The Washington times., 1937-03-24
THE VOICE OF
BrOadW way
-ByLOuis SObOl-
Snapshots at Random! !

ing out of Madison Square Gar
den after the thrilling Armstrong
spoldi duel, murmurs But Won
derful-Wonderful!" Il d1dn t
know you got so excited about
FIGHTS" "FightS-what do you
mean. fights? We've got the
swellest little dame in our house
20 days old today. We adopted
her. She's got us so excited Ray
and I hardly leave the house"
Embarrassing moment at the
Hotel Ambassador Grill Tuesday
NIGHT when, after introducing
Ernest Truck, the master OF cere-
monies holds up his hand and
blasts: And now, ladies and gen
tlemen-MrS. Ernest Truck" .
Heads turn toward the comedian S
table, but his estranged bride
takes her bow from a table half
vay across the room! Early
Sunday morning at LIE Mirage
Grace Moore with Elsa Maxwell
and Earl Miller, the Presidents
new bodyguard, sit at floorslde
table encoring Roberta Jonay,
hailed as Mrs. Roosevelt's new
protege at Jack Kane'S apart
ment, Saturday night, Paxton,
noted memory expert, amazes a
group consisting Of the Jack
Bennys, Jay Flippen, Mrs. Jack
Pearl, the Ed Sullivans, DaShiel
Hammett, DR.. Leo Michel, Mrs.
Hal Horne, Leo Friede and others
and then leaves Two min
utes later he returnS-abashed
-. He had forgotten his rubbers!
Tuesday morning on the deck
Of the S. S. Normandie, a quiet
looking gent in a battered kelly
observes with a smile the fuss Of
the cameramen over Jack Doyle,
alleged pugiliSt. AS Doyle
pauses for his fourth pose, the
OnloOker grins broadly and
walks away chuckling Liam
O'Flaherty, Ireland'S ace novelist
(author of "The InfOrmer~ =.
Friday night at the StOrk Club,
Sherman BilIingSley surveying a
group of pretty debS floating
around on the floor, looks glum
E. "In a few years, maybe, I'll
be a millionaire" he sighS -.
"a millionaire can't run a night
club-it isn't dignified. I'm not
the kind of a guy who would be
happy with a yacht. I'd rather
sit around in a place like this
and watch people have a good
time. Waiter, bring another bot
tie Of champagne"
The weeks important opening
brings the lively new revue to the
Cotton Club Wednesday night =.
The giggle of the evening is the
appearance on the floor of Stepin
Fetchit in smoked glasses. Lou
Holtz, comedian Sam Levene, the
Jesse Crawfords, Bugs Baer, Ru-
binoff, Benny Goodman, Meyer
Davis. Wini Shaw, and Ina Ray
Hutton are few of the ringsiders
who cheer the new show . . Thurs
day night, Make Rosenbloom, who
has a minor role in the picture
1.-TWO Wise Maids" attempts to
pilfer one of his stills in lobby
frame at Loew's Ziegfeld. De
tected by a gendarme, he protests
it's his own picture. but the cop
takes him to the pretty girl man
ager, who refuses to let him have
the still, but assures him he may
have a pass anytime he wants it
while the picture is on AT the
Cafe Lounge of the Savoy Plaza
Thursday night, Janet Gaynor. her
mother and sister, with DR.. I. S.
Veblen, her current flame. "A
columnist returning from a Holly
wood picture assignment Confides
TO intimates that while on the lot
he was approached by the pub
licity man and asked to write
Memory Lane" column for this
department. . He hasn't talked to
this department in five years!
Monday afternoon at Sardi'S,
Jack Pearl, famous for his Ger
man accent and Katherine
Locke who has climbed to fame
on her Bronx accents in "Have
a Wonderful Time" have a con-
versational huddle in Oxford
English Friday afternoon
in front Of the Metropolitan
Opera House, between acts of
the student matinee of "Aida,"
the audience crowds around q
blind singer chanting Celeste
Aida" Calls for the second
act curtain finds the audience
still out in the street listening
to the beggar British
Author Eric Knight in Reuben'S
Wednesday night insists the
general feeling among the Eng.
lish people regarding the Duke
of Windsor is one of extreme
bitterness and regret - the
opinion being he let them down
Friday night at the Kit
Kat, Sylvia Sidney refuses to
let a cameraman snap her
This isn't for the paper
it's for me" She consents
Thursday night at Reu-
ben's Paul Small, $50
pounds in stOckinged feet with
DashieIl Hammett, author of