The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-03

], that the pass-holder can't me 'in- portant" and so the pass might be
 revoked Also, if the pass stubs
 aren't used often enough 1t will
 show that the holdler isn't inter-
 ested enough So it will be talk
 en up That's what happens
 from reading an item too hurriedly.
 Mrs. Dutch Schultz didn't get her.
 self slugged for allegedly slandering
 a comrade killed with Dutch
 She almost got slugged. must beg her pod'n when I see her. Per-
 haps even the slight erratum served
 as good warning The "boys"
 she said 1t to are sooooo sensitive
 about such cracks" That
 Strange Enchantment" melody stays
 in the ears .. A reminiscent thing,
 but what of 1t?
 Mayor LaGuardia's order to his city commissioners to wear top hats
 to the Fair opening musta been
 inspired by the fact that Hizzoner
 didn't wanna be the funniest look ing official there Sundays Gallup poll revealed that the cur rent opinion favors the Republican chances in 1940 by 52 per cent i. :. Those poor Democrats manage to squeeze to the front only once in four years election time .. :. Amaz- ing how much better guy can feel If he just reads the funnies in the papers and skips the front pages and editorials and serious columnists =. ]. What you don't know doesn't give you the jitters <. Skolsky who did column in town and in Holly wood for eight years, and now doesn't anymore, gained ten pounds the first ten weeks of being a man of leisure Dr. Robert Ley, the Hitlerrand boy for Labor, urged the German workers to "enjoy life" and then told them they'd have to cut their beef-eating 30 per cent :. In short, he wants them to be just the happiest hungry people in the world.
 That's a different routine Eddie LeBaron's crew does in the Hoysradt show at the Rainbow Room-around midnight The orchestra toys with a dreamy waltz and the lights are romanticallN dimmed .. One by one, the bandsmen tiptoe away from the podium, leaving only the pianist, who plays softly-and Le- Baron Then the pianist steals away and the leader whistles the Merry Widow" as he, too, non- chalantly walks off-1eaving the patrons dancing with no band or tune at all-when the lights go up again! They feel so silly, but then get the gag and patty-cake boisterously for more Glen Miller's recording of his theme song, Moonlight Serenade," features an eight-bar clarinet solo Swing | addicts will not believe it isn't by Benny Goodman or Artie Shaw working anonymously for a pal It's that wonderful, anyhow | Wonder why Sheila Barrett's hells | and damns in her monologues are omitted only from the dinner show at the Plaza?
 Funny thing about the Critics Circle plaque . For years they | paid Jersey jeweler $50 for it |. This year he couldn't do it for that money" And SO the re- viewers went to the swanky Car tiers on 5th avenue to price the | same gift SIS The knock CTS have been trying to belittle Dor othy Parker, arguing her recent | Information Please" appearances | revealed no wit Sowot? | She's grown up girl now .. | As is certified to in her latest book, Here Lies," which is literature, and health for your brains, if any On the Cotton Club tables these nights there are announcements about Bill Robinson's starring in "The Hot Mikado" show with a quote saying Bills performance is magnificent" instead of magnifi- cent / Tryin' to be fancy, eh? . If the Paradise knew the of its new show title Venus in Paradise" = they'd know why every hospital attache in town titters Well, MT. Whalen's Worlds Fair is something to take the breath away. At night, es- pecially. when the lightings caress the architecture It is certainly not to be kidded. A holiday for the eyes.