Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-20
BROADWAY
AMERICANA

everybody on the street il
very anxious 20 make friends,
but true friendship is not con-
Eidered important Some Of
the SaddeSt people are those In
joyntS making believe they're
having a good time Although
celebs enjoy attention. few OF
them like autograph hunters,
because nearly all are rude
Losing face on Broadway is as
bad as IL is in China. Many
would Starve TO keep up front"
and some do. The most pop
lar type OF conversation is the
secretS OF others .. Many OF the
chorines that people envy tbe-
cause they believe they lead
slamorouS lives) have tougher
Jobs than those working in
sweatShops An honest per-
son is looked on as freak.
when he isn't being called a sap
The best evidence that
beauty is a cheap Broadway
commodity is the fact that so
many pretty faces are jobleSs.
o @ e
MANY q mans popularity is
Judged by the amount of favors
he can do. Once he loses the
power TO bestow favors, even
those he gave favors avoid him.
1.-The street is full OF all kinds
OF amusement TO make people
happy. yet its people are
drenched with unhappinesS. ..
Love is the favorite emotion.
They make love. sing about IT.
talk and write about 1t. But in
spite OF its great build-up. love
Just doesn't last Broadwayites
will do almost anything for pub
hcity. The Scrapbook is consid-
cred more important than the
handbook. What keeps many
flops living is the strong belief
that II they get one break. they
will reach the heights. No
matter how many good deeds
you do, II you make one mistake.
oil the good deeds are forgotten
and the blunder always re
membered.
o. o o
AFAV0RITE sport Is 10 boast
about the pals you have. Yet
one pal Is always suspicious OF
the next one and will never fully
trust him. "A tip on a horse
race 10 always considered bigger
news than anything that comes
out OF Europe. Actors are al
ways playing benefits for all
kinds OF needy causes. but there
A. no more needy class than the
great army that makes up show
business. Bartenders In joynts
are among the most cynical peo-
pie In the world. That's because
they see so many important per-
sons drunk. Veteran Broad
vayites will always advise new
comers 10 behave and lead nor
NAL lives. but few OF these vet
Grams take their own advice
T1rst-nighters are not the
toughest audiences-they're the
kindeSt, because the great ma
jority OF them are friends and
relatives of those connected with
the show "A columniSt who Is
nice 70 everybody Is considered
q sap even by those he's been
nice TO. When he pulls no
punches. even his enemies re-
spect him.
GOPHISTICATIO\ is sup
posed 20 be an integral part OF
Broadway. But the law OF the
jungle Is far more prevalent IN
it1 society Most opinions you
hear are borrowed and those
that aren't borrowed are usually
silly "A typical Broadway
character knows the answer 10
everything, except how TO make
q living . An intellectual is
always avoided like a disease.
ANY man who thinks seriously
about serious subjects is con-
adhered a bore. But q guy full
OF silly wisecracks is considered
n brilliant converSationalist . =.
Many a low-salaried Broadway
slaye lives like a millionaire, be-
cause he knows people who can
give him due-bills and passes. g.
Using your brains is always
enmmendable. but the fellow
who knows how 10 use his
friends Is always considered the
smsrtest OF all people.
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THOSE who refuse drinks are
considered vet blankets, but
those who drink arc always urg-
ing others not % A man may
not know anything about Eng
lish, but Il his double talk is
impeccable. he is elaSsed as .
hng11ist
O @ O
III Is an amazing little world
IN a Big City. A small town
Main Street, as someone has
Said. with the spotlight turned
on 81 D.. The Diamond Stick
pin OF Americas shirttront.
You mean" once heekled =
country editor. its the grease