Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-09-09
BY L. L. STEVENSON

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Success Story: About eight years
ago, Mrs. Gertrude Berg, a young
matron, finding that her household
duties didn't keep her busy enough
while her children were in school,
worked out new type of radio
program. From studio to studio she
went peddling her idea but while
there were admissions it was
unique, she received no encourage
ment until WMCA, then small sta
ton, gave her chance to go on
the air-but without salary or other
compensation. Within short time,
NBC sent for her and took her on
at $50 week to act as author, pro-
Queer, director and chief character
in her program, which was called
''The Rise of the Goldbergs." A
short time ago Mrs. Berg signed a
five year contract carrying with it
compensation of $4,000, 900 to bring
back that same program to the air.
Incidentally, during the last year,
she has been in Hollywood writing
original stories at salary of $4,000
a week.
Courtesy: Writes Miss ]. A. r.
from Algonac, Mich: "On a vaca-
trion trip in New York City, my girl
friend and I were driving through
Central park-we had mastered the
signal light system, so had every
confidence in our driving ability. En-
crossed in our surroundings, we
were making a left-hand turn into
a one-way street (exit) when we
found ourselves marooned in the
streets center, heading into a sud-
den onrush of traffic which streamed
by on both sides of us. Nothing
catastrophe except certain internal
stress caused by unfriendly gestures
and greetings from the opposing
drivers. Out of the corner of my
eye I saw a small car with two po-
lice officers in it who took an in
terest in our position. Finally, when
the road cleared, I steered the car
to the curb to relax. The policeman
pulled beside me and one brogue-
ishly asked this obvious question:
Having any trouble, lady?"
Nervously, I gave the obvious an
swer and received this consoling re-
ply: Don't be a damn bit nerv-
Gus, lady. You're among friends"
Prosperity: That the depression
is definitely at an end is the firm be-
lief of Hyman Ozersky. You've per-
haps never heard of Mr.. Ozersky
but for the last nine years, he has
been valet at the Hotel Piccadilly
which is in midtown. Well, Mr..
Ozersky reports that up to a short
time ago all he ever found in pock-
cts in the way of money-he doesn't
count collar buttons, match packets,
penknives and things like that-was
coppers, small silver and on ex-
tremely rare occasions, a dollar
bill. But lately, he has been finding
S. and $40 bills. Everything he dis
covers is returned to the owner and
it was with little pride that week
or so ago, on checking up, he found
he had returned his ten-thousandth
dollar left behind by a forgetful pa
tron.
Cheated: Nine. Lotte Lehman, of
the Metropolitan Opera company,
is fond of cats. While driving
through the country the other day.
she discovered an urchin sitting by
the roadside, bowling dismally. In
quiry disclosed that the noisy grief
was due to the fact that his mother
had just drowned six new kittens.
'That's too bad," consoled Nine.
Lehman, her sympathy fully
aroused.
For few moments, the child
bawled louder and then announced,
can she promised me I could
drown 'em."
Vanity: Report has it that an or
ganization has been formed by con-
Germs and individuals dealing in
male beauty preparations. The
members claim to be major indus
try on the ground that males spend
$2,OO0,OOO year to try to be beau
tiful. Also the head of the organiza-
ton, a well-known Broadway plastic
surgeon, says that go per cent of
his patients wear trousers. And 1
can remember when the town dude
was called sissy because he vase
lined his hair.
9 Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.