The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-07

e'azzzsL --1Isas.- 1.-THE Cat and
the Canary" by Bob Hope when
discussing corpse who was pref
ty crooked in life. 1--WE had to use
q screwdriver to get him into the
ground when he died." comments
the ebullient Hope.
SWING
SHAKESPEARE
Something to see: the trum-
pet blaring, "satchel -mouted"
Louis Armstrong as Bottom IN
Bill Shapespeare's A Midsurn-
mer Nights Dream" which they
are about to swingl
I like that full-page ad Busby
Berkley took the other day for
no special reason. His message
was confined to small island Of
white space in sea of white: TITS
been q lovely day." Is all he says,
there in the USA."
Elmer Rice's haid used to be
stark red. It now has turned
russell brown and, apparently, not
from worrying.
Beatrice Lille grows lonely In
London and addresses rather mo-
mentous cablegrams to her
friends here. Often she inquiries
in uncoded messages, whats
new?"
Simone Simon, who Is going to
be ADDISON girl In the new musi-
CAL has trimmed her waistline
down to a minimum.
There's that hamburger stand
on Long Island. The sign says,
"Our Hamburgers Have Soul.
Our Soul Goes Into the Max
ing of Them. Some Cooks Put
Vim, Some Put Care, Some Put
Intelligence. We give You All
These and Soul Besides
Personal Nomination for the
meanest Man in the World: the
william who feeds the pigeons In
City Hall Park but wraps the
bread crumbs In cellophane!
NO NORMAND1E
FOR ROSE
I'm the chap who predicted that
television might be on its way
to your home by now. And my
informants say that 1t would have
been true, II the war did not cur
tail many important contacts with
European televising moguls.
All this fuss about Billy Rose
taking over the liner Normandie.
which is idling in her Manhattan
berth, for mammoth night club
has been promptly repudiated by
the French Line. Rose broadcast
the news himself.
Peculiar set-up for the cowboys
at the Rodeo. They don't work
for salaries only prizes which
are guaranteed at 5000 each by
the Garden. If a cowboy wins,
he's In the chips. II he doesn't,
It's doughnuts and coffee. But
the Garden, the cowboys CRATE
fully tell you, Is the only rodeo
In the country that will pay all
hospital expenses when a bron-
SLlCo OuotCA huAC
No actor looks so gruff In his
roles as does Lionel Stander, big
and burly and probably handy
with his dukes.
Funny sight the other evening
to see Mayor LaGuardia with
Secretary Of the Interior Ickes)
scowling at the traffic tie.up In
the street where his own limou-
sine was blocking traffic.
A Manhattan court put an end
to stigmatizing New Workers as
the worlds leading jaywalkers
when a justice ruled that a pedes-
trian can cross the street with or
against the light. New Workers.
are quick to seize such q legal
advantage. Just watch some OF
the jaywalking henceforth.
Those lions In front of the Pub
lie Library on Fifth Avenue could
use a scrubbing and a manicurist
might go over their paws.
Remember this old beauty
judges choice of flaxen haired
Della Lind as the most beautiful
woman In Manhattan? Well, 1t
was not prejudiced choice. Art
list Arthur william Brown has Of
ficially selected her as the prize
Of pulchritude in this town.