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Show WINDSOR NEWS TIP MISSES COLUMNIST . By LOUIS SOBOL A Few Facti About a Few Folki! Arthur Kndner heads a spirited and enterprising advertising" agency which doei not prevent him from being what ia laffinely but by no meana sneeringly termed a jolly good fellow and no pip-pip. pip-pip. Once in an off-guard moment over a jug of cider, Mr. Kudner promised that aome day there would be a ripping good atory for a ilumnut but he did not promise that he himself might advance tell you that and not too cheer-1 fully! Ed Wynn, happy bridegroom, doean't care a hoot or cahoot whether wheth-er the short-sighted film tycoons bait him into a picture assignment or no. Mr. Wynn la quite content to move along serenely collecting occasionally from the generoua radio ra-dio sponsors or from producers who atar him in Broadway plays. He la soon to appear in a gay concoction con-coction tagged "Hooray for What ?" which Vincente Mlnelll la readying for the Frerea Bhubert This Is by no msana atop-preaa news, but it ia of more than paaalng interest that Mr. Wynn, deapite hia apparent averaion to the drudgery drudg-ery entailed by cinema activities, haa nevertheless taken one Idea from the film people Aa far as I know, Mr. Wynn ia the only performer per-former on the so-called legit atage who haa a atand-ln not to be confused con-fused with an understudy. When Mr. Wynn ia weary or in a penaive mood, the atand-in, a certain Mr. Kay, takea hia place during the rehearaala. Mr. Kay aaaumea all the Wynn mannerisms and goea through all the ataga motiona written writ-ten in for Mr. Wynn. He walka up and down stage or stands still. Ha waita for the dancing couplea to joatla him. He acta awkward, nervous and flustered, trlea to bow and inatead atrikea a girl with hia sword case, then turns around, atepa on another girl'a train and. bewildered, bewil-dered, becomes the center of a Hot. Mr. Kay haa gotten ao ha'a terribly ter-ribly attached to the role, but cornea the opening night and Mr. Wynn, himself, will go through all the motions and receive the plaudits. Mr. Kay haa been promlaed, however, how-ever, that in addition to hia compensation, com-pensation, he will be given a aeat and permitted to enjoy himself watching Mr. Wynn working like very blazes on the stage and for what? There ahould be aomething of consolation in that for Mr. Kay or don't you think? me required clue. Thereafter on many a 'night the eolumnlat aaw and apoke to Mr. Kudner. but the only profit of the evening waa an exchange of light and occasional aparkling comment on subjects which were light but not too sparkling. Finally, there broke in the gaxettea the atory that the visit of the Duke of Windsor and his brida would be handled by the advertising firm hsaded by Arthur Ar-thur Kudner. It broke through Washington and Mr. Kudner, so intlmatea hint. Is distraught that the revelation ahould have erupted o prematurely. Now we learn (and not from Mr. Kudner, either) that all negotiations negotia-tions were conducted via cable by Charles Bedoux, chronic host to the Windsors, and the purpose of the arrangements is that the duke shall be guarded from the flighty Long Island and Weatcheater play aet. The purpose. Indeed, la to present the duke aa a aerioua-minded and Indeed "salesman incognito for the British empire" In fact, when the duke reaches New York, there will be a big party at which will be gathered only the nation's leading industrialists. The inference la, therefore, that In spite of the many printed reports, Kdward and Wallie will not participate par-ticipate in many social activitiea while in thia country. -All of which, considering that Arthur Kudner la a jolly good fellow, he ahould have told thia reporter but didn't! Robert Riskin la the top-notch cinema-author responsible for so many of our prise adaptations: "Mr. Deeds Goea to Town," for in-atance; in-atance; "Lost Horizon," "It Happened Hap-pened One Night," etc., etc. Nothing Noth-ing thrills the impressionable Mr. Riakin like a situation. A aituation in Mr. Rlskln's glossary ia aomething aome-thing which shouldn't happen but does either to the delight or annoyance an-noyance of the protagonist. Something like a situation la now annoying Mr. Riskin and he begs our assiatance in bringing it to an end. It appears that aomewhere along the grasaleaa highwaya of Broadway a young gent has calmly assumed his identity and convinced con-vinced the otherwise astute saloonkeepers, saloon-keepers, susceptible coryphees and ambitious writers that he. Indeed, Is the famed genius of the coast. The aituation haa auddenly aaaumed appalling proportions. Young ladies pop out of nowhere (aa the east is sometimes called) and lament to Mr. Riskin that he is not adhering to the promises he made to them while be was with them in the east. Reluctantly, they admit he haa changed in appearance, in manner and in speech but still . . . ! Only the other day, it appears, the Impersonator Im-personator started negotiations for the purchase of a gold mine. This Is the most appalling of all be- cause Mr. Riskin haa a gold mine Columbia Picturea, which haa been paying him a weekly fortune, will |