Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-09-26
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Correspondent" Ralph Bella
my wearing a Roosevelt button in
Jimmy Kelly's place, which is not
only smart but safe-in Kelly's .
Gypsy Rose Lee reading the first IS
pages of her first book, 'The
G-String Murder" to Life photogger
Eliot Elisofon, in the Stawklib. Dou-
bleday-Doran will pay her 20 cents
per So copy Leelee Pons, with
tan from Honolulu Broad
ways own Wilkie (Mahoney) who
ghosts B. .Bernie's quips Billy
Rose, Franchot Tone, Myron SELF
nick and other leather-lungers talk
ing at once in Moore's and not one
listening to the other.
Sallies in Our Alley: Judge Jean
Nathan, the fussy first-nighter, was
in one of those heated discussions
in the Algonk dining room when
owner Frank Case passed. whats
Mr.. Nathan so excited about?" he
inquired of waiter Hes talk
ing about the war;" was the reply,
che doesn't seem to like it,"
Milton Berle, who has inherited the
late j. Osterman's COLIN in Variety,
was gleeful over the assignment.
Imagine" he imagined, 'I've writ
ten only one column and I'm booked
for Loew's State already"
Give Towards definition of an ag-
ing ham Zone who never played the
Palace: ga would-be Has-Been"
And then there's the one about
the Stock Exchange messenger who
was held up in broad daylight and
robbed Of 80 Willkie buttons!
Midtown Vignette: 1t happened re-
Gently at the Hurricane, weeks be-
fore Betty Allen took over the Ethel
Norman role in "DuBarry Was a
Lady" Betty's lifetime ambi-
ton was to appear on Broadway -.
When she warbled at the Park Gen.
tral-that was on Seventh avenue
and ''DuBarry" is on Forty-sixth
street, a whole half block from the
Grandest Canyon And then
came the chance at the Hurricane
for only five nights, but it was
Broadway-at last! Well, her
premiere night was glorious .
kilograms from everybody in "Du-
Barry" and friends sent posies and
fellers sent good wishes and they
all came and packed the place, too
What thrilling night it was
for her After the show (she
stopped it cold) they Rugged her in
person and she was the toast of the
town Then everybody went
places-with their boy friends-and
Betty wound up the loneliest gal in
town-because nobody asked for a
date.
New Yorchids: The way Diah
Shore renders "I'u Never Smile
Again" at the Paramount The
Ink Spots Decoration, eve
Three" Hugh Bradley's book
click: "Such Was Saratoga" which
got los swelegant reviews Var
gas lovely blonde in black stepins
in the September Is Esquire .
Warmers Getty for Conquest" Gag
ney's next Cecilia Ayers lit
erary lace on a new flm-fop: cts
a heavy light comedy, elfn like an
elephant. 1t capers, trips and falls
fiat on its face, gets up, falls down
and gives up"
Broadway Ballad: He was a
wealthy Englishman, prowling
around the world for fun. She was
a smart Broadway showgirl, prowl-
ing around him for profit They
met in Montreal, where she was fea-
tured in night club, and he fell so
hard for her that you could have
heard his monocle drop He
lavished her with goodies-a brace
let, a diamond ring and proposal,
not proposition Her mother,
the stage variety, came up from
New York to manage" the affair
. Then Came The War-and his
income from England was suddenly
stopped by foreign exchange regula-
tons -. Her nav yanked her back
W 4NCW Olh-OA dSCICt, lug dIlO Oh
. He was left in Montreal broke
and brokenhearted For weeks
the nightclubs in which he was a
good spender carried" him for
meals, while his frantic love-letters
to her remained ignored Final
ly he wrote asking for the return of
his engagement ring; its pawnshop
value might help him pay his rent
. No answer In deSpera-
ton he went to the American consul
and told his story The consul
sent on the information, and today
mamma and daughter are in custo-
dy of the United States-for "smug-
Cling a diamond bracelet and ring
across the border!
Broadway Casanova says the trou-
BILE with getting stuck on some 9TH
er guys gal is that you're liable to
get stuck with her.
Add literary lace, the authorship
of which eludes us now: "A POLITICAL
platform is just like the one on the
back of the street car-not meant