The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-01
MEMOS or A COLUMNIsTS
 GIRL FRIDAY

GIRL FRIDAY
 Dear MT. w.: Defense Counsel for Lepke assured me 1t is not true that you are to be subpoenaed to tell of broken promises. They know you did your duty Gypsy Rose Lee was operated on at Park East Hosp. May be there 10 days :. The Basil Fomeens who parted, have reconciled It didn't surprise me to learn that Henry Armstrong had cancelled his bout with Am- pers, because of grippe. Only a week ago saw him jitterbugging until the wee hours in Harlem 1. T. The Revolution must be onl At Paul Muni's premiere of Key Largo the Jules Brlilatours (Hope Hamp- ton) were not in the front row and their seats were actually off the aislel
 No kidding about this one: The Anarchist Party (according to youknowho) claims getting stronger in the U. s. They will be vit- riolicly active shortly. That is to say, against all againsters. The members are "intellectuals," who are supposed to be bitterly disappoint- ed with The Communist Poddy Some are former Commys. Are we supposed to look scared?
 Nan Gladstone is at Le Ruban Bleu and wishes you'd drop in. Says she hasn't seen you since Guinan's |. Garbo may have wanted to be alone, but almost 434,000 peope saw her in "Ninotchka" at the Music Hall in wks. Gene Fowler Is fiiending. First thing he told the doctor after the crash was: Go get that agent of mine. He gets 10 per cent of everything else, I want him to take 10 per cent of these injuriesi"
 Diane Chase of the Diamond Horseshoe has insomnia because of Hank Greenberg, the Home Run champ The John Hurleys of Variety have kissed and made up Jack Diamond sails Dec. 8 on the Grace Liner Santa Clara for South American mag series .. It's a boy for the Sammy Watkins in Cleveland. He's the popular orkonductor ,. like the sign over the bar in The Cinderella Club: Don't get swell l-headed. Re- member even a pair ot shoe-trees can fill your shoes" see where Fritz Wiedemann, the Nazi consul on the coast, said he didn't like the Bund and urged people not to join it That kind of talk comes too late He gives the Bund the brushoff now that 1t has been thoroughly discredited by its own stinkers.
 The correct quote which both- cred you the other midnight is: "Cowards die many times before their death; the valiant never taste of death but once" By Will liay1 s. =. Helen Gwynn wrote pisGe for Time about the meat . packing industry. She used the word "heifer" in one portion of the article and "cow" in another What's the difference?" asked an editor in memo "Sex?" :. Helen scribbled back: No differ en3e in sex--only in philosophyi" If that is over your head, then I am sorry you can't enjoy 1t :. If you need me Saturday night I'll be at the Gay Blades Ice Rink for tho Actors Midnight Skating Party. It's for Stage Relief
 MT. Jergens left town last night. Just looked over his many new factories all over the land. and is very happy so many people can be given jobs. Said to pe your own editor as heretofore.
 Here's a grand quip about ths late Godowsky. He was listening to . pianist. A spectator turned to Godowsky and said: Isn't it awful? He's missing so many pas- sages!" :. "Hmpf." grunted Leo- pold, "those he is playing are worsel' I hear this is stale, but not over at our house: Oscar Levant appeared bleary-eyed at Info. Please and said he'd been up all night trying to solve a word puz The Pulitzer and other travelling scholarships for use in Yurrop (which were ended by war conditions) are now being switched to Mexico and s. America The very social Lawrence White starts singing at the Trianon Room Dec. 7th. It's ultra. formal, only white