The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03


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 Ft actually happened during the holidays at the purse counter in one of the better Fifth Avenue depart inent stores A gent, strictly { Republican, questioned the sales uiri reRarding Christmas business.
 twas it better than last season?' he Queried.
 "YOu bet" she said, "business was tip about % per cent"
 "eh-hI" replied the e. O. Per wincing, mot so loudl"
 Our Who Me? Dept: Dear Mir Winchell," wires charles Baum "the biggest trouble with bores is that they're the last to find 1t outl' ', The following Yuletlde story just reached cur desk all the wiy from HoIlywoods North Pole On Christmas eve, Sidney SkolslSy woke np his 4-year old daughter, Steffi and told her that Santa Claus wal downstairs putting things in her stocking would you like to meet him and say anything to him.? sidney asked his heiress "No I'm too tired" replied Steffi drows- fly, "just tell him to fill 1t up." Herbert Yost of the Mornings At Seven" troupe lLongacre the- ater) relays the one about the Stew sitting on a doorstep Along came cop and said: Keep n1ov- fng'' The stew said nothing dNing-that he lived there nAll right, then" parked the cop ger, Ego inside and go to bed" "Thatsh okay with me-" hlccupped he drunk, "letsh go." "Then ring the bell," instructed T did, about a half hour ago. the bleary one replied.
 "Well, ring 1t againl" said the impatient officer. sAw. hell" was the retort, "le' ,sm wait"
 One of the towns most glamorous s.sresses has a grown daughter, anc willie she hasn't tried to keep It secret, she doesn't mention 1t often Because of her stage career Cor many years, when asked about t1er daughter she would reply sShe's in school in Switzerland"
 This has been going on for a' least a decade and the "child" |: now over twenty Recently, Ales Woollcott asked the actress anou, her daughter Shes m scnoo in Switzerland" came the stocS answer.
 "Hmmm," he murmured, "on the faculty. no doubt"
 Have a little irony: The other day the gazettes carried @ story of how the Bolshevists invading Finlanc attempted to cross an ice-coveree riWr, and how the Films shot uE the ice causing several thousane Russians to be drowned ~. "AIcxander Nevsky," the last Eisen' stein epic shown over here, Was about the German invasion of Rus, sia in the 18th Century =. Tna' films huge moment came when tht Germans were drowned during battle while trying to cross ai, ice. tse covered river Xou'd thinK tn' Russians, the dopes, might learf something from their own propa' gailda pictures.
 2, A delightful story is that one re- . corded by Rob Wagner's Script .. It vas told at a Hollywood party tt Mrs. Edw, c. Robinson by Arturo Toscanini The maestro tole of letter he got from radit listener, a woman =. She na' lost her baby and she didn't wan, to five. Her doctor told her tha' she must make herself want to live otherwise he couldn't help her
 Then she happened to heal Toscanini's broadcast one evening and she knew she wanted to liv' with such beautiful music In th' world.
 She did not sig nher name because she did not want Toscanini to thinE she wished a reply-she simply wanted to let him know "Tha' letter haunted me-" said Toscanini VI felt I had to express my thanks So my secretary called up every hospital in New York. We had not1' ing to go on but the date of thu letter and the information that patient had just lost her first-borr days before. After many hours o1 teiephoning-we found her. l asked for her name and the same day ] sent her a photo which I inscribed sFron Arturo Toscanini, Detective!
 Plcturesuue Wordage in Famous Songs: The Devil was in your hear hit Heaven was in your eyes Gross the Us with kisses and do inc is with tears Fools in low soon grow wise Sunshine ant roses run second to you =. Fanc! hose, silkcn gown, she's out or piac' in her own home town won der if she ever tells him on me.
 Baseball Magazines Harold Wine irip and his girl had just iistenet to the "Information Please broad cast She was impressed b' that program,s mental giants and s' stated "When I think of th'
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