The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-24

The City Hall hobo who distributes pamphlets complaining that taxes are too highl The chauffeurs of expensive cars waiting for their em- ployers-in front of Fifth Avenues sWanky 5andl0s The blonde beauty, who peddles the ducats at the Paramount box office probably the only natural blonde on Broad way The crowds congesting the area in the Grand Central depot to be awed by the Mail-o-meter ma chine .. The display of nudes in Radio City-most eye-filling scene of all.
 New York Novelette,: She first came into prominence in Chicago as a femme Mike Romanoff-she wore a monocle, demanded vodka and caviar, and insisted she was a Rus sian countess, to the amazement of her school chums e. Now she's gal-about- town, and the story tlaickens right here Not long ago she met and captivated a rich married man To avert sus- picion from himself, he had his best pal join them when they dined in public places ... But, like the we'll known ton of bricks, the b. D. humpty- -dumpty'd- with a bang =. Now the Sitchee-ay-shun has come to pretty pass . The best pal wants to marry her-her mar ried mentor is paying all the bills and dunno yet (unless he reads "On Broadway'), and the wife, who is hoping the Russian lass will marry her husbands best pal, is dining her daily at the Stork Club or Twennywen-while almost everyone in those places whispers the "low- down..
 Broadway SmaIltalk: Most popu- lar ditty in London now is Prank lin D. Roosevelt Jones" .. Cary Grant has purchased Norma Tal- madge's home Senator Ford will do a will Rogers column for King Features =. Dixie Dunbar and her mother have divided be- cause of Dixie's groom-to-be, Gene Snyder Assistant U. s. Atty Gen1 Rogge, who sent those Louisi- ana politicos to the dungeons, will prosecute those 17 Coughlinazis.
 New Yorchids: Paul Whiteman's $ ."All the Things You Are' disc-all the things you love . Shep Fields platter of ''Mene, Meme, re- kel" "The Grapes of Wrath better than the book! The way Eddie Davis toys with "Didden Know What Time It Was" 'It,s Stupid to Be Bored" by Sara Strayer, in ''Your Life" mag John Golden's cooperation to help Herbert Hoover's campaign for the Films Herr Rauschning's 'The Voice of Destruction" (HitleI Speaks), published by Putnam The Ted Straeter choir on Kate Smiths menu.
 Sounds in the Night: At the Queen Mary: "What a pair! The illt that should be in her voice is in his walk!" At Bills Gay sos: "I'll bet every time she takes off her girdle it's recorded by the Ford ham seismograph" At Mar den,s Casino Nacional (Havana) : Hes the answer to a maiden's stare" :. At the Stork: "She knows more jerks than soda dispenser At Versailles: "The guys SC tight, that when he pays his owr check-he's treating!" In ths Royal Palm Club: "She sounds like an old Edison record!" In front of the Palace: "She was born with 6 silver spoon in her mouth, and it's g pity she doesn't take it out when she sings" .. In Lindy's: "The Ger man people are getting sick and tired of the goose-step. Right now they would rather have the goose!'
 In the Roney-Plaza tap-room ''The optimist says: By Easter, well all be begging in the streets To which the pessimist replies: From whom?'" In the Hickory House -"What's the idea of telling lie about mel" ;. Don't be silly, if I wanted to hurt you, I'd tell the truth!"