The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-12-12
Lights Of Network
Manhattan Novelette,: Witty, jol-
by L.. STEVENSON

Manhattan Novelette,: Witty, lol-
~, seemingly never ruff1ed at any
hing that may happen, he IS al
ways surrounded by friends no mat
Ter where he goes. His business
ventures have been SO successful
that though only a little past so,
ne retired, a wealthy man some
Years ago He is very fond Of chill
dren, and sons and daughters of his
associates are so fond of him that
they call him uncle Neverthe-
less. his friends look on him as a
Dorm bachelor, one in whose life ro-
nance has never entered AS fall
comes, he leaves New York and
does not return for two weeks or
more When he gets back, for a
little while, ne seems depressed.
Then his spirits return. Only very
few of hls friends know that once a
year ne journeys. to the West-to
lay d bouquet of white roses on the
grave of the girl who died % years
ago on the day before she was to
have become his bride.
Reunion: AT ten o clock in the
morning, three men of the sea, two
British and one American marine,
met by appointment III Schrafft' s
restaurant in Times square and aft
or touching glasses, had whisky
sour The American marine, Ted
Annenberg. had met one of the
Brit!SacTs. Ian b. Rhodes, twice be
fore-oncc in Shanghai and once in
Australia After tie toast. they re-
lated experiences since the last
meeting. Annenberg recounted the
bombing of the Panay and then
some happenings in Spain in 1886.
Rhodes, wearing a beard which
seems TO be a mark Of British sur
viv0rs OF marine disasters, told Of
the sinking of Inns. Cashmere al
Crete The third member of the
party Edgar S. Everest, also had
a COntributiOn-tWo ships had been
Shot from under him in the Medi-
terranean. Inns. Warspite and
Inns Valiant
Busy Whenever ! hear a remark
about Inc easy lives led by actresses
and actors who can sleep until late
IN the afternoon and then are on
stage only a little more than two
hours eight times a week. ] think
of Lucia Seger, whose latest appear
ance is as the SOuvenir-huntlng
grandmother in The More The Mer-
rier. In addition to playing that
part. Miss Seger is also understudy
for both Josephine Hull and Jean
ACair in Arsenic and Old Lace. y
So before she can 60 on with her
part in the new play, she has to see
whether she will be needed in the
one that has been running all these
months. AS a result, she has an
understudy in The More the Mer-
rier" ready to take over at a mo-
ment's notice Oh yes, she also has
to report for Arsenic and Old Lace
rehearsals once week which
means rising in the early hours.
Experience: A friend reports tna'
when he was in Havana during the
summer. he noticed q fellow pas
senger tossing. not pennies but hall
dollars TO native divers. Inquiry
developed that he was MiguelitC
Valdes, vocal soloist with Xavier
Cugat's orchestra. Il seems that
Senior Vades, in his youth, made his
living by singing for tourists along
Havanas Prado and diving fol
coins tossed from ships. Hence his
Iiberality when he went back for &
visit incidentally. here's the way
Senior Valdes says it IS done: You
dive under the coin and look U
for it. Don't grab because the pres
sure of the water will squirt it out
of your hand and it'll be lost.
Odd: One of New York's strange
sights is the lineup of tanned, husky
Young men at the Hotel Roosevelt
bar ordering and drinking-milk OF
orangeade They are pilots OF oul
huge transport planes killing time
before taking off on scheduled
fights. and they can't touch liquor
or beer for IL hours before flying.
Remarks: Peter Van Steeden OBJ
serves that women's clothes may
he extreme but never to extremi
ties Billy Mills asserts thai
some married men yawn because
that's the only chance they get t
open their mouths Phil Spitalny
holds that while woman was only
a side issue al the Creation, she
the whole works now Hi Brown
holds that many drama critics be
Iieve that the fay's the thing.
End Piece: | chuCi..ed at the OBJ
servation James Sullivan Collins
made as he scanned some cables
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