The Washington times., 1937-03-08
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
-ByLOuiS SOIDOI-
WEEKEND ODD-ENDS!

tion Of the "sit-down" strikes,
prominent jurists insisting they
are illegal. 9ut the important is
sue, and it may sound silly, will
be the claim of william H.
Cranker, noted health authority,
that "sit-down" strikes are danger.
Gus because they menace the
health. And so he will appear
before the Senate committee and
solemnly insist upon making "sit
downs" illegal on the health
grounds or request that if they
are upheld as legal, that law
be passed making it compulsory
for "sit-down" strikers to take ex-
ercise during the Sitting down. |"
RedboOk presents . hitherto
unpublished short story by the
late o. Henry. 1t reveals a new
flight Of the authors fancy.
His hero decides to operate q
newspaper on different lines.
Instead Of depending solely
upon the advertising for his in
come, he charges his reporters,
his desk men, his advertising
and circulation men-SO much
a week for the privilege of work.
ing on the paper! This, Of
course, was before the days Of
the Newspaper Guild. The orig
inal staff, which has an absurd
idea that at should be paid in
stead Of paying, quits, and the
amateurs flock in. The denOue-
ment is an hilarious puncher in
the typical o. Henry fashion.
Film sorcery reaches new
heights In Lost Horizon" which
premiered at the renovated Globe
Wednesday night. The job that
those Columbia Merlins, Frank
Capra and Robert Riskin, have
turned out in their conception Of
James Hilton's strange story Of
the man who found an amazing
Utopia in a Tibetan valley will
take your breath away-and this
is no mere figure of speech. The
crash Of the huge cruising plane,
the avalanche burying scores Of
natives, the gruelling journey over
tortuous. rail-thin ounta in
passes where a slip means a fall to
almost bottomless pits-and the
serene beauty of the land at jour-
ney'S end-these and other scenes,
some almost unbelievable, chill
and thrill. Certainly the legitimate
theater has nothing as impressive
to offer-with the possible excep-
tion Of 1.-THE Eternal Road"
Most Of Broadway knows the
story. He's a member of Mario
Braggiotti's small orchestra,
who for some years, although
married, has made no attempt to
cover his preference for other
girls. His wife finally tired Of
trying to win back his love and
decided to leave him. She left
him . nete-nOt much different
than the notes most disillu-
stoned wives leave when they've
reached the point where separa-
tiOn is inevitable. She was
tired-heartbrOken - deSper-
ate-thiS was the end, etc. But
it was the postscript which
touched him and which inspired
him to 60 after her, bring her
back and tell her that he'd
never stray again. A simple little
line which she had not intended
to have its dramatic effect. II
left the supper on the range"
she wrote. "Warm it up before
you eat it,"
Short Notes: Jane Wyatt, who
gives such a telling performance
in Lost Horizon" will present her
husband, Edgar Ward, with an
heir in June {. Ogden Nash'S bride
has an arm in Splints-fractured
in a fall on the ice Ten years
ago, George Raft presented Albert
Bergman, then headwaiter for
Texas Guinan, with a pair of cuff
links II bought them on time,"
he later confessed >. Yesterday,
he presented Bergman, now at
the Paradise. with another pair Of
links :. !. paid for them in cash
in advance" he assured Albert
:. Lyni Murray just same across
a fellow who didn't want to see
his name in print-he was being
lowered into his grave Ethel
Barrymore Colt and Douglas Row.
land are flaming toward the
tender understanding g, The
Ziegeld Girls Club has asked this
department to advise all former
Ziegfeld gals now in financial dis
tress that it will aid them-with-
out publicity.
A mob of close to 200 girls and
boys pursued Gary Cooper and
his wife up Fifth Avenue. Finally
they sought refuge in the snoOty
Persian Room at the Plaza, only
to find that here, too, the place
was crowded. Panic-stricken,
they were about to flee again
when suddenly it occurred to
the film star there was no reason
for leaving. No one in the huge
room was paying any attention
to him or his wife.
Incidentally, the other day I
discovered a young man dining
alone at the Merry-Go-Ro
They seemed to be paying him a
lot Of attention-for fellow whose
pappy and grandpappy run a
night club not many blocks away
It was John D. Rockefeller Sd.