The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-18
Lights Of Network
hxL.I STEVENSON

have at least a half dozen more
before the year is out IlKa
Chase, in addition to her stage
screen and radio duties, is writing
book But it will be only a
little book, she declares Shella
Barrett tells of an international
bridge game: Mrs. Mussolinl led
with her Duce, Elizabeth followed
with her king, Mrs. Lindbergh
played her ace and Mrs. Roosevelt
called for new deal Gene
Tunney's favorite drink is goat S
milk When he played host to
the Lawrence Tibbetts at an mn
which keeps a herd of 90 Nublan
goats, he ordered two quarts OF the
milk Sign on an East Side
smorgasbord: "A more variegated
assortment than you'll find in either
partys platform" One OF the
towns oyster bars serves an aver
age of 1900 oysters daily during
the R season.
Mrs Kitty Rich, a 47-year-old
widow, is the only woman block OPP
orator employed by the Pennsyl-
vania railroad Nightly she han
dies 176 trains which go into the
Pennsylvania terminal e. Speaking
of railroad folks, had a pleasant
visit with c. c. Galloway, Nor
folk & Western dispatcher, from
down in Bluefelds, w. Va. who
dropped into the office with Mrs.
Galloway and their daughter, Mrs.
H. c. Back, whose home is in New
York Bert Buhrman, Hotel
Piccadllly maestro, says America
will spend 500 100000 for musical
instruments this year He gives
as his authority William A. Mennie,
secretary of the Music Industries
convention Sixty million will
go for pianos, $4,000, 900 for band
instruments, SIS 900, 900 for stringed
instruments and aCcordions, and the
rest for accessories.
A flock of school children skipping
down Forty-secord street gave pass
ersby the filters because Of the song
they were singing 1t was Lon
don Bridge Is Failing Down"
A Manhattan resident can send
letter to Pelham, which is up in
Westchester county, for two cents
But it costs him three cents
to send a letter 10 Brooklyn, which
is just across the East river
Maybe the Brooklyn mail carrier
has more trouble finding the ad-
dresses Brooklyn is still
mystery to me Had to make
a visit there a few days ago E.
and again got lost and I've
been over there for one reason or
another so many times I've lost
count A midtown sidewalk
cafe features chair leash clamps so
dogs of patrons won't go chasing
sparrowS.
His thirtieth year of impersonat-
ing George M. Cohan was celebrat-
ed recently by Dave Mallon :.
He began in "Follies of the Day"
in 1910 and is now at the Diamond
Horseshoe doing the same thing . =.
Vincent Lopez has notified Secre-
tary of War Stimson that any men,
bers of his orchestra who enlist or
are conscripted will find their jobs
waiting for them when their service
ends Temperance of "clip
joints" here and there is said to
have been the reason why Police
Commissioner Valentine ordered the
fingerprinting of all nightclub own
ers, employees and entertainers 4. . E.
The "clip joint" was a New York
institution during prohibition.
They Say Dept: Lucille Manners:
"Some political speakers don't put
enough fire into their speeches while
others don't put enough of their
speeches into the fire" Ger
trude Berg: There are too many
entrances for trouble but too few
exits" Hildegarde Halliday:
These days it certainly takes push
to get anywhere-especially when
you have a secondhand car" :.
George Griffin: The only respect
some youngsters have for old age
is when it comes in whisky bottles"
81. Genevieve Rowe: when a
girl goes out with a fiat tire she
should give him the air."
Encountered Shirley Sadler, Just
back from a vacation in one of
those lazy little New England vii
lagos, on Fifth avenue and she told
me of asking native if the town
had a curfew law
eve did," was the reply, accord
ing to Miss Sadler, but we had to
stop it. The bell rang at nine
o'clock at night and every one COM
planned it woke them up"
BELL Syndicate-WNU Service.l
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