The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-20
Thursday, March 20, 1941
liahts Of NewX
~ IL. STEVENSON

$l00 prize for Willie Wainrlgnt, OF
New Orleans, in contest in which
there were 5000 entries It's
my guess, however, that the lug
gage toters, if tip is in sight, will
continue to answer the call "Por-
ter" Or come without be-
ing called s. Job | wouldn't like
at this time of the year. Washing
skyscraper windows Or at any
other time, for that matter Job
l surely wouldn't care for during
the holiday rush: Elevator opera
tor in a department store
Woman shoppers seem to have ell
bows of ox-goad sharpness
The oldest strike in New York is
that at the Brass Rail restaurant
II soon will be two years old
In a midtown restaurant is an
oyster opener who, in 70 years OF :
steady employment, has never
found a pearl.
In many apartment houses, wash
ing machines are available to ten
ants for Decent charge and
superintendent have to use vigilance
to keep neighbors from sneaking
in and using the machines Also,
maids in need of dimes, keep the
coins handed over by the mistresses
and do the work by hand Billy
| Hill has been dead more than two
weeks but the strains Of 1.-The Last
Roundup keep running through my
head and I think Of how, with
/ all those melodies in his soul, to sup
port himself. he had to work as a
/ doorman on Fifth avenue -. 1t
has been spring on Seventh avenue
for quite some time, no matter what
the calendar says Displays OF
vernal season fashions are the rea-
son The shows we're held ear
lier than usual this year to lengthen
the time for retail sales.
Irwin Shaw, whose Retreat to
Pleasure was not well received
by Broadway critics. says he is
through with the theater Writ
ing for the stage means lot OF
hard work, a terrific buildup
and then "Bang!" So he plans
to stick to short stories for while
at least Though | hope he
changes his mind and turns out an
other Bury the Dead Or
Those Gentle People Four
extremely comedy young women, all
dressed alike, are seen night after
night in various clubs, especially
! the openings where celebrities are
present They are department
store models whose business It Is to
display what's new in clothes j.
) In other words. they draw a salary
for doing what other folks pay
money for.
Sign in Madison avenue window
noted by Charlie Spivak. "Diction-
! aries. II you are thinking OF send
: ing letter to Hitler they won't be
/ OF any use to you. Otherwise, they'r
5 bargain at SO cents" Harry
Salter each month receives dozens
4 of requests from inmates Of Sing
4 Sing, Atlanta, Alcatraz and other
y bastiles all over the country . !.
/ But the favorite tune OF the con
! victs is not The Prisoners Song
: Right now, it's Star Dust
4 like the skating of Adele Inge
featured in the Terrace Room q
n the Hotel New Yorker. Among
!. other things she does is turn for
\ ward somersault without using he
/. hands !. She's only Is and hel
) home is in Clayton, Mo.
IS Things that stirred my emotions
That radio conversation between
h Ernlyn Williams in London and hi
J. wife in New York The British
h surely can keep their chins up
e Refugee children standing In aW
a. before the big Christmas tree in Ra
g. dio City The Palisades blush
a. ing as the morning sun caresse
,r them The acting of Ethe
,r Barrymore in THE Corn Is Green
&c and the acting of Jane Cow
s. and Peggy Wood in "Old Acquain
A. ance.'
ID
A niece, here to visit Bess Johr
son, quizzed her about actors wit
whom she works. Miss johnson
having told little about them, sale
I'd 'And sometimes Mr.. Barker is
n the cast-he initiates dogs" tn
e. youngster pouted and exclaimed
ST. Don't try to kid me, Aunt Bes
fit I'm big girl now" And Aunt Bes
do had hard time winning back tn
a trust of the child although the ma
ely who initiates dogs actually is name
nd Bradley Barker.
I'M
Is. Remarks. Speaking Of unemplo
DIS ment, says Virginia Payne, the a
a erage man has $4,000. 100000 bra
in cells. Don't blame me If that
ct wrong because I've never counts
i'm them) Eddie Paul opines tn
the wise husband talks in his wife
he sleep "a. Vincent Lopez observ
nd that some favorite sons show he
be blind mother love can be al
gh- here's THE END.
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