The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-27
RFo TOWN HEARTBEAT

The HeadIIners: Greta Garbo lifting the brows of the diners in a midtown Hungarian restaurant by sprinkling @ thick layer of sugar on each dish-even the soup and vegetables Recent hand holders in the Persian Room: Gov. Bricker and his wife Talu Bankhead kidded by the clown in Club IS with their 'man-over- boardp routine Poon Linn, the Chinese seaman Cat Ripley's broad cast), sobbing while the radio ac- tors dramatize his story-on a raft at sea lS3 days-.the record :. Turhan Bey Ga Hepburn's reported romance) who has been listed as a Turk, He's from Vienna |. Choo- Choo Johnson, whose name is Violet Lynch Homer Capehart, the popular radio-phonograph maker, who may be a candidate for the U. s. Senate from Ind. [. Bette Davis and her mater incognito at down. town delly for hot pastrami sand wiches and celery tonic.
 saIlies in Our Alley: It happened at a Swanky Park avenue apart ment shindig. One of those life of-the-poddy guys was being bore When the lights went out he cracked: How do you like the blackout?" "On you," dorothy parker'd a gal "lts becomingp.. John Hoysradt gets today's blame for the current Goldwyn gag |. Sam, he says, was cautioning a sec'y to get rid of writer if he dropped in. Give him an evasive answer" said Sam. Tell him to get the hell outta here!"
 Midtown Vignette: Earl Carpen- ter'S crew was playing another bene- fit show on which Hollywood star appeared . Carpenters music (to bring him on) was zippy tempo'd 'Who" The actor hammed it all over the place (stayed on for what seemed forever) and laid an omelet H. G. Gardiner, the drummer, received a note from one of the sax tooters. It read: we played him on with Who. Why not take him off with 'Why'?"
 The Late Watch: Jockey Herman ordered dozen suits from Eddie Stephens shop and could only get ten ran out of colors A washington society gal will be named correspondent in the divorce of night spot owner here A famed movie star is avoiding New York the d. a. wants to quiz him on morals charges Sgt. Jack Sterling of the midtown set married a Texas oil heiress Sis Willner, the colyum versifier, is the is the betrothed (marry this week, mebee) of P. Philbin, west coast NeronauticS exec. Jimmy Fid- Ter, whose wife went to Mexico for l melting (and changed her minO , hopes to make his next bride lovely starlet Marjorie Stewart.
 Drama Report: A new play titled Decision" by E. Chodorov (who has had many clicks) is due in New York Feb. 2. It tells of an ostrich like U. s. Senator and the editor of his newspaper = who stir up dis unity, prejudice and terrorize an American town, particularly a wounded American soldier just re- turned from Sicily. The soldiers father, a teacher, heads citizens group which threatens to bring charges of criminal treason against the editor and senator . The Will mington (Del) News critic called it "exciting drama, tense and full of dramatic moments. You leave the theater feeling frustrated and angry; you cannot be unmoved -. Representative citizens endeavor to attack the subversive forces which are causing what is virtually civil war on the home front. Winchell himself might have written the play; it is so much his theme, this