The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-15
Walter WincIAeII
In Nee, York

WAC buSA 4uE tAA0 pACtuEG-tu9yu
rather be patting the dog star In itl
The Miami Beach season Is ex-
pected to be bigger than ever with
so many hotels being returned BY
the Army. Walter Jacobs, for ex.
ample, has leased the Surrey on
Collins ct 44th, next to the Harvey
Firestone estate. Opens Sunday. /.
The Roney Plaza is already fllnc-
tioning for civilians A famous
naval officer was In. Told me the
piece In Life last issue (Silence Of
the Seal Is beautifully written, but
Is fantastic propaganda to make
the Nazi officer in 1t lovable. And
that II put on the who
ever plays that role would be
adcred, hes SO darling, etc. /.
Written anonymously Our visi-
tor was deeply concerned about It
Frankly, I've talked with Sam
Goldwyn a lot, and I never heard
him pop with those malaprops. Ten
nyrate, his latest Is supposed to be:
I'VE are dealing In facts, not re-
antieSl
At the opening Of the Maisonette
at the st. Regis, Rex st. Cyr greet
ed Gertrude Lawrence with: "Oh,
Gertie, how well you lookl' .
THANK you," said Gertie, II feel
well" Two minutes later In an
aside to 1t. J. Mason Brown, she
said: "It certainly sounds as II 1t
were the first time ever looked
welll" You musta been pretty
sleepy or something when you
gummed up the sally about Sheri-
dan. Shoulda read: whats my
girl you amt got?" (answer: "You,
you jurql'D You had the man ssay-
ing: "What've you got, my girl
hasn't?" Made no sense your
way, bub.
Nasty little scene in the Stork
this ayem A 4-striper, not too
oiled, sat down at q movie stars
table (uninvited) and asked for q
dance. She politely said she wasn't
dancing, feet hurt. AS honest q
retort as ever heard. He looked
at her companion, 1t. Comdr., and
growled: 80 you're q 1t. Com
mander? Ever been to sea2" ,
The 1t. Comdr. stood up lin respect
to his SUPERIOR, and the Captain
wearing the Annapolis ring) left
hurriedly, saying: go ahead, strike
mel" The 1t. Comdr. just re-
turned from the Pacific after q
long stay there and has seen serv-
Ice all over the world for years.
T.. Other men In uniform who Wit
messed 1t shuddered.
Variety says you were supposed To
debate with Obs Paul White at
some meeting yesterday. Abel
Green, Variety editor, says tickets
were sold because you were coming,
etc, Told Green 1t was new to you.
That you got intot he argument to
bring 1t to the attention OF the
FEC, and since Mr.. Fly has prac-
tically stated the same things, you
were now bored with 1t. You
haven't plugged Balderston's "Chi-
cago Blueprint" enough. It Is great
satire on a zeitung which keeps
strange company Kendall Ban
ning's latest book Is "Our Army
Today" He did that swell book on
the Navy to which you gave col
umn Gannett has thrown you
out Of the Binghamton paper he
just bought. Letters to readers ex-
plain Paper shortage" instead Of
telling them It's because you ex-
plotted Under Cover" which puts
the spotlight on him.
I hear Harnett r. Kane's book,
1.-THE Bayous Of louisiana" Is
good. He's q New Orleans newSpa-
perman After the broadcast
about Allan Chase's "Falange", Or
ders came in so fast 1t sold out
F.. Sinclair Lewis and Lewis heard
the boost in Spokane on Brownies
"See What Mean?" which Is 60
ing big, too. Barry Faris, the
International News exec, Is In AZ
RIGA Ben Bernie's kin says he's
still struggling desperately. Physi-
cally improved, but his nervous con-
dltion Is slowing things up .
When WAVES enter the service they
are given wise words: Remember
you are ladies but forget you are
women"
Capt. Ralph Ingersoll's book, '"The
Battle Is the Pay-off," Is exciting.
It squelches the belittlerS over here,
too. Frixample: '"The correspon-
dents at the front are brave men
and the correspondents at home
are drawer still. For not only do
many OF them fight the same en-
envy at home that the army fights
abroad, but In meeting him on the
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