The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-09


turning to camp and their sweeties
The pool Of silence that floods
the Plaza after midnight. SO stu
you can hear whispers Of nothing
Headliners sitting on their
thrones Of fame and burdened with
crowns Of worry Actresses en-
tering joynts chin-deep In Summer
ermine, collecting stares Bar.
rem Island In Brooklyn, where PEG.
pie exist in AKA shacks--a reminder
Of the Old West-in the worlds
most modern city.
The USO distributes theater and
cinema tickets to the men in the
local camps and naval bases i,
1t Is done In alphabetical order 70
avoid favOritism The other
day at the old Paramount Studios
in Long Island City (nOw an army
depot the letter IL" was reached
and two movie ducats were hand
ed to Carl Laemmle, Jr. Young
Laemmle was merely the owner Of
Universal Pictures, and its sale made
him q millionaire.
The art studios in Greenwich VII
lage which once were stables :,
The big clock on the building at
And Street and 9th Avenue, where
during the wee hours Of the ayems
you can hear the Textbooks drop
ping into infinity The tots
who used to play cops-and- robbers
now playing commands in the
west side streets The huge
searchlight interrupting the dim
outs by stabbing the planes roar
ing over Central Park Loafers
standing on street corners staring at
the passersby and tossing away
precious hours like cigarette butts
:. Wrinkled charwomen entering
million-dollar skyscrapers every
evening to give them beauty treat
ments The rains decorating
the street puddles with thousands
of dinples.
For. years his reputation made
him the most feared man where
hOOdlumS gathered - one Of the
towns toughest cops When his
son was called by the Army he went
down with him to see him off /.
Just before the troop train left he
ran over and kissed his boy, and
the tears flooded his cheeks II
hope" he said, shat the other fell
lows in your regiemnt won't think
Tm sissy-but I just can't help
it, son."
Mickey MCNAMARA, once chief Of
the dreaded Gangster Squad!
The traffic cop at 50th Street,
holding up traffic until he picked
up a pigeon in distress Husky
defense workers and dainty chorus
girls subwaying home in the early
hours, too full Of yawns to pay
attention to each other The
half-mast faces of those hardest
hit by the gas rationing: The park
ing lot bosses The rockets of
confusion that explode along The
Grey White Way at show break
time Everybody in haste to get
here, there and nowhere The
majestic, palace-like Roxy lobby
ana what is its most prominent
feature? A nickel candy stand
The gathering spot for most OF
the Latin-American dancers and
musicians (51St and 7th), nick
named "Spicty-First Street"
The two women at the Yankee Sta
dium swinging at each other over
a baseball argument ... Girlsl
Over at the Havana Madrid the
headline attraction is a dance team
named Tapia and Romero The
last-named three years ago was
Mona MOntez, who started her ca
reer there as cigarette girl j..
Even when Mona elevated herself
TO the high rank Of camera girl
taking your flashIight for 81 she
studied the girls i'm the chorus there
and went home to practice the steps
and other rOutines One night
when one Of the gals dropped ont
because of illness, the management
took on Mona, and Tapia was inn
pressed Besides falling in love
with Mona, he urged her to study
the r0utincS Of his act >. Not long
ago his partner eIOped, and the
team Of Tapia and Romero was
created What's her real name?
Mrs. Cesar Tapia!
Add 10 The Hell-Of- Fame: Pulit-
err Prize winning books of only
few years ago, now being ped
died in secondhand book stores for
dime After the premiere of
Georfe Rats starring picture,
Broadway, his side-kick, Mack
Grey. rushing over to Lindy's and
Reuben's taking bows The hui
man Landmark that has faded from
Sixth avenue-nleaning the parade
of jobless-because many OF the
employment agencies have moved to
other locations The old lady
who sells pretzels at City Hall
with q lone star on her basket. She
has q son in the army The Or
ganized mendicant racket-each has
q certain district to patrol f. .
The headwaiters painted with a
coating VI seif-assuranee, deftly
balancing smiles all night The
women who wear Stacks and remind
you Of the quip that Stacks enlarge
their beauty = without enhancing
1t >. The most eolorful newspaper
In toWn-the Chinese gazette which
Is pasted on the wall on Mott street.
Chinatown. The sheets are brilliant
red and orange paper flecked with
gold -. Cafe Society slowly being
crushed by the war-0pe OF the
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