The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-29
Walter WincheII
On BrO0dw0y I.

Stanhope protested that a fur coat
was an absolute necessity in Russia
during the winter, but Bennett was
adamant, insisting that he wasn't
going to pay for his employees ward
robes :. Stanhope was sent to Rus
STA again q few months later, and
Bennett promptly okayed his ex-
pense account with the comment, i
don't see any fur coat this time
/. -. "You don't see it," ret0rted
Stanhope, but it's therel"
Wythe williams, in his book,
dusk of Empire" recalls that one
night in 1927, at Geneva, after FL
ing the news that the tri-power
Naval Conference had broken down
he met Admiral Andy Long out
strolling. you want my opinion
about he late unpleasant Nava,
Conference?" the Admiral said with
sigh. well, I'll give you riddle
and then the answer What are
three moving objects that when you
think they are coming they're really
going. and when they going they're
coming? Women, diplomats and
crabS!"
A few months ago, when Musso-
lini wanted the world to believe
that he was not an ailing old man
as rulnor had it, he called in the
press and gave an exhibition of his
strength and skill. He rode his
horse through burning hoops, he
fenced, he lifted dumb-bells and
they played a game of tennis-dash-
ing hither and yon all over the court
!. 1t remained for one of the
American correspondents to tip us
all off to the lowdown AS ten
mis- players know, the deadliest kind
of serve, backed by terrific speed
Is the overland 4. The Americarl,s
cable said: ""I1l Duce demonstrated
his great condition today during the
tennis game with his wonderful
UNDERHAND serve" In short
a patty cake, instead of applause
L. D. Hotchkiss, managing edi-
tor of the Los Angeles Times, Of
fered this advice: Most managing
editors are house broken like my
self and know the kidneys cannot
stand anything stronger than milk;
city editors are ambitious young
men who can handle eight tele-
phones at time but only one
blonde; reporters as a rule Sleer
eight hours a night, and generally
alone since you can't be very wicked
on $50 a week; and as for sob sis
tiers I have never found one who
could spell and most of them have
halitoStS Here are some pit
falls to avoid: Don't get the idea
Hecht and Macarthur are the only
writer's who really understand the
newspaper business. The type Of
Journalism represented and depicted
by this brilliant pair might bt
termed the Chicago interlude, which
began when Walter Howey saw
smoke coming out Of a manhole anc
ended WHEN the pallbearers let q
of the box which housed what wa.
~SAU VA OchS A1AAA6AC 4SOAl v 4CU I1lN
cub reporter stop the presses. Presse
stop generally for two reasons
when a lead is broken, and when tn,
pressmen go out for lunch. Some
times the managing editor, fortifiet
! by the publisher and a writ o
habeas corpus, can slow them down
but for the most part pressmen ar,
determined fellows and their mali
object IN life is getting the edition
off so they can have more time tt
rest Don't let the cub reporte
take the sob sister away from tn,
managing editor. See above for rea
sons why the managing edito
doesn't want the sob sister, ant
remember most cub reporters ar,
discriminating young fellows
Don't scoop anybody. Scoops wen
out when radio came in, and extra!
today are about as futile as economy
in Washington"