Show LIGHTS OF NEW YORK by WALTER TRUMBULL you never can tell in new york who a casual acquaintance may turn out to be henry clapp smith tells me that a quiet appearing roan man came into a book store and ordered about 30 worth ot of hooks books lie he gave lila ills name and asked that they be shipped to him with tile the i bill As lie talked as if lie he might purchase more books the firm thought it its as well to ge a i 1 rating on him the word that came back from froin the credit house was this man ts s good for will rogers Is reported to have signed a years movie contract at a week if that report la is correct lie he should be bb able to keep himself in ropes and chewing gum in the 52 weeks the movie men expert expect to make four pictures with rogers as th the icat star of each mrs wallace irwin la Is working on a comedy W which probably will be seen on broad broadway V a next nest winter it Is nothing new for mrs irwin to td write plays but most of them have been a bit som somber ber we are glad she has turned to comedy laughter Is about the best tonic any of us know A new yorker has been interesting herself in a woman whose family life has not always run smoothly seeing her the other day the now new york or cr was more than surprised to be told that she had married again but I 1 dont understand tand she said you are not divorced oil oh all right lady said the woman 1 I this one in new km jersey almost anywhere 1 in new yorks shopping districts you can see windows filled with perfume bottles of all shapes and sizes the perfume bust busl ness has grown into a large industry and many starting in a small way have made a fortune fortun elout out of it even evea those men who do not like scent but do like glassware may be seen looking in windows fascinated by the bottles they tell me that lo la england the fashions in scents are going back to the old flower perfumes the heavier orl oriental scents are for or tile the moment in disfavor one of the most necessary ingredients for scent Is said hald to be e civet jack gardner who lives in tile the fifties wills was directed as an engineer later he was an english naval aviator in tile the war now he be 14 1 an inventor lie ile has invented i a mach machine lne which strips and shreds lax flax they used to have to let nax rot it and bleach it before they spun it flax fiber comes in lengths of from 12 to 21 24 inches seo sea island cotton which I 1 am told Is the best grade has about a 2 inch fiber by tho the gardner me method flax can be cut into short lengths and fed to cotton machines many of which have been idle this I 1 understand will cause a big saving in the cost of 0 linen holland the land of his birth still has the largest number of 0 paintings by rembrandt but the united states Is rapidly gaining on the netherlands in the grand total of rembrandt can vases hung in galleries and private homes tile the first generation of rembrandt collectors on this side of the water included among others 11 0 havemeyer who was interested almost wholly in the painters earlier curlier works other collectors here also went in for the earlier period then came a sud den change in taste and Rem brandts ats of 0 the later period became the fash ion many Rem brandts purchased purchase d in recent years hang bang in detroit the au to mobile aristocracy bought rem item brandt canvases canias cs and most of those which traveled west brought tremendous prices john ringling has three splendid Rem brandts in his art museum in sarasota fla da among the snappiest lest dressers in new york are mayor major walker damon runyon and walter winchell the latter goes to his dally daily toll in a dou ble breasted beautifully tallor tailored edwhite white suit black and white shoes and h a pan amo a hat bat damon runyon has a blue felt hat bat which Is tile the envy of my ex el istance james montgomery flagg has hag for years worn a cont coat and vest of one color slid and trousers of another ano a style which has recently become very ery smart W 10 30 dell bell syndicate |