The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-15

GuDltScu, the QlreCtOr, was AG a table with party when Lou Holtz paused to chat. Lubitsch looked at him reflectively.
 "Holtz," said Lubitsch, "what aRe you doing now?"
 Holtz, strictly out there on specu- letion and with visions of 8 juicy film part with The Great LubitSch, spoke up eagerly.
 "At the moment, MT. L.," said Mir. H., I'm doing nothing"
 Then you can do me big favor," said Lubitsch. we can't seem to get any service. will you please dig up 8 waiter for us?"
 One of the more amusing Wash- ington stories lunquestionably un- truel concerns Halifax and FDR MT. President" the British ambassador is supposed to have said, When I was Viceroy of Indian, I felt that all of Indian would have understood me overnight had I wrapped myself in a sheet and sat on the floor with Gandhi."
 '"Then why didn't you?" asked the President. {.
 Because" blandly basso'd the Britisher, "Indiah would have un- derstood- but Britain-nevahhhh
 Mike Romanoff, who elevated himself from the Broadway Pit up to the role of Hollywood restaura- teur, proudly showed a friend a $1,00O War Bond. It represented the first coin he had ever been able to get together in his life and he promptly put it into bond :. The friend inspected it and noticed in the case of Romanoff's death the bond was then payable to the U, s. Govt |. why did you do that?" asked the friend.
 What else would I do with it?" Mike replied. "When you die, you like to leave your money to your family or your best friend. have no family, and surely the Govern ment has been my best friend"
 The advanced reports on talented Marjery Fielding's new gal-show at Versailles Con the 17th) are sugary :. i. But what we started out to report was that at rehearsals yes terday some of the dolls learned that they had to wear colored wigs. One of them, Rose Teed, put up quite a holler. q just don't look beautiful" she complained, fin a green wig!" monished the glaring La Fielding, we'll tolerate no communist1c ac- tivities here!"
 Edward G. Robinson, the star, was coming out of Dinty Moore's 46th Street rendezvous when someone pointed out Detective Johnny Broderick passing by "Oh, oh'd the famed film hero, T once played Frederick on the screen. I'd love to meet him. I've heard so much about him."
 A pal introduced them. "This is a real thrill" said the movie star. .But another thrill I'd enjoy would be to go with you when you and your colleagues are shooting it out with gangstersl"
 q don't think you'd enjoy that MT. Robinson" said Broderick When hoodlums shoot at cops they don't use blanks"
 Scrambled Eggs: Peter ArnO has signed Jimmy Durante for his new musical. A sketch in it, they say is such a hilarious satire on the WAAC's it'll drive you WAACy Anastasia Riley, ex-FollieS dolly is mending in Detroit after a serious Op Jimmy Walker Is i'll on the Coast Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, III, are reviving "ShOwbOat' .. Many have offered to stage aNavy musical but there won't be any until long after 'This Is the Army" has reaped its film profits. One feature of the Navy opus, however, will be real gals The WAVES! .. One night club Emcee carries a gun. In self defense, of course The Dinah Shore-Lt. James Stewart romance is Whey! Bobby Clark, the. star, who makes a 4-figure wage weekly, has a hobby. Saving pennies Add fads: Sweethearts, sisters, wives and mothers are wearing their lads war ribbons .. Harper's will profile the editor of The New Yorker Britain's invitation to all nationals (in the U. S.) to return to Eng land for the war effOrt-incIudec American wives of Britishers.