| Show lights ot oi new york by L L STEVENSON piano interlude if you thi think it impossible to lose a piano keep right do reading the piano was a gift to lily pons from her musical director andrew kostelanetz he arranged to have it shipped to hollywood where the wee french star was making her new picture that girl from paris carefully crated the instrument was delivered to the airport to await a night plane when time came tor for loading it had disappeared that caused consternation since it is a very special instrument designed for the tiny divas own use small enough to ht fit into her studio dressing room the easel and cover are decorated with bars from arias she has sung at the metropolitan and photos of her in various operatic roles it was insured of course but those photos could not be replaced since they came from the stars private col action ec tion through the night there was frantic search which availed nothing came the dawn and with it the discovery that the missing piano stood on a platform almost under the noses of piano company and airport officials so two stalwart guards were placed over it until departure time of the next westbound plane city life the doors on the rear car of a downtown independent subway line express refused to operate properly at one of the way stations evidently in response to a distress signal a small and bespectacled but efficient looking got aboard after an inspection he ordered the passengers to leave some did but others being new yorkers showed their independence by remaining in the damaged car that resulted in confusion at stations since the doors open worse yet others crowded in despite efforts of the emergency man and train crew finally one hundred and twenty fifth street was reached there man many y who wanted to get off because of the jam and thus were carried clear down to fifty ninth street more confusion ensued and it looked as if go on to forty second street but some one yelled yelle pull that and a willin willing hand twisted a lever ever there was a whoosh of air the train stopped and all in the crippled car poured out with that the emergency man locked the doors and the train proceeded with an empty car on the end 0 0 sounds sound s like B abway 1 way dictionary of musical comedy terms submitted by ozzie nelson acts something you grind call boys ringing bells that warn ships at sea cast something you put your arm in after you break it chorus a place where you play golf on heroine a bad drug taken by bad people principal money borrowed to back a show scene a river in france warning buzzer the first bronx cheer from the audience pit a little thing you find in oranges and peaches baton a total on which you get an average for baseball players spot something on which an actor gets put when he looking bow noise a dog makes when it barks usher noise you make when your nose tickles and everybody says god bless you after it manhattan glimpses jack dempsey in the green room of the hotel edison still besel ged by autograph hunters at a nearby table leslie howard apparently unnoticed by other diners eleanor holm dancing the with husband art jarrett at demitris Dm itris club gaucho and ordering champagne kay francis emerging from el morocco looking even lovelier than she does on the screen sylvia sidney hanging daintily on the arm of george jean nathan as they arrive arrive late at a premiere J P morgan dining alone at La rues bright minds students of one of the local universities sent out a flock of 61 telegrams to stage screen and radio stars informing each that he or she was one of five who were to receive an M A master of amusement degree at a saturday night class function the idea of course was that the stars would show up to receive the award and being there would do their stuff thus a hl high ig h class program at minimum cost morton downey out of town at the time received one of the wires he telegraphed back sorry sc irry I 1 cant accept have already received bids bioni oxford university for my ph D doctor of fun 9 0 bell syndicate service |
