The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01


 NEW YORK sOLEKlOQUTES
 kAnd New York Picture Postcardsl
 The Song Plugger: Guess m have to go to his opening, but I'd rather have a tooth ynnked. The gall oK the heel He says: sT'M be sore as hell if you're not there with a party And with prices the way they are T!TI Dc lucky getting away under sixty bucks. On his opening nights aII 0f sudden he makes me q celebrity and his pal But when he gets \ hOOk-up to the Coast ! have as much chance with a tune in his band as I'd have in Berlin. Win get his girl a fur coat whole sale? win | take his wife to the &Iaeater? Why can't I dig some tickets for his friends to some sl10ws2 He keeps me up in Lindy's all night listening to him talk about himself. I'm his nursemaid- -his diet expert his lawyer and foot wiper. But if beg him to use two of my songs on the same broad cast he throw a fit Go to his opening? I'd rather go to his fu- neral! .. Hmmmm, wonder if the pants to that dinner coat are still long enough?
 The 5th Avenue store which ad- vertises a dog soap as "Shampoo ooch" .. Toscanini getting a bow from the hips from 57th Street record shop owner Charley's Tavern on 7th Avenue. It does g bigger pig checking musicians instruments than peddling beer The Broad- way bright lights which go on dur ing the day and off at night :. The man leaning out of his 4th floor window at the Taft Hotel-focusing nis binoculars on se Winter Garden undressing rooms The Hurri- cane,s hatcheck girl whose name is Dorothy Hatton x. The "Queen of k7th Street"-an old gal who strolls there after midnight, attired in Gay sos garb :. The Music Hall lounge, SWankier than most high priced j0ynts |. Stop and Go signs along Broadway, which pedestrians ignore like good advise The WeIl-behaved patrons in the Auto mat and the noisy drunks in the up- pity places Wall Street, the na- tion's cash register, crowded with some of the stabbiest buildings in town x. Colyumists hearing wit drop pearl and tossing coin to decide who gets it.
 The Stage DoOrman: We'll, re- ilearsals seem to be going pretty well. No talk of replacementS. That's good sign. certainly can use good run. Six months mebbe. It would help pay off some of those debts. But the producer needs 3 break more than do. He's de- cent fellow and gracious to small fry like rue. And the dough he owes stretches from Sardi's to 21. No kids An this one which is re- lief. Some of these spoiled brats can get so temperamentaL Still, I've met some nice youngsters around here. That Frankie Thomas was always thoughtful. So was Mitd Green. They tell me Helen Hayes used to bring lunches for her stage d0Ornnen when she was little girl and acting in Quaker GirT". The only star \ ever knew who frightened kids in a big show was Wilton Lackayc. He'd wither 'em with q glance ... 25 years in show business, and here I am hoping for Q hit. 25 years of taking messages for chOrines. Giving the brush-0ff to touch artists and saIesKnen- hustIing up a sandwich for MT. Barrymore and MT. Conan. Taking care of laundry ;. Please, MT. AtlEinzOn and MT. Brown, go easy i'm your write-ups, will va? This show has a bunch of nice people doing the best they can.
 Sign of Autumn: The outfield grass in the ball parks thinning out .. The misery along the BOwery that imaginative writers mistake for mystery The junk wagon which carries this legend: Get in the Scrap Or Join the Heap!" .. {. Marinesh and their gals along Riv- erside Drive in the dimout. Leath- ernecks <. The Waldorf's gold- braided doorman = looking more austere than the Generals who dwell there The white-wing pausing to thumb through dis carded issue of Vogue at 54th and Madison The attractively di- shevelled lass in mink coat and pa- jamas, nervously waiting for Times Square bank to open-be- fore g ayenl Tiny Pearson, the 320--pounder of "Star and Garter" who wears 8 sinalled size shoe than the shows chorines.
 The Strip -Teaser: All right, I'm getting . little plump, so what! .. II can't stay on those gee-dee diets mOre'n three days! I usually manage to get by the first two, but I ret so cranky and growl at peO- pIe | like! <. And that jerk had to go and blow the bankrOM I saved working my head Off-S2, 800! .. An the money i'm the world! And he had to blow 1t all in two dice games .. What do see i'm that jerk anyways? Guys all over the circuit begged me to marry them and had to stick % him .. Nuts, there's the cue for the grind. Where the hell are my rOsebuds? ... Gypsy Rose Lee is getting so fancy these days. Writing books Boy, could \ write a book! <. And Margae Hart! Amt she the one, the! [. Ann Cori0 and those other danes!
 
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