The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-01-16
Lights Of NewXork
by IL. STEVENSON

Red-headed Dick Todd standing In
front of a juke box and listening to
the grooming, not of Dick Todd, out
of Tony Martin Young, black
haired, intense Morton Gould, COM
poser, fairly dripping sheet music as
he steps out of Columbia Playhouse
onto Broadway A taxi driver
giving chase as the wind whips the
papers down the street and
Gould exclaiming, Never mind,
have them all in my head!"
More: Edward Trevor demon
strating an old Mexican vaquero
trick at Cafe Louis XIV-rolling two
cigarettes at the same time
Rudy Vallee and Eddie Cantor in
animated conversation at Leone'S
and attracting attention not by their
talk, but by their gay bow ties
Too few of them seen around
New York nowadays They used
10 be quite the thing in the old home
town and / still like them
John Hoysradt at LIE Cafe Ar
mold telling how he kept on acting
during a murder in a London night
club He was too scared TO stop
Carl Sandburg, the poet, walk
ing along Fifth avenue with guitar
under one arm and three tennis
rackets under the other A
Broadway stroller whose broad
brimmed hat and cinnamon-colored
mustache make me think of James
Beardsley Hendryx, though the
Iron Man" hasn't been in these
parts in some time.
This & That: Of New York'S 1877
new probationary patrolmen, III
have attended college and all but
three were high school students
Seventy-nine have college degrees,
including 10 masters Before
becoming cops, AZ had held clerical
positions There were also former
furriers, baseball players, doormen,
bakers, walters and painters,
grinder and a color thatcher
All but 10 were born in the United
States Of those born elsewhere,
three first saw the light of day in
old Ireland Manhattan's small
est piece of real estate is triangu-
lar piece of land, measuring "a
inches on one side and 26 inches on
the other two, at the intersection
of Seventh avenue and Christopher
street
More: Bulls hotel, on the upper
East Side, displays the sign For
Farmers Only Richard Kohl
mar, direct descendant of a COVER
nor of New York, has never voted in
a gubernatorial election Xavier
Cugat always draws a caricature of
the reporter who interviews him
D.. Teddy Powell, who has so song
hits to his credit, including, Boots
and Saddles hasn't penned song
since he became a band leader two
years ago Garry Davis, 49,
year-old son of millionaire maestro,
Meyer Davis, has been accepted by
Virton Freddy as chorus boy for
his next show Model Patricia
Garfield, who slapped cop, leaves
soon for Hollywood with David
SelZnick contract
Short Story: Tennis champ, Frank
Shields, at Morris, told Sonia Henie
and Dan Topping about the Russian
general who, after being captured
by the Nazis, Dragged of the stiff
fight his soldiers had given the bet
ter-equipped Germans. The COM
mandant ordered him to change his
nationality Immediately or be shot
The Russian agreed to become a
German, then strolled back to the
Nazi barracks and yodelled, I'VE
sure took one swell beating from
those Russians
Remarks: Col. Lemuel Q. Stoop-
nagle advises that when a woman
motorist holds out her hand you can
be certain that she is going to
turn to the right, turn to the left or
stop LAS long as the Statue of
Liberty holds one arm in the air."
remarks SongStreSS Yvette, I'VE will
never have to hold two in the air"
On Broadway, observes Conrad
Thibault, you are9 judged by the
company you keep-away from
Bob Hawk holds that the female of
the speeches is more deadly than
the male.
Passing By: A stream of blondes
entering ShUbert alley Casting
must be going on . A blind clari-
net player tootling the almost forgot
ten Hut SUIT Song" Containers
of hot food being unloaded from
chain restaurant commisSary wagon
A bootblack snatching a banana
from a fruit stand and disappearing
before the owner can start the chase
A burlesque house stage door
man putting on his pipe as he steps
outside for a breath of air A
motorcycle starting with a backfre
just as / pass and soaring thoughts
of street scenes completely out of
my head.
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