The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-19

50 IAASy 4AVu AAn. vSAJ Y he felt Despite his years with the outfit, he was left pennilesS. He had courage to perform this legen- dary exploit. He returned to the town where he was a noted figure, and on the same corner where he started peddling papers, he once more newsboy'd the paper of which he once was head man -. The town buzzed with the tale and his shamefaced employer, rather than have the story" confirmed, made him m. e. again-but of a branch publication in China.
 Sports writer Harry GraysOn fears no man, and like most sports chroniclers, often yields the ham, mer with great effect. Harry's pride and joy is Harry, Jr. .. One day Papa Grayson met friend and amazed him by devoting the entire gabfest to raving about what a great guy Clyde Beatty was. He's the most wonderful man I ever met" said Grayson.
 How do you figure that out?" in- quired the listener.
 How do l figure 1t out?" yelled Harry. Why, when l took my kid to his circus, Beatty let him go in the cage with the honsl"
 During . Democratic State con- vention, one of the Senators saw William Allen White, the famed editor and Republican, at the press table, With smile the senator said: "In looking over the dele gates fail to recognize any clergy man, and so shall call on my good friend, William Allen White, to open the convention with prayer" MT. White got up, stabbed the sena- tor with a stare and then cracked: 'You will have to excuse me. l am a little out of my element, and the fact is, prefer the Lord does not know that I am here."
 George Bernard Shaw's music: People who read my Prefaces are repeled by what they choose to term my arrogance-their word for my habit of telling the painful truth. And people Who read what other | folk say about me are revolted by my callousness-the- average jour- nalist's word for the irritating way in which I keep my head while the rest of mankind are losing theirs Thus, everyone who doesn't know me firmly believes me to be quite the most unpleasant person alive; | and as a consequence all have to do with people who meet me for | the first time is to be just reason- | ably polite, in order to convey an impresson of superhuman charm"
 Nunnally JOhnon, who pens pieces between movies, had quarrel with a colyumist over a trivial matter sometime ago. The latter recently patty-caked one of Nunnally's mag l pieces. He wired the colyumist: Many thanks. Your kisses are still l exciting"
 l When the Japanese police arrested James Young of International News. .l they found radio script in his pa- I pers For several days they 3rd-degreed him about gal named l 'Plirina" .N "Your Russian girl friend? A Portuguese dancer? One \ of your assistant spies? Who is Pu- rina?" He finally convinced them that the script was the open ing radio program (produced year before) of 'The Inside Story of Al Jolson." in which reporter Young acted Q newspaperman ... 'Purina" being . st. Louis sponsors cereal.
 When Irene Kuhn, who has cov- cred everything from fires to mur- ders, began her exciting career, wise newspaperman gave her this counsel: "Get around town-find out what people are talking about. Give your readers little daily polt on something they are gabbing about at home, perhaps and can gab about some more. Controversial stuff-so they can argue. The big idea is this: Make half of them happy and half of them sore"