The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-19

| the Aquacade the other night. A
chorus man went on tear and
sent two Of the girls to hospital
3. !. The management and ex-
Iploiter Of new night spot were try
ing to dope on a way to get the
opening into the newspapers
The boss wondered II Mayor La
Guardia could be persuaded to
come II can guarantee It,"
said the preshs agent, "just start
a fire in the joint" In a
British film, Rebecca West reports
| picturesquely: 1T is true there are
more men authors than women. But
don't forget women have other
things to do. They must bring all
the authors into the. world, as well
as the entire reading publcl" ).
The Excel Stationery ON West 43rd
Street. unlnowingly, we are told
has this display Three books,
the. titles Of which are Live With
a Man and Love It" 'Daily
Except Sundays" and address
Unknown" Thumbnail de-
scription Of Bert Lahr: The middle
Of q sneeze.
New York Novelette,: He. was a
former press agent in the Broad
way places A night club pro-
prietor thefted his wife's love
He carried the longest torch we ever
heard about They say he still
carries it The other night he
eased his heartache a little !.
He went into the love-thief's cafe
and devoured costly meal, plus
drinks Then he started to
exit without paying the bill-a mat
ter of about SO whats the
big idea?" demanded the owner
Don't get excited" answered the
press agent, you stole my wife and
I'm swiping a meal from you. That
just makes 1t even"
Willie Howard of Scandals" un-
folded this one about the late TED
Healey. Ted just before his death hat:
been arrested on charges of starting
q fire in a friends house
He was released, however, and went
to the Trocadero the same night
/. The master of ceremonies
who was calling upon celebs, an
nounced "And now we present Ted
Healy, the well-known fire-bug!"
IT may be a fire-bug," shouted
Healy, "but I'm not louse!"
Our Red-Face Dept: We an
nounced that it would probably be
denied but that Sec'y of the Treas
ury Morgenthau was Ill Not
serious we added just as we
exclusively predicted, the cabinet
member confirmed the first half of
the scoop in the following telegram:
Dear Walter You will be glad to
learn and some people will not be
SO pleased that Sunday morning I
enjoyed a two hour horseback ride.
Sunday afternoon Mrs. Morgenthau
and I took a long cross-country
walk. Everything was perfect un-
til nine o'clock when I turned on
my radio to listen to my favorite
Sunday night commentator. From
then on I wasn't sure which of us
was sick. The telephone began to
ring. Friends and press associa-
| tions wished to ascertain the state
of my health. I assured them that
up to the time of your broadcast I
had been perfectly well. My tele-
phone is in working order. How's
yours?"
It's not feeling so good-move
over.
"The surprise communication of a
sentence of Warren K. Billings this
week was no news to the readers of
this column-where 1t first was an
, nounced five weeks ago and then
repeated two weeks later. Prom
The Lyons Den in the N. Y. Post,
October 18th.
Governor Olson of California will
announce his plan to free Warren
K. Billings, Tom MONEYS co-de-
PENDANT in the San Francisco Pre-
paredness Day Bombings This
may be news again in five or six
weeks. From Your New York Cor
respondents broadcast of May 14th
speaking OF froI. WOOllCOtI, DIS We
were at the top of the clumn, here
is concrete example Of what Kauf-
man and Hart may expect >.
When Woollcott opened in flop
Theater Guild show few seasons
ago, one of his ex-secretaries (now
columnist) went to the show
smacking his lips The next
day he columned: Alexander WOOL
colt, a third rate ctor, is seen in
a fourth rate show at the Guild
-. Harold Ross, of the New York
err, visiting Woollcotts' dressing
room, said: Did you see that dirty
dig in the paper about you this
morning."
! "Oh, WE'LL" sighed Alec, mo man
Is hero to his valet"