The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-25

NEW YORK HEARTBEAT
Faces About Town: J. P. Morgan
in the Time and Life building lift,
looking at his teeth (via a hand
mirror after being dentist'd on
the 22nd floor Doris Duke, an
other walking mint, stunning at
Kelly's Stables, on w. 51st Street.
-. Senator Robert r. Wagner,
among the sentimentalists at the
Diamond Horseshoe ringside
George s. kaufman, the co-assassin
OF 1.-THE Woollcott Who Came to
Dinner" show, in front of the Astor
Hotel nibbling on his nails :.
George Jean Nathan in The Stork
Club trying to appear unimpressed
by the oo-la-la of Simone Simon.
-. Ricardo Cortez, Of the magic
lanterns, at I. Sherman's 54th
Street spot, giving the gals treat
by fluttering his sinful eyelashes.
Betty Cradle, the divorce,
confirming the legends, by publicly
adoring her Sweethartie Shaw !. !.
Jack Dempsey and his devoted
Hannah dancing happily together.
Jack Pulaski, Variety's Ibee,
whose expression is always: ''Wha-
daya wanna make of it?"
Bluesinger Dinah Shore giving the
Broadway 1oafers q thrill by trying
to hold down her hat and skirts at
the same time.
saIlies in Our Alley: Two girls on
the corner Of 45th Street the other
night were wondering out loud what
movie to see There's a very
good show at the Strand" said one.
"Yes, but there's a very good
one at the Capitol" said the other
-. "Well, let's go to the Strand"
said the first, they've got better
coming attractions there" Pa
tricia Wilder, Bob Hopes original
"Honeychile," was relating her ex-
periences abroad during the black
outs q. -. was nervous, Of course"
said Pat, "but Bob Hope was worse.
He won a jitterbug contest, and he
wasn't even dancing" X. Do you
know what the housemaid's knee
said to her mate? what do
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Memos OF Midnighter: Gertrude
Lawrence and J. Hertz, Jr., the taxi
scion, are ticking the same meter
:. Irwin Shaw, the playwriter,
and Actress Marian Edwards are
buzzed as merging last week
There are five hits in Jerry Kern's
new show, every Warm for May
. -. Most tuneful, they say, is "All
the Things You Are" :. Now they
are blending Jane Pickens' name
with E. Duchin's. Middle-aisle talk
soon, etc. Gloria Grafton and
her groom mustn't do! The
creator of that piece of paper which
when folded makes Hitler's map
look like a hog, cleared fast five
Gs in the first month Those
personals in the Times which fooled
tho News Git ran a story about a
husband and wife battling in Scars
dale over which new car they'd buy
was a publicity stunt for the WHY'S
machine . Z. It'll be done in all
leading cities. Real actors and ac-
tresses to be hired-and brawls
started In leading hotel foyers :.
It's a boy for the Ken (CBS Rob-
erss at Lenox Hill Hosp Ka-
loah, the Cotton Club torso twirler,
is really named Kate Kelly.
Midnight Vignette: She's the type
Janet Gaynor used to be in the
movies Born in a tiny town
she yenned for The White Light
nights she read about in Odd Nc
Intyre's column, and all the other
paragraphs the Broadway historians
syndicated . From one fan mag
she picked out her Dream Man. be-
cause she liked the sound of his
name She scissored his likeli-
nesses. too, and put them in frames.
and they were the last things she
looked at before she turned out the
light every p. m. She finally
fell in love with him Not long