The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-31

NOTES OF A NEW YORKER
 Norma Shearer, it appears, is due here to visit her friend, G. Raft. Midtowners think it would be ironical or something if Raft, Nor ma, Virginia Peine (George's for mer bay-bee) and Mrs. Grayce Raft ever met one night .(by CO., incidence, of course) in the Staw- klib. They all go there! :. The rush on the marriage license bureau increased 28 per cent since the conscription jitters .... A new Kaufman-Hart comedy is about a famous Broadway barber shop. Helen Broderick will play a hard herled manieurist. The entire &C., tion takes place in the shop -. :. Eugene O'Neill has titled his new play, 'The Ice-Man Cometh". It takes place in 8 saloon in Madi- son Square in New York. The ice- man is Death-the other characters are dereIcts. An Outward Bound" theme with no gal in the cast Overheard in Club 18: Frankie Hy- CTS suggestion for song: Nanny is in the cotton field picking up cot- ton. Pappy is in the Cotton Club picking up Mammies!"
 The July 27th Nation was wrong about 8 columnist, but why pick a brawl about it? The Nation labels itself a Liberal" mag, and it is entitled to 8 "liberaP interpreta- tion of rumor. The dictionary de- fines 'liberal' as mot restricted to literal meaning" and that excuses The Nation from such bothersome trivia as facts The star of the Spitalny all-gal orchestra will break that crews long standing mo- marriage rule on August 3rd when she weds 8 Syracuse physician. The bride is Trudi Bogard The dwellers in the E. 50th Street side of the Belmont-Plaza hotel should wear fig leaves or lower the shades. Tee-hee! Nobody misses those imported lagers because of the war. The Broadway and 5th Avenue crowd is happier with the creamy Mexican beer Dee-lish.
 Remember pretty Pat Paree? Well, she's working with the gendarmes and other gals to trap loafers who bother unescorted ladies in the Subways and dark streets .. The Saratoga pleasure places used to pay acts as high as $5,000 weekly If they were drawing cards, of course. Because of the non-gam- bling fear, the biggest headliners aren't getting more than $500 George Trommer, the brewer, is en- tranced again. This time she's Joyce Mathews, who was wed to Colonel Gomez for about an hour or two. She's in the Jolson show By all means don't miss Walt Disney's joyous festival at the Criterion :. |. Revivals of -"3 Little Pigs" Fer dinand," Ugly Duckling" and "Snow White! Lord Chesterfeilds literary lace: "Women are gov- erned by the men they love, never by the men they respect"
 Franchot Tone and Burgess Mere dltn walked into Jack Wh1teS Swing Street spot the other halfpast two in the morning. With them was a shcw-gal wearing sun glasses :. Get load of those smoked glasses on that dame!" heckled Pat Har- rington {. "Yeah," gagged Frankie flyers, "but get a load of the smoked hams with her!" Mus solini called in the reporters and flexed his muscles for them to prove that he's sound in health Mo- body said he was sick-it's Italy that has the disease! .. Ella Fitzgerald's Decca platter of "Lindy Hopper's Delight" in 'Ella-gant !. |. Heard at the .Beachcomber: She's got her slave bracelet around his wallet"
 Benay Venuta was lodging a cab