Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-13

Williams was orphaned at an
early age, and like many such ne
elected youngsters, flipped freight
trains to see the world. He was
starving in a western town when a
stranger asked him if he would like
to earn a dollar He proposed that
the raggedy lad pawn a watch for
him.
The boy took the watch. Then
some hunch tingled an awareness of
danger He gave the watch back.
A few moments later the stranger
was arrested for theft. Williams was
so impressed with what might have
happened TO an innocent boy he has
spent much time and cash trying to
protect them.
Near Radio City a PAM handler
sidled up to a passing woman and
mumbled an appeal. To his amaze
ment, she turned on him in fury
and pointing to herself fairly shout
ed: Me? Why I've been working
all day. What in the hell have you
been doing?" And did that moocher
take it on the lam to a burst of
hand claps from the side lines.
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Noel Coward has the most unuS-
ual and least decipherable signature
of the arrivisters. 1t spraWls over
the page of guest book, the N. sug-
geSting one of those drawn out bus
mess charts. The "oel' zig-ZagS
like a sky rocket and the Coward
does a nip up and then initiates the
bumps and down grade of a Coney
Island roller coaster.
John McCo,mack's farewell tour
is engendered by the fact he has
sufficient world goods and wants a
little leisure to do the things he de-
sires. Plus his realization of the
inevitable toll the years take of a
magnificent voice But the chief
reason is sentimental, close friends
insist. He has had little zest for
concert appearance since the pass
ing a short while ago of his life long
friend and business manager, Dennis
McSWeeney. They were like BROTH
ers and had roamed the world to-
gether since McCormack's profess
sional debut
William Gaxton fulfills again this
season the tag of Broadway'S luck
lest actor. He is a slick performer
of course, but almost every play in
which he has appeared in the past
eight years has been outstanding.
Often running more han a year.
Some thought he had become a
cropper in White Horse Tavern" :"
The critical survey was discourage
ing. but after the first week began
TO pick up and Gaxton was in an
other sizable hit.
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GaXton is one of the matinee idol
types whose marriage has been a
Broadway idyll. Seventeen years
ago he was married to beautiful
Madeline Cameron, of a popular
singing and dancing sister act. Ev-
cry night she is a visitor to his
dressing room-he will not have it
otherwise. and they are always
teamed up in occasional rounds of
cafes and night clubs. Gaxton is
also one of the wealthiest players
and has prospered on the side in
the perfume business,
A keen authority on long ago
New York is Henry Collins Brown.
founder of the Museum Of Natural
History, author and traveller. A pa
trician suggesting Gladstone, he
lives, as one might expect, at the
Murray Hill and more than any
other is the human interest histor-
ian. Every day with tweed top
coat, Homberg hat and gold-headed
cane, he sets off to prowl. The true
mid Victorian. How few are left!
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After several years of tobacco abb
stinence was persuaded to sample
deep inhale from a narghile in a
Turkish cafe on Washington street
the other night. A few minutes
later my face froze to pea-green
sick grin, the room began to spin