The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-02

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 dress models of
 Manhattan usu- ally are in Q place called the Cab- in Cafe in the heart of the gar- ment center.
 John Powers photographic beauties make their rendezvous in the restaurant at 247 Park Avenue, which is near their of- flee,
 Macy,s beautiful salesgiris cone gregate at Child's on the block where the store is situated.
 Movie beauties are evenly dis tributed between "2l," the Stork Club and Reuben's restaurant when they're in town.
 The Broadway ingenues patron- ige the Algonqun in quest of dis- eliminating producers.
 Fur models choose the Hotel Pennsylvania's cafe lounge.
 VERSATILE
 BURGESS
 The recent career of young Burgess Meredith sounds like an ad for mail-order music lessons. A few months ago, he was Q bin- dls-stif on @ California barley s1anch. Today he is rich and suc- cessful-and all because he. learn ed to play the trumpet.
 But it's all in fun. The bindle- stiff was Q role in "Of Mice and Men," the film version of the John Steinbeck story; and Mer- edith is practising hot licks on his trumpet for the leading part in "Young Man With o Horn," the play from the Dorothy Baker novel which narrated the life of 0 jazz musician strongly resemb ling the late, great Blk Beider- becxe.
 Buzz (which is what everybody calls hsm) also does @ string of radio shows--a three-letter man in the world of make believe If there ever was onel Visitors to his apartment these days find him amidst strange antics.
 He interrupts any social call to look for his trumpet, and, after a few experimental thrills and scales, he really can bring forth Q professional rendition of saint Louis Blues"
 That's just a straight chorus" he then explains, Walt until you hear me send it-right out of this world" A confirmed hep cat! SENATOR LODGE
 NO GOOD AS COMMUNIST
 John Lodge is Q scion of one of Amerlca's historic first families. His forefathers landed ct Ply- mouth Rock, having been includ. ed in the initial passenger list of the Mayflower. Along with the Lodges are said to be on conver. Sational terms with Providence.
 John Lodges grandfather was Senator from Massachusetts, and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Now his brother, Sen. ator Henry Cabot Lodge, has inc herited the mantle.
 So, you can estimate the crisis that almost engulfed the Lodge family few weeks ago when John Lodge, now in his early thirties, stepped around to pro- ducer George Abbott's office and applied for Q part in his new play, "The Unconquered."
 His pursuit of Q stage career was no shock to his family. But this was; the role John tried out for was that of e Communist ex- horter in the guise of an odpU man. You almost could have heard the teeth gnash from Beacon Hill down to Broadway.
 Fortunately, John did not qualify for the role. Somewhere In his ina- personation of Communist chief, they say backstage, c false note which sounded suspiciously like sly Republicanism slipped into his speeches. And SO he will not be In 1t. But he certainly isn't abandoning the stage, ct which game he Is no novice.
 Recently out of Harvard, where he ran the Hasty Pudding shows and headed the theatrical society, he turned to his college-br pro- fession of lawyer for Q while and gave 1t up. He appeared in Q few plays and went to Hollywood and then abroad, appearing In twenty talking pictures with the best of them, among them Marlene Die- trich. ,,,,,,.t
 One of his last celluloid imper- sonat!ons was of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, whose assas- sination at sarajeco precipitated the First World War.
 Done with the talkies Q while, he wants to follow his career on the stage. He is wed to Francesca Braggiotti, of the famed acting and musical family, and Q play In which they could appear together would be welcome. But it must be O. vast relief to the venerable Lodge family to know that the scion will not ela. erge this Broadway season as c long haired revolutionary with hand-grenades in his pockets and slibversive propaganda on his tongue!