Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14

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New Yorker:

Monument. OF which all New
England 10 proud. When 1t was
nearing completion there was
difficulty In raising $4,000
which was needed. "A Mr.. Lau-
renee Of Massachusetts, gave
sio. 200. saying other New Eng
landers would surely help. But
the other $4,000 came not from
New Englanders. but from Judah
Touro. O Jewish merchant OF
New Orleans. Mrs. Roosevelt
likes TO tell the story. she ex-
plains, because II Is the only
piece Of American history ] ever
told my husband that he didn't
know before"
JOE z. LEWIS told one OF his
songwriters that a certain
master OF ceremonies In town
was using some OF the special
songs he had written for him.
Dan Shapiro. the author.
dropped into the night club
where the burglar was appear
ing and heard him doing the
material. He buttonholed the
pilferer and asked him TO lay
off In the future. $50 you're
the genius who wrote that song"
was the retort amazing. i've
been doing II for two weeks and
u nops for me. You must be
overrated.s
WHEN the alarm was given
after The Local Loan Company
on 7th Avenue and 4ist Street
was held UP last Wednesday, Q
radio police car sirened UP TO
the door Out jumped Officer
Wallace OF the l4th Precinct.
who rushed in yelling: whats
the NATTER. whats the
NATTER" shouted the cashier.
"Weil. you know that lone cow
boy bandit who's been holding
MP everybody lately? just
passed ont $500 In cash 10 him.
What" wiScracked the cop.
without q co-maker?"
GLEN WYLE relays this one.
Says II happened in . Vest
chester court. A man was ar
raigned. Hizzoner asked him:
Are you the defendant"
Ne" he said, I'm the guy whe
stole the automobile.
How" the judge asked do
you plead?"
mot guilty" was the reply.
PRINCE" Mike Romanoff.
who never posed as q lily. went
under the microscopic exani-
nation OF a magazine several
years ago. He went through the
wringer and managed 10 survive
IL. The editor OF the walloping.
II appears. invested goodly
sum in O Hollywood restaurant.
and II became the movietowns
most prosperous rendezvous :.
Romanoff. with the support OF
friends, opened q restaurant in
the same sector, and he was the
one who was most amazed when
II turned into q gold mine ..
Recently the editors place dis
covered that It's clientele was
thinning Major air lines
which paid q fancy fee 10 have
the editors sideline prepare thu
luncheon boxes for It's passen-
gers. cancelled It's orders .. The
business was turned over 10
Mikes place Many OF the pa
irons. who stopped going 10 the
other spot. are now patronizing
Romanoff's. Revenge. az the
saying goes, Is kaccharine :.
Moral: Never kick an underdog
when he's down. He may be-
come your most aggravating
competitor.
THEY had a horrible time over
At Pathe trying TO do q news
reel on Young America Wants
70 Help. Commentator Tex
AcCrary was there as were some
American kids, Mrs. Roosevelt
and an English youngster, who
had been evacuated. Despair
was rampant. Tex was tearing
his hair, and cameramen were
miserable because the English
lad used once before when he
arrived had acquired full-flow-
ering Brooklynese In a Brooklyn
school. He had shown up COM
pIstely minus his immaculate
British accent, and they simply
could not get him TO say "bawth-
room!
At Fefe's Monte Carlo the
other night q titled woman
ordered q certain champagne
that IL impossible 70 get because
OF the war Her companion
told the headwaiter 70 put in
any kind OF champagne because
she wouldn't know the differ
ence >. The headwaiter refused.
The titled one fiounced out
because they didn't have her
brand and went 70 another spot.
There the same thing was
repeated. but this time the
phony bottle was iced She
slipped II sagely and said:
There. That's moro like IT,"
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