Show NEWS THIS WEEK by LEMUEL F PARTON FEW EW YORK the nazis na bothered frau katherina unlike the pompadours Pompa dours and Monte spans usually among the first victims of po frau katie lotical upheavals immune to Aus anae nazis nazi J s ban dige d frau as emperor francs francis joseph called her has ridden the surfboard surf board of dynastic and political change for nearly 60 years she is now eighty two doing crossword puzzles disclaiming knowledge of the current cataclysm but longing for the good old days in those days she was pretty katie a dancer in the burg theater which was under the patronage of the emperor empero r after a hit performance with the emperor attending she obtained an audience sire isire she said with a low curtsey we cannot maintain ourselves on the salaries you pay I 1 owe for my costumes 11 the emperor promised a new benefice for the theater and said he would help her take care of her debts she was backing gracefully to the door when the emperor said frau why do you leave us she stayed 40 years in a snug little villa by the palace gates the emperor after a hard day swinging the scepter used to drop in at frau katies split a bottle of Pil sener and sing a few songs she knew all the mellow old tunes which he particularly ticul arly liked she used to darn his socks and tell him when he needed a hair cut she refused to accept gowns or jewels always remaining the frau but the emperor by an amusing artifice induced her to accept a fortune in gems he was a famous huntsman he told her he was sending her a wild boar he had killed she saw no harm in that when it arrived it had diamond earrings a diamond neck slain siam boar lace and bra bracelets belets Is studded and a diamond with jewels breast pin and its back was studded with precious hapsburg jewels she was supposed to know more of the secrets of the realm than any other person she guarded them carefully but did reluctantly reveal a few details of the mayerling May erling tragedy of 1889 she said archduke rudolf shot himself after killing baroness the version of the film now running it would make a good stor story if somebody could take frau fran to see mayerling May erling 11 and have her write a critical review M TARK ARK ETHRIDGE becomes la 11 91 czar of the radio industry it is hard to think of mr ethridge as a czar or even a third assistant simon legree but he clicks neatly as an able deft diligent and resourceful executive while mr ethridge is only forty four years old he is of the type of old line legman leg man D j tn radio czar kaabo czar newspaper man ma n began career with an insa insatiable diable as a leg man appetite for news A native of meridian miss with soft southern speech and instinctive courtesy he ought to be an excellent troubleshooter for the radio rather than a czar he was a reporter on the meridian dispatch studied at the university of mississippi and romped on up through grades to the managing editorship of the macon ga telegraph he was W with ith the new york sun in 1926 and his old friends there have been nominating him today for a loud cheer in this corner lie ile was lured back to macon alacon went thence to the richmond va times of which he was publisher and later became general manager of the louisville courier journal and louisville times ile he spent the year 1933 in central europe on an ober lander trust fellowship studying politics and economics and the only touch of anticlimax anti climax in his career the versailles treaty the radio has picked a man who mows the social and educational box score as well as good entertainment tain ment Q consolidated news features service |