The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-21

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some cutting-in on o dance floor
He cuts IN on a pair Of newly
weds and says he can get them q
divorce and make the three Of them
very happy >. "The three Of us9"
they ask. u
eyes" he explains. "you two-and
the other woman"
Sign on the marquee Of Logw,s
Ziegteld Theater:
FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS"
MEN WITHOUT SOULS"
Last night, intimates Of Mrs.
Roosevelt said that this one best
sums up her calm About 20
years ago, when FDR was Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy. the Roose-
velts we're driving home when a
terrific blast stabbed the night air
Turning into their own street,
they were greeted by q blanket of
darkness, broken glass, bricks and
other debris-reminiscent Of q sense
usually set by cyclone The
door Of their home was broken off
It's hinges and the whole lower part
of the house was damaged : :.
With hurrying hearts, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roosevelt raced into the house---for
they had left their youngest son,
John. IN care Of the maid John
was all right, but confused by the
noise and, half asleep, he said,
what happened, mother?"
Turn over and 60 back to sleep,
DEAR" Eleanor, said calmly, "it's only
a small bomb"
Then there Is Godfrey T. He'll
mans nifty pen-portrait Of Mrs,
President !. One day a visitor
was ushered into the First 'Lady's
room In the White House before
Mrs. Roosevelt had come in
AS she was waiting, their shepherd
dog bit the visitor In the ankle
Her screams brought Mamie, the
Negro maid, followed moment later
by Mrs. Roosevelt Whats
the matterp" asked Mrs. Roosevelt
!. 1.-THE dawg's done bit the lady,"
explained Mamie.
"That settles 1t, Mamie" said Mrs.
r. severely, "from now on we'll have
Iodine kept In this room!"
Not oil the barbs the columnists
use are about readers. Sometimes
the better thrusts are about the
columnists Take Bugs Baer's
form Of criticism about Broad
way paragrapher who was signed
up by the Hearst papers In the
l920s, two years before his contract
expired with another gazette
rs It true" Bugs asked the fell
low, "that Hearst has signed you two
years In advance7" "Yop," was
the reply, II start two years from
now" "You mean" said Bugs,
"they didn't insure you against deaf
ness?"
In the Tavern on West 48th ST..
yesterday this one went good :.
An italian was told how he could
dodge Mussolini's draft go
have half your teeth taken out
the Duce wants soldiers who can
chew" 50 he went TO his dem
list, had half his teeth yanked and
then called at the Draft Board feel
ing clipper about his trick
The physician took one quick glance
at him and intoned: Dismissed
flat feetl"
Literary Lace: Samuel Grafton's
line about propaganda: "This Is the
fog of war, with Its hat pulled down
over Its eyes" Robert Gillhams
definition OF a, Committee: "A body
that keeps minutes and wastes
hours" Linda Brent's: "You
know you're In love, when the sound
of his name feels like q hand warm
ing your heart" From the
Times movie section: ut deals with
sabotage-with the finger dislocatin
itself pointing to the wrong man"
Jack Tarver In Box once, re.
viewing q double feature: "They
were glad To see the end--their own
having become iiumbed."
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