The Wyandotte herald., 1942-04-03
Liehts Of NewXork
hyL. L. STEVENSON

Fate: For nine years, William
Ortman, a music publisher, sought
a hit song. He brought out various
numbers that were singable ana
ear-appealing, but the public didn't
buy copies by the thousands. Then
along came The Shrine OF st.
Cecilia" 1t sounded good and Mr.
Ortman published it. Searching Tor
material for a recording session,
Vaughn Monroe chose the ballad,
waxed it and liking it, used 1t on
his various broadcastS. One night
in the midtown hotel in which MT.
Ortman lived, there was gun battle
between police and three desperate
criminals. Mr.. Ortman happened
to step out of his room into cor
ridor right in the line of fire. A bull
let struck him and he was rushed to
a hospital. Now The Shrine OF ST.
Cecilia" is sweeping the nation and
at last the house of Ortman has a
nit. But the publisher is dead.
Silly: Some years ago, 1t was
Knock, knock. who's there?'
with all sorts of crazy answers. But
that form of insanity was laid away
along with prohibition. Then came
another era, that of You tell EN-. -
That, too, seemingly ran its course
and was forgotten You tell EN-
was not dead. hoWever-it was
merely asleep since once more
Broadway and the rest of the town
is going batty in exactly the same
way. Some Of the prize ones I've
heard lately are. You tell 'em,
butcher, you've got lots of tongue. "
You tell EN-, June and don't July. y
You tell EN-. roll you've got plen-
ty Of crust. You tell EN-, Gig
arctic, you're all lit up. You tell
EN-. baker, you're well bred" And
the very worst of all, You tell
EN-. submarine, l don't seaplane. '
One learns a lot living in New York.
Return: When the Nazi blitzkrleg
struck Poland. Joana and Louise
LeSchin. concert duo pianlStS, got
out of the country just ahead OF the
invaders So great was their haste
in boarding the last train that their
trunk, in which we're just about all
their belongings, was left standing
on the station platform. In the
course of time, they reached New
York and as days heightened into
weeks, weeks into months, and
months into years. naturally they
lost all hope that their baggage
would show up Consequently their
surprise was great waen last week,
the very same trunk was delivered
to them. The only clue as to where
it had been was a large label. From
Toledo. Ohio" Only their orcheS-
tratiOns were missing.
Hollywood: Muriel Angelus. Brit
ish belle, made a great singing hit
several seasons back in The Boys
from Syracuse" AS a result, she
was summoned to the West coast
for work in motion pictures. Out
there, she wasn't allowed to sing a
note, but for some unaccountable
reason was given only straight dra-
matte parts. Then she came back
to Broadway TO star in Sunny
River" the Hammerstein-Ro
musical. And now Hollywood is
once more bidding for her services
in straight dramatic parts.
MementO: Several weeks ago
Jack Dempsey two little daughters
slipped up to the microphone ir
his Broadway restaurant and sang
d chorus Of Il Don't Want to Sci
the World on Fire Recently, Irv.
Ing Carroll and his orchestra cele.
brated the completion of a soliC
year at Dempsey 5. and Mrs. Han,
nah Williams Dempsey presented
Carroll with costly platinum watch
as memento On the back is en-.
graved, ITO our first accompanist:
with love, Joan and Barbara Demp.
sey."
End Piece: At Forty-fourth anc
Broadway, a wild-looking young
man rushed up and painted that i
he didn't get nickel right away
his whole life would be ruined. He
explained that he'd been trying tC
patch up quarrel with his sweet
heart from pay station and haC
been cut off because his three min
utes were up. If there was any
doubt about his story, he added,
could come into the booth will
him and listen. He got the nickel
and actually dashed for a drugstore
phone.
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