The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-06

repute. That was when His Ex-
cellence,' Prince Michael Roma
noff" was running fast and loose
around the city, cadging drinks
and kissing ladies hands in the
best, imperial style. Prince Mike
was a phony and upon his expo
sure, the Nobleman,s Club bore
the brunt of public ridicule.
Another time, the Nobleman's
Club came into the laughing lime
light, with the best of possible in
tentions. 1t seems that one Of its
members, Prince Alexis Obolens-
ky, secured employment last sea-
son in the musical show, Leave
1t To Me-"
When a titled member of the
club gets a job, it is cause for
jubilation, since it guarantees the
payment of his dues and other
manifold assessments. But a No
bleman happened to drop into a
performance one night and came
away aghast at what he saw.
The Prince Alexis-the blue
blooded Prince-was portraying
the part of a Soviet Commissar!
Needless to say, the Prince was
expelled the next morning and
exiled to the Siberia of common
ers' society.
HOPES u. S. WILL
ADOPT TITLES
The President of the Noble
mans Club is Baron Giorgio Surf
ami Castelnuovo who wears his
title on his sleeve which, Incl
dentally, was cut by fashionable
tailor. Secretly, he hopes that
some day titles may enter into
American life, instead of being
confined to Park Avenue, New
port and Southampton.
He is bitter about the duplicity
of Mike Romanoff, for the bad
name it gives his kind. At his ini-
tiative, the Nobleman's Club will
now investigate the veracity of
any title-bearer whom you might
care to have investigated. The
cost is small, covering only the
expenses of surveying the files and
Almanach de Gotha.
About the War, the Noblemen
have committed themselves to 81
lence-all forty of them. They
have declared their firm neutrality
on this side of the Atlantic and
they declare their first allegiances
are to the United States and the
Constitution. Quite resigned, they
admit that they are titled in name
only over here.
KNOWS EVERY
BRICK ON MAIN ST.
Of the scribblers,, the most
methodical is clair Lewis
He labors longer and harder over
the convincing sound of a name
or the accuracy of a locale than
does an architect over his minut-
est plans. Before Lewis decides
upon a name for a character, he
writes down the names of hun
dreds and selects one with fastidi-
Gus care. Before transferring his
fictional characters from one
place to another-be it a single
city block-he draws a map and
plots their itinerary with an inch
scale ruler. When he is describ-
ing the interior of a scene, he
builds a model setting in card
board and plans his narrative
from the papier mache replica.
When his book is finished, he
gives it to friends who are adept
at making blue-prints, that they
may pass upon its accuracy.
IT'S THEIR
THEME SONG
Much as New York admires its
Little Flower, Mayor LaGuardia,
there is still a lot of popular af-
lection around here for the ex-
Hizzoner, Jimmy Walker. And de-
spite Al Drown Derby Smiths
lack of favor in Administration
circles, he still is the Empire
States favorite grandpappy.
So it is in the nature of a dou-
ble-feature treat that AL Smith
and Jimmy Walker have teamed
up for the American Composers
jamboree at Carnegie Hall to sing
1.-THE Sidewalks of New York"
together.