The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
WAVELETS
By ED LEAMY

Nineties Revue, reviveS one of the earlier moon songs for her contri- button to the program over CBS Monday. Dec. 27. Lillian sings When the Moon Plays Peek-A-Boo'.
 Ann Thomas. grave l-voiced actress in MT. District Attorney" will soon double on Broadway as the star of When Doctors Disagree"
 Frank Fay, who substituted for ailing Orson Welles on Stage Door Canteen" over OBS last week. al- most didn't get on the program him. self. Fay arrived about fifteen min utes before air time and discovered that he had forgotten his glasses and couldn't read his script without them. Helen Menken, chairman of the Radio Division of the American Theater Wing, which guides the pro- gram, scurried among the service men in the audience and finally managed to borrow from a Lieuten- ant in the army pair of spectacles which Fay could use.
 Rush Neldsworth, the Texas horse racing magnate, recently bought himself a new thoroughbred and promptly named him laugh ing boy' in honor of the Abbott and Costello program.
 Just how popular Fibber McGee and Molly are with their listening constituents was adequately dem- onstrated the other day. The good MT. and Mrs. McGee received let ter from a 2 year old Cincinnati fan who addressed the missive to F'ibber McGee and Molly, 79 Wist- full Vista, U. s. A. Asked what he thought, Fibber beamed, swell, ater all 1t isn't everyone who can create new place on the map"
 Festivity reigned supreme at last Saturdays performance of "Abies Irish Rose" The reason? The twins. Patrick and Becky, as heard hrtough the baby squels made by pretty Dolores Gillin, celebrated their first birthday. And as beflts a happy occasion of this kind, there was a party backstage. with plenty of cake and ice cream for the entire cast.
 There is Dick Haynes Club in Philadelphia in conjunction with the singers Here's to Romance" program that truly takes good care of its favorite. Almost every week one of the members prove what their organization thinks of Haynes by sending him cake or some home made candy that one of the girls has made.
 AS an added measure to keep up the morale of the boys and girls in the armed service, Hal ("Great Gil- dersleeve~ Peary and his radio crew will transcribe 15-minute spe- cially written comedy programs at Gildy's expense, and ship them to outlying posts removed from civil ization, all over the world.
 Right after Christmas, and on Monday, Dec. 27. to be exact, the new adventure story sequence of T Love Mystery" will be packed with new thrills when Doc Long and Jack Packard are asked by the govern ment to fly from Brazil to Freetown, West Africa, to help run down a Na1 spy ring. With title yet to come from writer-producer Carlton E. Morse, he promises one of his best yarns in years-and that Doc and Jack will be flown by the Air Transport Command over the South Atlantic Ocean.
 Subbing for the i'll Milton Cross on 'The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street" was his pre- decessor on the program, Dr." Gino Hamilton, who also pinch hit for Cross Metropolitan Opera Audi tions of the Air" Incidentally, 1t was a night of substitutions. Hamil- ton for Cross, Connee Boswell for the ailing Tommy Dorsey and Paul Lava.le's weary ensemble for the Slohodka Symphony of one hundred men and the finance company
 Announcer Frank Gallup, of the CBS Carnival" is carrying over a sense of humor into his Christmas gift problem. Gallup presented to his "Carnivar' associates . set of especially designed neckties that combined the music and grape (sponsor is a wine manufacturer)