The Washington times., 1937-03-20
THE EVOICE OF
BrOadW way
Louis SObOl-
Casual Comment!

thatll be I can remember
when I landed at Fort Slocum
back in 1917, the sergeant looking
over the records found me listed
as a reporter He ran a cold,
appraiSing eye over my olive
drabbed torso and crisped: "Okay,
you-report at the kitchen"
was elevated from kitchen police
to laving labatories and became
real social when they set me to
manicuring mules, and finally
promoted me to the collection OF
garbage.
Mr.. John PerOna, Latin bon
vivant who operates Ell Morocco,
was in a philosophical mood
Tuesday night Look" he
murmured, princes and prin-
ceSseS-Italian and Russia no
bility. When = was a poor boy
in Italy, I'd be afraid to walk
on the same side of the street
with them-the police would
chase me. Here they come to
my place-they shake my hands
they feel tickled to death
when 1 smile at them and see
that they get good service. It's
wonderful, nO?" The nobil-
ity who rubbed shoulders with
the cOmmOners tuesday night
included Princess Caetani,
Prince and Princess Paul Chav-
chavadze, Prince Serge Obolen-
sky, Lady Milbanke, Lady Cas-
tlerOSs, Princess Natalie Paley-
most of whom made a fuss
about an American c0mmOner
and his wife sitting quietly at a
side table-Mr. and Mrs. Viii
liam X. Vanderbilt.
Pretty Janet Mullan, dtr. OF the
late Supreme Court Judge, George
V. Mullan, and niece of the late
John Purroy Mitchell, is bent on 6
literary career. So she got her
self a job Turning out press
copy for Bob Taplinger, who is q
press agent! I don't think Lee
ReiSman made this up out of his
own head, but I like it anyway =. .
Referring to dame, he said: "Hel
eyes crossed like Times Square
and Broadway" E. Phillips Op
penheim, the novelist, will make
his first visit to New York in many
years-as the guest of HeiresE
Anne Mitchell, who is delaying hel
trip to England for the coronation
until he arrives Incidentally
at the Morocco Tuesday night
memories of other days were re
called when we spotted Charles
Farrell and Janet Gaynor sitting
together Theirs was such 6
feveriSh romance in the days wher
the SilentS were just beginning tt
give way to the audibleS AnC
MacoCo pines away on his million
dollar estate in Argentine for hi
Katherine Ray, who is now doint
the rounds in Manhattan
Speaking of Argentine, two grad
yates of Broadway's beauty paradt
who went to London and CAM
back dripping in jewels are cur
rently in Argentine with their mil
lionaire fiances E. I refer to San
dra Rambeau, soon to wed Lol
Laraviere, and Betty Sundmark
soon to become Mrs. Alberto Do
dero.
From Memphis, Tenn, comes ;
letter from the South'S most ia
nous and prettiest cigarette girl
Alice Lucille Warren This /
the gal we wrote about back il
1885 on our stop-off at Memphi
:. Earl Carroll had tried to temp
her to join his show and other pre-
ducers had made flattering offer
but she insited upon peddlin
her cigarettes and staying hom
She's evidently changed he
mind-for her letter today hint
she would like to come to Nev
York and peddle her cigarette
here . Allan Cross brings bacl
the story of a shy Londoner who
standing at a bar in the pub
spotted a heavily yelled doll
Il Sye," he chirped, "how abou
splitting a Guinness stout witt
me?" Don't mind if I do,
purred the gal Half an hou
later he suggested; Let's tyke
walk in Hydt Park, hey?. .Shyly
she answered: Don't mind if
do" . The night was balmy, tn
moon hung low They sat on
bench. Finally, he said, Ma
I kiss you?" Demurely, tn
heavily yelled lady said, II don
mind if you do-but he careful G
my beard. I'm deserter fror
the Navy"
Naughty girls, says Bill Be
tolotti, wear their diamonds o
their fingers good little gir.
wear their fingers to the bone
Naughty little girls slip into
mink coat-good little girls sli
into bungalow apron {. {. . Naught
little girls bend the elbow whel
sparkling wine flows-good lit
girls bend over sink E. Naught
little girls snare playboys wort
millions-good little girls get gu
from Macy's truck But Virtu
is it's own reward! Col. Flippe
! rn-an.n. liz 49, - Lac Z