Show Elsa Maxwells Maxwell's Daily Particles of Patter It was a proud night In my life Jt lt was the preview of Noel Cowards Coward's gr great at film mm Ind the saga or ife and death of a plucky indomitable little British British British Brit Brit- ish destroyer H M S Torrin which makes you think what a human thing a ship Is and that ship so much loved by its captain captain captain cap cap- tain Noel Coward must have havea a soul The fund for which this preview preview preview pre pre- view was given was one of the most worthy in the world for itis It Itis itIs is to take care of the lance free-lance war correspondents who are risking their lives and either are maimed or were Idled during during during dur dur- ing active service at the front Well believe it or not we filled the Capitol theater to the rafters and turned away hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- and the tickets weren't cheap at that And I am going to tell you why it was such a success and so easy to put over It is simply because because because be be- cause there wasn't one committee commit commit- tee meeting no gathering at atthe atthe atthe the various houses of the ladies ladles of our haut haul monde where much chattering is done over teacups or cocktails and the business of the day very often forgotten in the fierce competition between between be be- tween various committee members members members mem mem- bers naively but carefully turnIng turning turning turn- turn Ing the better side of their profiles profiles profiles pro pro- files to the camera with fixed and static smiles So when I accepted the chair chair- manship of successful preview because of my love and undying admiration for my old friend Noel Coward and because of my loyalty to the Overseas Press club club to to appease the press I decided decided decided de de- de- de to have the usual imposing committee who I am happy to say are particularly swell gals who will vill vouch that tha they were never once asked to a meetIng meeting meeting meet- meet Ing had their pictures taken or bullied to buy seats or any of the other stereotyped gestures demanded today by the various charity benefits ts My only working committee was the fabulous Miss Fanshawe of the tho Waldorf-Astoria Waldorf whom Ive I've never worked with before and whom I will win never work without again She's worth one hundred committees all lumped together sitting over their teacups teacups for for she gets on the job and does it Also Paul Harvey one of the governors governors governors gover gover- nors of the Overseas Press club did a Herculean job And our own dear Lowell Thomas Thomas- president of the club handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some debonair witty and to my mind one of the best public speakers was with me at ata a dinner In the Wedgewood room at the Waldorf before the pre pre- view Press Alliance Inc |