The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-27


 Faces About Town: Anita Colby, D professional beauty, winning the Et0rk Clubs $500 cash prize for be- ing the prettiest gal there Sunday night The selection being patty baked by her groom-to-be's former wife Peggy Dowd, Girl Friday 10 one of F. D. R.'s advisers, the prettiest of the Foreigners" there George White, almost struck by two trucks at 7th and 47th, his bnemies will be disappointed to learn <. Kay Swift constant onpanion- Ing with . Rodeo Romeo !. B. Ba- tuch, the Dollar-a-Y Year Man (who may be again) resembling an Es- Huire and while strolling along Fifth avenue Margot Grahame con- boling George Jessel, who is no glouch at consoling lonely women himself ...,. Peggy Joyce and some bf her four million dollars worth of gems. One stone is worth $S00,- poo Lois Andrews of Sean Eals" showing her mother the sin ful places. Mama could pass for Lois--so pretty are both .. Frankie flyers quipping: Button, button, who's got the Bremen?"
 Sallies in Our Alley: Willie How ard, the star, reminisced last night about critic who banned him hard long ago. When the reviewer learned that Willie had been made i'll over t1e notice, the critic sent him note. It said: I'm sorry I couldn't speak more highly of your performance, but I hope 1t will make no differ ence in our friendship" To which Willie replied by telegram: "And I hope 1t will make rio dif- ference in our friendship, but the next time I see you I'm going to punch you right on the nose" Some of us, you too, perhaps, were wondering about Gen. von Fritsch's death "Do you believe that he was killed in action or when he wasn't looking?" asked a sceptic . "I dunno" said another, but Read- CTS Digest answers it with nifty about an Irishman who died. The eoroner's verdict was: His death was caused by an Act of God under very suspicious circumstances"
 Memos of a Midnighter: George Whites boffing of the very "popu- lar' former Central Park Casino bulldozer resulted in the Stork Club barring the loser .. White merely got the first punch in, beating every woman in the place to it . Tony Martin had luck last week. One 100-' to-1 shot, the latter he shared with 18 Clubbers The Glen Grays are himaging as are the Peewee Hunts of the Casa Loma crew .. Mrs. Bill Duryea (Grace Patterson, the thrush) is on the mend at Le- Roy Sanitarium-after an appen op. Talk about red kissers The announcer for 8 ciggie program said: "They won't satisfy, mean they will" The Charles Schwab fortune, they say, will not be as much as imagined-and mebbe con- siderably less Jimmy Savo, married to a wealthy Countess, is now honeymooning at her castle in Perugia, Italy |. The Polish mill tary attaches in London have pre- sentod the Royal Air Force with this slogan: Trust in God and keep your pamphlets dryi"
 Midtown vignette: It ackchelly happened over at the Daily News building last week A process server couldn't get in to nail tardy alimony- -payer-in the sports de- partment He knew the man was at his desk, but the information clerk had orders to keep strangers at distance The process serv- CT had brains, however That building has a guide-tour which costs you nothing The process bloke simply joined one of the groups which are guided through the edifice-and as his group came to the sports department-he walked over and slapped the summons in the fugitive's hand
 Sounds in the Night: In Lindy's: "He writes songs with two guys who write the words and music" :. At Leon and Eddie's: T wouldn't say he was dirty-just anti-laundry" .. '. .. At Sherman's: "Lissen, a whisper about big shot like him shrieks like a siren" At Dave's: "Yeh,