The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13

leader like this: And now Joe
Doakes, his trumpet and his 0rches-
ira" or, And now MAX Mefoofsky
his drums and his musicI" :.
Mex thing you know, they'll be
saying: "1oscanini, his baton, etc
etc." Mebbe the source for The
$4,000 Fritz Kuhn bail isn't so rnys-
Gerlous, after all Has anybody
asked Seward Collins, the former
mag publisher, If he did it? :.
Coinns, who says he isn't interested
in this or that group at all, admit
ted putting up the bail to release
the wife OF Or. Grlebl (the alleged
Nazi spy, VINO fled to Germany
and Collins bailed out Allen Zoll
who was arrested on charges of at
tempted extortion to cali off the
WMCA pickets.
The next time any night club OF
theater manager complains that he
can't find a good novelty act. ne
ought to have his head examined
s. Because John Scarne, acknowl-
edged by all magicians to be the
greatest card manipulation of them
all, can't get a Job He could
retire in year if he wanted to be
a card sharp and trim chumps II.
But he never CANDLES You
haven't seen card stunts or magic Ii
you haven't popped out your eyes
watching him deal hand-not from
the top or bottom Of the deck-but
from the center.
Kathleen and Charles Norris, of
the litree set, gave a reception, and
one of the guests was Col. Theodore
Roosevelt >. Mrs. Norris intro
duced him to a guest this way: Mrs
Soahdso, may I present Colonel
Roosevelt, whose father was in poll
tics?" !. Diana Callard, a thrush,
was auditioning for 1.-The Follies'
AS Diana looked out at the
front sea 5, shiny bald pate al
most blinded her Gosh" she
gagged, hasn't he got wonderful
head of sxin!' "Fatima" is one
Of the soap-boX orators in Columbus
Circle who makes more noise than
sense During speech of hate
the other midnight, she coyly said.
Il would be very proud to be called
Mrs. Hitler" :. We wish we could
reveal more now, suffice to add: Our
recent items concerning the criminal
records Of many uptown speakers
and leaders will soon be confirmed
by New York's most fearless editor
j. The government will take ac-
ton against all the anti-inspiration
in due time just be patient
It's foolproof
From an old book of German pro-
verbs: "A war leaves three armies:
An army of mourners, an army of
cripples and an army of thieves"
Edward L. Weeks of Radio Sta
ton KABR relays this one from an
old scrapbook: WARS are fought by
boys, suffered by women, paid for
by posterity and. usually started by
men old enough to know better"
The greatest tribute Americans
can pay to the Unknown Soldier is
not to have any more of them
OAK H-IlcIl are StdtlOllC0 III SOll-
gress to protect our statesmen dur
ing the neutrality debates We
dent want our lawmakers to come
to harm at the hands of foreign
agents. That's pleasure Ameri-
cans enjoy on election day.
Sad Story: Over at the Rodeo in
Madison Square Garden, Burel Null
key, who was leading all contenders
for bronc-riding, drew bronze
named after a columnist 1t
threw him Right out Of the
championship At La Conga a
Hollywood visitor was deriding the
manner in which the Movie City ex-
hausts the few geniuses it has
Nobody in Hollywood he observed.
gets gray quicker-than its white
haired boys" That eyeful in the
two-page Fisher Body adverts Gin all
the mags) is Dana Dale, who re-
Gently switched from ADDRESSING to
modelling (. A Pottsville. Penn.
girl who is going big in The Big
Burg Suggested title for Tom
Brooks new RADIO column: "Babbling
Brooks" Add descriptions OF
Carryin' the Torch: Thinking the
world of someone-who doesn't even
know you're in it.