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NEW YORK HERALD TRIE =EARLY BIRD = OcJtW RIBll Coast to Coast LAS^VE< place persons lulah As vents, debut was no the eye' periment "I havi half of in saloons, admits, "by|* is the first " I have beesl for it." The^pi* incidentally.isre- ported to be ?║@ppv where ary0$tn"cl $20,000 perMeek, probably the least costly of all the atom?╜E^ periments thus Hy Gardner Wearing a baby blue satin gown, draped with transparent organza cape, Miss Bankhead chats informally with her fans, then explains why she wasn't hired to play the Pinza role in "South Pacific." "Rodgers," she recalls, "thought my voice was too high; Hammerstein thought my voice was too low. Josh Logan thought I had no voice at all." She then sings "I'll Be See ing You" and proves with ingra Mating humor that Rodgers, Hammerstein and Logan knew what they were talking about. "Actually," she says at the esd of her number, "my voiee *8^t as bad as it sounds." She's right; while it isn't the kind of a voice you'd enjoy hearing in a canoe it could be awfully romanticin a rowboat with loose oarlocks. After singing, Miss Bankhead steps in front of the curtain and re-enacts the classical dramatic scene penned by Dorothy Parker, "the telephone call." Never .?·J$ive we seen a nightclub audience, particularly one with itchy palms anxious to get into action in the adjoining casino, remain^f^ hushed |||S_aPplaud so vigorously af terweg-d. *?·m$& Always the superb showman; Tallulah changes the pace ia breathtaking fashion by going into an original satire on gambling that's too adult for tele* vision but custom-tailored for Vegas. ' - %^"\?· Unlike the usual run of comedians, Miss Bankhead doesn't just tell jokes?╟÷she acts them out as though she were doing scene from a play. She' GARDNER= 21.?╟÷An unscheduled explosion took the shape of a 112-pound-atomic Entratter as MTB-one?╟÷ Miss Tal- iCigareRe smoke mushroomed up into the air " lub" real gone dahling and until somebody else comes along with a better description, from nowL. on I'd like to refer to "her as ( the Bernhardt of banter. Sitting at a ringside table with Grace Hayes, Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy, was the noftsp! turf expert and jokester, Mr. Joe Frisco. Joe's eyes glistened when Talu sang and danced "Bye Bye Blackbird," but ' I wonder if he recalled the time the mere.mention of that song's title almost floored Enrico Caruso. It was at a benefit perform- . ance at the Metropolitan Opera House. All the stars present nodded to Caruso but were too! awed to get into conversation! with him. But riot Frisco. The stuttering comedian tipped .the great tenor on the shoulder and s^ic?·*"Lookie here, Rick, ,1 just\want-to give you a tip. I dpn't know what you're gonna/ sing tonight?╟÷but don't do "Bye Bye Blackbird,"?╟÷I do that for an ericoreI'v COAST TO COAST PATROL Jane Russell's beei*v lobbying in Washington to soWka laws per mitting Amer^silBiS'M adopt foreign born babiesaj^fou'll recall the fuss madl?║lp^i:'she and her husband, Bob ^^erfield, first brought their^^^^t from Europe. The govJI$B|J$M did everything but give" fc?·fe 1$& a loyalty test. Diosa Costello fita^liy decided to file for a Calirarjaia decree from Riviera-?╜aji??ba bandleader Pupi Campo. . ;?·|H|iana Turn, er's Hollywood house * is up for The asking prise)$$175,000, which includes eigiil^)Uilt-in television receivers, l^wonder Lana left town??:.|l||li| Washington talk is that Tommy Corcoran wouk| like to have his law associate^jwlames Rowe, named as tb& jgifrt. chairman of Ifae DeBM3^r^iic^l|a,^ional Com- mittee. Lyndon Johnson, Harry S. Truman; Adlai Stevenson and ATO^f^Barriiuan may have other tdeas; hpwever. Commie^Snspiring Gus Ha] went on a hunger strike Leavenworth because, we'$ formed, he felt he was overworked in the prison dry. Any time any of thosi This Clipping From COS ANGELES, CAL. TIMES ' ;v;aY 2 7J8S3 MRS. GEORGE H SEAMAN JR G gown of white satin, net and lace for her mS in the Trinity Reformed church El JVWp couple spent their honeymoon 'in Las' Ve- %% All's confusion this week. When 70,000 telephone numbers quick like a flash change prefixes?╟÷well! You can imagine ... Hudson to Hollywood, Thornwall to Pleasant, Parkway to Republic . . . sounds like a run around left end! In fact it's so confusing let's talk about something else . . . F'rinstance there's a boy in the family of Jane (Suhr) and Hughes Porter. Young man arrived at Hospital of the Good Samaritan weighing 7 pounds, 9V2 ounces. He has a cute little sister, Vicky, and four proud grandparents: Helen and Jack Manri and the Howard Porters of Pasadena. Jane (the flew mamma) and Ji|r twin sister, Chardy Suhr, can't believe it's a boy! hike those invitations "H.B.M. Consul-General and the Vice-Consul i/c of Canada request the honour of your presence at a celebration of the Coronation of Her- Majesty Queen Elizabeth' II to be held at 615 North Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills/' It's Friday from 5 to '7^. ??- Mrs. Robert William Pittack mailed formal invitations for a tea Friday in her Hwmcfc Park home from 3 to 5 p.m.. Juanita's retiring president of the National Wmrity League . Hfe";;.! You SbiflW*^!^: Helen and Bijf Seals leavPijjtine 1 for tlyR trip to the Orie; Fiske '.'jjgjw ^4s j Mother Neve* it'Hims) opens tomor- m. at Bar of Music, know that Tallulah at the Sands in Las low) got*mm his fifsT these many-yfea**- agqi Bat.#f Tommy ^^^^^^S^^-en Hillmari Bt3*?╜J{. lrTTKe Hospital of the Go6Bi$|fe&ritan. Hurry and get ^Spp18' Vignette: iiS^-jf eminine luncli^Perino'S'it^^eep in i convlpa-tion. Up cpmes the ?√ß waitelpid places ;a blue and ___' a red P|P (miniature;ones) on 1 the ta^ Smiles and: hand- waving aSteg^the room. Yep, it's Ben Rr*Meyer and his "calling cards." Such a nice way to say "hello." And thank you?╟÷I'm taking notes with a red pen these days. Flashbacks: Hot coffee and j hot music (hi there, Barney i Sorkin) combined to keep the merrymakers from freezing to death when the temperature dropped t'other p.m. in Pasadena. And about 500 people seated at tables around the pool at the Huntington helped, too! li^fei It was really a fun party, I the informal dinner-dance fol-1 lowing the Pasadena Guild's 1 tennis tournament (for the I Childrens Hospital, you re-1 member). Ginny (in a pretty I yellow cashmere sweater) I and Hank Braun, Dorothy and I John Poole, Katherine andi Tom Pike (got to get in al plug for the Republican's\ $100 dinner June 9), Rita andi Boss Barrett, lovely-looking I Bowena and Paul Willis (Pas- j adena's best commuters froml Hancock Park) . . . And More: Natalie Howard in a huddle with Carolyn Wellborn, Betty (chairman of the Guild) and Nelson| Howard?╟÷being very busy?╟÷I Dale Taverner dancing by inf a full-skirted black-and-white j print frock .' . . Midge Nunan (she leaves in June to join Neal in Rochester, N.Y.?╟÷ their hew home?╟÷and they'll summer on Lake Canandai- gua) . . . Liz Morrow in embroidered pink linen . > . Fliss Wilson in a white cashmere with pear teardrops ;. .p Marque Richards, Virginia/ and Mel ("It's Morse, of I i course!"?╟÷Pasadena Board of j I Education candidate) Morse." K This Is All: Louise Ewing I and Virginia Cartwright pre];; siding over a huge glass bowl of tickets (it belonged to El- j len Wright and everyone was j being sooo careful!) . . . Thur- j mond Clarke with his Athalie i (just back from Visalia), at- j tractive Jane Lawler Stern , with Harrison Chandler, Mary and Lynn Helm Jr. | (Jane and Mary, biggies from , the Childrens Hospital board!). Quite a party. Hear Christy Fox every Sun- : day on KNX at 10:45 a.m.