The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-29
THE NEW YORK SCENE

THE NEW xOBA SCENE
 Faces About Town: James J i Walker and George Jessel, twin. ! toastmasters at the dinner for : "Jimmy"-bott in excellent form. And the way the ex-Mayor par ried divorce reports, to wit: Life would be very dull if Jessel and I didn't marry someone every once in awhile" Mrs. F. D. R., at a Copacabana ringside with her pumps comfortably kicked off and munching on a napple |. |. Gertrude Lawrence, bundle of tal- ent from Britain Bob Rit- chie's blonde on her right arm these premiere nights. She. is Evelyn Carmel, one of the Macy redheads. She wearms 8 wig while doing the first-nights, part of her modelling job ... Elaine Sheppard, steady ing with former MIRA biggie, s. Ros- enblatt Marcy Wescott's new arm link, William Mics . Win throp Rockefeller. The lowdown on why he enlisted as buck pri- yste: He has tremendous youth plan in the making. To keep finger pointers from saying: 'He was rich so he got good job during the war!"-he enlisted. N. He could have had big Govt job-he's an oil expert.
 Sallies in Our Alley: Ben Bernie discovered that colyumiSt (by the same name as ours) had dozed in the barber chair and awakened to find that the barber had dyed his thinning gray hair to brass =. Bernie dispatched a telegram read- ing: "Ho, ho, the former genius with the brown light head" =. .I The old maestro is getting so bald that last Christmas his most well come gift was a set ,of military sponges All of which reminds us that at Leon and Eddie's last night heckler called Jackie GIea- son fathead Stand up," re- torted Gleason, land let us seq yoursl"
 Midtown vignette: It happened in a restaurant on Broadway just off 86th St. Two big-sized Heinies were drinking beer and be- ing noisy about the victories of the Nazis . A boy ana girl came in, sat at the next table, and be- came their target for aouse When they made remarks about the girl-the boy demanded an apology
 In jumping up he dropped bag which opened and spilled the contentS-a mans ballet trunks and slippers Of course, the two bullying Nazis laughed fit to kill-so did other patrons As the dancer bent over to pick up his things, the Naz.s gave him play full shove with the foot 'Ha, hal" said one of them. There's America for you-a man ballet dancer-voops my dee-ahhh!" {. .. This was too much for the boy, who disposed of the humiliating case with a left hook that broke a Nazi nose and the table at the same time A right cross cluttered up the floor with the other 200 pounds of Nazi-minus three teeth | The quiet American softie" was George Church of the Jolson show, who-before he took up the ballet at 21-was a wrassler and boxer with a string of only 56 straight wins.
 MemOs of a Midnighter: Puk Paaris squawked about paying minimum charges Saturday night l at the Copacabana. Said other night clubs were glad to have her, etc. .. The Dewey assassination | story which broke big on the NY fronts was memo'd here Dec. 30th 1 ,. Jane Winton is an indef hold | over at the Persian Room ... That | Major Riddle and Virginia Hill seen at the dice tables so often will be stitched in six months which is when he expects his free- dom to be legal Eileen DeVlin, of the Miami Beachcomber Con- | gang, is toting torch for Bobby | Parks. Dempsey Vanderbilt sax tootler :. Click for April will lex clusively" report that Russia will shelve Hitler for Churchill Oh, MT. Secretary of the Navy ] Frank! Have new word: Navya- tion-or Navyator . James Mc-
 
 Kinley Bryant (who keeps company with seven gals all at once) fin | ally explains things 2. How do | you manage to keep so many wo- men interested, don't you get tired | now and them" he was asked Il "Yes, I do," he said blandly, "but 1 what else is there but Love? It l keeps you alive-young and foolish,
 Manhattan Murals: The forlorn looking flock of ducks huddled to- gether in a wee bit of Central Park lake not yet covered with ice :. The plump femme evangelist on the ramp leading to the Times Square shuttle, beseeching and rushing subwayfarers to pause and listen to her message. They hurry on to