The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-17


 housemaids to defense plants has left those who still work at 1t enc joylHg golden harvest. Their wages are higher, and they are just about able to pick their jobs. Besides, they name the conditions they1l work under. Many of which approach the fantastic Frixample: One woman reported that she was able to get a cook only by promising that dinner would be delayed until the maid had listened to all the evening news broadcasts An- other offered weirder yarn. She went to the agency and landed what looked to her like a beaut She described the household duties to her, adding: Tn our house, 1t has always been a custom to have breakfast in bed"
 "Zatso?" was the chilled reply. "Yours--or miner"
 The Big Time: William saro- yarl's "The Human Comedy" Vivian della Chiesa's chanting, via CBS' American Melody Hour" Cab Calloway's recording of "Oge. chee River Lullaby, a si7gler Evelyn's mag violinstrument with Phil Spitalny's crew The March of Times One Day with the Soviet Army.
 Washington vignette: Lack of help has forced most of the drug stores in the residential neigh borhoods to lock up before mid- night .. Only few in the mid town sector remain open all night People who live far away from all-nighters do not like the clos ings at all One woman was very worried Suppose" she supposed, "there was an emergency? What could I do at two in the morning with the nearest pharmacy miles away?" "What's the mat- ter" scoffed her mate, "can't you make a sandwich"
 Bigtown Smalltalk: The women's magazines are all planning to even up Times description of Ursula Parrott. They described her as "a middle-aged matron" because she's 39 Her friends who write --are going to ask Time why Clare LUce, about the same age, isn't listed as a middle.aged matlon and also why Time always de- scribes Q man in his 40s as "a dy- mamie young executive? The Victory Book Campaign, requesting good books (not .trash) to send tc men in the services - has a good slogan: "Send the book you don't want to givel" Jack Alexan' der of the Satevepost will be cor respondent in Africa. Exciting sug' gestion heard here: Since the Nazis made their Jews pin a big U" or their sleeves in public-why not (af' ter the war) make Nazs still veal swastikasp??
 Notes Found in an Eastern Ali Lines Envelope: Robert Preston Q FI'wood, 1 sthe 3rd highest man il his class at Officers Candidate School Otto of Austria uset the funeral of Guido Zernatto, Aus trian politician, to hold court. Ott' 1 has unusual gas rationing, nop :. The FBI files now have over sixt, million sets of fingerprints. Al most 100000 come in daily, yet clerk can find any set in 3 min uptes ,,, c' utes More rationing will b. surprise news. Likker, frinstance
 It. Allen Christie of the Al Corps and Jeanne Cagney mus adore the rhumba. Danced 1t iron ii D. m. to 1 the other night Prentiss Brown, the successor t' Leon Henderson, is doing a fin' fob, despite all the headaches h' inherited. Leon is missed in Wash ington by his intimates who need laugh now and then In' Carleton lost most of its best hell when the Statler premiered.
 Washington Repartee-Hee: "Th, Presidency must be wonderful Joo
 "What makes you think so?'
 "Because SO many men want 1t!
 Newspaperman Stuff: An Associ ater Press reporter said: Do yo' really think any member of Con gress will believe your statemen that two Gremlins doing a jig II your ears made you broadcast tha voters were damn fools, who re- elected certain legislators?"
 "Some of them are damn.foo enough to believe 1t. Anyway, 1't like to meet any Congressman, jus to ask him if he can hoselty saS that during his public life he nevel made an extravagant statement"