The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-12
poRTRAIT OF A MAN TALKING


 TO HIMSELF
 Wonder what those playboystrous gals who get themselves into print regularly expect from life? . Dutside of contempt from all the editors-and bus-boys Whatm # doing = getting indignantP My idea of recording while peck ing at the portable--is Maxine Sul- livan,s version of Carmen Miranda singing "St. Louis Blues" That "Who" mag is dull thing. small kime from cover to cover. If 1t IS true that 1t is backed by British moolah-it certainly is doing its best to alienate friends of Britain over here wonder why nothing was In the gazettes about the youthful bluepacket who was slugged by a stranger on 51st St. the other a. m.2 And died from the blows :. When a cop finally came-thirty minutes later-the crowd heckled him with phony applause Fine thing That song hit, "Time Was" cermtainly sounds like the spanish ballad known as "Duerme" Those Senators are trying to keep Amer ica safe by smearing Americans in- stead of Hitler.
 The America First Committee brags about its distinguished list of members as proof that it is pa triotic Didn't the Cliveden set number many of Britain's leaders2 Wonder how much of a stretch they can give you in the Federal clink for telling Senator what you think of him? To his face, mean Fascinating low down about John Wilkes Booth, the actor assassin, and the whole bust- ness on Lincoln's murder in "Reveille in Washington by Mar" garet Leech ... Well, those sports writers had better look out They'll have some opposition in a few days. Joe Louis is gonna become a Post man-where he will do a boxing column Talk about putting on airs. The gent who owns Cafe Society took his colored star (Hazel Scott) to Monte Carlo the other night where they were welcomed and shown to q ringside pew .. :. Later wien they went next door to Bills Gay 9o's, gin-mill, they were barred. Hmfff!
 Another person who starts my iawning department going is the one who prefaces his drool with But don't you think MT. Lind hergh is sincere?" Well, what if he isp That line of gab re- minds me of the warning: "There's nothing so dangerous as q sincere fool!" It must be aggravat- Ing to be the arranger of hit ditty such as "Daddy!" and wind up getting none of the profits. Curt Weller, frinstance, whose arrange ments Sammy Kaye used, hasn't re- ceived penny yet .. Paul Hart mans slogan is one for the Treas liry Dept: Better to Buy Uncle SamS Bonds Than to Wear Hitler's" Interesting character, that man at Saratoga. The story every one missed. Name is O'Neil Parlayed a $75 salary into $250000, they say, in ten years. Bets on only two or three races week j. Ber- liners are yapping about the bomb- ings of Berlin That's like a skunk skuawking about its per- fume.
 On March 2S, 1941, Congressman Hamilton Fish said he wasn't ashamed of having written a piece for a Nazi publication called "To- days Challenge" The editor of it. Herr Auhagen, has been in- dicted by the U. s. as a Nazi agent That aughta explain lotta things for future historians Wonder what side Will Rogers would be on? He always seemed so right - about most things No scenic railway ride will ever give me wallop again :. . Nothing tops the pace and zing of navy Mosquito" boat Wheeeee What a thrill It was IT years this Sept. 15 that I started on a daily paper, How Tempus does Fugit Joe McJerk, the penny Hitler, was found guilty of disorder ly conduct, fancy name for incit- ing riots. But Hizzoner let him off