DONE AT RANDOM By RALPH L. LESTER for AM’ WORDS WITHOUT MUSK’ Philadelphia. Nov. 3—A threat for the eye: Nina Mae McKinney in b sarong.—Voodoo has gone ritzy. It is now called Vaudan.— Lillian Yarbo and Eddie Anderhon sepia members of the cast of, “You Can’t Take It With You,” furnish | a goodly portion of the hilarity that makes the current movie ver sion a side-splitting succes. X marks The Spot: In San Jose, | Calif., fatal traffic accidents are, marked on the highway with a i huge circle. Frank Wilson, star of! “Porgy and Bess.” is the butler! * in Clare Boothe’s “Kiss The Boys Goodbye,” a current hit on broad way. Something to worry this de partment: The statement of Ber nard M. Baruch to the effect that the army can't protect the U. S. in case of an invasion. How come? Louis Armstrong celebrated trumpeteer, thinks “West End Blues” is his greatest record.—A thought for today: Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow does not exist. Today is here. Use it.—If you are interested in maintaining peace, write World Peaceways, Inc., 103 Park Avenue, N. Y.—Octavius Roy Cohen had 104 articles rejected by th0 Saturday Evening Post before one was accepted. Then all the re jects were bought. “The sense of hearing is consid-1 erably dulled when you eat a full' ! mean”, asserts a prominent physi j cian. Probably nature’s way of pro ' teeting us against aft-r-dinner | speakers.—It has been denied that Lionel Hampton and Teddy Wil son will quit Benny Goa.man’s swiingster* to form thf ir own band. —COLORS: Blue, Rose and Pink % in order, are the colors found to be the most preferable to the wo men of Fifth avenue, during a re cent cor test. THAT YELLOW BASKET The Myrna Loy dog naming con test has ended. The most unusual feature of the entire contest, ac cording to Mark Hellinger, was ‘‘more than 18,000 people in the United States and Canada sugges ed the names ‘Tisktt’ and ‘Tasket.’ PERSONALS MARIAN ANDERSON: Roland Laver, the tenor, who has staved * away from Philly too long, will sing at the Academy here, Jam fry J, 1938. ETHEL WATERS: “At Home Abroad” may become a fact in | stead of a show yesterday. Beatrice Lillie, with whom you shared bill i ing in the show of that title, j wants to become an American citi I zen. MUSIC DEPARTMENT | Wm. C. Handy will celebrate his 65th birthday on Nov. 21. In his II onor a concert is being planned at Carr.egie Hall N. Y. Handy’s “St. Louis Blues” will be a “must j number” for all the orchestras in vited that evening FLASHES OF TALK In the Showboat: “So you’re five feet four inches with heels. Well, how trill are you with regular guys.”—At the Portal Card: “She thinks the constable is a good man , because he's always helping poor j people out. —At the Rudweiser: "I l don’t need a watchdog. I’ve got I newsy neighbors.” EGG-ZACXLY One egg produced during the month of October and November is worth on the mark\ Mubby as a queen instead of a i Ki ib Crville as a baker instead of a j Cook. Minne as a runner instead of a Walker. Douglas as a Boeing instead of a Corbin. Joe as Calloway instead of a Elington. Willie as dumb instead of Wise. Catherine as real instead of t’oggus. * * * This is one of Heze (Maltimore) Nicholson’s poetry: Love is such a funny thing Its something like a lizard, It wiggles all around my heart, And tickles at my gizzard. * * * After basket ball practice Leroy 1 homas is like the worm, who said, “I’m about all in, as the chicken took the last gulp. * * * Ike—“A nut and his possessions are soon parted.” Josh -“Who got yours.” (Now is that right??? * * * In the old days people danced like this. Now theydaneelikethis. * * * Ne'er go swimming after a! meal—You’ll never find it. Here- is an instance which shows how the meaning of a sentence can bo changed by punctuation. (Ex tracte dfrcun James Mosley’s pa per in English.) “Lord Buyand Sell entered irpon hii head, a white hat upon his feet, large well pol ished boots upon his brow, a cloud in his hand, his faithful walking stick in his eye, a menacing look saying nothing.” I don’t believe it! Do you!!!! I guess you thing this bunk— well, it is. -0O0 SURVEY GIVES DATA ON NE GRO BUSINESS IN HOUSTON Washington. D. C. Nov. 19 (A NP)—Houston, 13th city in siz of Negro population ranked, ac cording to William L. Austin, Di rector of the Census bureau, 10th among the cities in the Unite! States in the number Of retail stores operated by Negroes m 1935. Two hundred fift.v-t" re*<* I stores were operated by 261 activt proprietor, and ftm members. However. 7 fewer stores were op r nt