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Show ' Mara About Town The Big Time: Associated Press chief Ken Cooper's mission abroad is so "top secret" this col'm wonders won-ders if it is to meet J. S.? . . . Summer Sum-mer must be here because seven huge billboards are empty between 46th and 48th on Times Square. . . . Some ticket agencies are forcing patrons to buy ducats for two other shows when they want "Mr. Roberts." Rob-erts." ... If Dewey wins, locals believe Byron Foy (of the Chrysler clan) will inherit an ambassadorship. ambassador-ship. . . . Former King Ferdinand of Bulgaria lives on food parcels sent to him by G. Phillips of Falls City, Nebr. Life has a new photographing technique that may revolution-ize revolution-ize the lensing of major events. Takes pictures by remote control con-trol and by pressing a button locates famous people anywhere in the auditorium. Broadway Confetti: Jack Kramer, the net champ, has made $90,000 since turning pro last year. ... The New Amsterdam theater, home of the Ziegfeld shows and once the proud queen of 42nd street, is having hav-ing its face lifted. . . . U. S. intelligence in-telligence will be completely overhauled. over-hauled. . . . John Foster Dulles' brother, Allen, has. nix'd Mr. Truman's Tru-man's bid to become ambass to France.- . . . Isn't phone tapping the same as entering a person's home without a search warran'i? . . . Henry Luce didn't give the GOP $50,000. He donated only $1,000 to the Repub state committee in Connecticut. Manhattan Murals: The West 40th street place which calls itself "Coffee-leria." "Coffee-leria." . . . The hack driver quenching his nag's thirst by filling his own battered bat-tered silk hat with water from a nearby near-by park fountain. . . . The rowboat policeman chasing kids taking a dip in the park lake while the ducks look very satisfied. . . . The one-armed bootblack at 49th and 7th. . . . The chorine with lace-edged sun specs. Stage Entrance: These are the dog days along B'way. Soaring ten' peratures are causing spirits am biz to droop. Several shows are ready to surrender to the humidity while others are managing to hang on via cut-rate ducats. . . . A glance at the backwoods gives the lie to the crepe-hangers wailing about the decline ol the thittir. Hill and dale sectors are clogged with summer playhouses. There are more actors in the country than mosquitoes. . . . Incidentally, the hayloft circuit used to serve as an Incubator lor new shows. But most ol the plays now being unveiled there are reclicks. . A Midtown Vignette: Two women wom-en of cafe society came out of a night club and went for s stroll in Central park. "Oh, look!" said one, "isn't that a sweet baby?" They went over to adore it. "Good heavens!" exclaimed the same woman, "it's my own daughter!" Her surprised friend gasped: "Are you sure?" "Oh, yes," was the reply, "I recognize the nurse." The Airistocrats: The reason you can't flip a dial without coming across a giveaway: Kilocycles ar crowded with about three dozen treasure hunts. . . . The nonsens medal lor politeness goes to the disc-jockey who thanks the singer -after spinning a record. . . . ABC newscaster Harrison Wood has tlie type of sinewy tones that gives the paprika touch to news bulletins. . . . The compliment swapping of Holly-woodites Holly-woodites after appearing on a dramatic dra-matic show is a molar-grinder. . . . NBC's "Serenade to America" offers of-fers & tasty dish of musical meringue. merin-gue. Israel is having internal difficulties. diffi-culties. But it should be remembered remem-bered that other nations who fought for freedom also had domestio troubles. After the Revolutionary war commenced 25,000 Americans enlised in the British army. ' i The Intelligentsia: A book that will rip the small town school system sys-tem wide open is "The Hickory Stick" by Virgil Scott, to be published pub-lished this fall by Morrow. School-boards School-boards probably will fire any teacher teach-er caught reading it. (Author is a teacher at Michigan State college, East Lansing, Mich.) . . . Oscar of the Waldorf has retired to write his autobiography, which will be called "From the Cradle to the Gravy" or "From Alphabet Soup to Nuts." . . . Artie Shaw, the former bandleader and ex-husband of "Forever Amber," is joining the literati with a vengeance. Has a novel, a musical comedy book and a straight play in the typewriter. George Long is a songwriter who has to eat. His latest three ditties are titled: "Eisenhower, the Man of the Hour," "We Want Truman Four Years More" and "We'll Do It With Dewey." |
