The Washington times., 1937-03-26

role in Having a Wonderful
Time" On the night she opened,
Karsen sent her an encouraging
wire. Everything in life has two
Sides" it read, including your
part"
E. H. Gauvreau is secretly
merged to Winnie Rollins, who
has been his secretary for seven
years. Gauvreau (whO started
three Broadway columnists on
their careerS) has had q life
long ambition to own a sky
Scraper and live on the very
top floor where, if he wanted
to, he could pace the floor all
night and thumb his nose at any
tenant who kicked. Last week,
the GauvreauS bought a farm
nesting on the edge of the gentle
Delaware River.
Wally Windfull, one Of our
gentle confreres, in reprinting the
Monday reference here in which
1t was stated he hadn't spoken to
this department for five years,
correctS us by insisting it is seven
years. Quite so-and by way of
further correction, our records in
dicate it is THIS department which
hasn't spoken to him in seven
years.
We couldn't get a word in edge
wise!
Control engineers at WEAF
have been puzzled for some time
at a peculiar and annoying thump-
ing noise which has marred GER
tain portions Of the thrice-weekly
Jerry Blaine programs. They
finally discovered the aSon.
Henceforth, Jack Matthias, the
piano player, must take his shoes
off while at the piano. The
thumps had been cmoing from his
feet tapping out the beats.
A few inventions that Broad.
way could use: A chair that
would automatically collapse as
soon as a bore sat on it "A
restaurant check which couldn't
be picked up by anybody except
the guy who tries to dodge it
A magnet or some such gadget
that would prevent a Broadway
ite from gazing this way and
that when he's cOnverSing with
you "A sensitive telephone in
Strument that would immedi-
ately cut off ear-benders "A
dOuble-decker soup plate-the
top plate being a decOy for the
walters thumb A Maxim
silencer for SecOnd-act cOughers
at playS-which would have
sense enough to let the cough
ing go On-but loud-when the
plays are OuSylay.
Miss Heloise Martin, the Drake
College coed, not vnly has her
name in lights now on the Holly-
wood canopy but yesterday re-
ceived her first fan letter-from a
gent in an upstate goofyhouse.
To Salve her feelings, however,
came another communication
from the College of the City of
New York-expressing its desire
to name her the ideal college coed
and Queen of C. C. N. Y.'s Junior
Week, May Z to 9.
News IrOnieS: Above the srue-
some headline in a d. m. gazette
Saturday screaming the death
toll in the Texas school horror,
appear two smaller headlines
reading: "SchO0l News on Page
Is" Headlines report how
police NOV down thieves raiding
a fur ShOp-and the same day
the papers carry pictures of
local school children enacting a
play, "Ali Bahia and the Forty
IhleVeS" Six SOng.writerS
submit different songs about
my Little Home in (A) Homo
lulu (Bl Hawaii (C)
HaverStraw," etc. and the
HOLC evictS Songwriter Walter
Doyle from his home.
Some years ago when the name
OF Gertrude Niesen was submitted
to the Roxy management as a
headline possibility, she was
thumbed down. Friday the Roxy's
incoming picture will be the
highly touted Universal musical
on which there have been glow.
ing advance reports. One of the
stars Of that picture who will have
her name plastered all over the
Roxy front is Gertrude NieSen.
Which recalls early last year
when a certain night club singer
was suggested as part Of a col.
umnist'S unit scheduled to play
Loew'S State, the Loew executive
debated for while but finally
signed the girl. After the first
show, she was cut down to two
numbers. Recently Loew's has
been trying to get that girl again
to head its bill. At a salary al
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