OCR Text |
Show the auaiuun, she lniormea mm that while he had a promising voice, he needed many more years of training before he could even begin to approach ap-proach Caruso. "All right," answered the wounded wound-ed would-be Pagliacci. "That's all I wanted to know. It was a toss-up whether I'd be another Caruso or another Crosby. Bing wins." Want a Pet? Through the classified classi-fied columns of the Billboard I learn that two live lion cubs, six months old, can be bought for $50 each; a llama for $250, a female chimpanzee for $325, and a pair of jaguars for $450. Anybody looking for pets? End Piece: One of my scouts just brought in information to the effect that some newspapers printed in Germany have a value of at least $50 each in this country. They are the issues that publish expatriation proceedings pro-ceedings against refugees now in America. In event of a British victory, vic-tory, the newspapers will be used as evidence in reclaiming expropriated property. ' By L. L. STEVENSON Educational Note: The other evening eve-ning Jimmy Dorsey, whose hobby is criminology, went to Cooper Union to attend a lecture given by Austin H. MacCormick, former New York City commissioner of correction. MacCormick's subject was "Are Criminals Born or Made?" and since he had a lot of firsthand information, informa-tion, the swing bandsman listened .attentively. .at-tentively. The discussion ended at about 10 p. m. and as there was a large crowd present, some time elapsed before Dorsey passed through an exit. Wanting a smoke badly and finding he had no ciga-.rettes, ciga-.rettes, he stopped at the nearest store. He received prompt service but when he came to pay for his purchase he could not do so because his wallet, which had contained $34, was missing. Either during or after the lecture on crime and criminals some one had picked Jimmy's pocket. ' ': Street Scene: A man with silvery hair sitting on a bench at Seventy-second Seventy-second street and Broadway with his arm around a pretty girl in her early ear-ly twenties . . . Trolley car passengers pas-sengers grinning as they notice the couple ... A woman pedestrian remarking re-marking to another something about December and May . . . An old colored col-ored man, a floor lamp under one arm and a radio under another, standing at the curb and waiting wait-ing patiently for the light to change so that he may cross ... A delivery boy, white apron flapping about his legs, whistling gaily as he trundles a little cart . . . The girl on the bench watching intently a crowd pouring out of the subway station which squats in the middle of the street . . . Her eyes rest on a woman coming rapidly towards her and she turns to her companion . . . "We can go now, father; here's mother at last." Royally: Tamara de Lempicka, who in private life is the Baroness de Kuffner, told a group of friends in the Polish restaurant shortly after the death of former King Alfonso of Spain that the monarch had been her most loquacious model. "He talked incessantly of 'we this' and 'we that'," said the tall, tawny-haired, tawny-haired, artist. "This distracted me because I did hot know whom he was discussing. Finally, I exclaimed, 'Your Majesty, I have never had 'such a talking model!' That surprised sur-prised the king and he replied, 'And we, Baroness, have never had such a severe artist.' From then on, we got along excellently." Destruction Story: When Benito Collada discovered that the terrific heel-tapping dances of Juan Martinez had so weakened the El Chico floor that it would have to be replaced, his sense of humor came to the fore. After the last show for the night, he distributed axes and crowbars -among the patrons and told them to go ahead and wreak all the havoc on The floorThey desired. Music Note: After James J. Lyons, president of the borough of the Bronx, appointed Elisabeth Eeth-berg Eeth-berg commissioner of music, culture and fine arts for the community of Riverdale, the Metropolitan Opera star was hounded by a persistent 15-year-old tenor who claimed he was "the biggest thing since Caruso." A few days ago, Mile. Rethberg relented re-lented to the extent that she consented con-sented to hear the boy sing. . After |