The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26
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 to mest eagerly awaited mail 1 more than 900 Army and Navy
 o1 fgum Australia Co North Af- N'a n tlle geuai-nAonthly copy of
 n1 0flmy Gazette The editor
 Chicaeo girl named Maggie
 Alnherty N. Her brother, in the army sometime ago sent her this r|tA' what we need here more than anything are new jokes. We're IIi|lnE the same ones to each other W tlmesl Fergoodnessakes, sis, dig lp some for usl"
 70 Maggie started collecting them
 llshtly tisgay or pure puns, When tNoy were too naughty she laun- 0trod them es best she could and loEt it tot he boys to decide them Into unexpurgated literature.
 Her gag-scoutS are friends who ilRvol in parlor cars, and her girl friends bring those they hear in beauty parlors and cafes Twice q month Maggie puts them In the lnnils for ali over the fighting fronts One compliment came from Capt. Tom Griffin In N. Africa. He gald: Thanks for the 0azettes faughs are few and far between out here" ... A Camp Polk. La, E8t. wrote that her Qazettes solved tlle problem of getting the men to Sead the bulletin boards.
 on, yes. Maggie O'Flaherty has @ regular occupation.
 She writes radio shows for kiddleS.
 She ls one of the lovellcr actresses Her young actor-groom enlisted on that December 7th and he's been on active duty abroad for over a year Last night she was at a giri friends apartment playing gin- fuuimy with Q foursome of gals, When she left the room to an- swcr the phone. one of the girls observed: Hasn't she the loveliest 1lgure2 Amazing how she's kept C % trim since he left"
 rAnd why not?" said Tallulah. tNobOdys been able to make an ape polntment with her for over year -.excUpt Elizabeth Ardent"
 n1aN REyant, the famed Show bout man, was in Q Broadway pro- ducers' office where a group were banning Q dramatic critic, whose review that morning lambasted their now play .. The producer sent the critic Q telegram which said: You arc selling your comedy at % per copyi" To which the reviewer replied: And you are selling your % production at $40.
 That recalls the time George Ber- nard Shaw tried to sell dated manuscript to Q weekly magazine, which rejected 1t with this note; "our editors see no reason why 1t should he published by us."
 shaw answered: Am forwarding . copy in Braille."
 Enxae Stanley Gardner, the nlys- tory master, was discussing the cook inn in New Orleans. He bemoaned the fact that the cuisine there was oo rood and the variety of rich dish- es So tempting, that on his last visit he nearly ate himself to death 'aThan you don't like New Orleans?" asked his listener Like itl" he eiaculated. q love 1t. It's Gouts own countryp
 XheDe who plan giving parties in thelr homes for service men might follow the policy of the Stage Door Canteen in New York.
 me Canteen workers have learned the songs the servicemen do not want to hear. They include: Miss You" "Dear Mom," We Did It Be- fore." "Remember Pearl Harbor," s'White cliffs of Dover" Letter from Home," God Bless America" "This Is worth Fighting For" and s'AGy Buddy"
 All of them, 1t is explained, "are depressives."
 The toughest thing about getting a. new song popularized today IS that MT. Petrillo's ruling has stopped recordings A popular platter usually sent a good song on the way to hltdom . But three weeks ago Eddie Cantor broke the all-time rec ord for popularizing a ditty It IS called: "Comin' Home on Wing and a Pray'r" It sold 62OoO copies as the result of Cantor's one plug on a recent broadcast If anybody's been under the impress sion that Eddie has been slipping ---don't risk any beSs or. It.
 Many years ago Jimmy Durante was in a dilemma TWO spots offered the same high fee for his services Roger Wolfe Kahn was opening Q new East Side SwanK place which bid for Jimmy and ne had the offer matched by the Par Ody Club in the Broadway arena.
 Durante went to his friend Bob Benchley, for counsel .: stay cn Broadway" advised Bob, "let the