Smyrna times., 1938-10-13


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Each Two years ago, Ernie
Holst's first sax player was named
Frank Jones Recently Hoist
hired a second sax player
and his name is also Frank Zones
The two are not related and
had never met before Adrian
Rollini, whose trio is featured s,
the Piccadilly Circus bar, is fre
same Arian Rollini who at the aae
of four and a half years gave !
piano recital at the old waldorf
Astoria and was rated by
critics as second Josef Hoffman
viii Hays, boss Of the motion pc
lures, on his way to his office
Nice to meet Miss Fay Emers
and George Putnam Of San D.ege
and to learn that thev
readers Of this department
Adrian Bollini whose trio is ~
playing at the Piccadilly Circus bar
J. and whose Scotch ballads
peal to my ear and when II
comes to swingl Capt william
Won Hoffman who knows an ABBOTT
the Lala tribe and has pictures
to back up his knowledge
Among other things those a5ori-
gines feed their children to croc5-
diles as sacrifices to their gods
A gray-haired woman nonchaIaatIv
threading her way through Fifth
avenue traffic and giving 4 Iot
of drivers the jitters.
A Chambers street pitchman. sell
ing diving dolls, who looks Ike 4
reincarnation of Mark Twain
Recently acquired knowledge bit. In
the first five years of its operation
the municipal subway carried 1.095
million passengers and what a
column that would be if all those
nickels were piled one on another
Judging By the number Of
bench occupants in City Hall park.
the city must have a considerable
leisure class and judging by
the number of lads with shine
boxes, seeking business in that yi-
cinity, a large bootblack population
Motor cars darting into the
dark approach to Brooklyn bridge.
A young woman with three Pekes
having leash trouble in Herald
square shopping crowds A de-
termined looking woman haggling
over prices with a razor-blade ped
dIer Cigarette buyers still
grumbling over that new one-cent a
pack tax Commuters now
stock up before coming to town
and bring cartons for friends
John D. Rockefeller, Jr, who is aid
ing in rolling up those millions for
the Greater New York fund An
ambulance, siren screaming. speed
ing across town With a white
clad inferno hanging on the back.
his medicine case tucked under his
arm.
A Broadway pharmacist opened a
branch on Mott street in the heart
of Chinatown, reports Emil Cole
man. He hired a Chinese sign
painter to do large sign in Chinese
characters announcing that pre-
scriptions were carefully compound
ed. When the sign was half finished
the painter called a one-man strike
for more pay. The druggist re-
fused his demands and the painter
completed the job. Not until six
months later did the druggist learn
that his sign, instead Of being
an advertisement. was a warning
to members of large and powerful
tong to stay out of that store.
Judy Starr claims that it's too
often the minks and sables in the
closet that are responsible for the
wolf at the door Ruth Carhart
declares that a booking agent IS
usually a guy who bites the hand
that feeds him Martin Gabel
holds that the only Hollywood work
ers who can truthfully claim that
their work is monotonous are the
cameramen With them it's
always the same old grind On
Broadway, says Benay Venuta, you
can't believe all you hear-But you
can repeat it.
Alice Frost-'Sh Shoemaker Holi-
day" and big Sisters authority
for the information that neophyte
chorus girls in Japan must know
nothing at all about dancing when
they apply for jobs. If girl i
attractive she is signed and IS
taught for two years before making
her first stage appearance
New York streets are awful liars
There's no wall on Wall street
No canal on Canal. No church
on Church no bridge on Brldge
Also West street runs north
and south South street Is All