The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-01
THE NEW Y0RK aCRNE

The NEW HOHA SCENE
The Big Parade: The Capt. Dan
Toppings (Sonja Henie) togethering
10 the confusion of intimates who
insist they are on the verge Of di-
viding The shapeliest legs since
Dietrich-Lisette Verea OF The
Merry Widow" Lauritz Mel
chior of the Met Opera whLstling
pistol Packin', ETC." Mrs. Wen
dell Willkie and DR.. Frank King
don, the orator, on lower 5th Ave-
nue. after speech-making at the
Music Box Canteen Mrs. George
Patton, the Generals loyal wife
resting in the Pierre lobby d. Chill
williams, the Conover cutie, who's
had her photo in Life thrice in one
month, the record The Asst
Sec'y of State A. A. Berle, Jr.. ano
his wife en- route to Jamaica for q
holiday Lord Halifax, little
chunk of the British Empahr, in the
Ritz Penguin . Fred Allen Juggling
his own bags at the depot The
few Red Caps looking for Mrs. FDR
who wasn't even on the same rat
tier.
Sallies in Our Alley: The Ritz
Brothers silly every time they meet
a new doll: East is East and West
is West, and never the twain shall
meet. Now isn't that twagic?" ....
The six year old unmarried son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Lyons (who-
ever they are) answered the phone
of the house last night and yelled ::
"Popl Esther is on the phone"
Prof. Lyons got on the wire and be-
gan: Eyes, Esther?". What do
you mean Esther?" was the reply.
This is Mrs. Astor!"
Broadway Love Letter (By Donna
Wahnna): AL the buildings are
standing straight - huskters cry OF
their tempting wares Subway
trains amt a minute late-busses
skim down the thoroughfares .
Couples chat as they swing along
--taxis whiz in their breathless way
:. Old Manhattan is going strong
Winter dresses are pert and gay
=. Can you wonder I blink my
eyes? Can you wonder shake my
head? All around me are hand
some guys - and no one knows that
our love is dead . No one knows
that the world went flat. No one
knows that I'm all alone -.
There's way to take care of that
-. .Poddon me, pet, while I use
the phone!
MemOs of Midnighter: Frank
Sinatra refused photog's request
Con his farewell night at the Wal
dorf) to shake hands with Maestro
L. Reisman. Must be good reason
-. Shep Fields crew starts at the
Park Central Roof Dec. End q.
Ben Grauer says the Raj blitz on
Berlin was SO good it made Goering's
medals turn green with envy . . :.
That lovely thing with Sen. Happy
Chandler at the Stork was Melody
Thompson, the model. The senator
Is a good friend of the family :.
A. O. Blumenthal, eXiled in Mexico,
thinks he is cleared with Uncle Sam
and will return here. The FBI is
waiting to see him. If he doesn't
return, they may take steps to ar
range it. :. U. s. Attorney Mentally,
a Democrat, will name one from
B'klyn in the Aurelio matter E.
Bravery Dept: The Robbins music
firm has started the presses on q
song poem recently published in
the gazettes. The author is Gen.
Patton.
Bigt0wn Novelette,: She is one of
Moss Harris greatest admirers, and
not just because she's in his show,
winged Victory" the hit about the
air force that is such a delight.
She looks up to Moss the man -. ..
Because she can look back on Moss
the boy Her name is Elsa Ryan
!. She recollects 10 years ago when
the only spotlight Moss knew was
the CLEAN in his ambitious eyes
She singled him out then She
found that he wasn't a wise-guy
kid. He seemed to have the stuff
Of wise man d. For when he was
making SIS weekly as office boy
for producer A. Pitou, Miss Ryan
was earning $3.50 per week as Pr
tous top star. :. Proudly she per-
forms a supporting role in Harris
latest smash hit. And each cur
tain time she smiles at him-happy
at his success AS boy he lis
tened to her counsel And to-
day he wisely listens to the sug-
gestions of others Hart has
learned you have to take advice
if you want to keep on taking bows.
Manhattan Murals: The swish
waiter in a w. 49th Street place
who gets fee-yoo-ree-usss when you
spill coffee on the cloth. The ex-
pressions on the faces of the serv-
icemen as they talk to their kin
VIC the special phone exchange on
w. 43rd The models ankling
into 48O Lexington avenue where the
ad photoggers have their studios.
It's also the address of the Army
Induction Center! Wa-hoo!. The