Show Nelson Eddy Is Ts Besieged f irony C Reporters Get Two Tivo Interviews f f Coeds Swarm About Adonis T Two vo interviews were verc gained with Mr Edd Eddy this week by Chronicle reporters We Wc give tive both hoth of them to you ou One by Hal Ilal Harmon is a at atypical atypical t typical mans man's interview the theother other b by Myrtle l Adamson approaches the subject in a different light An interesting comparison By HAL HARMON HARl What U do you think of our Salt Lake audience I asked aske as Mr l Eddys Eddy's manager ushered me out explaining there were to be no in in in- Were Vere you there 1 he called back Definitely J I re replied rep rei plied as I pushed the elevator button but but- ton Well Vell and he smiled through the crack in the door What do you think 1 What does Salt Lake think 1 Wego We Ve Wego Vego go to the University to think and think and its it's the Extension Division that gives us food for thought Not only only only on on- ly food we are offered the best in entertainment education and diversion div div- diversion by that division through the Master Minds and Artists series For the second time Nelson Eddy has been sponsored on this chis program and an an e witness eye witness e I can say that it was the most successful successful successful suc suc- and artistic performance offered the students of the University University sity of Utah and the rest of the people of Salt Lake City for a long time But back to Hotel Utah As I landed on the main floor again I recognized Mr 11 Paxson Mr l Eddys Eddy's pianist for ten years ears Theodore Paxson was more divulging than his ideal He said sincerely The intelligence of of the the Salt Lake audience audience audience au au- au- au shows that they know what they want in good entertainment and can appreciate good music As Asto Asto Asto to their plans he explained that since leaving Hollywood on January January Janu Janu- ary 1 they had begun a tour of the country to last until the first of May and to include sixteen en en- At that moment Mr Eddy in a gray suit glasses and with all the becoming dignity of 36 30 stepped out of the elev elevator tor Immediately he was mobbed and set upon by half a lobby full of dreamy- dreamy eyed aspiring romantic young women women women wo wo- wo- wo men many of whom wore horn horn- rimmed spectacles and several of whom are arc familiar about the campus camp camp- us of Utah His manager declared there would be no nu interviews what what- eve ever r. r While Mr 1 Eddy and his party were dining lining in the Coffee Shop and the hotel force was guarding the thedoor thedoor door 1 I did some I approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap an elevator girl and rode ap Up to the tenth floor twice while I inquired her attitude toward the expectant female horde below She said despondently I think its it's silly Elevator girl No 2 I think hes he's all right but I think its it's dumb the way they pester the life out of him Elevator girl No 3 I think hes he's gra Three hotel telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone operators agreed that theve they the ve aggravated the life out of us After Arter school yesterday esterday girls called up at an avera average e of two or three a minute to talk with Mr Ed dece deec At this point my pencil needed a new point so I include this quotation from the hop bell-hop who sharpened it I think hes he's a aplenty aplenty plenty swell fellow Those girls are arc a pain nain in the er cr neck who hang around to see him The office office office of of- fice manager declared the great greatsinger greatsinger greatsinger singer sing a puff powder and asked not to be quoted so forget it now However in the interests of all concerned he granted that Mr Eddy Eddy Eddy Ed Ed- dy should get a rubber stamp to impress the autograph hounds or rather to accommodate the the desires of an admiring public Again the blond Adonis and nd his constellation made their appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance and quickly disappeared into the elevator Because of the great difficulty of handling the clamoring clamoring clamoring clamor clamor- ing throngs when an anyone one would get in an elevator the operator would ask if they were going to Nelson Eddys Eddy's room If Ii so they didn't and if not the operator apologized So with the subtle strategy of a Chronicle reporter I Isaid Isaid Isaid said I wanted to go to the ninth floor ascended and walked down downa a flight of stairs to Mr l Eddys Eddy's room Again Mr l Eddys Eddy's manager informed me quite brusquely that absolutely no interviews were vere to toi i I i 1 ii in i ii U i it ii 11 i In be given so I succumbed succumbed right right into the room Mr 1 Eddy quite quite obligingly autographed my College Omnibus As he handed the book back to me he said amiably Freshman eh Well Vell theres there's a lot lotof lotof lotof of good stuff in the that the book I mean By MYRTLE 1 ADAMSON On all his way to a breakfast of ham and eggs Nelson Eddy StOpped slopped StOp slop ped to give his first college paper interview yesterday January 27 at one o'clock in his suite of rooms at the Hotel Utah Rooms Learn the job if you crave suc- suc Icess stated Eddy internationally famous star of concert radio and screen There is no button you youcan youcan youcan can press to bring forth opportunity ity he continued Dont expect to find breaks make breaks make them For the second consecutive year Mr Eddy sang before a a capacity audience at the Salt Lake Tabernacle Taber nacle Tuesday January 26 20 1937 He appeared under the auspices of the Extension Division of the University University University Uni Uni- of Utah The Salt Lake ke audience is one of the liveliest I have sung for said Mr Eddy leaning against a walnut c cabinet binet with a copy of the New Yorker in his hand We Vc always notice a marked difference in audience personalities in our cross country tours When asked to give suggestions to youthful and aspiring vocalists he commented You must be thor thor- I drilled in the fundamentals of music so that you can compose it if necessary Mr 1 Eddy has translated a number of foreign songs into English Poetry is fifty percent of the song and only through true understanding understanding understanding under under- standing and love for poetry can a asinger asinger asinger singer hope to have a song make a hit All music is based on poetry poet poet- r ry said Mr l Eddy Nelson Edd Eddys Eddy's s future is concerned concern concern- ed with his singing career I hope to improve so that I may sing better better better bet bet- ter songs for more people |