Show Walter h Wp BROADWAY tA v GOSSIP TALES OF OP THE TOWN The author of ot Personal Appearance Appear Appear- once ance according to the gazettes was vas arrested in Hollywood for dr driving ing while feeling swell Through the influence of his attorney he was fined only The lawyers lawyer's fee was B P. P the filman tilman will turn stage producer producer pro pro- ducer In the fall The play is Tapestry Tapestry Tapestry Tap estry in Gray by Martin Flavin The New York actors may now start dusting themselves off for the show is in 50 scenes which means a lot lol of or work for a lot of people The years year's prize for understatement understate understate- ment nent goes to the Sun On the yarn about Howard PIerson who knocked off ore his folks in Texas it headlined Youth at Odds With M Moscow cow Ls is frolicking on its new subway When they popularize New Yorks York's rush hour the late czar will vilt th then n be avenged The a new ditty in Mr Whites White's Scandals pitcher has a tune tunc like Carioca and a lyric like Thou Swell Her friends here herc have been wondering wondering won won- dering how come that the Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas cards sent by Lily Pons the opera canary were postmarked with her name Lilypons Well WelI its it's a town in iii Maryland where she often oUen sends all aU her mail with the request that the postmaster there mail them for her The pet of or the critics this season 13 is Clifford who whose e plays have havea a wa way about them For fear his intimates will wilI think hes he's gone gon uppity uppity uppity up up- pity has his name on his stationery in lower case like this Clifford We recently rem remarked re re- rc- rc m marked that a movie star who supports supports sup ports numerous once upon timers refused permission to use her het name with the story only her initials which are M. M D. D Many readers I we added thought we meant Marie I Dressier Dressler which we Now they think we merin mean Marlene Dietrich Dietrich Die Die- DieS which we dont don't One more guess One of the towns town's flip femme writers belittled Ethel Barrymore Bar Bar- for coming to an affair wearing one shoe and a slipper Implying that the star was not herself herself herself her her- self We Wc thought nearly ever everyone everyone every every- one knew of Miss Barrymore's recant recent re re- re c cent cant nt accident Definition of columnist columnist colum colum- A guy CUy who thinks his stuff sturt is the fir first t thing th the reader turns to Until it can get a new star the Casino de tie Paree- Paree will remain closed Neysa Nesa McMein recently articled a piece called Games I Like to Play One is becoming a local indoor in in- door lt is called Smelling The game gam is the result of a discussion discussion dis dis- dis ion on how independent the senses arc are Somebody argued that your sense of or smell depends on your sense of sight Another said it leaned on your our sense of taste and so the group tried a test lt IL is no cinch You must play it blindfolded blindfold ed Then you try perfectly familiar fa Ia things on th them m. m Use small smaIl glasses for butter The only people not blindfolded of course arc are those doing the experiment not those playing it Hold the glasses or plates one at a time under the noses of the pla players ers Let Lct them guess what is in them Usually people think violets are arc bananas The favorite items used in the game include a slice of banana kitchen soap a slice of lemon mon lard listerine piece of leather turpentine turpentine turpentine turpen turpen- tine t tea tsa a coffee coHee etc etc We Wc are such a dunce though Playing the darn thing last night we nun flunked ed terribly Someone placed a piece of ot trips tripe right under our nose nose nose- and like a dope we thought it was Milton Berle Bend |