The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-27
In New York
By OLSEN and JOHNSON

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 George Ross Is off Somewhere
 under a Connecticut willow tree
 today, blissfulIy unaware of the
 nonsense that follows. YOu sec,
 'Hellxapopin'" is . year old on
 Broadway and we feel rich and
 happy and would like to take
 some work off the poor boys
 hands. George needn't worry.
 We've ghosted. Hecht and Me-
 Arthur, O. Neill, Fred Allen and
 John Steinbeck's stuff for years.
 GEoRGIE JEssEL told this to a group at the Stork last night: "Sh' :. This is the effect the war has on the hundreds of ,Irl- employed musicians who loiter at Broadway and Forty-second Street in the sun: it has given them something to talk about. Since '"The Rains Came" to the Roxy, the opposite side of Seventh Ave nue has become the sunny side of the street. The sun shifts this time of year.
 One-word description of what is happening in Europe: Hellza- poppin (matinees Wed. & SaD :. Brenda Frazier confided this to us last night: First column I read each morning is George Ross" We asked her what time she got up in the morning. About three in the afternoon" Brenda said The marquee sign on one of the 42nd St. movie houses reads THE FRONT PAGE QUICK TURNOVER A ship newsman told us this: he says he's awful tired of getting up at five o'clock in the morning to catch the cutter New song on the rampage out at Flushing Meadow entitled, "What'll We Do With Grover When It's Over?" ADD HORRORS
 OF WAR: PUNS
 BROADWAY BOU1LLABAISE:
 My Berlin source tells me that the French army is only Gamelin against them Gort help the English is the word along Pica- dilly If the French keep crushing the Lines line the bat tie cry will be Cuba Libre!! FEE Maginot! |. Snappy conversa- tion between a U-boat comman- der and a British destroyer re- ported by 8 confidential source: Oh yeah! Sos your old man. Go soak your head" The town is giggling at the telephone re- pair foreman who heard radio report that the Poles needed as- sistance and sent out an emerg- ency crew.
 European handicap: Hitler: good early speed but apt to falter in the stretch; France: slow started, dangerous on the turns and al- ways a contender; England; Away last but often wins by 8 nose; Italy: a sleeper, apt to be left holding the bag My 10 Down. ing Street man tells me that Mrs. Chamberlain found an old recipe around the house and tossed it together for the Prime Minister Both lost their capacities when a guest pointed out that that it was German Sauerbraten und kartoffelen. .
 YOU'D NEED
 SECOND SIGHT
 THINGS WE'D LIKE TO SEE BUT DON'T EXPECT TO |. a gas mask to fit Jimmy Durante Tony Galento and Brenda Frazier tangoing at Fl Morocco =. curb service at the Stork Club a desk clerk with an inferiority complex peace on earth, good will toward men.
 WOULDN'T IT BE START LING IF it made any difference who told you first when what show-girl admitted her engage ment to who knows which mem- Der of some profession if that breakfast cereal got the broadcast rights to the European war, with the announcer giving 8 case of Bleaties for every "di- rect hit" .. if one of the seats without waiting" that the bark CTS in front of the movie houses mention was in a spot where you could see the picture ,. if taxes were reduced?
 SLIGHT ATTACK
 OF NOSTALGIA
 THINGS WE'D LIKE TO SEE Babe Ruth in Yankee line les Two-A-Day at the Palace what John Anderson thinks when he looks at the years gross of Hellzapoppin' Chic John sons horses stick their tongues out and come in first, once in a while Alexander Carr and Barney Bernard in Potash and Perlmutter, Frank Bacon in Lightnin, and Ziegfeld's Follies with Will Rogers, Conroy and Le Maire. Fannie Brice, Eddie Can- tor, Bert Williams, John Steele and Marilyn Miller.
 The four-year- old daughter of 8 friend of ours had been to see The Wizard of Oz and its accom- panying stage show; it being her first view of flesh" entertainment. How'd you like the show?' her Daddy asked her as they left the Capitol. Everything had met with her approval: The Tin Woodman. The Wizard, The Cowardly Lion all were tops. And what did you think of the stage show?" she was asked. "Oh," the baby gurgled, T liked those round &C., tors much better than the fiat actors" Editors note: Too bad