The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-10
THE NEW YoRK sHnR

Aak NEW YORK SHOW
 Cat oe Characters: Abbott and Costello. dancing with each other beautifully in La Conga. George Abbott. the play producer, and Di- osa Costello! the Latin luiu) [. Susan Hayward swimming int he Park Central pool ii. Ball-of-fire Arleen Whelan, of the smash hit, sDoughgirlS's, scene-stealing in the Stork x. Commodore Dutch being evicted from Madison Sq. Garden by Revenue men. Such pushingl .. Helen Hayes, the American star the other z8 applaud .. Miriam Hopkins and John Gunther, looking very adult and New Yorky .s. Mary Martin, the cowgirl, entering Hotel Navarro on 59th |. Carole Landis, whose war record shaInes many who try to date her .. Madeleine Carroll at Goa Rouge, in a simple tailored suit-the most attractive woman in the place |. Milton Berle, asking: "Did you hear my new radio show? I'm terrible"I .. Paul Whiteman, who'll play himself in Gershwin's life story |. Cigar headed east on 18th Street immediately followed by Edward G.. Robinson.
 Sallies in Our Alley: George s. Kaufman, in the Lambs Club the other night, observed: If you think those Russians are good on oYle- night stands - wait1l they play full Weeks!" Kaufman slipped in ct one of his plays and heard an actor altering some of his lines 7. |. Kaufman rushed out to the nearest telegraph office and sent the actor this wire: Enjoying your play wriehting" In the Hurricane last night an inquisitive stranger asked @ British tar many questions. 'What'S that H. M. s. mean on your hat?" he persisted To which the bluejacket replied: "F1i Mustn't Syl"
 Memos of . Midnlghter: Pianist Mori1 RoSenthal, the octogenarian, is seriously ailing at the Great Northern Hotel That first draw ing on the wall of the Cub is a Cosmo mag. illustration. The gal is Martha Mature-the man: Sport Ward Tamara, who died in that crash near Lisbon, was urged to defer her hop and join the road troupe of "Doughgirls" Vas the Rus sian snlper) "No," she said, T gotta 90. I've just had all those ShotslS The Best Tunes of All controversy didn't help the new- conner at all. Its first rating was l7.9. Its second was l0.5 .. Mean- while Info, Please, on its first two surveys, held to l7.4 and 17.3 Here's one for editors to cheek: The Chaplain who said: Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" has been put on the inactive list, they say MT. Anthony, the Good VIII Man, and his wife having a loud problem in Lindy's.
 Midtown Vignettes: A producer whose show critic c. J. Nathan had banned, finally caught up with the critic in the Casbah. "You said the play started off badly" moaned the snowman, "but don't you think that in the second act the plot thick ened?" "Say," said the critic, "sinUe when do you liSp?" Tn the Ruban Bleu Vincent Youmans was asked: DO you really have to be inspired before you can com pose Q tiIne?" Somewhat" said Youmans.. T wrote Time on My Hands at Q night club table while a girl friend spent an endless Ses- sion in the Powder Room"
 Big Town NoveIette: If we men, tioned the year 1t happened lot of faces would be cerise What difference does the year make, any, way? They were devoted for about six years of unwedded bliss when she decided to commemorate matters with their likeness in minia- ture .. He is a Hollywood "name' and he begged her not to complicate things She said she was going to have a souvenir to remember him by, by heck, and not to be silly .. There wouldn't be publicity-as she wasn't any celebrity = and the pa- pers wouldn't be interested in her babies, etc. So what happened? The blessed event was born one moment after midnight-New