| Show 1 IN NEW NEW YORK J B By PAUL rAUL HARRISON NEW YORK Au Auff Aug 1 l Avante 1 Balbot And my dear hes he's the most gorgeous thin thing you ever saw Viva Im going to meet two of ol the tho lieutenants tomorrow at a reception that's what they arc are and Just cur razy about American women I hear Did you hear how lucky Mrs was having on one to dinner din din- ner ncr Yes she did he turned out to tobe tobe tobe be the brother of her chauffeur And so 30 It went in the lobby of oC the thc Hotel Ambas Ambassador ador Lion hunting society so so- folk trying to capture the hand handsome handsome some gome gold braided and officers of the Italian air armada And willing most of them to compromise on a n noncommissioned radio operator or mechanic After the fliers had changed to white mess meS jackets not nol even the the- hotel bus boys somewhat similarly clad were safe One of the latter who happened to be an nn Italian anyway anway graciously gave four autographs autographs auto auto- graphs in one evening to young ladles ladies For the leader Jeader him himself lt the four four- room suite occupied in 1026 by Queen MarIe ed of Rumania h had d be been cn red rede i and ed-and and dominated by th the ture Jure in New York big of his men even to the e m quartered ir in il the thc same sam a swank Jg g or Park avenue UC IP The hum ho Balbo had curtly reminded l V charge of ofas th arrange I a. a as the thc is as general S BALBO'S BALBOS ENGLISH 1 Four our 4 were hired for the telephone 1 board And Arid jj IWi for a week tb boys OOs were given elen I lessons leson in in taught to count up to I language langua e. e and Were provided Sixteen 11 1 j printed cards bearing bearIng the of oC the most mast mt common word Words bo boo profoundly 5 d wi lib speed of the elevators ele In one exclaimed Malta Huh asked aked tho ho operator a I presto tot pr repeated ae t U the eral oral al and was amazed d to S w stop top the car between floors S his floor oJ emergency vocabulary l the list The wor words word Weren't there i after delivering dell the found to his relief general that meant very cry f fast they T Incidentally though th the bearded heros hero's interviews br brer are cl ducted through some Idiomatic English 11 I damn fine he tails receptions skyline over tr ana COde c. things he likes St Stu ndOI o echo his merr merry men 1 After arranging nging Ing a sequence sequence of veri J special Italian menus menu with Siman Si- Si th the Ct c. c man chef and his two n ants the hotel discovered th the fj were cre anxious to try Ameri American t j S The newsstand ordered Italian newspapers but mo M only the local tabloids lull full C tures of ures The e toba tobacco stad d not to be outdone bought a huge hue of Italian c j. j j selling them only to the thc l while the airmen smoke n 1 American brands With the thc POP r tion of Balbo his is are re tip gold JJ d. d S. Ij TilE THE FLAG PROBLEM t the other intricate li j problems a big hotel has is fc the g. g ter of flags The Ambassador t i instance has only two lla ot t for the American and one for the u. u lion Hon of any my v visiting celebrity Th j l the Italian flag was hung out w ht Balbo arrived but If U the British su am had walked in irs at the zane Gee time the thc mana management would hi hiril been in a serious diplomatic pic pickle Probably y would have installed Ie- Ie other flagpole overnight The Astoria Waldorf-Astoria has bas fcc fer I up to seven even foreign flags flag b but t eve enn I to has to be very careful to put the 0 flit for the highest ranking 11 Park avenue for th the thc next most J la in 3 ones on Fiftieth street and Cind 4 on oa The French ambassador usually stays at the Ritz Tower when he cones cott Ji Jito I to town and the Netherlands a u b ador at It the Barcia Barclay Mere Iere ces wad sub or of ordinary generals don't dont a banner in thc the breeze but men like Marconi and o. o |
