Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 November 1948 — Page 2
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‘The Stuffed Shirts'—
Playgirl, 72,
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NEW "YORK, Nov. 30—The Metropolitan Opera Association . and 72-year-old playgirl Mrs. Betty Henderson staged their first performance of the 1948-48 season last night. It was a toss up which was the bigger hit at the box office. While Verdi's “Otello” was being presented on the Met's stage, Mrs. Henderson put on a floorshow of her own only a 10-carat| stone’s throw away in Sherry’s Bar, which was open for business throughout the opera for those who went to be seen and not to listen. First she got petted by Actor John Loder and then a prize fighter pretended to sock her on the jaw. Mrs. Henderson made a name
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last year by kicking up her heels|
so high that a leg landed on a table, The management howled with rage and she promised to be good this year. She didn't drink anything but water, but she wound up with a standing room only audience with her cut-ups.
Lot of Vacant Seats
There were a lot of vacant seats in the opera house during the first two acts while Mrs. Henderson let Mr. Loder fondle her long, false, red sausage curls, which dangled almost to her waist.
a Her audience even forgot Mar- J
garet Truman, the daughter of the President, who was at the opera while Mrs. Henderson and Mr. Loder made eyes at each other and at the cameramen. Mrs, Harmon Bpencer Auguste, socialite who went to the opera with Mr. Loder but spent the evening at the bar, got into such a huff that she lost a long white kid glove. Someone asked her who Mr. Loder was. She said he was jetrtes Hedy Lamar's ex-hus-
“Shut up,” Mr. Loder roared, as he continued playing with Mrs. Henderson's curls. ‘‘“Goodness,’’ Mrs. Auguste shrieked. “I've lost a $22,000 diamond ring.”
Just a Love Poke
Then she handed reporters her calling card, grabbed Mr. Loder by the arm and left. By that time the stage Iago was well on his way to destroying Otello and Desdemona, and the audicnce at Bherry's ordered up more champagne. Mrs. Henderson said she thought she'd look in on the operatic doings and took her playmate John Alden Talbot Jr. with her. But before she could get there, up popped her boxing teacher, Packey O'Gatty, a former bantamweight fighter. They feinted a couple of times and then
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O'Gatty planted his fist on her w, “Just a love poke,” he said. “Oh, what have I done?” Mrs. Henderson wailed. “Maybe they won't let me come back again.
ste at the Met bar . . . “Good-
ness, I've lost a $22,000 diamond ring.”
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Otello at the Bar;
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By LEO TURNER United Press Saft Correspondent THE 750 BAR & GRILL, THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, Nov. 30—The opening of the Metropolitan Opera played to a full house here except for the two people at the end of the bar. They were only half full, “I like opera,” said Florence Ryan, who was a concert singer in Bydney, Australia, 30 years ago. “Thanks, I'll have rye and water.” Bas ’ The 750 is on the street of forgotten Irishmen, under the rattling Third Avenue elevated railroad. The opera was televised for the first time on the opening night. The bar's television set was at the end of the room beside the sign reading “not responsible for hats, coats, umbrellas or lost week-ends.” The price of admission for Otello was one 10-cent glass of| beer.
Things started off quiet. There were 13 patrons in the bar when the curtain went up. All were drinking beer except Flo Ryan's friend, Margie Connolly. She was drinking wine. “I just dropped in tonight to get something to cheer me up,” said Flo, who carried considerable weight, She was wearing a black] dress and an oversized tam. !
Oh, well, what do I care what the stuffed shirts think.” By that time the opera was over and Mrs. Henderson went home. She never did get the seat for which she had paid $100.
Forrestal Denies Criticizing MATS
Cites ‘Letter’ Printed By S-H Newspapers
By Scripps-Howard Newspapers WASHINGTON, Nov: 30—Defense Secretary James Forrestal today denied that he wrote to Alr Secretary W, Stuart Symington citing the Military Air Transport Service as an example of the failure of unification to save money. On Nov. 28, Scripps-Howars Newspapers said such a letter was written by Mr. Forrestal to Mr. Symington. “I have noted a story appearing in the Scripps-Howard newspapers on Nov. 18 under the signature of Mr. Jim G. Lucas which alleges that I sent a letter concerning the Military Air Transport Service to the Secretary of the Air Force,” Mr. Forrestal said, “This is not correct; no such letter ever has been transmitted by me to Secretary Symington.”
restal wrote Mr. Symington that
ice had more personnel than both the old Air Transport Command and the Navy Air Transport Service, out of which it was formed. Figures were cited to show there had been an increase amounting to 1468 officers and men since the merger, William Frye, deputy assistant to Mr. Forrestal, checked the figures contained in the purported letter and found them wrong in some details but substantially correct. However, Mr. Frye wrote: “This office stresses that our objection is directed solely to quotations from a purported let-
{nor seen by Becretary Forrestal and never received by Secretary Symington.” Mr, Lucas said he was given a carbon copy of the purported letter from the files of one of the military departments.
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—Jennifer Jones was back home|The Sarge. “But I didn’t believe today 10 days after she had her opera will ever appeal to the appendix removed. Dr. Ewing|television audience. Lookit. All| Turner said she could go back tojof them throwing their hands in
“I've been dropping in here for! seven years,” she said at the] first intermission. “It's a nice,| {homey place.” i The master of ceremonies was| George Essock, 29, owner of the) 750, who wore a green and white] striped shirt, a soiled apron and a broad smile. George rapped! |a sleeping drunk on the knuckles| 'at one point and said: “Hey, wake up. This is opera.” On the front row was Harry Roberts, wearing cotton work clothes and a leather jacket, and his girl friend, Kitty Damico, in a stunning tan suit and black] hat. They were eating fried potatoes with their beer. “So, This is Opera” “I wasn't watching,” said Harry. “So, this is opera,” said Kitty.
By this time the second act had ended and Harry and Kitty departed. More drinkers drifted n and the crowd turned from beer to whisky.
Smoking his pipe and watching the crowd was The Sarge, John! |O'Keefe, member of the Lost | Battalion in World War I, three years with the Air Force In World War II, late of the Post Office Department. “Now I have all of Caruso’s records at home, I have,” said
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