The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-09-11

NEW YORK HEARTBEAT
Faces About Towns Senator Bob
Wagner and kin standing in the
long queue in front of the Rivoli
for almost 80 minutes to see For
eign Correspondent" Ralph Bel
laIny wearing Roosevelt button in
Jimmy Kellys place, which is not
only smart but safe-in Kelly's 4. :.
Daniel Frohman, the grand old gent
of the Theatre, overjoyed at the re-
Spouse OF his Actors Fund Benefit
due soon at the Riviera !. Gypsy
Rose Lee reading the first Is pages
of her first book, 1.-The G-String
Murder" to Life photogger Eliot
Elisofon, in the Stawklib. Double
day-Doran will pay her zoe per 50
copy Eugene and Willie Howard,
depressed over the erratum of an
encounter with each other. I'VE like
each other so much" screamed
Gene, people are beginning to
talk!" Leelee PonS, with tan
from Honofllu-vahree bekomink.
-. Broadway,s own Wilkie MA
honey who ghosts B. Bernie's quipS
=. Puk PARIS, reported deported,
back in town i. Billy Rose, Fran
chot Tone, Myron Selznick and
other -lungers talking at
once in Moore's and not one listen
ing to the other.
Sallies in Our Alley: Judge Jean
Nathan, the fussy f1rstnighter, was
in one of those heated discussions
in the Algonk dining room when
owner Frank Case passed. whats
Mr.. Nathan so excited about?" he
inquired of waiter =. Hes talk
ing about the war" was the reply,
"he doesn't seem to like it'll"
Milton Berle who has inherited the
late j. Osterman's COLIN in Variety,
was gleeful over the assignment.
Imagine" he imagined, "I've writ
ten only one column and I'm booked
for Loew's State already!" Give
Towards definition of an aging
ham Zone who never played the
Palace: "a would-be Has Been"
And then there's the one about the
Stock Exchange messenger who was
held up in broad daylight and
robbed OF IS Willkie buttons!
MemOs of Midnighter: The Re-
pub Finance Committees head
quarters are in the Hotel Roosevelt
H. Broun'S boy is sportswriting
for Peeyem Macoco took Kay
Williams out Of DeSylva's Panama
Hattie" because: What can any
one do with $100?" -. Shirley
Copeland, of the 5th Avenue Cope
lands, weds H. Rosenthal, the CHS
exec, in Nov. :. The VIM. Buckner
(Addie MoffetD heir is expected in
two wkS A. Corning Clark, the
Singer Sewing Machine scion, Is
spending his army leave showing
Audrey Palmer, the DuBarry dane
er, the town G. Hale and A. Jol-
son have kissed and made up. They
fused over co-producer billing i.
Helen Charleston soon weds a San
Franciscan :. Alice Frost, who got
her Sun Valley divorce quietly, and
VIM. Tuttle, her radio director, are
playing romantic too tohhh!
The Mischa Auers, you'd think, had
more sense than that!
Midtown Vignette: It happened re-
Gently at the Hurricane, weeks be-
fore Betty Allen took over the Ethel
Mermen role In "DuBarry Was q
Lady, Betty's lifetime ambition
was to appear on Broadway
When she warbled at the Park Cen
tral-that was on 7th Avenue ano
"DuBarry" is on 46th Street, g
whole half block from The Grand
est Canyon And then came the
chance at the Hurricane-for only
five nights, but it was Broadway
at last! =. Well, her premiere night
was glorious kilograms from
everybody in "DuBarry," ano
frierds sent posieS and fellers sent
good wishes and they all came ano
packed the place, too What q