ... Stepin
Fetchit-brOwn clown Mer-
Vyn LeROy-perfectiOn direction
-. George Jean Nathan-acidic
critic. Joseph StaIin-head red
-. AdOlphe MenjOu-maddest
faddist :.
DR.. Marcovici and the gorjus
Patricia Morrison are q current
twoSome Mrs. Esmond O'Brien,
back from long exile in Europe, Is
making the nightly rounds with
the genial ESsie, refuting reports Of
an eStrangement Inventor 81
mon Lake, who has been dredging
the East River in the 1920 Street
vicinity, digging for a sunken Brit
ish ship which is supposed to have
five millions in gold on it Git was
sunk during Revolutionary War
days), reports that he brought up
a piece Of teakwood Wednesday,
proving conclusively, he Sez, that
the race-track bettorS-$20,O 900 to
$4,000 on a single race all during
the various meetS-iS Millionaire
Harry Vaughan, can-opener king
He was born and bred in OF
Kentuck' Upon their arrival
here, the Ambassador Davieses will
put their yacht, Sea Cloud. into
commiSh for trip to the corona
ton ceremonies with a party - IS
Ed Murray "Frederika") and
Elaine Rose, former understudy to
Tamara, have been mister and
miSsuS In the pianiSSimo manner
since Feb. {. Oldest night-c1ub
performer in Manhattan is neana
Thury, at the Tokay She's been
its star for 8 years and is known as
the Hungarian Sophie Tucker .
She sings. dances and toSseS bumps
-. Mama Thury is almost 70!
Two colored maids met at q
fortune tehcr's in Brooklyn last
week for the first time. They al
most got into a quarrel discussing
the relative virtues Of their re-
spective women bosses. In the
heat Of their argument each re-
vealed the name Of her mistress.
One is the maid Of EStelle Taylor
the other serves Hannah Will
liams, past and present wives Of
Jack Dempsey.
A few years ago, when Con.
stance Cummings applied for q
role in "Of Thee I Sing" at the
Music Box she was rejected,
being told gently she lacked
emotional appeal. Wednesday
night she opened as star in the
highly emotional role of the
murdereSs in young Madame
COnti." At the Music Box.
Charles King, singing star Of
former days, is now one of a trio
playing and singing at tables in
the Victoria Hotel A shame
for he still has his grand, roman.
tic voice and deserves a better
break ). Columbia'S talent scout,
Harold Winston, and his bride
have parted Adele Smith,
former zi""feld beauty. and Louis
Shur, Of the variety houses, have
been secret merger for two years
-. Eddie Leonard, veteran min.
Stre1 man, gets his comeback
chance-he opens at Bill Hardy 8
Gay NinetieS.
Back where used to live we had
no singing stars like Gertrude
NieSen or Josephine Huston or
Belle Baker and the like, but when
Amy Phillips used to get up at
those Saturday night dances and
sing kiss Me Again." I want to
tell you it went right through you,
especially if your best gal reached
over and held your hand Just
With On'
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