The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31

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 Faces About Town: Senator Me- Naboe, the fighting legislator, watch eng the radio patrol cars in action 1m front of lD F. Seth Street ct 4:30 yesterdaWn Geo. M. Cohan ] and Billy Rose, with another flag waver, doing the Fair Monday eve'g ... Ethel Norman devouring 32 seidels of lager ct the zuyder Zee rendezvous Frances Farmer and her groom, Lief, in convuIsions ct Joe Lewis quipping at the Ri- vierS Barbara Hutton stalking out of the exhibit of Amazons at Whalen's Acres, upon discovering 1t was display of undraped fem iriinity. She didn't even wait to get her two-bits back =. Oracle Allen and her new "pink" hair on the Cotton Club =. Lillian Gish on 9th near 51St Mary Pick ford on West 45th at noon .- Conrad Nagel and locker at the Diamond Horseshoe .. Gloria Swanson and Grand Duchess Marie of Russia snapping each others likeness at the Hungarian Pavilion .. The former owner of Con nie's" (Harlem) in the Whoopee Era (who once wagered $100,000 on the turn of a card) returning to the Cotton Club (which he also | once owned as head waiter.
 Sallies in Our Alley: Doris Flee son, the reporter, in her daily story from Washington Tuesday revealed this: "A suggestion from a vollln- teer correspondent that Queen Eliz- abeth has a favorite American col- umnist who should be invited to meet her was spurned by Mrs. Roos- evelt, because it might raise a tempest among other columnists' :" To which a Broadwayite Tipped There's only one columnist that could mean--Lucius Beebel He's the only one who knows how to curtsy!" A columnist rival was beefing about Lucius borrowing his "Faces About Town" theme, which Lucius labels Faces About Boule- wards" "Ah," and his listener, "AN Beebe and the Forty Thieves!"
 N4NWbWWA V1kMCbeCs 44lC OVAAO4 eSA ternoon the cinemas were shooting the radio program, Information Please" The board of experts con- sisted of John Kieran, F. P. A., Os- car Levant and Rex Stout They all took a voice balance by giving their ages They all said they were 25, but they didn't say in what year! A little later a technician asked Levant not to strum on the table, as it kicked the hell out of the sound track .. "Okay, have it your way" sulked Oscar, "but it was very effective in Emperor Jones'!"
 Memos of a Midnighter: No won- der that ditty Wishing" is so pretty. It's got lot of "The Wishing Song" from Snow White" in its blood {. Hey, Red Skeltoni That quip you used on the air Saturday eve ("She's half Scotch and half soda") is from the files The Crouch Pro- gram" on Sunday used Clyde Hager's theme quip: Get away from me boys, you're bothering me!"-three tlIkCD! "A NOPy VI oAAoS W A~SS~A sign (amusing electricks) on Broad- way will be put up in Boston this week. The Mayor, Governor and Police Comm. will attend the un- yelling Marion Anderson, the colored thrush, was refused accom- modations at the Lincoln hotel in Springfield, Illinois . ]. The Lin- coin hotel, New York, nailed an lmposter who came in with two dolls and said he was a scout for this column .. When the management said: 'why, we expect your boss here in five minutes, he just phoned," the chap suddenly had to leave. Having no dough-he left a security card and other things .... The name on the card was James Dunn, Jr."
 Sounds in the Night: At Arman- dos: He's a genuine Broadway ham. His wit isn't sharp - only his knife isl" At the Paradise: "She galumps about the stage like Grants Tomb in love!" In Club Is: "Oh, you know her kind.