The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
What They're Whispering in Gotham
BY Dorothy KllsalIen


ting gobs OF "ttention from the
smitten switchboard girls at the
Hotel Pierre. Sono Osato, who
dances when she walks, skinner
ing across Broadway in the twi-
light. Mrs. Basil Rathbone and
Gloria Swanson at 81 . Maria Gus
penskaya roaring at Jimmy Du-
rante's nonsense at the Copa.
Earl Carroll window-shopping at
the five-and-ten at 50th and eth
Aye.-where not so many years
ago the Earl Carroll Theater stood
... Laird Cregar snatching a taxi
from three gall on Broadway, with
an airy 81 need it more than you
do!"... Virginia Gilmore pretty
ing up a Delmonico elevator.
This Was the Week in Which:
1t. Tommy Harmon spun a hero s
tale to the press and Abe Lyman
upped and wed the girl who's been
his vocalist for the past decade.
Paul Haakon had to answer to the
gendarmes for possessing a gun
with which his little woman was
whacking him over the head.
Richard knight, who once stood
on his head at the opera, showed
up coatless at the premier OF THE
Duke in Darkness" ... "Wallfiower"
drew plenty of laughs from its
opening night audience, but only
a couple of the critics asked II for
the next dance. Argentina wised
up. g.. LaGallienne's THE Cherry
Orchard" drew deafeniLg applause.
and The Song of Bernadette" fell
like a/loTely hymn on the troubled
ears OF Broadway.
A stones Throw From Broad
way: Every undiscovered young
thrush is advised to rush to the
Cog Rouge Thursday, Feb. at 3
p. m, at which time that boite Will
be holding preliminary ADDITIONS
in their contest to fir new songs
{. oss. Purch Sc OF $25 war bond
makes any lass eligible TO enter.
Winner OF the finals (Which take
place the following Tuesday eve
ningl receives a 500 bond and a
two.week singing contract. Be-
lieve it or not. there's an acute
shortage OF orchids in this area e.
Florists say it's attributed to the
armed forces-every graduating
cadet sends them 10 his girl, and
soldiers and sailors on furlough
like to hang the blooms on their
dates for the big evening" -.
When Mona Maris (who has been
described as the Latin Tallulah
Bankhead) read a columnist's note
that II she'd call him she'd learn
some exciting news, she gasped
and said:
Heavens Do you think 1t
means I'm going to have baby?"
Fable From the gFifties: There
was a furry of1excitement back
stage at the Capitol Theater Mon
day night and a stagehand ran
around screaming Get a doctor :"
There had been an accident on
stage. No doctor was present
among the spectators, so the vic
tim was rushed to Polytechnic, and
the stage manager and all others
concerned waited with furrowed
brows outside the operating room
for the doctors verdict.
At last the doctor appeared.
He won't be able to make the
last performance tonight" he re-
ported grsvely. But If he's careful
he can work throughout the rest OF
the run OF the show
So, Henry Gordon, Of the Fay
and Gordon dance team was taken
back to the the,ter with his In,
jury done up in splints. His wife,
Fay, had dislc ted his finger dur
ing one OF their elaborate spins.
Isn't 1t amusing that the 81 Club
and the Club, rivals on Sind St,
are now involved in another contest
both arrangements being anxious
to get the now-closed Riobamba?
49,. Do you know {, 1t there are
300 limitations OF Mary Margaret
Mcbride on the air today-one
originating in Sydney, Australia.
Is IL true that Jimmy Hines. the
former Tammany politician, is
completely broke-but that friends
have promised to rally TO his aid
when he's released from prison?...
Do you know that Perry Como will
be given an air buildup by Her
bert Polesie OF CHS. the expert
who did the same chore for Bling
Crosby, Judy Garland and Frank
Sinatra? Wasn't It big OF Black
stone, the magician. not to prose
cute those two soldiers whose
prank caused him to lose half his
teeth?
Do you know that Chin Lee
took down its famous clock be
cause of the practical joke played
by a character" bandlcader-whc
/ telephoned and said he was the
Department of Public Works oh
iectlng to the clock because II was
always wrong and misled service
men who had to get back to their
posts on timer. Won't some Of
the domestic Army camps be con
yerted into Federal housing pro
jects?... Are ''orton Downey and
Howard Johnson teaming up with
a mobile-restauraht idea after the
war;. Has Poppy DeAlbrew beer
barred from the Stork since he
! hacarna hnat at the CoDa Bar?
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Is It true that Billy Roses "Sev
en- Lively Arts" may embrace the
talents OF George s. Kaufman
Richard Rodgers. Oscar Hammer
stein and Fred Allen?... Do you
know that the Ronson Lighter PEG
pie will take your old lighter. re