The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-13

IN Westc h c Ster tsasass'a's' aA'hsSss c ounty park ways are the worst skid haz- ards of all. I've smashed up two cars on them, but think this one that young MT. Hess sold me has got something. When 1t starts sliding for the reservoir, 1t changes Its mind and slides back again some sort of trick to 1t, I suppose.
 Visited with J. P. McEvoy in Boston, sitting with him during performance of his new musical comedy, stars in Your Eyes," lie looks strained and tired, nerves taut and that is no wonder, for he has worked hard and long on this play Rennie McEvoy, talented stepson of the play- wright, has Q nice part in the show, and carries 1t off hand- somely. Sitting beside his attrac- tive wife, Pam, at the rear of the theater, was thrilled by her complete absorption in her hus- bands performance.
 The Town Criers of Rhode 1s- land is an organization similar to the advertising clubs in many cities, but carries on with some of the traditions of the locale. The meeting is brought to order by the Chief Crier, wsio rings a hand bell such as the old town town crierS used in Providence and many another New England town.
 James A. Doherty, F. W. Aldred, J. Edward Downes, Francis x. La France and John Kuhns were among the welcomers when I talked to the Criers. These "cold New Englanders" I used to hear so much about seem to me Q warm-h hearted lot,
 Friends Of Sidney Smith, cre- ator of Andy Grmp will toast the memory of the eccentric cartoon ist, his sixty second birthday Smith was killed . few years ago in an automobile accident, immediately after he had signed what was probably the biggest contract ever signed for @ comic strip. He was known to his friends as Q reckless driver, and liked to burn up the road in the power- full car that had been given to him as an expression of esteem by his syndicate manager, The outlandish Gump is said to have produced nearly e million dollars for his creator.
 The Duke and Duchess of Windsor are enthusiastic about American smoked turkey. Wher. ever they may be, two smoked birds Q month are sent them from Ossining, N. Y., just up the river from the City. The former King of England gives one of the tur- key to some friend or host, with personal directions for its use, and much talk of its flavor. Edsel Ford, Booth Tarkington and Ken- meth Roberts are smoked turkey fans, too. The former Kaiser, in royal days, used to have e turkey smoked for him every month by n secret process known only to the royal turkcy-smoker, Isaac Kamil.
 Strangely enough, it's this same Isaac Kamm who now smokes the turkeys for tho Duke of Windsor and e select clientele. To indi- cate how select 1t is, found Kamm's smoked turkeys, sliced, selling in e Madison avenue del- acies shop for two dollars c pound. I'm told that when old Poultney Bigelow, the Kaiser's personal friend, pays his annual birthday visit to Doorn, he always takes along one of those birds, just to remind the Squire Of old times.
 The 8moking is now carried on at Pinesbridge Farm. in c modern little Smokehouse, with office and refrigerator attached, out in the woods near Ossining, half aii hours drive from the edge of the City. Kamm, now ei, moseys about the place, feeds the fat turkeys, 6niffs the smoke, and, on c cold day, warns himself up with Q tumbler of straight Scotch whiskey.
 Max Blitzer an intelligent re- tired manufacturer, built the lite tle plant and put Kamm into tho business Of smoking several t,ir- keys . week instead Of one. He used to sell that one exclusively to the old Cedar Chop House, over jn Manhattan's Lower West Side, Blitzcr ct it there and searched out tho old smoke OK. pert. The formula for the feed. Ing, soaking and smoking of the turkeys is known only to the two, Kamm told Biitzer in return for Biitzers building the plant, but it's agreed that the secret shall not Do written.
 Hal Ford is one of the pictur- esque and highly respected regu. lars at Tie Lambs. flo sang in Tho Cholocate Soldier when it was new, and has sung in almost every important light opera, inc ciuding oil Of Gilbert and gulli- van, since. He was c British sole dier in the Boer war, 60 he's not youngstef. He has trophies that prove him to have been c light heavyweight champion boxer in tho army. And he still keeps ifl training, both as to voice and fists.
 (copyright. 1889. McNaught
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