Show IN NEW YORK By PAUL HARRISON HARBISON NEW YORK June 17 If 17 If there Is Js any such thing as a genuinely typical town man he must be Elmer G. G Leterman He knows everybody of consequence from Wall street to Tin Pan alley to Hollywood and is the he pet of every head waiter in the knobbiest His penthouse on Central Park Vi West est is is' perhaps the showiest in the upper reaches of the Manhattan skyline and there gather the he curious assortments of guest guestS celebrities who may include anybody any- any body ody from the financially mighty to the Jimmy Durante Ten years ago Leterman was a woolens salesman and before that a week a dry goods clerk Now he heis hes is s an insurance salesman A super- super Insurance broker really for he lie writes any sort of policy polley from life or fire to protection against being or having twins Marx has la laa a aa aa half dollar his a policy on hands with a specific value stated for or each of his ten fingers lingers Eddie Cantor has had his protuberant eyes insured Jimmy Durantes Durante's schnozzle has been for Ben Turpin took out worth of protection against the remote chance of ot his cross eyes going back to normal normal normal-a a publicity stunt that was considered well worth the annual premium he paid for it IL P P e Mrs Blanche Cavitt who's in the perfume business in Oklahoma City has las her sense of smell insured for And if it anything ng happens happens' to tol the dancing legs of ot Eleanore Ambrose widow of ot Maurice shell she'll get a quarter of a millon muon dollars Most musicians have their hands insured Insured in In- George Gershwin Rudolph Friml Frimi are among Leterman's clients Harry Rosenthal the actor actor- pianist has prote protection for his right hand for his s left Leterman has written ordinary or or- life policies policies' for tor Jesse Lasky Sam Katz Al Jolson Douglas Fairbanks Fair Pair banks Mary Pickford and even little Mitzi Green Mitzi by the way pays a annual premium Johny Barrymore and Roxy Boxy come higher higher- each Fannie Brice and Paul Whiteman are among the half half- million dollar customers Joseph Schenck president of United Artists has the most Insurance his policies totaling o Leterman wrote a policy for tor Joan Lowell before she he started her current adventure in n the cradle cradIe of the d deep p This and most mast of the aforementioned unusual policies he explains are bandied handled ban han dIed by Lloyds of London who will bet on practically anything A A. E. E Lefcourt wealthy builder and realtor is one of ot Leterman's best friends One night he gave a abig big dinner dinner din din- ner party for the insurance man and arranged as a surprise to have everyone everyone every every- one buy a policy These totaled 1 and made it a pleasant evening evening eve eve- ning indeed In celebration Leterman Leter man did something hed he'd planned for fora a long time went time went up to Central park next morning and gave a 1000 paid paid- up policy to every mounted police police- man How does doc he do all this Well Welt hell he'll tell you its it's by making friends and doing favors for people An example Gregory Taylor New NewYork NewYork NewYork I York hotel owner bought a yacht the theother theother theother other day and voiced the wish at t a aE party arty E that he could fly an admirals admiral's flag Leterman terman brooded over that finally decided to have a fling ling at making Taylor a Kentucky admiral So he telephoned to some influential friends down Louisville w way y who I went to see Governor Laffoon who Issued issued is Is- sued the comm commission s. s ion And now the Insurance man is planning a ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony for the presentation of ot n an ensign ensign ensign en en- sign with four s stars s I |