The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-19

even better performer in recent
years.
81 don't know how she does
it," he said. 81 think she's the
most wonderful of all. Such vi
tality, immediate %grasping OF
exactly how t. read a line to
get the most from it."
Miss Lawrence. whose vitality
amazes everyone who comes in
contact with her, in or out CT
the theater. confided that she is
able to keep the pace because
she gets a little sleep every
afternoon. Maybe it is only a
half hour, maybe a couple of
hours. And she doesn't just
stretch out on a couch with her
clothes on. She disrobes and
goes to bed just as though she
were retiring for the night.
"And 1 like to go to sleep to
music from a small portable
radio, tuned low and close to
my ear" she said. "Makes me
drop right off. The only trouble
with that is that I've never able
to turn off the radio before l
go to sleep, so I'm constantly
waking up to find a dead bat
terry in the radio. I wear out
more batteries!"
Comedian Jimmy Savo was
host at a party Thursday at
which were displayed some 30
oil paintings and sketches of him
by almost as many artists. The
occasion also celebrated publica-
ton of Jimmy's book, Little
World, Hello!", which tells about
his pre-war experience in Italy
where he and his wife went to
claim a decrepit castle which
she had inherited. It's a charm
inc book.
The idea of mass portraiture
developed last summer when
jimmy was visiting in the
artists colony at Woodstock,
NY. half of the proceeds from
the sale of the pictures will go
to the artists and half to the
national amputee chapter of the
Disabled War veterans.
Most of the recent new night
life activity has been confined
to the hotels. Guy Lombardo and
his band returned to the Roose-
welt Grill, which they have play
ed every year since 1929, a date
which Guy will never forget be-
cause they played to two Gus
toners on opening night. That
was the day the bottom dropped
out of Wall Street.
The Persian room at the Plaza
has an excellent bill. featuring
Llberace, the Milwaukee piano
expert who is a really fine en-
terainer, and Marge and Grower
Champion, dance team. Cham
pion and another partner were
active before the war and he
good then. Now, l think he
is just about the best young
dancer around. both in execu-
ton and creative ability. Marge,
daughter of his old dancing
teacher in Hollywood, is his
bride of two weeks.
Another brand new dance
team, also good and somewhat
unusual, is that of McLerie and
Butler to be seen in the Pierre
hotels cotillion room, along with
the best of the puppeteers, Wal
ton and O'Rourke. This is their
first job and both come from
the musical comedy stage-Miss
McLerie from "On Your Toes
and Butler from "Oklahama!"
Tenor Lanny Ross, in good
voice and more Of a Snowman
IMAM ever, opened the Bowman
room for the hotel Biltmore.
Departing Broadway tonight
after a return engagement of a
month is Gamma Lucasta." There
were no openings during the
week, but three are scheduled
Monday night brings Judith
Anderson back to the stage after
a long absence in the Robinson
letters version of the old Greek
play, "Medea." A new J. B.
Prlestley drama, Gan Inspector
opens Tuesday, NIGHT
with Thomas Mitchell and Mel
vile Cooper in the cast. On We'd
entertainer, and Marge and Cover
Circle" by John Van Druten,
who again will be a two-plays-
on-broadway man since his "The
Voice of The Turtle" is still
around, approaching itc fourth