The Washington times., 1937-01-01
BPOadW6 6y
BY Louis SoboI-
Diary Of a
CoIyumist's Pup!
("WhiSEey" B1dbS-but With
Unction!)

ana ne says, Yes, JuSJ gOJ
letter yesterday with a mesSag
from Captain White who says tina
so far all the pilots of the Amer
lean unit are okay and SEM
Christmas greetings to their fam
lily here and he especially want
me to convey his greeting to V. R.
"Who," says the Queen, sis
v. R.?" 81 don't know" says
he. "He also writes that he
is upset that some of the Amer
ican pilots went over to fly for
the red government and says
when the reds are routed they
will find themselves holding the
bag"
do you think the reds will b.
routed?" asks the Queen, and h
says: How can anyone tell, eX
cept what you read in the papers
The whole thing is horrible mes
that shouldn't have been started
in the first place and wouldn'
have, in my opinion, if HitleI
hadn't engineered it."
Il think" purrs the Queen,
"you are wonderful - the way
you keep in touch with the in
side of international affairs"
and he looks at her with queer
expression and grumbleS some
thing and then is quiet.
Wednesday - PuShface has re
ceived a letter from one of his pals
as he calls them in Hollywood and
like he always does he reads it out
loud. We'll" he says, "Artie Steb
bins and Ann Darling are going to
have their baby within a few
weeks and Jim writes that ]
should back water on what I've
been claiming all the time that
Charlie Chaplin and Paulette God
dard aren't married and not only
that but that they're definitely
cool to each other. He writes that
I have had the right dope all
along"
eyes, darling" coos the
Queen. Tell me some more
about how right you are" but
he ignores her and talks on.
"And Jim says Alfred G. Van
derbilt is the most popular kid
around the race track and the
night clubs and that he seems
to be paying lot of attention
to ROSina Laurence. And you
remember Bill Brady that we
used to rave about when he was
singing at Leon and Eddie'S and
then at the Paradise? Well,
they finally got wise to them
selves and they've signed him
for a Hal Roach feature"
The Lady says: Gossip bores
me. Come on Whiskey, let's go
out for walk" So I dash in and
get my harness, which she always
likes me to do myself because she
says it's cute, and we go out, but
it's a disappointment because
there's no sign of Bibsie anywhere.
He's just getting into the car
when We get back, and he says,
20, I thought you'd like to know.
You know Diane and John Dew
ey? Well, this time it looks like
it's really all over and now the
divorce is going through while
she's over in England dancing
with DariO," and the Queen
says: isn't that too bad? They
were such beautiful couple
and they're both so sweet" But
he's in the car now and off.
ThurSday-I got my paws in the
air and Pretty is rubbing my stom-
ach when Groucho comes in for
his breakfast with a mad on and
he says, You mean you've had
your breakfast without waiting for
me? What kind of business is
that?" She says, well, it's 2
o'clock and there's certainly no
man worth waiting for until 2
o'clock just for coffee"
He grOwls. "When I stay out
late at night Shaving myself to
the bone, you shouldn't squawk
because 1 lie in bed a little
longer" And she shifts and
says: Il don't mind you lying in
bed, darling, but do you have to
do it at the breakfast table,
tOO?" So get up and scamper
out to the porch because l fig
ure it's no place for me.
When I come back. everything's
peaceful again, and they're talking
about how swell Belle Baker was
the night before and especially
what a great orchestra Lennie
Hayton has, and he says, Re
member Lennie when he was on
my Ludwig Baumann hour?-he
and Schutt used to play the piano.
And now he's one of the ace band
leaders. It tickles me"
The Queen says: Those were
awfully nice programs. Can you
remember some of the people
who appeared with yOu?" And
he says: "Yes-mOSt of them
for the first time on the air
and / car remember how ner-
vOuS they were and then later
when wires came in how they
decided the air was the thing
for them. One night there was
Ethel Norman, Jack Pearl and
Oracle Barrie all tOgether-and
another night it was Belle
Baker and she brought her Son,
Herbie, and they sang together.
And poor Russ COlumbO-and
Helen Morgan, and another
night Kate Smith-they jammed
the studio for her. And Ger
trude NieSen-that was her first