The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-19

THE HEROES AND HEROINEs or
 1889
 0abby Hartnett found out that Q cheer lasts only as long as you can henr 1t. As Chicago's golden boy during the decade he was star catcher for the Cubs, he was made manager and overnight became the target of hoots. Now he knows the pubtcs acclaim is inflated money mo value ct the source.
 Alice Marble, the tennis champ, demonstrated she Is the most in- destructible of the news page beau- ties. She can face Q camera after Q stiff tennis tourney and look as fresh in the snapshots as the movie queens do after the best surgery from Q roomful of Westmores.
 Clifton Fadlman arrived as Amer ica's glihbest man. As proxy of the Tuesday night brain trust on the ra- dio, he shows ad llbbing can be scholarly and comic at the same time. And he's probably the only man in the entertainment world who gets paid for saying mo-.
 Dorothy Lamour was the patsy of the unwisest kind of 0 build-up. The several hundred sickly nifties on 'sarongs" failed to ruin her, but finer sponsors keep 1t up they can probably make 1t certain next year.
 Paul McNutt showed up as the Apollo of the politicians. He is Q picture book statesman-h handsome dudish, polished. There is talk he will wrinkle his pants to entice the dirt farmer vote-but the White House hardly seems worth that sac- rifice.
 Elinor Troy demonstrated how easy 1t is to 90 nowhere in a hurry, Lone passenger in c chartered plane, she was sped from the West Coast to here and Tommy Manville.
 MT. Woollcott surprisingly en- dorsed Q libel of himself. After watching Monty Wooley's hateful impersonation of him, The Town Crier agreed to play the role In the West Coast company. He probably figures if he's that detestable, he might as well get paid for 1t.
 Mayor La0uardia spent the year putting New York on the map. He pulled air officials out of an air- port and now he Is bent on hatch- ing c cinema colony. A go.getter, the Little Flower. Watch Us Growl
 Richard Knight, lawyer to some of the gilded litigants, executed the most difficult acrobatic feat of the Winter term. He did c hand- stand in the Metropolitan Opera House bar on opening night and his feet haven't touched the ground since.
 Glare Boothe began her third season as dietitian to the drama critics. They had to eat the words they spoke against her two hits "The Women" and "Kiss the Boys Goodbye" Now 1t appears they'll geS their vitamins from their re- views on Margin for Error"
 The New Workers A. J. Liebling offered new data on the truth that c joke has no father. Tn the pro- fiiS of the shuberts, all the mala. propisms charged to J. J. ten years ago were transferred to Bro. Lee.
 N. L. Mencken, who used to frighten college graduates, turned softly during the year, with little sentimental memoirs on his Balti- more childhood. If Mencken weak en2 any further, Uncle Don better get worried about his job.
 The snob influence came to the prisons. Sing Sing reaped a former pres of the Stock Exchange and the Bundsfeuhrer, and the Louisi- ana hoosegow collected college proxy. It got too damned tony for Winnie Ruth Judd, who broke out twice.
 Paul Muni would be this dept's pick for the years most surprised man. After seven years in the Hollywoods, where he was rated the best actor, he took another whirl ae the stage. And what rejoiced the critics inost2 ... The fact that he could still actl
 Thos. A. Dewey became the chan- pion smiier. At Q White House cana paigner, he has picked the grin as the best vote bait. He can dimple up to . camera quicker than Shir- ley Temple.
 The Editor of The Daily Worker fielded the years hottest potato. Robbed overnight of his head vil- lain when Stalin pinned wings or Hitler, the editor had to stay mum for 24 hours (tortureD until a fresh shipment of policy got in from Moscow.
 Leon Trotsky won the right to