The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-27
Man bout

Bv George Tucker

NEW YORK, April 26.-Do you
know , that Eddy Duchin's hands
have been s%culptured, in granite, by
Frank Elliscu %. That Ben Bernie
has been elected honorary mayor"
Of Radio City? That the most
popular entertainer on Broadway is
neither a Romeo nor a Juliet, but
a trained seal, named sharkey, in
the new musical Higher and High.
err? -. That Robin Coons, the
Hollywood columnist, is a Baton
Rouge, La, boy? That Tosca.
mini, Ella Fitzgerald. and the 1nfor-
nation Please program were voted
most popular by the Hoboes of
America?
That Jimmy Durante's nephew
works in the photo lab of a NY
newspaper? ... That Phil Bakers
sister owns a lingerie shop in Madi-
son avenue? -. That Jimmy Stew
arts sister is in charge of the kids
book counter at Scribners, In 5th
avenue? go. That Aimee Semple
McPherson's daughter is doing re-
search for radio? That Billy
Roses sister is a chorus girl? -.
That Bernarr Macfadden's daughter
is married to the man who handles
the publicity for all the Macfadden
publications? -. That Mildred Bail.
ey, who is Bob Crosby's vocalist,
used to live next door to him when
they were kids, on Sharpe street, in
Spokane, Wash?
That Frances Lederer and Walter
Huston walked into a Chinese res.
taurant the other night and ordered
a chicken sandwich and when it was
set before him Lederer threw awsy
the chicken and ate the bread, ex-
planning that he only wanted bread
but was too embarrassed to ask for
it? -. That Ruben, the restaura.
teur, who has made a habit of nam.
ing sandwiches after celebrities for
the last Is years, now names drinks
after them, including The Jolson
Jolt, the Saroyan Sling (three of
these and you are able to under
stand his plays), and the Barrymore
Bite? 49,.
That Gray Gordon and his or
chestra has replaced Blue Barron
and his orchestra in the Green
Room of a NY hotel because Gray
is just off a tour and Blue is just
leaving on one, and the Green room
doesn't care what color your name
is, so long as you can play?
That Harold Lamb, who wrote
"Ghengis Khan is really an Amer
lean, although British army officers
insist only an Englishman could
have written such a book? -. That
Kent's son is a student -
Columbia? That Jimmy Rae,
the acrobatic dancer, is a Baltimore
boy who became an expert swimmer
after studying pharmacy in a college
in Illinois? . That Basil Fomeen's
car is equipped with e horn that
plays melancholy gypsy airs?
That Coffee With the Meal"
Lucy Lake. and other screwbali
verse by Ogden Nash has been re-
corded by Victor in the prize al.
bum of the year? -. That Hillbi,ly
music is en- joying a tremendous re.
turn to popularity? That / lot
of high grade pitching will go to
waste this year because the Giants
can't hit their way out of a tissue.
paper sack? That Lillian Rus
sells real name was Helen Louise
80. That the Rockefellers
are planting a lot of European Plane
in 9Th avenue, TO- that their
elms are doing so well in 5th ave-.
nue.? And that the only people
in NY who ought to know how 20
speak German, French, Italian,
Spanish, Croat, Greek, Turkish, Jap.
anese, Chinese, Hawaiian, and the
Scandinavian, plus a little Russian,
a little Polish, and a little Czech are
census takers?