The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-18

hedgery The mayor walks UP
the City Hall steps with his black
hat in his paw The night clubs
announce Spring Editions" with
the same show, only duller than
when they invited the critics and
columniSts to the original revue ..
The army and navy pop up with
attractive recruiting posters
The papers run huge crowd photos
at Coney ). Fellers get their hair
so closely cut they look like they've
just come out of prison :. Don
VAIN gets sadder.
You can tell Spring has sprung
when the pups shed their blankets
and romp nekkid over Park Avenue
and in the upper SOS between 9Th
and 7th The Brenda Frazier
imitators wear poSies in their hair
Dumpy gals clutter UP the
park bride paths on slim steeds
Bike riders whizZ around you With
sirened wheels The movie box
offices have no windows The
noise lessons in the bowling places
Men with figures you never see
except in the Jantzen swim suit
ads Pinchback suits and brown
suede shoes on the Broadway dan
dies j. P. Morgan's high
topped 1880 Packard appears
And Hank Greenberg is linked with
another glammer gal, who denies ltl
Spring is here and you can bet Oh
it when reservations must be made
away in advance on incoming planes
from Hollywood !. Snug fish
ermen appear in the papers with a
catch that impresseS only them
The Herald Tribune features stories
about dogs on page one Star
reporters get sick again on assign
ments to the ZOO The SIDE
street bookmakers and touts wear
sun-glasses Vacation folders
appear on every stenog's desk
Motorcycles with their gals perchec
precariously behind zoom along
side YOUR car and for moment you
think cops caught up to you
Gloomy shutters keep the sun out
of the upper 5th avenue mansions.
It's Spring all right when Al
Smith appehars with his polka do'
foulards The rifles click IN Tins
And street shooting galleries
The pages numbered 4 and . OF the
newspapers feature raincoat adverts
George Abbott announces an
other play he isn't certain he'll pro-
duce The George Washington
Bridge and Holland Tunnel get sc
crowded you can swim across the
Hudson faster The hatcheck
concessionaires unbend and give
the gals an abbreviated costume IN
stead The cuties of the burlesE
theaters dash across the street be-
tween scenes for beaker of lager
Ben Marden's Riviera is where
the Broadwayites gather for the 2:3(
show and the ride there and bacf
to Dawes Blue Room at 4
Ben Bernie picks four straight los
ers People blame their sniffles
on the movie cooling systems.
Spring is here, when hurdj
gurdy wakes you up, despite thu
campaigns against all noises tina
/ the Mayor was thanked for a veal
ago When the columns relate
that the chorines have changed then
beaux and vice versa -. BlliA
Roses Auuacade at the Fair is II
full swing regardless of his VOWS las
season that he was washed up witt
show business Glen Island Cas-
mo is packed with the dance-a-httle
-little-talk-a little couples
Diners in the sWankier places ge
huffy to think that fly can hav'
the gall to tease them -. INT
Cotton Club sends a flash to tn
napers about twenty new bah!
pigeons parking in the caves
Teachers drag unwilling groups O.
pupils to the museum -. Eleanol
Roosevelt spends Her Day supervis
ing the cleaning of the East Room
You are sure it is Spring wher
YOU can't find a secluded spot alont
I,pper Riverside Drive to romance
your best pals girl g. Somebod.
spoils your whole day and new Pain
Beach suit by yelling: "Haw! Every
thing white but the neck, eh?" =.
The Stork Club wastes mess o
coin by investing in a new ceiling
motif to. keep up with the season
-. Birds trill when old men 81
with their dreams on Central Pari
West and silently toss crumbs II
their feathered friends ID. Barne.
Gallant talks of Tahiti -. Privat
seaplanes dock their wealthy pas
sengers in the river cove opposite
Wall Street You can get II
the Fair by speedboat for 81.
It's Spring, by golly, when tn
clock on the office wall never seem
to get past twenty after eleven
Variety gets thinner The pick
cts get thicker The politician
give their neighbors and e:onstitu
ents free boat rides . "11l NEE
YOU behind 3rd basel" "Wha
a torch she's carrying for that guy!
"Ie loved her butthe seasol
closed" The show gals ditcl
their hosiery. =. The debutante es
corts get comical in their white mes
Jackets >. The Ell Morocco set an
their dolls Weekend at the Atlanti
Beach club Radio options ar
dropped Crossleys dive :. TIL