The Washington times., 1937-03-04
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
-ByLOuiS SObOl-
Diary Of a CoIyumist's
PUP!

Tuesday - why, K ILlo
Queen. don't you rearTange your
schedule so you would get up In
the morning and be home nights
and in bed by midnight like sane
folks!" And Brain-Leak growls:
Because picked this fool way OF
making a living, that's wl1y-so l
can make money to pay lot OF
foolish bills like feed for your
hound and your canary, that's
why" The Lady says: But good
ness, there's just as much news in
the daytime. isn't there? Every
body worthwhile doesn't go out
after midnight" And he says:
Maybe not. but they only make
asses of themselves in the late
hours"
81 suppose" purrs the Queen,
"thOse pretty dolls in the night
clubs aren't the reason you hang
around there so much" And he
says: what do you want me
to do-be a hermit? like to sit
around with them - because
they're inspiratiOnal." And she
says: "Oh, that's the new word
for it," and he says, That's the
new word for what?' And she
says, 30, nothing-Only you
seem to go in for different
brands of inspiration. ."What
are you being so mysterious
abOut?" he growlS, and she says:
Nothing, darling, nothing. Only
/ sent your handkerchiefS out to
the laundry tOday-and found
three different kinds of inSpira-
ton marked on them-light red,
medium and dark red!"
He grumbles something about
literary men should be bachelors,
and Just then Jerry, the canary,
begins singing, and he yells: For
the luvogod, choke that bird off;
he's driving me nuts!"
Wednesday - Eagle-Beak has a
long letter from the Coast and
while the Queen is brushing me
down, which is something that
annoys him very much because he
said I might be germ carrier, he
reads her parts of it. He says,
"Well, Jojo writes the Joe Man
kiewiczes have patched up and
that puts an end to those rumorS,"
and the Queen interrupts and
says: II hope you're ashamed of
writing what you did" But he ig-
noreS her and says: "Jojo says Mil
ton Berle seems to have yen for
Lynn Publicker, the Philly heir
ess," and the Lady says, "Oh, he's
so young. 1t doesn't mean any
thing, because when he returns
he'll take up with Judy Malcolm,
and you know it." And Badly
says: I'm not so Sure-Judy'S
been going out with George Raft, I"
and the Lady says, THAT doesn't
mean anything either, because I
saw him with that little pet of
yours, Doris Donaldson, at the
Kit Kat the other night, but, if
you ask me, he's pining for Vir-
ginia Pine" This gets me to
thinking I've been pining for a
pine tree for long time.
Sour-PuSS goes on reading: THAT
Marlene Dietrich-Young Fairbanks
romance is just a publicity Set-up
and is good. Mike Romanoff is
now an actor, doing heavy bits,
and Alice Faye and Tony Martin
are playing single-o again"
"Do you ever hear from Paul
Yawitz?-I used to like his column
so much" says the Queen.
"No, I haven't heard from him,
but I've heard about him. He's
just finished his fifth picture for
R-K-O-the last one for Hepburn,
and now he's working on one called
Million Dollar Amateurs He's
doing all right"
Thursday - Grumpo's in a vile
mood. He's looking over bills and
he Shrieks: whats this one-$105
for 2 dresses? I could get suits
for that" and she says: why
darling had two of those lovely
colored print dresses made up that
you admired so much when you
saw one on Ethel Merman," and
he says: my mother used to buy
print dresses that didn't cost more
than $6" And the Queen says:
"You can't get style and material
for Sc. OF course, if you insist, III
go out with you in rags" and he
yells, Il don't care what you wear
I'm sick of these bills. Besides
Mary Dougherty, who edits our
woman'S page, tells me the colored
prints will be out of style any
day-the new thing is monotones
figures on plain backgrounds
Heavens" interrupts the Lady,
''did Miss Dougherty say that?"
And he says, "She most certainly
did," and the Queen says, "Well
I'm going out and order two to-
morrow haven't a stitch to my
back"
Friday-"T don't get this Tommy
Manville at ALL" he grouches. HE
calls me up and tells me he's
cancelled his trip on the Rex be
cause he's sick and Alice Wallace
is out at his house nursing him
back to health and here I got {
telegram from Alice saying it's al
nonsense, because she has no in
terest in Manville whatsoever anc
as a matter of fact is going to ge
married to a nice fellow nance
Marty May"
Saturday-Well, you never hav,
seen such excitement like ther
is around this house. 1t seem
his horse SeabiScuit is just noSet