The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-12
NEW YORK vIGNETTEs

NEW YORK vTCNETTEs
This Is the one about A Chorus
Girl Who Had It Tough and A
Broadway Guy Who Got His Money
Back The jobs were few and far
between tn the past two years 81
One show ran six weeks. The re-
hearsals were almost as long
The next job, six months later, con-
stunned four weeks of rehearsals and
closed the next day after the cri-
tics blitzrieged it >. The Broadway
Guy. the owner of the hotel where
she dwelled, never dunned her for
the rent and permitted her to dine
there E. Last week she married a
fellow twice her teens /. II don't
know what to give you for a we'd
ding present." said her groom.
How about me giving you the
money to spend as you wish?"
She told him about the hotel man,
who kept her from going hungry
and homeless for two years-with-
out ever s'bothering me" The
sum, she imagined, was about 50 300
-. That evening they dined there
The two men met and never
mentioned her debt for two years.
AS they left, her husband said
to the hotel host: please let me
shake the hand of man"
When the inn keeper opened his
right paw, there were three new
crisp $1,000 bills in it /. (. 1.-THE rest
said the husband, represents dol
lar for the waiter-and tips for the
chanbermaids and bellboys.'
The way Of the serpent with the
cooling dove, that of the wolf with
the lamb, the hawk with the hen
and the etching collector with the
ingenue have fallen into the cliche
class -. ;. The quarry worth the
capture for greater ingenuity on the
part of the hisser, bowler, hawk
or homo But the appeal Of
the fur coat continues to hold its
lure for local femininity-in the
opinion of one canny Casanova, who
sticks to. pelts as his bait for beau
ties even in the notify months <. !.
His approach Is an invitation to his
apartment for the purpose of EXAM
lining collection of sable and mink
wraps - with, perhaps, the selection
OF one-as a gift~to girl apprecia-
tive Of a liberal host ~. We do
not wish to worry these ladies, but
we know the, fellow well =. One
of these days the girls are going
to share his disgrace-when the po-
lice collar him purchasing the pir-
ated pretties.
You've probably heard or read
about "Stuttering Sam" Dowell, a
tall beauty at Billy Roses Diamond
Horseshoe" Sam" during her
first year in New York, breath
lessly arrived back stage one even
ing with a new set of fox furs Z. .
Look, girls" she exclaimed, "looka
what I found in the subway"
''Well, the other night, we got this
sequel Another show gal in
the same troupe, came in before,
show time almost drowning in new
gems Imagine" she intoned,
with all the rich guys run around
with-imagine my poor mother had
tc give me these"
She was youngster bitten by the
acting bug, but jobs for newcomers
without experience around Broad
way Just amt She had been
At Liberty" for months when, walk
irg into Greenwich Village place
ore day, to. get out of the rain
she started conversation with the
owner Don't you ever use any
entertainers here?" she said -. No.
he said, but what did she have in
mind? &. Her suggestion kept him
interested He consented to one
night a week, and she was deliri-
ors with joy ~. Collecting four
other ambitious pals, they did scenes
from plays and sang some songs :.
And one night, when they did a
satire on Joan Crawford Fan Club
(which they wrote themselves) the
audience of coffee and cake custom
ers loved it ;. And so they fea-
tured sketches in which they LAM
pooned people In the news, ETC., and
soon were working four nights a.
week there, and then nightly i. -.
The boss of the place acquired
liquor license, redecorated his rem
devious handsomely and had to
turn away the overflow crowds :.