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Show IBS Stage Door: George Arliss made $640,000 in the U. S. That was his net estate, at any rate. Compare him with Wm. S. Hart. . . . Arliss didn't bequeath a peso to any American charity not even to the Episcopal Actors' Guild, of which he once was president. presi-dent. Phooey. . . . Fred Hillebrand at 52 enters a local school of music. Five years ago, not knowing a note, he composed a Negro Spiritual which was a smash hit. So he decided to write an opera. That explains ex-plains why he is going to a music school in a class with kids. . . . The reason author Michael Strange (pen name of an ex-Mrs. John Barry-more) Barry-more) isn't listed in the Social Register Reg-ister as Barrymore is this: Stage names are not listed. Barrymore's real name is Blythe. Two Little Girls in Blue: The lovely, blonde, middle-aged lady dispensing sodas at Nicholas' in Grand 'Central terminal was once one of Ziegfeld's most celebrated beauties. Her name is Doris Carlson. . . . Another beauty in the same Ziegfeld show gal department recently purchased 114 E. 40th street (near GCTerminal) for $200,000. Her name: Polly Lux. The Washingtongue - waggers: Washington still has 8,000 dollar-a-year-men. . . . Income tax chief Nunan is not happy over the pay raise for all his men. Because he has to fire half of them. The senators sena-tors who agreed to the pay tilt demanded that that many be discharged dis-charged to make up the new expense! ex-pense! . . . New York realtors are planning to whip the N. Y. State rent control by using NRA as a precedent. . . . According to Daniel Delano Jr., the Delano family has given U presidents to the nation. He'll tell all about it in a tome. . . . Repub leader J. Martin, house minority mi-nority chief, will get his political opposition from Mrs. Martha Sharp, wife of a minister. . . . Sec'y of State Byrnes, they say, told Molotov to quit vetoing "the peace of the world." Did he mean the tranquility tranquil-ity of China or the quiet and calm of Palestine? John S. Davis has prepared a -' new ciggie which will be marketed mar-keted by one of the leading cig-aret cig-aret firms. This cigaret, they say, dilates the blood vessels jnd will raise the skin temperature temper-ature one degree, whereas popular popu-lar brands are said to lower it by several. . . . The iodides in this new cig counteract effect ef nicotine and it is reported to have been tested successfully on jver 400 medical students. . . . It also is supposed to have lowered low-ered their high blood pressure. pres-sure. . . .Its name (six letters) starts with "D." Broadway Side-Show: This is one of those Broadway sagas that make you love the people in show business. busi-ness. . . . One of the chorus girls in the revue, "Call Me Mister," is Kate Friedlich. . . . She is also understudy un-derstudy to the star ballerina, Maria Karnilova. . . . Last week Kate's invalid father was wheel-chaired into the National theater to witness the hit . . . Karnilova (learning of the visit) realized this would be one of the old man's rare opportunities to see his daughter dance. . . . She insisted that Kate go on in her place. . . . All of which made an old man and a young girl very happy. Most terrific anti-trust action in history of the V. S. is slated for Sept. It will involve at least seven of the best-known brokerage broker-age houses, an insurance firm And some banks. . . . Wendell Berge's (D. of J.) trust-busters ill charge that U. S. production is deliberately bottlenecked by the monopolies involved. . . . One of the digest mags for August Aug-ust has the exclusive story on it by B. Atlas. . . . Wall Streeters are poised for the big explosion that will shake the nation's financial setup. Manhattan Murals: The Little Vienna dishwasher who is a composer com-poser and music arranger on the side. He also publishes a monthly mag for amateur songsmiths. His name is Paul Christian; he's 57. Helps newcomers. . . . The menu at the Stage delicatessen which amuses the "Ellas" of the neighborhood neigh-borhood with this sandwich: "Ham and Swish." . . . The shapely blonde strolling through the park in a three-whistle play-suit. . . . Cab Calloway Cal-loway will be nefct to column a la LaGuardia (paid newspaper ads). For the Zanzibar, in jive lingo. ' The FBI has agents in town looking look-ing into alleged bribes in War Assets. As-sets. . . . Ray Brock and Miriam Hopkins, reported Reno bound, can't get the pap autographed. . . . The Newark Star-Ledger has an office of-fice boy at night He was a combat pilot-captain, much decorated for more than 150 missions. He goes to school during the day. . . . Booby-hatch Booby-hatch inmates no longer think they are Napoleon. According to N. Y. state medicos, they think they are J. E. Hoover or MacArthur. |