Every morning a woman in London may be seen grooming "Danny Kaye," tidying his clothes and wiping his shoes; and every four months he is sent to the beauty salon for massage and manicure. Through all
these operations, the face of "Danny," famous for its motions, never stirs — for this "Danny" is nothing but a wax statue in the "Tussaud" museum in London!
The English people have so fallen in love with the celebrated comic actor that he has come to occupy the second place in their hearts, after the royal family; so they immortalized him in wax in the greatest of museums. He is the first American actor to win this lofty honor and that exalted rank.
"Danny" visited the studio of the sculptor "Bernard Tussaud," and the latter began taking "Kaye's" measurements with his special instrument — only the face would not stop moving: the mouth twisting, the nose veering aside, the eyes rolling, so that "Bernard" could not keep himself from dissolving into laughter at the sight. At last, when he had finished the measuring and the photographing, "Danny" added a suggestion of his own, saying: "I don't care what you do with my face and my body, for they matter little; the point that counts is my hands — they must be right." The sculptor agreed, saying: "Yes! They shall be cast in the mold of life."
Two of the workmen began casting the body, taking the most exact measure, and were astonished at the ease they found in carrying out this work. Then at last came the turn of the clothes. "Kaye's" suits had raised a stir among people of refined taste and the experts in the arts of fashion, and he donated one of them for the statue; and before he left for Hollywood, he promised that he would attend the ceremony of