The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-04

is business" Incidentally, Poll,
who started life as sculptor OF
cheap clay figures, designed the
$4,000 mausoleum in which his
body will lie.
BY Way Off Warning
WASHINGTON has its chiseling
phoneys, too, it appears. Recently,
Jane Froman, lovely star Of the
stage and airwaves, while making
personal appearances in the capt.
tai was approached by Smoothie
who represented himself as being
the personal Washington repre-
sentative" of Columnist Louis
Sobol of New York. He made no
bones about what he wanted. Un-
less Miss Froman saw fit to hand
him check, there would appear in
Mr.. Sobol's column a paragraph
which he was certain Miss Froman
would prefer not to appear. The
young star had presence OF mind
enough to purr she knew the
calumnist personally and that be-
fore she handed over any money
she would prefer to call him on
the telephone and ask him why.
The phoney Immediately vanished
but he had previously left his
card. If others have been victim
lied by this man, will they kindly
communicate with us Immediately.
The Washington police are itching
for evidence against him.
Topical Tidbits
Theo. Dresser is peddling his
elaborate shack in Mount Kisco.
The AL Rosens (mgr. Of the
State) will be heired shortly-Vla
the Chi cradle Friends are
worried again about Peter Arno
and his bride, Jimmy Lansing
this time, they say, it's serious .
Kate Bradley, II yr. old DIR. Of the
Westminster millionaire sportsman,
and AL Benjamin are signing the
Oldest June chant -. Sybil BoWan,
one of the ace impersonators,
merges shortly with Jack Taylor
of Boston With the bonuses
put in his pay envelope by D.
Zanuck after "Once in a Million
Years. and wake Up and Live"
Director Sidney Lanfield has bot a
2-acre estate on the Riviera. Comic
Joe Lewis may snub the radio
program, on which he is scheduled
to sub for Jack Benny Sh.
Billingsley's aged mama is des-
perately i'll . Nick Quattriocchi,
who perpetrated the tragic chain
letter cocktail gag, is now writing
a book about the incident =.
Peggy Loeb and Jackie Beekman,
mite club emcee, have chilled their
romance After these many
yrs, the famous writing team of
Ben Hecht and Charles Macarthur
have split.
Out of His Past
Jack Osterman, once the top
notch of all top-notch stars Cat
81 he was drawing $1,000 to $1,750
a week., shares equal billing with
the glamorous show girl Marion
Martin, now a comedienne, at the
Mirador starting tonight. That,
to be pretty trite, is show business
but no one,. it is safe to say, has
been buffeted about quite as much
in recent years as Osterman, who
is only a few years past the 80
mark. His late papa, Jake Rosen-
thai, was one of the most astute
men in the profession, and the
story is told of the time he was
running the Palace Theater in
Chicago. Suddenly huge signs ap-
peared everywhere screaming mys-
teriouSly: $50 days until Jackie
Osterman comes to the Palace"
The following day the figure was
changed to 149 and right down,
the line until the whole city was
asking Who is Jackie Osterman?"
On the day of the opening, the
line was two blocks long-thanks
to the stunt promoted by his
father. Jackie played to capacity
houses all through his engage.
ment. and his star assembled.
A Friend
He takes your side when the
rest are taking your hide {.
He'll shoulder your burden
and never burden you with the
cold shoulder While others
seek your presents - he seeks
only your presence He likes
you because of your big heart
not your big handbook He
knows all your bad points but
points out your good ones :.
He's rare eVerywhere-but most
rare on Broadway
Fragments
Jessie Payne, understudy to
the late Marilyn Miller, and her
spouse, Herman Mari, are headed
for the great divide Julio
Alvarez CFlorence & Alvarez
and Joan Keana of the FIR. Ca
Sino are a new Cupiduet =.
Richard Watts, jr's, lost columns
which we itemed last wk. were
found near Rockefeller Center
the Riviera next wk. with flock
was a duo of theater oakleys
Cross and Dunn come into
the Riviera next wk. with a flock
Of new parodies -.