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FAUL LOA . § thee of you: fay. 1 like «Frank Sinatra, -And -there - 7 are - not: many. newspaper- * men. ‘who. can make. that ‘statement. * 7 qt has “always seemed to “me “that“he is, in the vernacular of. Jersey ‘City, Nal.-a-stand-up guy with --8 Asean sense of loyalty to 28 MOSP Sense OF woyasty u ne his pals. ; - - The . hazard,. unfortun- _ ately, is in trying to determine at precisely what point he doés or does not consider you a pal, * If you happen to guesa wrong, you are quite liablé * to wind up with some - thing that aches far more ~ than “a “ ‘meré. “emotional He! 's a:swinger, that lad. And in more than one sense of the word. Frank is known to be subject to sudden, and not infre- quent, violent changes of affection. — As you read, it hap- pened again, just the other night. - He -and another kid from around the candy. store, Dean Martin, were prowling Pebble Beach in _ the: post-midnight hours .-when they: stoppéd in at ’ the Del Monte Lodge and ‘demanded a late snack. - * after. “being - “informed ‘politéty, T would assumé, that the kitehén was ~ | closed, they insisted that “the clerk éall the tianager. He’ was ‘called. Atd he ‘came ‘down to the lobby. : That was a major tactical error.” ; Toting nothing + more Meriacing than.a gift’ bhot- tle of champagne. with whith he apparently planned..to placate the weary travelers, the man- ager >was | euddenty. clob- ‘beped> by ‘Sinatra: «iy ATTHOUgh ‘Te—one- body. does), he remained the perfect host. He mere-. ly tried, with notable lack of ‘success, toward off the © blows, and didn't throw any.of:his own, | T-rather wish he had. Frankie's post- juvenile de- - linaisanacd anqucncy bit tiresome. __ He is a splendid perfor- ae Ty itikd, Jaboring under the delu- sion that his talent gives him some special sort of social license to act like an aging Dead End kid, Futhermore, | happen to take a very dim view of actors who slug the public. : Any actor whé-would hit a- potential box-office custe- ° mar ic nat akeva. thragrina aera a roundhouse ‘punch ata. mémber of the press—an offense whith T- have al- ‘maintained - should ha. 15 becoming a 7 Teeet Le wen tn Le Bit he seems ta be js Do.Become Tiresome lavéighed the’ ‘singer’ -(which; of course, every-’: Warrant ' capital punishd -ment. ‘Or,-at the very least, no future. mentions in. the column... . There are “enough “Site falls in this business with- out us having to worry about ‘pugnacious perfor- mers.. And yet, worry. we must, | I can, rem ember when Lee Mortimer didn't dare walk into “a night “ehtb washroom for fear that ‘he -might. be -waylaid, and emerge wearing a shiny new black eve. * And how manv nights I stood at the entrance of Mocambo watching for- mér Hollywood columnist ‘Jimny Starr. get worked “cover by celebrities - about whom he had been. kind enough 1o write a few words. I used to think that, since we were mem- bers’ of -The Fraternity, I should -jump in and- give him.a hand. Invariably, though, I'd be. Wearing a new suit. S50, i really couldn't, ° That was a few years ago, relatively quiet for awhile. But with Sinatra acting up again, who knows what's: ‘Hable’’to ‘happen? As I ‘said, I-like Frank. Still, im :sorry the mana- ger didn't belt him back. lm toonh Somebody! 5 gol te teach ‘him’ ‘a lesson. I'd do it “myself,” “but: “i've “ got a “ chronie: ‘disability. I'm yes & cf { (aus Sek ea Web. Zou CORTE TED : TASSIF 1 ALL Tu? Siy ee ay Things have «been —