The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-15
koUn BRoADwAY AND MINE

AWho mas over 30 trips TO and
r<<A Dunkirk on his excellent war
\ td :. Leland Stowe and Jay
hAeai, the war reporters, discussing
azils Foreign Minister Aranha
with his son) In the Cub Room !.
cole Porter witnessing oklahoma"
FOUR times In same week DR..
~ Shih, ex-Chinese ambassador
patiently feeding the Plaza pigeons
~. ChAndralekha Pandit, niece Of
midas Nehru, dining at the Ritz
4 Towers Penguin Dynamickey
Rooney, halfpint; all talent
|isabeth Bergner, the star, who
ows all the actricks :. Yvette,
survived that Lisbon plane
I, amazing heroes with her
/ shc t-snorter bills - longer than
~ Whom the Bell Tolls" d.
5R1ny Cagney, buying the morning
pNers at 50th and 7th, unrecog-
I'D N. !. John Garfield, the
Sscreen'S bad-man, and Sonny Tufts,
enc latest of the he-men, both
quaffing milk in Reubens early this
ayem--llke whoopseeSl
SaIiies In Our Alley: Ted Straeter,
the maestro, was feeling sad at the
Irouvile. A Broadway producers
luck had run out on him cts
Q shame" said Ted, "since he's lost
Gil his dough =. half his friends
don't know him" "fIow about
the other halfp" he was asked
1ney," was the reply, don't know
g yetP MuSSolini rescue by the
Nazis depressed some Democrats
around town 'Tammany," one
groaned, was hoping 1t could run
him Tor judgeship!"
Vignette Of \ Patriot: She's a
little Jewish lady Of about IS
= She was Inspecting the Coney Island
garbage cans, with a stick in one
nand and big bag in the other
s.. She looks for tins that house,
wives neglect to save for salvage,
Three Of her grandsons Cali college
graduateO are at the fighting
fronts A neighbor saw her
pecking at one can you won't
find any there" he said, 'all the
folks In this house save their cans"
~. Maybe" was the reply-as
she kept prodding the garbage,
somebody forgot"
MemOs Of q Midnighter: The
Willie Howard show, MY Dear Pub
lie" has seen a ray of hope. The
Christian Science Monitor gave It
good notice :. Jess Stuart's new
novel. Taps for Private Tussie,' is
the Book-of-the- Months Decem-
Der selection. Dutton is publisher
.. They tell you not to be amazed
II Petrillo, declares moratorium
on the recording ban. He's in
washington, or was. trying to get
the musicians Off the non essential
list One paw washes the other
as the saying goes il. Dora Maug-
nam, song delineator, Is a grand
mawl il. One Of the Pierre Hotels
captains Is former millionaire
Once owned the Maison Louis, too.
-. The Ubangi's new show Is due
the 18th starring Mons Mabley.
.- Kay Swift's cowboy groom
was standing at bar minding his
own business when bunch Of buns
beat him up announcing that
they never did like cowboys. He
says its cozier in the Wild West.
The Orchid Garden: Thousands
Cheer" starrific technicolor treat
1t the Aston Theater Dick
0asparre's crew at the Monte Carlo
Beach Earl Conrads Book.
Harriet Tubman." It's about his
tory's greatest Negress" Carl
Crisson's delightfu1ilts at Versailles
-. The atmosphere att he Casbah
-. Ella Logan at the Copa The
novel that stanos a big chance of
coping the Pulitzer Prize, IA Tree
Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty
Smith.
Manhattan Murals: The sign In
the midtown restaurant window
which abbreviates its Help Wanted
sign this way: "Helpl" The
pink things waving to catch other
on West Side clothes-lines The
shops on Broadway that advertise
engagement rings and wedding
rings from CSC up .. The Lexing-
ton Ave cafeteria which boasts:
I'VE cook as good as your wife
and our mattresses are prettier"
The slinky femme undergarments in
Madison Ave. window, and the
sign near them: "Oh Boy!"
The side street shoe repair shop
with the clever name: Booty Par
lor."
New York Mel0drama: In the
Mutual Radio. Theater on SIND st.
the other night the solicitation from
the stage (for broadcast specta-
tors) failed to aarouse on citizen to
buy a bond or stamp. And what
seemed like ages and still no bond
sales, o sailor yelled from the bal
cony i. He rushed down to the
stage From his blouse he took
. single crumpled dollar An
rouncing 1t was his last dollar, he
bought stamps with 1t Then
with a defiant air, he licked the
stamps and pasted all Of them on
the stage /. Then he left-head
high with glare of contempt
at the audience You could
have heard their bushes drop for
the next few minutes After
that, $50 people rushed to the stage
10 buy theirs =. Hmf!
Sounds in the Night: In the
Stork: Hes in 6-Z. Rejected by
the army and civiliansl" At
the Park Central Roof: He must
be important. Look at all the
smiles in front of him and the
sneers behind him" At the
Diamond Horseshoe: with her
weight she should be in a pasture.
not In Q sllowl" At Jimmy
Kelly's: 80 help me. I'll kiss your
80 kiss me, I'll help you!
At the Endure: TELL me some
thing. II you had 1t to do over
gain would you still be the rat