Evening star., 1938-02-06
Manhattan Mirror
In Which Our Correspondent
Records the Week. s Events
Worthy of Mention.
i. By Grace Hendrick Ensfis

For instance. among those who
skate At the besuiling and demo-
cratic outdoor skating Kinks (tennis
courts on vacant lots In the sum-
mer) that abound In this town
are such diverse stars rs Thomas
Hitchcock. jr., and Katharine
Cornell. The latter says she has
4 little difficulty adapting her style,
which is the long-stride-
swinging -arrns variety, to the re-
stricted space OF the Radio City
rink. She confeSses shs has given
4 few fne examples Of stomach
slides. Newbold Morris Of the new
City Council is practicing figure
skating for the amateur champion
ship to be held in Philadelphia.
Then there are the gymnasium
enthusiasts. At 10 Fitten's, doctors
and the Long Island polo players
and quite 4 few women, Jean
Dixon and, formerly Helen Hayes,
work out with boxing gloves and
the punching bag and hard-mat
exercise. The Colony Club and
the Cosmopolitan Club, the Junior
League and most Of the big mems
clubs have squash courts that are
taken every available hour. Thomas
Coward Coward, McCann Pub
fishing CO.., now in his 40s, can
trim 80 per cent Of the younger
players. Alice Duer Miller plays
4 superb game of badminton at the
River Club and George Cohan and
Bernard NJ. Baruch tramp around
the reservoir In Central Park.
Then there are hundreds Of peo-
pie. mostly women, who like their
athletics sugar coated. They 20
to the great beauty specialists who
talk to them about exercise In
terms 30 deep and vague that it
al sounds like a Hindoo cult. In
symnasiums painted chartreuse,
with brilliant silk mats and the
last word in "chichi'' decorations.
they learn to work what are known
a. the Inner" muscles and finish
up with wonderful baths and sooth.
ing massage. IlkA Chase, Ger
trude Lawrence. the Gish sisters,
ma Claire. Grace George and Joan
Crawford, when she Is in New York,
and the girls who work on Vogue
and Harper's Bazaar keep beauti-
ful this way.
Then, believe it or not, the
holding lily. leading 4 lamb, un-
folding like a flower and waving
like 4 tree" style Of exercising still
goes on and goes strong. In spite
Of Ruth Diapers monologue and
Helen Hokinson's revealing draw
inss. large groups Of ladies, usually
above middle age, meet once or
twice q week In the bathrooms Of
well-established clubs and interpret
the ecstasies Of nature to the music
Of piano.
0UR favorite stooge brought US .
story this week. It has to do
With Thomes Dewey, New York's
dashins district attorney. who has
acquired even more new glamour
With the capture Of Dixie Davis.
Blanche Knopf. wife Of the pub
Usher, gave . dinner party . few
nights ago which included such
lions as the Deweys, Fannie Hurst.
Lillian Hellman. author Of The
Children's Hour; Kay Mills Of
Time, and others. Our stooee Is .
quiet little mouse, although at the
top Of his profession, and he lis
tened thoughtfully while the other
articulate guests doomed at each
other.
We asked him If he talked 1T all
to Mr. Dewey and he said no. he
was afraid Of being put in prison.
However, when they all left the
restaurant and Mr. and Mrs. Dewey
climbed into their great automobile.
with . bodyguard in front and
another in the rear. he screwed up
his courage and handed Mr.. Dewey