The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22

Bro dWay
BY Louis SObOl-
Diary Of a CoIyumist's
Pup!
Wednesday-He has a letter
from the Coast and the Queen as
usual is all ears because she is
very fond of hearing what people
in Hollywood are doing. Jack
Kirkland was out with Phyllis
Brooks at the Clover, it says
here" he says, land right at the
next table is Betty Douglas with
Bernard Newman. What" asks
the Queen, lis news about that?"
and Pushface says, kirkland has
the yen-but heavy-for Betty
and Phyllis is torching for Prince
Obolensky. Also George Kauf-
man is there with his wife, Bea-
trice and someone says here comes
Mary AStor and her husband so
Beatrice says, DO have them join
us. have a new stitch I want to
show her. Just then the plain
clotheSmen break in to raid the
place but nothing happens because
half an hour earlier all the gambl'
ing equipment had been removed"
Hollywood" signs the Queen,
'is so heavenly exciting. Nothing
happens here"
Thursday-They went to the
opening of Babes in Arms" last
night and the Queen bet Dyspepsia
the show would have long run.
She raved about a girl named
Mitzi Green and another one
named Oracle Mcdonald, and he
said, yes, they were fine but he
also liked a little cute dancing girl
named Eleanor Tennis.
Later they went to see picture
in which someone he calls Woeful
Windmill has part and the Queen
giggles when he says reluctantly
he thinks it's good picture. MY
great big magnauimous darling, "
she jeers. I'm just waiting 70
hear what you'll have to say the
next time he takes a poke at you"
and Pull-Punches says quick like,
Don't get me wrong-1m only
handing it to him as an expert
enced hoofer-and everything that
goes with most hooters"
The Queen says, talking
about hOOfing. 1 heard an aw-
fully cute story about two vaude-
vile hooters. One says to the
other, Remember the good old
three-a-day?' and the other says
'YeS-but even the twO-a-day
would be great right now and
the first says, "TwO-a-day! G.wan.
You never played twO-a-day in
your life,' and the second one
says, Who said anything about
playing? I'm talking about eat
ing"
Friday-An Australian news
paperman who writes for the movie
magazines and a daily column fol
the Sydney Telegraph, dropped il
to see him, he's telling the Queen
and brought him a lot of storie
he had written about him in Aus
tralia which flatters Pushface, whit
is a sucker like everyone else t.
see his name in the papers. Hi
name is Wynne Davies" he says
land he leaves next week to e
back to Australia, and he tells me
he thinks he has it set for my
column to appear there. The
Queen says, What in the worlo
would people in Australia want to
read about Broadway chorus girls
and what's going on in the Stork
Club and Morocco?" And he says:
'The whole world is interested In
Broadway"
Are you through with your act.
ing days, I hope?" asks the Queen.
who likes to shift from one sub
ject to another, and No-C Chin says:
81 thought I was until the bills
you ran up began piling up, SO now
I've decided to have another fling.
I think III put on a unit at Loew's
State next month.
"GOOd," says the Queen. ''Be.
cause I wanted to tell you that
Natalie and / are going to Rome
and Paris in June"
seq whO?" he asks.
why, darling" says the
Queen, there's nothing can be
done about it now. I've got my
passports, and . brand new
steamer trunk"
Saturday-"Well, this is rich,
this is certainly rich" gurgles
Brain.Drip. What do you think?
Jimmy Kelly is starting a stable
Of four horses at Saratoga this
summer and two Of them he's nam.
ing Louis Sobol' and Voice OF
Broadway"
eff they pay off out Of the
money, you'll be in plenty this
summer" says the Queen, and
walks away from him to play with
Jerry the Canary. She lets out Q
scream q second later. Heavens"
she shriekS, Come over-quick. "
He is scared to death and he
runs over and finds out all the
excitement is because the Queen
has for the first time learned that
Jerry the Canary has eyelaSheS.
Fancy" she says, II never
knew canarieS have eyelaShes.
Isn't it too wonderful"
Sunday-Drizzle-Pan was over
to the Oaks last night and he tells