The Washington times., 1937-04-21
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOI-
SNAPSHOTS at Random!

entail Double entendre served
in monosyllabies so you can't miss
Never thought the day would
come when nudity would bore
but you can't escape it-at night
clubs and theaters. Clap hands
for Ann Pennington at the Yacht
Club Friday night for making that
little speech after her routine E. &.
Denying the ads and advance
publicity that she had Joined the
ranks of the shippers Three
nice gels with Nick Schenck at
the Plaza'S Persian Room Thurs
day nite-Dolores Costello, Helen
Hayes and Ina Claire Mon
day o. m. in front of Lindy'S -. !.
A lad in a light brown woolly coat
belted tightly around the middle
He pleads earnestly with a
taller companion. you'll never
60 wrong with this wrap" he
promises, Il paid a hundred an
forty-gimme a double sawbuck
and I'll buy it back for thirty In
a couple of weeks"
Ted Husing and Peter Arno
in a quipping duel with three
understood lads at the Cotton
Club Salty nite-MeSsrs. ArcarO'
Meade and Gilbert-jOckeys -.
Earlier, two seriOuS-lOOking
young men with broad shoulders
study the gelatfnOuS maneuVres
of Kaloah former captains OF
Yale football teams-Ducky
Pond and DR.. Nal Stevens
now coaches The refreshing
Rodgers and Hart musical
'Babes in Arms" assemblies the
first nighters at the ShuDert
Wednesday mite Miss LlDDy
Holman clinging to the arm OF
bon vivant LuciuS Beebe -
Elsa Maxwell in box shouting
to friends in the audience and
gesturing with a lOrgnette.
Queen Elizabeth steps out OF a
cab Friday night in front OF the N
3. G. building-anchro 80
No, Helen Menken keeping an ap-
pointment with a photographer. -.
The woe-eyed Sheila Barrett en-
tees admirers to her debut at the
Savoy-Plaza Lounge Friday night
Director George Cukor WIN eX-
Mayor Joseph v. Mckee. Ladies
Lois Lon, Whitney Bourne and
Libby Homan and others. why
haven't the cinemaS captured
Misunderstanding character Wo-
man of the day?. Queen OF the
mimicS.
Long Islands James Stewart
has comely Caroline Maxwell as
his companion at Club GauchO'
Thursday night-in Mexican
sOmbrerOs. b.. Thursday nj nj,
visiting the Harlem Uproar
House we inquire for Proprietor
Jay Faggen to learn he is cele'
brsting his second wedding ami
verSary-at the Cotton Club! ..
At Sixteenth and Broadway
Thursday noon, a ragged SoapDoA
OratOr-in a shiny top hat, cane
and soiled Notwithstanding q
crowd In his right hand, a
pIacard which screams: "Step UP
and Meet the Next Mayor Of New
York;"
The statue of Father Duffy still
wrapped in Winter coat OF blue
in Longacre 50. ThlnIaceo'
sombre-eyed Governor Frank Muir.
ply is a guest Of the Byron F'oys
at LaRue's Salty night e. Inter
mediary in the Michigan strikes,
the governor murmurs as ne
dances with Mrs. Foy, the former
Thelma Chrysler-"Do you think
people will say I'm showing partl'
atty to one side?" Charlie
King starts his comeback Mon
day night and at the Cafe Vene-
zia and chants two Of the melodies
he introduced-"You Were Meant
for Me" and wedding Of the
Painted Doll" . Friday night at
the Tavern, young Jackie Heller
with the Philadelphia heireSS,
Betty Grabowski. The two wee
shortly . At a corner table, Bea.
trice Lille, Eddie Bowling anc
Reginald Gardiner. . Toots Shorl
lamentS that he and Nicky Blail
arrived at the track too late tc
wager on Eddie Sullivan, which
came in paying 8 to -. always
bet on horses named after col
umnists," says Toots b.. bill Co.
rum and Bill Farnsworth have paid
me heavy dividends in the past"