The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-20
BROADWAY BALLAD

I am a faithful member of the
 clan
 Who seek for beauty lost beyond
 repair,
 The sob of winds. the fleetlng
 glimpse of Pan,
 Strange perfume sifted through
 the summer air. I am enamored of the velvet
 phrase,
 The shy confession whispered in
 the night,
 The dreamy spell of beauty-haunted
 days,
 The grace of shadows in the
 candle-light.
 These are the moods and mem'ries
 or the past ....
 Giving my search its meaning
 and its lure,
 And though new names and faces
 fill the cast,
 The plot is changeless and the
 lines endure.
 Stay if you will--and whisper heart
 to heart
 Stay if you willard learn your
 thankless partl
 DON VAIN. Owch! Arthur Griffith relays the one about the two Democrats who were gabbing about Prof. Spangler's remark that the Re- pubs could win with anybody" "Ain't that funny?" chortled the first Dem.
 "F1innyP" said the other. Tt sure is funny. How can they beat the Democrats with anybody when they ain't got anybody" old But Timely: A politician said at Q convention: "A political plat form Is just like the one on back of the street car: Not meant to stand on-just get in on"
 The Squelch Proper: A Turk asked German: Who'll win the war;"
 How would know?" was the reply. "All I know is when I meet Englishmen THEY never ask me who will win the war!"
 Ah, Sweet Mystery: "The sor- geous blonde with Vic Mizy was his bride, Mary Small; the gor- geous blonde with Bob Mizzy is still mystery. An, names, namesp from the column by Dot Killgal- len.
 And Dot is Dot.
 Or Undertaken: J. Lppman won- ders: Would 1t be proper to ad- dress the Postmaster -Genl as: Frank J. Walker, Esquire?"
 Newspaperman Stuff: When Karl SchrtftgieSSer resigned recently from the N. Y. Times to be News weeks book oracle Che was drama editor since Brooks Atkinson went to war) the critic. L. Nichols, didn't know where to seek a replacement. So, as a gag, he started writing to George s. Kaufman (one-time asst drama editor) to come home. Kaufman took leave of absence yearv ago but never bothered to resign. MT. Nichols didn't write, however. It seems that HE was hired for the summer of 1926-and has never been formally put on the staff
 Heheheh: Even tho Bob Bench ley isn't writing anymore he's still comical.
 Bill Burton (mgr. of the J. Dor sey crew) saw Bob drinking mar tinis mixed with second-rate gin. ! Don't you know" asked Bill, that stuff is slow poiSon?'
 That's all right" said Bench ley, I'm in no hurry"
 Willie Collier is dead. There was comic. He had wit and show manship and style of off-hand clowning that you hardly ever find in the days of -the-peasants technique. You remember him best from one of the first Music Box Revues, teamed up with the late Sam Bernard. That was where Willie popularized the word nifty. A couple of seasons later he pro- duced a show for himself and Ser nard, called "Nifties". It died, but nothing of Golfers deserved to. Another time Collier was a last minute replacement for Lew Fields, 1t seems. On his first .n- trance he turned to the audience and exhibited his shaking hands --and won the house. Later, making an exit, he was asked by the heavy where he was going. Back to the dressing room, retorted Willie, land study my Iines."
 Time and Tide. etc.: When we dropped into the Herald,s edi- tcrial rooms one of the staff was in titches. T was just reading an old copy of Writers Digest" he said, which mentioned you. And here you still arep
 We looked at the item. It read: 'rTime recently offered some proof that ct least one of the N. Y. columns will be killed shortly. Evi- dence pointed towards Walter Wip- chen of the N. Y. Mirror"
 That appeared in Writers Digest for December, 193O Flaw!
 Huh? The Louisville, (Ky) Times says: 'MacArthuris political boost CTS say they consider him a candi- date because he has never said he isn't candidate, and come to think of it neither has Walter Win chell."
 Whati And take a cut?
 Which Signs mf Tirnh kidmnve