The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-19

T. fare five cents.
Or to have q
look at Saturn
and the Milky Way. Or the spire
of the Empire State Building. The
vendor Of astronomical sights
doesn't care where you look for q
nickel.
These portable planetariums
are moved to Times Square on
nondescript cars. No Mount VIII
sons are these perambulating OBJ
servatories. But they offer mo-
mentary escape from the hurly-
burly surrounding them.
Get close to the North Star
for a nickel!" Of course, a wear
led denizen of Manhattan could,
for the trouble of trip to the
Hayden Planetariulm, see a riot
of constellar lights overhead. But
this spectacle would be artificial
stuff, fabricated out of an intri-
cate system Of mazda lights. And
New Yorker wants reality!
MAYBE THEY
CAN COOK
You hear much or leof dumb
chorineS in night-time gadabouts.
The stepping sisters are not sup
posed to be the most agile-minded
girls in the world.
Well, perhaps that's wrong and
a libel on the girls who prance in
well-drilled unison. But was at
q table the other night which adj
joined that of a couple of Choir
ines and their boy friends. The
escorts were in a lavish mood.
would you like some caviar?"
one asked.
mo, thank you," twittered the
chlorine. 81 don't drink"
Her friend was persuaded and
accepted lemonade favored with
gin. This drink is mighty potent"
her boy friend offered.
yep" she countered;: "and it's
pretty strong, tool"
THERE ARE STILL
SOME TROUPERS
An ambulance sirened its way
to a backstage door the other
evening. In the vehicle was Judy
Canova, the warbler, prone with
a fever of 103. She knew that an
audience was waiting to hear her
in "Yokel Boy" Her physician
had strictly forbidden 1t. But
somewhere In her recollections she
had heard that the show must go
on.
She went to her dressing room
with a nurse and her doctor.
There special heaters were plug
ge4 In and q bed made ready.
The cast was on edge. She went
on, did her chores, went back to
her dressing room and was put to
bed where the physician proffered
relief to her fevered brow.
She repeated this painful rou-
tine four times in the course of
the show and returned home in
the ambulance that brought her.
The audience never knew what
was happening. She is not great
name in the show business. But
one doesn't have to be renowned
to be a true trouper.
SUNDOW ON
THE RIALTO
Broadway between And and
50th Streets at eventide: Chorus
girls making Declines for tele-
phones to get the results at Bel
mont and Havre de Grace race
tracks.
Taxicabs playing touch and 60
with pedestrians bent on making
the last express before the rush
starts.
Auction shops suddenly empty
ing.
Autograph seekers beginning to
congregate backstage of theaters
where rehearsals are about to
stop for dinner time.
Stars, like Gertrude Lawrence,
Sam Levene, Glenn Anders and
the Andrew Sisters quietly drop
ping in at the Piccadilly Circus
Bar for an equally quiet snack.
Newshawks blaring out the
news directly under the running
electric newspaper bulletin.
Songwriters and Songpluggers
keeping an eagle eye on stray
bandleaders and singers, swooping
down with accuracy on any who
stray in the vicinity.
THEY REHEARSED
1T FIRST
On the opening day of the
World Series, Olsen and john
son, Abbott and Costello, Bobby
Clark and Danny Kaye, were at
the Polo Grounds making a series
of gag pictures, some Of which
concerned the antics of a group OF
comedians who had wandered in
to the wrong grounds for q big
game. The pictures taken, they
all returned to their respective
theaters in time for the matinee.
The next day Olsen and his son
set out to see the second game.
They landed - at the Polo
Grounds.
What's Your /. O.?