The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-05
Wish could think of something important ENOUGH TO PUT IN CAPITAL LETTERS.

important ENOUGH TO PUT IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
 Personal nomination for the most dapper man on Broadway: Haywood Broun Two-word description of Milton Berle-Milton Berle! :. A dog is the best pal @ man can have Coffee keeps me awake if I drink 1t for breakfast :. Il My old aunt in Pishtush, Missouri, has never seen a white man .. Most. of us go wandering around seeking the blue horizon And for whatp Oh, to be back in small town-where I practically starved to death Give my re- gards to the old town pump Because I'm going to stay right hereil! .. :. Joe Penner coined the expression: Do you want to buy duck?" Miriam Hopkins. believe it or not, reminds me of Miriam Hopkins I can never tell Stepin Fetchit and J. Weissmul- Ter apart.
 Buttercups to Ruth Fitting Cor don & Revel and Ruth Fitting .. Pansies to the Nazis Daisies to any night club-if l mention 'em maybe they'll put my name in their advertisements Flower pots to the theme song in Universal's pie ture Romance in the Rain," a heluva .swipe from This Is Night for Love" (from "Cat and the Fiddle'O Scallions to Gordon & Revel and Ruth Fitting .,. | Pecans to you
 Purely personal tripe: The skit- tish brightness in Queenie Smiths eye-the good one .. Now forsa hot grapple with a long, cool lemon ade. Whatl Nc opium? . Walter Winchell, the P. s. 184 boy who made good in the big city I have never printed word that has hurt anyone That liked!!! Borros Morros is so plump Which reminds me of Kate Smith {. Sidney Solomon is such a sweet feller Ask anyone who has come in contact with him! Most of us go wondering around seeking the blue horizon . <. Didn't I mention that one already?
 Well, what of it? I've been re- beating myself for years-nobody's hep yet .. You never see any gossip in my column, by golly , No nasty things, at all .. Maybe a hard slap now and then-but I must give vent to self-expression once in while .. These B'way column ists are beasts.
 That Sid Stogel is funny. He can't understand why Adolf killed Roehm when a divorce would have been simpler There's only one thing wrong with Hitler's mustache It doesn't cover up enough of his face! That dance teacher certainly is getting away with mur- der He used to take advertise ments in the amusement pages of the daily papers, but now ne hires several alleged wits, who obviously have sharp scissors, and they send things with his name signed to them to various paragraphers. Often they are published-but not here.
 What the deuce am doing any how? meant this to be a burlesk after pouring over other columns . said pouring! :. |. And yet the newest addition to the long list of chatter columning is one of the worlds best literary men Maxim Gorky The fact that Gorky now Is doing gossip column in Soviet paper is news, indeed.
 But the wire services kept it down to a stick or two of type :. Gorky explained to American cor respondents in Russia that he is doing a gossip column to show the reason why Soviet literature is slip ping, and among other items about his comrades he penned these: "Comrade Leontovich beats his wife Comrade Vonahvof cheats at cards and gets drunk Comrade Bergerman is married man but ne also has blonde on the side. He is a bum!" A sort of Maxim silencer? The story about him sa;.J, UT1nxlr,, 0oac f1,o noarica1,